techo

English translation: top

09:41 Nov 4, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
Spanish term or phrase: techo
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Castilian Spanish to UK English
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ORIG
Serie estratigráfica.
La parte superior de cada estrato se llama techo, la inferior, muro y la superficie de separación cada dos estratos, plano de estratificación. Potencia del estrato es el espesor comprendido entre el techo y el muro.

ROUGH DRAFT
Stratigraphic series
Each stratum is divided into an top section, a bottom section, and the area separating the layers (called a stratification plane). The thickness of the stratum is also measured.
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 06:02
English translation:top
Explanation:
see American geological institute dictionary
https://www.americangeosciences.org/pubs/glossary

beds have a bottom and top; beds are separated by bedding planes;
potencia here is thickness, not strength
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Cornelius Gillen
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:02
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5 +1top
Cornelius Gillen
3 -1Roof / Horizontal Overhang
Manuel Aburto
3 -1ceiling
Lisa Rosengard


  

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top


Explanation:
see American geological institute dictionary
https://www.americangeosciences.org/pubs/glossary

beds have a bottom and top; beds are separated by bedding planes;
potencia here is thickness, not strength


    https://www.americangeosciences.org/pubs/glossary
Cornelius Gillen
United Kingdom
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agree  AllegroTrans
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Roof / Horizontal Overhang


Explanation:
Techo
Roof / Horizontal Overhang

Source: Diccionario de Mineria



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Source: Diccionario de Mineria

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Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 22:02
Native speaker of: Spanish

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disagree  Cornelius Gillen: this term is stratigraphic, not mining; the correct translation for "techo" is top (it is a bed)
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ceiling


Explanation:
It describes a geological structure in which formations are in layers and strata, positioned both vertically and horizontally. The key word "techo" is either a ceiling or a roof, yet if the description is of rock or stone formations in the outside world then there may be a better equivalent, for instance 'upper stone covering'.

"The upper part of each layer (stratum) is the horizontal layer or covering, perhaps ceiling, while the lower part is the wall. The surface which separates each layer (stratum) is called the layering stratification plan. The layer (stratum)'s strength or power is the thickness comprised between the ceiling, or upper horizontal layer and the wall."

La información describe una estructura geológica en la que formaciones de rocas están en estratos horizontales y verticales. La palabra, techo, en el mundo de fuera puede ser una cobertura horizontal de piedras, colocada en la parte arriba.

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The question placed is within the field of a stratigraphical series (una serie estratigráfica), which is a component of the studies of geology.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/stratigraphical

Stratigraphy is the study of rock strata (layers), especially the distribution, deposition and age of sedimentary rocks.
A stratigraphical series is a number of objects in succession, the objects being strata (layers) which, in the field of geology, are connected with rock formations.

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(Potencia del estrato es el espesor comprendido entre el
techo y el muro.)

Example sentence(s):
  • "La parte superior de cada estrato se llama techo, la inferior, muro, y la superficie de separación de cada dos estratos,plano de estratificación. Potencia del estrato es el espespcomprimido entre el techo y el muro."
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cornelius Gillen: a bed has a bottom and a top; the context is stratigraphy here
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neutral  AllegroTrans: Any ref to support your idea that this is the right word in the specific context?
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