Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
arco de gran luz
English translation:
wide-spanning arch
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Rachel Freeman
May 30, 2012 09:14
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Spanish term
arco de gran luz
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Hi everyone. This text is an academic article on structures built in Southern Catalonia at the end of the nineteenth century. The author wants UK English.
La primera se hace con rasillas recibidas con yeso o cemento de fraguado rápido y, si el *arco es de gran luz* se dobla o triplica con otras hiladas recibidas a bofetón sobre la anterior con mortero de cemento. Estas dos o tres primeras hiladas constituyen la cimbra de las siguientes de ladrillo macizo, que, para optimizar la sección, pueden disminuir a medida que aumenta la altura y disminuye la carga.
In researching it seems like the "luz" of the arch is the stretch at the botton. What do we call this in English? Has anyone seen this before? Thanks everyone!!!!
La primera se hace con rasillas recibidas con yeso o cemento de fraguado rápido y, si el *arco es de gran luz* se dobla o triplica con otras hiladas recibidas a bofetón sobre la anterior con mortero de cemento. Estas dos o tres primeras hiladas constituyen la cimbra de las siguientes de ladrillo macizo, que, para optimizar la sección, pueden disminuir a medida que aumenta la altura y disminuye la carga.
In researching it seems like the "luz" of the arch is the stretch at the botton. What do we call this in English? Has anyone seen this before? Thanks everyone!!!!
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| 4 +6 | wide-spanning arch |
Nikki Graham
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wide-spanning arch
luz is a span in this case
In your sentence, I would probably say: if the arch has a wide span, or is wide-spanning
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Note added at 11 mins (2012-05-30 09:25:45 GMT)
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The Parish Church of St. Mary's - Glanville's Wootton | Dorset ...
dorset-ancestors.com/?p=755
22 Feb 2010 – The gem of this place is the Chantry south chapel of 1344, separated from the nave by a wide spanning arch. It is a well preserved example of ...
Volume 1 - eBooksRead.com
www.ebooksread.com/...architecture.../page-16-lectures-on-t...
The first situations in which the pointed arch was substituted for the semicircle are the wide spanning arches of vaulting and the arches carrying central ...
Arch bridges
www.scribd.com/doc/55061021/30/Arch-bridges
10 May 2011 – Arch bridges produced through concrete construction methods, with partly ... with wide-spanning concrete arches, e.g., with the Gangge ...
Composite concrete metal encased stiffeners for metal plate arch-type
www.freepatentsonline.com/5833394.html
10 Nov 1998 – It is specifically taught that in the case of a wide spanning arch structure, the concrete buttresses may be connected with additional stiffening ...
In your sentence, I would probably say: if the arch has a wide span, or is wide-spanning
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Note added at 11 mins (2012-05-30 09:25:45 GMT)
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The Parish Church of St. Mary's - Glanville's Wootton | Dorset ...
dorset-ancestors.com/?p=755
22 Feb 2010 – The gem of this place is the Chantry south chapel of 1344, separated from the nave by a wide spanning arch. It is a well preserved example of ...
Volume 1 - eBooksRead.com
www.ebooksread.com/...architecture.../page-16-lectures-on-t...
The first situations in which the pointed arch was substituted for the semicircle are the wide spanning arches of vaulting and the arches carrying central ...
Arch bridges
www.scribd.com/doc/55061021/30/Arch-bridges
10 May 2011 – Arch bridges produced through concrete construction methods, with partly ... with wide-spanning concrete arches, e.g., with the Gangge ...
Composite concrete metal encased stiffeners for metal plate arch-type
www.freepatentsonline.com/5833394.html
10 Nov 1998 – It is specifically taught that in the case of a wide spanning arch structure, the concrete buttresses may be connected with additional stiffening ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Nikki! Yep, that part of the arch is the span"
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