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απόκλιση

English translation: (Shingle) deviation

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Greek term or phrase:απόκλιση
English translation:(Shingle) deviation
Entered by: Assimina Vavoula

20:01 Sep 9, 2016
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Greek term or phrase: απόκλιση
Η απόκλιση που παρατηρείται κατά το στάδιο της ξήρανσης και ψησίματος ενδέχεται να δημιουργήσει τριχοειδείς ρηγματώσεις, οι οποίες δεν είναι οπτικά εμφανείς και ευνοούν με το πέρασμα του χρόνου την εισροή νερού και την
εμφάνιση υγρασίας

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Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 13:20
(Shingle) deviation
Explanation:
broken contact between shingles resulting from weather and time
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peekay
Canada
Local time: 06:20
Grading comment
Ευχαριστώ πολύ.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1(Shingle) deviation
peekay
4 +1variation/transformation
transphy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(Shingle) deviation


Explanation:
broken contact between shingles resulting from weather and time

Example sentence(s):
  • shingle deviation of up to 50 mm

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peekay
Canada
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Ευχαριστώ πολύ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Close
10 hrs
neutral  transphy: deviate(tion)= παρεκκλίνω, παρεκτρέπομαι (παρεκτροπή)
14 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
variation/transformation


Explanation:
Shape variation/ shape transformation.
Transformation, is probably the required, here. At the 'firing and drying' process the clay tile transforms, sometimes into misshapen and warped tiles, which can be unusable and rejected. A loss of revenue.

transphy
Local time: 11:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Close: either variation or deviation
10 hrs
  -> What can I say, but thanks!!! deviation=παρεκτροπή!!!
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