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Troços Rectos

English translation: straight sections

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Portuguese term or phrase:Troços Rectos
English translation:straight sections
Entered by: Sara Marques

09:25 Feb 12, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
Portuguese term or phrase: Troços Rectos
A procura da minimização dos custos das perdas de energia, utilizando a aproximação por troços piecewise linearization das curvas das perdas a funções lineares (troços rectos). Em geral esta função pode escrever-se da seguinte forma:
Sara Marques
Portugal
Local time: 13:59
straight sections
Explanation:
That's how I'd say it
Hth

http://books.google.ie/books?id=LKN2oM7YuFUC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA6...
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2straight sections
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4straight pieces
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4straight runs
Nick Taylor


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
straight pieces


Explanation:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon's_noodle - Traduzir esta página
First suppose the noodle is piecewise linear, i.e. consists of n straight pieces. Let Xi be the number of times the ith piece crosses one of the parallel lines.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 14:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 154
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
straight sections


Explanation:
That's how I'd say it
Hth

http://books.google.ie/books?id=LKN2oM7YuFUC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA6...

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis: http://ria.ua.pt/bitstream/10773/8129/1/dissertação.pdf
2 hrs
  -> Marlene, muito obrigado pelo bom exemplo
agree  Paulinho Fonseca
10 hrs
  -> Paulinho, thank you
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
straight runs


Explanation:
straight runs

Nick Taylor
Local time: 13:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
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