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Portuguese term
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presa
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Ação ou estado de uma substância que se solidifica, que se coagula (presa de um cimento)
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| 4 | setting |
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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| 4 | hardening |
Gilmar Fernandes
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
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English
Specializes in field
Brazil
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães 
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Native in: English , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
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setting
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to become firm, solid, or permanent, as mortar, glue, cement, or a dye, due to drying or physical or chemical change.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/set
Cement absorbs water on mixing to form a gelatinous mass. This sets to a hard mass and is very resistant to pressure. This process is called the setting of cement.
http://chemistry.tutorvista.com/biochemistry/cement.html
to become firm, solid, or permanent, as mortar, glue, cement, or a dye, due to drying or physical or chemical change.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/set
Cement absorbs water on mixing to form a gelatinous mass. This sets to a hard mass and is very resistant to pressure. This process is called the setting of cement.
http://chemistry.tutorvista.com/biochemistry/cement.html
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Gilmar Fernandes
United States
United States
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English
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hardening
http://www.infopedia.pt/lingua-portuguesa/presa
9. ENGENHARIA endurecimento inicial do betão
O cimento é um ligante mineral que faz presa e endurece mediante adição de água. eur-lex.europa.eueur-lex.europa.eu
Cementis a mineral-based binding material which, when mixed with water, sets to a hard mass. eur-lex.europa.eueur-lex.europa.eu
9. ENGENHARIA endurecimento inicial do betão
O cimento é um ligante mineral que faz presa e endurece mediante adição de água. eur-lex.europa.eueur-lex.europa.eu
Cementis a mineral-based binding material which, when mixed with water, sets to a hard mass. eur-lex.europa.eueur-lex.europa.eu
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