el crítico (in this context)

English translation: critical point

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Spanish term or phrase:el crítico (in this context)
English translation:critical point
Entered by: Neil Ashby

14:26 Oct 19, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Geography / Cartology
Spanish term or phrase: el crítico (in this context)
A document about mapping a river and the various models and calculations involved, Latin American.
I suppose it is the "critical profile" which is being referred to .... any help appreciated.

"Sin embargo la cota de lámina aguas abajo es la de partida del cálculo y debe ser una condición de contorno real.
Se ha fijado el perfil inicial de cálculo en un puente y se ha supuesto que se alcanza el crítico en dicha sección."
Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 10:30
critical point
Explanation:
Just a hunch

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or level perhaps if they are referring to the water?
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Richard Hill
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critical point


Explanation:
Just a hunch

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-10-19 14:30:50 GMT)
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or level perhaps if they are referring to the water?

Richard Hill
Mexico
Local time: 04:30
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the critical one (profile)


Explanation:
critical
adj.

7. physics: of, denoting, or concerned with a state in which the properties of a system undergo an abrupt change: a critical temperature

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/critical

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