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English translation: reduction

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Portuguese term or phrase:abatimento
English translation:reduction
Entered by: Susy Ordaz

04:21 Oct 17, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: abatimento
Entre as medidas que podem ser tomadas para o ABATIMENTO das emissoes de MP esta o uso de aditivos de combustao.
translator2005
Local time: 03:26
reduction
Explanation:
reduction
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Susy Ordaz
Local time: 09:26
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4 +3reduction
Susy Ordaz
5 +2abatement
Fernando Domeniconi
5lowering..reduction
airmailrpl


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
reduction


Explanation:
reduction

Susy Ordaz
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Ambrosini
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada Guida.
agree  Carla Queiro (X)
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada colega.
agree  airmailrpl: -
7 hrs
  -> Obrigada de novo.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
abatement


Explanation:
Removal of particulate matter from air by various pollution abatement systems. Becker KW.MeSH Terms Air Movements Air Pollution/prevention & control* ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubM...

Abatement of Nuisances Regulations -Air Quality-- 1992 ... Part B - Suspended Particulate Matter Pollutant Chemical Formula Concentration Time period (in ...
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Archive/Communiques/1999/Abatement of Nu...

air pollution abatement operation emits no more. than forty percent (40%) of the weight of. particulate matter entering; and provided further ...
www.epa.gov/Region7/programs/artd/air/rules/missouri/10-640...

Fernando Domeniconi
United States
Local time: 04:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: More specific language on this matter.
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, rhandler!
agree  craigs: very literal and just as accurate, may go to the preference of the user
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, craigs!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lowering..reduction


Explanation:
ABATIMENTO das emissoes de MP => lowering of MP emissions..
reduction of MP emissions

[PDF] Workshop on the Application of Environmental Indicator
In practice, however, 90% reduction of MP emissions is reached. The main sources of MP emissions are coal-fired boiler units of general-use thermal power ...
www.unece.org/env/europe/monitoring/Chisinau.Jul04/Indicato...


US EPA - Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership - International ...Depending on the technology type, further lowering of emissions is both technically and economically feasible for many plants. ...
www.epa.gov/aluminum-pfc/international.htm

Climate Change 2001: MitigationThis suggests the possibility of technological “leap-frogging” (see Goldemberg, 1998a, Schneider, 1998), that is the lowering of emissions by a factor of ...
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg3/057.htm


Statens forurensningstilsyn (SFT) - Emner: Kjemikalier: Bromerte ...Action plan for the reduction of emissions of brominated flame retardants Updated in 2005 [In Norwegian]. Brominated flame retardants are used in a large ...
www.sft.no/arbeidsomr/kjemikalier/flammehemmere/brominatedf...



airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 05:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 99
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