Glossary entry

Croatian term or phrase:

hvat

English translation:

fathom

Added to glossary by d_miteva
Jul 13, 2006 05:58
17 yrs ago
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Croatian term

ral i hvat

Croatian to English Bus/Financial Real Estate
(jedinice povrsine)
Proposed translations (English)
3 -1 acre and fathom

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acre and fathom

acre = a unit in the U.S. and England equal to 43,560 square feet (4047 square meters)

fathom = a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water ― sometimes used in the singular when qualified by a number

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-07-13 12:06:25 GMT) Post-grading
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A fathom is a unit of length equivalent to 6 feet or 2 yards. The fathom was first used for land measurement but is now restricted to nautical uses - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom

Jedinica za duljinu: 1 europski hvat = 1,8965 m
Jedinica za površinu: 1 četvorni hvat = 3,5967 m2

http://www.inet.hr/~zlpavlic/
http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engcro&word=fathom
http://www.taktikanova.hr/eh/eh.asP?trazi=hvat
http://www.rjecnik.net/search.php

Izgleda da je isti prijevod svuda....kako bi onda bilo pravilno??
Peer comment(s):

disagree eleonora_r : 1 acre = 4046,86 m2, dok je 1 ral = 5760 m2, fathom je mjera za dubinu, za površinu 1 hvat = 3,6 m2 tj. 4.3 square yards www.ffos.hr/~dljiljak/mjernejedinice.doc
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