Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
coordonnées des sommet
English translation:
coordinates of vertices
Added to glossary by
Bianca Jacobsohn
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French term
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sommet
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Mining & Minerals / Gems
mining
This is from a table giving the coordinates of the "summits". Termium gives a few options in the mining category:
apex
apical portion
uppermost part
upper part
TIA for your expertise
apex
apical portion
uppermost part
upper part
TIA for your expertise
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | peak |
Josephine79
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| 3 | tip |
Jolanta Tuzel
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| 3 | might it be topographical, i.e. in surveying? (trig point, etc.) |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
28 mins
peak
I am using the context provided in the adjoining questions to assume that this is actually about geographical "summits" - since they have coordinates, in which case peak could be the solution.
None of the words you found is Termium suggests a geographical entity to me.
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-03-02 19:36:46 GMT)
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Oops, "in Termium"!
None of the words you found is Termium suggests a geographical entity to me.
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-03-02 19:36:46 GMT)
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Oops, "in Termium"!
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Jolanta Tuzel
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Done right the first time
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tip
there is also vertex
2 hrs
might it be topographical, i.e. in surveying? (trig point, etc.)
sommet
1. point culminant (d'une montagne, d'une région) - summit, top
2. Point de rencontre de deux côtés s'un polygone. Point commun à plusieurs faces d'un polyèdre. - summit; vertex
3. Un des points d'une triangulation ou d'une polygonation - trig point; minor control point; traverse point.
[Dictionnaire multilingue de la Fédération Internationale des Géomètres]
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-03-02 21:44:09 GMT)
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Given your questions about seconds and minutes, it's looking more and more like a land surveying term to me.
1. point culminant (d'une montagne, d'une région) - summit, top
2. Point de rencontre de deux côtés s'un polygone. Point commun à plusieurs faces d'un polyèdre. - summit; vertex
3. Un des points d'une triangulation ou d'une polygonation - trig point; minor control point; traverse point.
[Dictionnaire multilingue de la Fédération Internationale des Géomètres]
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-03-02 21:44:09 GMT)
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Given your questions about seconds and minutes, it's looking more and more like a land surveying term to me.
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