Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
presión de contacto admisible
English translation:
allowable contact pressure
Added to glossary by
Nora Glembocki
Apr 24, 2014 02:18
10 yrs ago
Spanish term
Argentina
Sci-tech translations: English - Spanish
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
presión de contacto admisible
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Es en el contexto de la construcción de un depósito de combustible:
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Cualquier ayuda será bienvenida, ¡gracias!
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Cualquier ayuda será bienvenida, ¡gracias!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | allowable contact pressure |
Mario Freitas
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| 4 | admissible contact pressure |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | acceptable contact pressure |
Laureana Pavon
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Proposed translations
+2
14 hrs
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Specializes in field
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
14
Selected
allowable contact pressure
The corect term for the limit of acceptable pressure is "allowable pressure":
https://www.google.com.br/search?q="allowable pressure"&rlz=...
https://www.google.com.br/search?q="allowable pressure"&rlz=...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your help!"
5 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
278
admissible contact pressure
I would say
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Note added at 7 mins (2014-04-24 02:25:19 GMT)
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working pressure and the admissible stresses for the materials used in .... where
pm, is the admissible contact pressure, one obtains a relation between two ...
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Note added at 7 mins (2014-04-24 02:25:19 GMT)
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working pressure and the admissible stresses for the materials used in .... where
pm, is the admissible contact pressure, one obtains a relation between two ...
41 mins
Laureana Pavon
Uruguay
Uruguay
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
Uruguay
Engineer and Certified EN-ES Translator
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
56
acceptable contact pressure
In this case, I think "acceptable" is more common than "admissible".
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
David Hollywood
: not so sure as we're talking tech here and there's a subtle difference
22 mins
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