Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pull against the weight
German translation:
an dem Gewicht ziehen
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Rolf Buesken (X)
Aug 15, 2005 13:54
18 yrs ago
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pull against the weight
English to German
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Tauchboot
While a Mir weighs 18 tons on land, it has only a few hundred pounds of lifting power underwater, and it can’t generate the 500 pounds of force necessary to snap the surface cable.
So the exploration team uses a safety system to protect the Mirs from entanglement. A Mir’s main cable is anchored to the ocean floor with a heavy weight. The Mir then unspools thinner cable from the anchor point to the wrecksite. In an emergency, Mir can **pull against the weight** to break free of the thin cable and return to the surface.
So the exploration team uses a safety system to protect the Mirs from entanglement. A Mir’s main cable is anchored to the ocean floor with a heavy weight. The Mir then unspools thinner cable from the anchor point to the wrecksite. In an emergency, Mir can **pull against the weight** to break free of the thin cable and return to the surface.
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an dem Gewicht ziehen
... kann an dem Gewicht ziehen, i.e. until the light cable/rope tears so that Mir is free. This means that the weight is so heavy that the strength of the cable is not sufficient to lift it.
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