Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

côncavo

English translation:

concave

Added to glossary by rhandler
Feb 27, 2006 16:11
18 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

côncavo

Portuguese to English Other Agriculture In a manual for a combine harvester
Se busca a melhor abertura do côncavo para colheita de milho com boa debulha.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 concave
5 concave hollow

Proposed translations

+2
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concave

Assim traduz o Babylon:

côncavo (m)
n. concave, curving inward

No caso, fala-se de "concave opening"

Veja este texto (no seu exato contexto):

"An optimum cylinder speed works with an optimum concave opening to provide gentle, thorough threshing without damaging or cracking the crop.Running the cylinder too fast will result in excessive threshing. Signs of excessive threshing will be cracked or damaged grain, straw that is broken up excessively, and excessive tailings. Running the cylinder too slow will cause underthreshing to occur. Signs of underthreshing are corn not separated from the cob, pods or heads on the straw walker that still contain grain in them, and too much material bunching in the concave causing a loss in ..."

O texto vem de:

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~gem/class/asm222/combcomp.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree Henrique Magalhaes
29 mins
Obrigado, Henrique.
agree Claudio Mazotti : talvez concave area
1 hr
Obrigado, klausinSP, mas é "concave opening".
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. I guess I'll use that. I was not sure about "concave" as a noun."
5 hrs

concave hollow

hollow of the concave:
concave= curved or rounded inward
hollow=opening, or having a cavity within
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