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 laimapac

link 10.07.2008 17:05 
Subject: gravity dam construct.
Help please to translate a sentence from the text about the construction of Hoover Dam :" The structure itself is a curved gravity dam, with the enormously thick concrete wall shaped like a gentle horseshoe across the canyon". Thank you in advance.

 PicaPica

link 10.07.2008 20:13 
gravity dam
a dam whose weight alone is great enough to prevent it from tipping over

gravity dam
гравитационная плотина, массивная плотина (с обеспечением устойчивости действием собственного веса)

 laimapac

link 10.07.2008 20:17 
Thank you :-)))

 

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