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na quarta casa decimal negativa

English translation: in the fourth negative decimal place

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Portuguese term or phrase:na quarta casa decimal negativa
English translation:in the fourth negative decimal place
Entered by: Leniel Maccaferri

03:06 Feb 2, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Physics
Portuguese term or phrase: na quarta casa decimal negativa
na quarta casa decimal negativa.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 07:05
in the fourth negative decimal place
Explanation:
in the fourth negative decimal place
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Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 07:05
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3 +2in the fourth negative decimal place
Leniel Maccaferri


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
in the fourth negative decimal place


Explanation:
in the fourth negative decimal place

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor
5 hrs
agree  Mark Robertson
5 hrs
neutral  gram-br: Really need the context, but it would be more common to use "TO the fourth negative decimal place"
9 hrs
neutral  Martin Riordan: What is a "negative decimal place"? Can decimal places be positive or negative?
13 hrs
  -> Good point... I just translated it the way it is.
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