Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
differenssättning
English translation:
differential settlement
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Helen Johnson
Jul 30, 2007 12:16
16 yrs ago
Swedish term
United Kingdom
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Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
differenssättning
Swedish to English
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measurements for bridge building
Not a really useful sentence to give as context, but all there is, as this is an Excel table of potential risks when building a bridge: a bridge has a greater *differenssättning* than expected.
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William [Bill] Gray
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differential settlement
"sättning", in this sense, is given in the TNC construction dictionary as: Vertikal deformation hos jord till följd av last
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William [Bill] Gray
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differential setting
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