Mar 9, 2015 12:31
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

falsa escuadra

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Architecture
From a description of a building:

Dos bordes de piso técnico que recorren la sala longitudinalmente son también de madera pero, la materia predominante es un alisado de cemento del que emergen columnas de hierro y concreto que dan al espacio un carácter eclesial de una nave central, partida en tres por dos hileras de estos contundentes soportes del techo original. Las paredes, en notoria falsa escuadra, son de ladrillo, por tramos interrumpidos por aberturas y las salientes de madera antes mencionadas.

False right angle?

Thanks

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slanted/at an angle

A wall can be slanted or at angle if by purposely designing it as an specific technique in architectural matters or by a mistake made during its construction.

Here is an example of slanted/wall at angle
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=es-CA&gbv=2&q=angled walls&re...

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g32999-...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Neil Ashby : This description doesn't say that the walls are "angled" with respect to each other, which is what the source says. Slanted would be interpreted as not 100% vertical, or one end higher than the other.It does refer to the relationship between the walls
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less-than-perfect right angles

The walls, with their infamous less-than-perfect right-angles / right-angled corners, are brick constructions......
Peer comment(s):

agree Billh : I have a large house in Spain without right angle to be found in any of its rooms
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That's just about any house in Spain that's over 30 or 40 years old.... ;@), how were the Spanish such good navigators and yet struggle to build walls at right angles ;@)
neutral slothm : Correct interpretation of the meaning.
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pouit of square

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

Not at right angles

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

out of square. : not at an exact right angle

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

As I tried to install the windows today, I realize that the openings are out of square.

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

out of square. not at right angles (with something specified); Informal not in harmony, order, or agreement.

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

Trimming a window that is out of square.


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Note added at 1 hr (2015-03-09 14:28:44 GMT)
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Sorry "out of square"
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out-of-plumb

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumb
a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction. — out of plumb or off plumb. : out of vertical or true. See plumb defined for kids.
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