Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

unprimed pump

Spanish translation:

bomba no cebada

Added to glossary by Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Sep 3, 2011 19:28
12 yrs ago
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English term

unprimed pump

English to Spanish Science Environment & Ecology cambio climático
in that regard angiosperms are particularly well adapted to getting large quantities of water vapour into the atmosphere on account of the high ratio of leaf vascular tissue to the leaf area, thereby overcoming bottlenecks and reducing cavitation whereby air enters the vascular system and like, an unprimed pump, breaks up the water column. The combined effect of the evaporation of water from surfaces exposed to the Sun and wind and the drawing up of water –
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +3 bomba no cebada
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Sep 11, 2011 09:27: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz Created KOG entry

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bomba no cebada

A "primed pump" is a "bomba cebada", therefore an "unprimed pump" is a "bomba no cebada":

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA1101&lpg=...
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agree jacana54 (X)
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agree Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT : De cajón.
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agree Maria Teresa Navarro
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