bascula

English translation: weighbridge / weighing machine

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Portuguese term or phrase:bascula
English translation:weighbridge / weighing machine
Entered by: António Ribeiro

15:53 Apr 23, 2004
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
Portuguese term or phrase: bascula
term from rail company company report
James Organ
Local time: 16:01
weighbridge / weighing machine
Explanation:
Tratando-se de caminhos de ferro, penso que deve ser isto.
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António Ribeiro
Local time: 02:01
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Summary of answers provided
4tumbling wagon
rhandler
3 +1platform-scale
Eneida Martins
4weighbridge / weighing machine
António Ribeiro
3steel yard
Claudio Mazotti


  

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steel yard


Explanation:
suggestion

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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tumbling wagon


Explanation:
Referring to a railway company, I'd say it's a tumbling wagon. Look at this example:

GOand.NET : The Northerners
... breaking, iron mining tools falling on him, survey implements crashing over him, a keg of Dwarven Ale, breaks open drenching the interior of the tumbling wagon ...
www.goand.net/ home/topic.php?TOPIC_ID=1425&whichpage=6



rhandler
Local time: 13:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
báscula
platform-scale


Explanation:
Caso o sentido seja de balança. Sem o contexto, é só uma sugestão.

platform scale
n.
An industrial weighing instrument consisting of a platform coupled to an automatic system of levers and adjustable weights, used to weigh large or heavy objects.


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Note added at 20 mins (2004-04-23 16:14:15 GMT)
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báscula s.f. 1. bascule. 2. decimal balance or weighing machine, platform-scale. 3. rocking movement
Michaellis

Eneida Martins
Brazil
Local time: 13:01
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Magalhaes: S/ mais contexto poderá esta a versão correcta.
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weighbridge / weighing machine


Explanation:
Tratando-se de caminhos de ferro, penso que deve ser isto.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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