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English translation: contributing weight
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| 21:48 Nov 20, 2019 |
| Swedish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Post structures for noise barriers | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Michael Ellis United Kingdom Local time: 05:00 | ||||||
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| 2 | apparent weight |
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1 hr confidence: 
apparent weight Explanation: it may well prove to be this, taken from wiki, although I have not found any Swedish to English dictionary definitions yet. Apparent weight Main article: Apparent weight In many real world situations the act of weighing may produce a result that differs from the ideal value provided by the definition used. This is usually referred to as the apparent weight of the object. A common example of this is the effect of buoyancy, when an object is immersed in a fluid the displacement of the fluid will cause an upward force on the object, making it appear lighter when weighed on a scale.[20] The apparent weight may be similarly affected by levitation and mechanical suspension. When the gravitational definition of weight is used, the operational weight measured by an accelerating scale is often also referred to as the apparent weight.[21] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight#Apparent_weight |
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17 hrs confidence:
contributing weight Explanation: This seems a reasonable translation. The references contain examples of its use in structures, although I admit they are not posts. UK highway engineers say boldly CsCd for posts is taken as 1.0 and don't do any calculations! Example sentence(s):
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6n9xDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA573&lpg=PA573&dq=%22contributing%22+weight+in+structures&source=bl&ots=xxj6qm-6H-&sig= ttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dGEsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq="contributing"+weight+in+structures&source=bl&ots=cyBs3Wnf6O&sig=ACfU3U0 |
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