Feb 19, 2013 15:03
11 yrs ago
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German term

flächige Benetzung

German to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks Motorradunfall
Diese Untersuchung hätte dazu gedient festzustellen, ob es sich um eine Sprühvernebelung mit flächiger Benetzung der Straße oder um einen Flüssigkeitsaustritt als kompakten Strahl gehandelt hat, der eine lokalere Flüssigkeitsspur auf der Straße hinterlässt.


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Proposed translations

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[wide-area] spray wetting

the question describes spray misting / wetting of the road surface, as opposed to flushing or the pavement with a water jet.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-02-19 18:20:55 GMT)
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Ooops. Example sentence too long? The ending should have been:
... more localized track [trace] of liquid on the pavement [road surface].
Example sentence:

This investigation would have been able to determine whether this was a spray-type misting with wide-area wetting of the road surface, or whether there was fluid egress in the form of a compact jet, which [would leave] is known to leave a more localized t

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14 mins

extensive wetting

... of the road surface/pavement

... wäre hier m. E. eine Möglichkeit.
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19 mins

complete wetting

Works in this context, I think, as a distinction is made between two methods, of which "flächig" is the more comprehensively wet one, if I may say so.
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1 hr

which bathed a large area of the streeet

another option
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