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 Translation for 'difference in elevation' from English to French
différence {f} de niveaudifference in elevation
Partial Matches
différence {f} de niveauelevation difference
différence {f} de niveaudifference in altitude
différence {f} de niveaudifference in height
différence {f} d'âgedifference in age
dénivelé {m}difference in altitude
dénivellation {f} [écart de niveau]difference in level
dénivellation {f} [écart d'altitude]difference in altitude
élévation {f} [hauteur, rang]elevation [height, high social position]
diversité {f}difference
écart {m} [entre des versions]difference
différence {f}difference
nuance {f} [différence]slight difference
différence {f} de niveaualtitude difference
différence {f} de niveauheight difference
différence {f} essentielleessential difference
méd.psych.
seuil {m} d'audibilité
difference threshold
méd.psych.
seuil {m} différentiel
difference threshold
différence {f} d'âgeage difference
math.
différence {f} finie
finite difference
math.
équation {f} aux différences
difference equation
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Usage Examples English
  • Madura Island is a relatively flat topography and there is no significant difference in elevation, which makes Madura a badland.
  • While it is also the nearest automated airport weather station, conditions there do not accurately reflect Highlands, as there is a major difference in elevation, and therefore temperature and precipitation.
  • Rønde is a hill town, with a 95-meter difference in elevation between the lowest and highest part.
  • Temperatures in the city are typically three to seven degrees warmer than at the airport due to the difference in elevation, and actual city temperatures are more representative of other communities in northern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York than are the airport's.
  • The difference in elevation made the canal's current swift enough to power several local mills.

  • There is a significant difference in elevation across different localities of Halisahar.
  • Differences in height between the measurements are added and subtracted in a series to get the net difference in elevation between the two endpoints.
  • The village itself has a difference in elevation of 100 meters.
  • The entire complex, spanning several terraces and a difference in elevation of about 40 m, covers some 7,000 m² (1.7 acres).
  • Because Ohio is not entirely flat, the system of locks had to be designed to act as a staircase so boats could navigate the difference in elevation.

  • The Highland Rim is a cuesta surrounding the basin, and the border where the difference in elevation is sharply pronounced is an escarpment.
  • The contour interval of a contour map is the difference in elevation between successive contour lines.
  • Prior to major hydrologic modifications that began in the early 1900s, the river was wider and deeper and generally flowed more slowly due to a relatively small difference in elevation between Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington.
  • The 9 meter difference in elevation between Aire-sur-la-Lys and the border was gradually overcome by six locks and weirs, completed in 1780.
  • However, this difference in elevation is not apparent if one covers the right half of the picture, as the boxes (which serve as clues suggesting height) are then obscured.

  • Also, gravitational time dilation was measured from a difference in elevation between two clocks of only [...].
  • Lausanne is built on the southern slope of the Swiss plateau, with a difference in elevation of about [...] between the lakeshore at Ouchy and its northern edge bordering Le Mont-sur-Lausanne and Épalinges.
  • The large difference in elevation between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the summit is [...] , making the climb a challenge even for trained mountaineers.
  • The further difference in elevation of [...] along the Altmühl, with two more locks, makes a total of [...] for the south ramp.
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