superelevation

Significat (Anglès)

1. The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity on the projectile.
2. The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve.

Conceptes

peralt

Sinònims

camber

cant

slope

hgih angle

Traduccions

sopraelevazione

peralte

πλαγιά

côte

Überhöhung

surélévation

helling

cambrure

Aufstockung

Etimologia (Anglès)

From super- + elevation.