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dirección predominante del viento

English translation: Prevailing wind direction

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Spanish term or phrase:dirección predominante del viento
English translation:Prevailing wind direction
Entered by: RichardDeegan

19:32 Jan 28, 2008
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
Spanish term or phrase: dirección predominante del viento
Se trata de las especificaciones ambientales del sitio de un proyecto, y no sé cual es la manera correcta de traducir esto. es por ejemplo: Dirección Predominante del viento: N-NE
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Prevailing wind direction
Explanation:
"prevailing" is the adjective most commonly used with "wind" in English
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RichardDeegan
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Prevailing wind direction
RichardDeegan
5 +1Predominant wind direction
Sergio Lahaye (X)
4main wind direction
Andrea Tutte


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
main wind direction


Explanation:
See link


    Reference: http://www.rsc.org/ej/EM/1999/a901494b.pdf
Andrea Tutte
Paraguay
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Predominant wind direction


Explanation:
Predominant southwesterly winds across much of our latitudes bring us the rain...


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=predo...
Sergio Lahaye (X)
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  liz askew
2 mins
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Prevailing wind direction


Explanation:
"prevailing" is the adjective most commonly used with "wind" in English

RichardDeegan
Local time: 12:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Edward Tully: "prevailing" as you say!
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Edward :-)
agree  Christian [email protected]
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Christian
agree  Margaret Schroeder
8 hrs
  -> Thanks you, GW
agree  Jairo Payan: Sin duda, viento que prevalece, no viento que predomina. En aviación también es así en los reportes meteorológicos
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Gracias Jairo :-)
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