Aug 12, 2010 10:08
13 yrs ago
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German term
Gleisfächer
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Noch heute kann man im Luftfoto den Gleisfächer der Eisenbahn erkennen.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | track fan |
TonyTK
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| 2 +1 | fan-like track pattern |
Norbert Hermann
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| 3 | sets of sidings/fans of sidings |
polyglot45
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Proposed translations
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track fan
Look at the Google images for "Gleisfächer",
then see the pictures at
http://www.modernstreetcar.org/pdf/circulator_trackway_repor...
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Note added at 3 Stunden (2010-08-12 13:10:50 GMT)
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http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedrail/hs2ltd/route...
Sometimes also called "throat"
Try googling - "track fan" "railway" "throat" -
then see the pictures at
http://www.modernstreetcar.org/pdf/circulator_trackway_repor...
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Note added at 3 Stunden (2010-08-12 13:10:50 GMT)
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http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedrail/hs2ltd/route...
Sometimes also called "throat"
Try googling - "track fan" "railway" "throat" -
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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23 mins
Norbert Hermann
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&
English
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fan-like track pattern
My interpretation of Gleisfächer
pattern, fan-like pattern and conical symmetrical pattern. Good matching ... Short backfire antennas with fan-like pattern. Detailed geometry for this kind ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7012/18938/00874432.pdf?arnumber... - Similar
pattern, fan-like pattern and conical symmetrical pattern. Good matching ... Short backfire antennas with fan-like pattern. Detailed geometry for this kind ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7012/18938/00874432.pdf?arnumber... - Similar
2 hrs
polyglot45
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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sets of sidings/fans of sidings
I suspect this is more what they mean
Peer comment(s):
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TonyTK
: But why "sidings"? You see fans on the approach to all major railway stations - where the tracks divide and spread out towards the different platforms.
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