supraînălţare

English translation: stilting

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Romanian term or phrase:supraînălţare
English translation:stilting
Entered by: adinag

10:49 Mar 6, 2009
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / descriere cetate medievala
Romanian term or phrase: supraînălţare
Plasată în centrul localităţii, fără menţiuni documentare, compusă din donjon, capelă şi incintă, cetatea a fost ridicată în secolele XIII-XIV de familia greavilor locali, apoi a ajuns în stăpânirea comunităţii, care i-a adăugat o nouă incintă şi, în secolul XIX, a transformat donjonul în turn-clopotniţă, prin supraînălţare.
adinag
Local time: 04:29
stilting
Explanation:
SUPRAÎNĂLŢÁRE s.f. 1. Acţiunea de a supraînălţa şi rezultatul ei. ♦ Diferenţă de nivel între cele două margini ale unei şosele sau căi ferate în curbă pentru diminuarea sau anularea forţei centrifuge. 2. (Constr.) Mărire a săgeţii unui arc de boltă prin aşezarea capetelor arcului deasupra nivelului zidurilor de sprijin. [< supraînălţa].

http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=suprainaltare

În contextul tău cel mai probabil este vorba de al doilea sens, ceea ce este "stilting" în engleză.

stilted arch
(arc supraînălţat)
An arch whose curve begins above the impost line.

http://www.answers.com/topic/stilted-arch-1
(este şi o imagine acolo)


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This stilting of the longitudinal arches was from the beginning almost invariable in France; structurally, it concentrated the vault thrust on a comparatively narrow vertical line, where it could be easily handled by the flying buttress; it permitted the largest possible window area in the clerestory, while the composition of lines and the delicately waved or twisted surfaces were so beautiful in themselves that, once discovered, they could not beabandoned by the logical and beauty-loving Franks.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm

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Note added at 32 mins (2009-03-06 11:21:34 GMT)
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n England vaults were generally constructed with continuous level ridges, instead of in this domical form, and the difference in height between diagonal and transverse ribs in a square vaulting compartment was equalised by " stilting " the latter or by making the diagonal rib a segment of a larger circle than that of the longitudinal and transverse ribs, which were semicircular as explained on the illustration

http://www.oldandsold.com/articles23/architecture-54.shtml
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Veronica Costea
Canada
Local time: 21:29
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4 +6stilting
Veronica Costea
4elevation; heightening
Ştefania Iordan
3over-raising
alexandrub


Discussion entries: 2





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
over-raising


Explanation:
cred ca pe la traducerea asta eu m-as fi gandit

alexandrub
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
elevation; heightening


Explanation:
surélévation
(noun feminine)
heightening.
raising.
increase in height.
extra height.

http://www.google.ro/search?q="elevation of the tower"&hl=ro...
http://www.google.ro/search?hl=ro&q=heightening of the tower...

Ştefania Iordan
Romania
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
stilting


Explanation:
SUPRAÎNĂLŢÁRE s.f. 1. Acţiunea de a supraînălţa şi rezultatul ei. ♦ Diferenţă de nivel între cele două margini ale unei şosele sau căi ferate în curbă pentru diminuarea sau anularea forţei centrifuge. 2. (Constr.) Mărire a săgeţii unui arc de boltă prin aşezarea capetelor arcului deasupra nivelului zidurilor de sprijin. [< supraînălţa].

http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=suprainaltare

În contextul tău cel mai probabil este vorba de al doilea sens, ceea ce este "stilting" în engleză.

stilted arch
(arc supraînălţat)
An arch whose curve begins above the impost line.

http://www.answers.com/topic/stilted-arch-1
(este şi o imagine acolo)


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Note added at 30 mins (2009-03-06 11:20:19 GMT)
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This stilting of the longitudinal arches was from the beginning almost invariable in France; structurally, it concentrated the vault thrust on a comparatively narrow vertical line, where it could be easily handled by the flying buttress; it permitted the largest possible window area in the clerestory, while the composition of lines and the delicately waved or twisted surfaces were so beautiful in themselves that, once discovered, they could not beabandoned by the logical and beauty-loving Franks.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06665b.htm

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Note added at 32 mins (2009-03-06 11:21:34 GMT)
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n England vaults were generally constructed with continuous level ridges, instead of in this domical form, and the difference in height between diagonal and transverse ribs in a square vaulting compartment was equalised by " stilting " the latter or by making the diagonal rib a segment of a larger circle than that of the longitudinal and transverse ribs, which were semicircular as explained on the illustration

http://www.oldandsold.com/articles23/architecture-54.shtml

Veronica Costea
Canada
Local time: 21:29
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Renata Ana Ursu: stilted - surhaussé (Applies to any member or portion of a construction which is elevated or above the usual level) http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800...
11 mins
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agree  Elvira Tatucu
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agree  Word_Wise
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agree  cristina48
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agree  Anca Nitu
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agree  Ciprian - Vasile Popescu
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