Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 14, 2003 12:31
21 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
United Kingdom
oca
Portuguese to English
Science
Astronomy & Space
astronomy
Quando olhamos para o ceu estrelado temos a sensacao de que o local onde os encontramos esta no centro de uma bola oca gigantesca.
Is the colour ochre? If so it doesn't make sense to me, since the night sky is anything but ochre.
Is the colour ochre? If so it doesn't make sense to me, since the night sky is anything but ochre.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +9 | hollow |
Maria Teresa Bermudes
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| 5 +2 | empty |
António Ribeiro
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| 5 | void |
Forna (X)
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| 4 | blank sphere |
Clauwolf
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Proposed translations
+9
6 mins
Maria Teresa Bermudes
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Portuguese
United Kingdom
Accurate and fluent communications.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
hollow
'in the centre of a giant, hollow ball!'
Regards.
Regards.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Of course it's hollow. My brain is slow today, as I've got a heavy cold. Thanks to everyone"
+2
13 mins
António Ribeiro
Native in Portuguese
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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3
empty
... gigantic empty ball
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Note added at 2003-02-14 12:46:45 (GMT)
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ou, ...huge/immense empty ball
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Note added at 2003-02-14 13:07:30 (GMT)
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Não tem nada a ver com a cor ocre, mas sim com um espaço vazio
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Note added at 2003-02-14 12:46:45 (GMT)
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ou, ...huge/immense empty ball
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Note added at 2003-02-14 13:07:30 (GMT)
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Não tem nada a ver com a cor ocre, mas sim com um espaço vazio
1 hr
Forna (X)
Forna (X)
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
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void
Sky Lights: Much Ado About Nothing -
... would have you believe that the night sky is full ... marks the atom's outer bounds; the rest is a void. ... similarly compacted, it would fit into a ball smaller than ...
www.discover.com/july_02/featsky.html - 8k
... would have you believe that the night sky is full ... marks the atom's outer bounds; the rest is a void. ... similarly compacted, it would fit into a ball smaller than ...
www.discover.com/july_02/featsky.html - 8k
3 hrs
blank sphere
:)
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