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| Language | Translations for "ADJUSTED TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | en skraa rampe baerer roeret paa dets vej ned til havbunden,og denne rampe-som kaldes brod(stinger),fordi den ligner brodden paa en skorpions hale-har luftkasser,der kan reguleres fra laegterens daek,saaledes at staalroeret kan stilles mere eller mindre (and this ramp -called the stinger, because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
Dutch | een pijphelling steunt de pijp op weg naar de zeebodem en deze helling-stinger of stekel genaamd wegens de overeenkomst met de gifstekel op het achterlijf van een schorpioen -heeft tanks waarvan het drijfvermogen vanaf het lichterdek wordt geregeld, zod (and this ramp -called the stinger, because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
Finnish | sopeutua (accommodate oneself, adapt oneself, become adjusted to, reconcile onseself to). (various references) | |
French | une rampe oblique ou inclinée supporte la conduite en cours d'immersion (so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
German | eine abfallende Rampe unterstuetzt die Leitung auf ihrem Weg zum Meeresboden und diese Rampe,genannt "Stinger",weil sie dem Schwann eines Skorpions aehnelt,hat Auftribsbehaelter,die vom Deck der Barge aus kontrolliert werden,so dass die Neigung der Stahll (a sloping ramp supports the pipe on its way to the sea floor, and this ramp -called the "stinger", because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
Greek | ένα κεκλιμένο επίπεδο υποβαστάζει τον αγωγό κατά τη διάρκεια της ποντίσεώς του.Αυτό το επίπεδο ονομάζεται "STINGER",εξαιτίας της ομοιότητάς το (a sloping ramp supports the pipe on its way to the sea floor, and this ramp -called the "stinger", because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
Italian | una rampa di scivolo(o d'inclinamento)esterna sostiene il tubo che sta per essere immerse;questa rampa viene chiamata "pungiglione",perchè assomiglia al pungiglione della coda di un scorpione,ed ha dei serbatoi di galleggiamento comandati dal ponte della (a sloping ramp supports the pipe on its way to the sea floor, and this ramp -called the "stinger", because it resembles the sting in a scorpion's tail- has buoyancy tanks controlled from the deck of the barge, so that the slope of the steel pipe can be adjusted to keep it from bending too much as it leaves the barge or settles on the sea floor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 副う (to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to marry, to meet, to satisfy, to suit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, conception, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ever, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, never, once before, originate, phase, priest, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adjusteday otay.(various references) | |
Spanish | arreglado a. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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