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bepalende maat

English translation: The dimensions of the blocks are determined by...

00:44 Feb 9, 2022
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Dutch term or phrase: bepalende maat
De maten van de bouwblokken komen overeen met de maten van de bebouwing in de directe omgeving, die ook naar de randen toe in schaal oploopt. De *bepalende maat* van de blokken is de maat van de gevels in de oost-west richting
Manuel Maduro
Local time: 21:01
English translation:The dimensions of the blocks are determined by...
Explanation:
If it's a one-off use of this term, it might be more elegant to phrase it as "the dimensions of the blocks are determined/defined by the dimensions of the facades..."


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Caspar van Vark
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:01
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Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2The dimensions of the blocks are determined by...
Caspar van Vark
4 +1determining measure, that which determines the size
Lianne van de Ven
4decisive dimensions
Cillie Swart


  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
determining measure, that which determines the size


Explanation:
Facades in east-west direction are the determining measure for the blocks.
The size of the (building) blocks is determined by the size of the east-west facades, or facades in east-west direction (of existing - or planned - construction/buildings) in the nearby area. Size increases in scale towards the periphery (randen).

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Beijer
15 hrs
  -> Bedankt, Michael
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
decisive dimensions


Explanation:
dimensions that decide or determine the working measurements in practice.

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The dimensions of the blocks are determined by...


Explanation:
If it's a one-off use of this term, it might be more elegant to phrase it as "the dimensions of the blocks are determined/defined by the dimensions of the facades..."




Caspar van Vark
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steve Robbie: or simply "The size of the blocks is determined by..."
41 mins
agree  Michael Beijer
7 hrs
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