Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
OGIVA (dam construction)
English translation:
Ogive
Portuguese term
United Kingdom
Native English speaker living in Brazil
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
OGIVA (dam construction)
Além disso o segurado havia previsto inicialmente que seriam demolidas as ogivas dos blocos 1 e 2 (região oval acima da barragem, onde se instala o vertedouro de crista) para aumentar a área hidráulica e assim aumentar a vazão do fluxo.
| 4 | Ogive |
airmailrpl
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| 3 +1 | ogive (vaulted) arches |
Nick Taylor
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| 3 | ogee / ogee-crested spillway |
Colin Bowles
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| Don't know whether this helps but |
Ana Vozone
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Oct 24, 2020 18:34: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1144213">Andrew Hunt's</a> old entry - "OGIVA (dam construction)"" to ""Ogive""
Proposed translations
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Ogive
Ogive
An ogive is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. Ogive curves and surfaces are used in engineering, architecture and woodworking. Wikipedia
| Thanks great explanation! |
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
ogive (vaulted) arches
| Thks Nick! I believe a perfectly acceptable answer except in this context, i believe it is a sort of domed capping on the crest of the dam wall. Always grateful your ever present support though. |
Brazil
Timely engineering and IT translations
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English
ogee / ogee-crested spillway
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Note added at 1 day 21 hrs (2020-10-19 11:01:32 GMT)
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https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/designstandards-data...
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Note added at 1 day 21 hrs (2020-10-19 11:02:24 GMT)
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http://ponce.sdsu.edu/onlineogeerating.php
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Note added at 1 day 22 hrs (2020-10-19 11:05:04 GMT)
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https://s3-sa-east-1.amazonaws.com/ofitexto.arquivos/sumario...
uncontrolled ogee crest research
| Colin thks yr. feedback! I think ogee-crested spillway, does the trick within this context! |
Reference comments
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Don't know whether this helps but
http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/taylor/95000763.pdf
| Thank you Ana - yes v helpfull!!! |
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