Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

rótula

English translation:

ball and socket joint

Added to glossary by liz askew
Apr 5, 2011 18:00
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Spanish term

rótula

Spanish to English Medical Medical: Instruments Could be an engineering question
GIRO SAGITAL
Las cargas se han aplicado mediante una rótula del modo presentado en el esquema y a una distancia (d) de 29 mm entre eje de la barra y la línea de actuación de la fuerza.

Appears in a document about clinical trials on fastening systems for bones. The rótula is an instrument used to apply load pressure.

Thank you.
Proposed translations (English)
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Change log

Apr 11, 2011 08:59: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/876116">Kathleen Misson's</a> old entry - "rótula "" to ""ball and socket joint""

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Kathleen Misson (asker) Apr 5, 2011:

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I am afraid I am unable to decipher much at all from the diagram posted:)



http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DIUQjbACJcEJ:www.g...

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ball bracket

just checking though

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also

ball-and-socket mechanism > mecanismo de rótula
4 posts - 3 authors - Last post: 11 Oct 2005
(KudoZ) English to Spanish translation of ball-and-socket mechanism: mecanismo de rótula [Telecom(munications) (Tech/Engineering)].
www.proz.com › ... › English to Spanish › Telecom(munications) - Cached
rotula > ball-and-socket joint
27 Mar 2004 ... (KudoZ) Italian to English translation of rotula: ball-and ...
www.proz.com › ... › Italian to English › Construction / Civil Engineering - Cached

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4 - Technical English - Spanish Vocabulary - [ Translate this page ]
25 Mar 2011 ... Ball bearing grease, grasa para rodamiento a bolas ... Ball joint, articulación a rótula, articulación esférica, unión de rótula ( Ingeniería mecánica ) See: ball-and-socket joint .... Ballast load, carga balasto, carga de balasto. ... Universal 18342 S400ML5AC5M500K High Pressure Sodium Ballast Kit ...
www.sapiensman.com/.../Technical_vocabulary_Spanish(B2-A).p... - Cached

This is all the help I am able to provide, especially as I cannot see the diagram posted, it is very faint indeed!

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Ball and Socket Joint - Patent application - , for example, for an ...
[0004]The requirements imposed on such ball and socket joints include especially a high specific load-carrying ability and low bearing clearance under both ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080213036 - Cached - Simila

well, ball and socket joint

looks a possibility
Note from asker:
many thanks for your help. much appreciated.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I am still not 100% about this but the client said he was happy with this translation. Thank you all for your help."

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