May 16, 2016 02:11
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English term

100 year wave conditions

English to French Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial meteocean conditions
The expected 100 year wave conditions are well within acceptable limits for siting the regasification terminal.

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): 100 year wave
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vague centennale / vague centenaire

A hundred-year wave is a statistically projected water wave, the height of which, on average, is met or exceeded once in a hundred years for a given location.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-16 03:16:47 GMT)
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A noter que l'expression "vague centenaire" est vue comme etant impropre par la communaute (puisqu'il ne s'agit pas d'une vague agee de 100 ans mais d'une vague qui se produit une fois tous les cent ans) mais se retrouve parfois dans des articles de vulgarisation scientifique.
Example sentence:

http://www.ifremer.fr/web-com/molagnon/rogue/autres/atma.pdf#page=2&zoom=auto,-178,664

http://ecologie.blog.lemonde.fr/2010/12/15/le-changement-climatique-accroit-t-il-la-hauteur-des-vagues/

Peer comment(s):

agree Claude B : centennale, oui
3 hrs
Merci. Oui, en effet, centennale est le terme correct.
agree Didier Fourcot : Centennale https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crue_centennale
6 hrs
Merci !
disagree Daryo : ever noticed there are these things called "les accents" in French? + WHO exactly is supposed to be this "communauté"
21 hrs
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I have noticed. I simply did not have access to a French keyboard at the time. When mentioning the "communauté" I was referring to the marine biologist community. On what basis are you disagreeing with my answer?
agree Ph_B (X) : centennale
2 days 3 hrs
Merci !
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English term (edited): expected 100 year wave

vague centenaire


Le rapport se penche aussi sur la question de la « vague centenaire », c’est-à-dire la plus haute censée se produire en un siècle.

http://ecologie.blog.lemonde.fr/2010/12/15/le-changement-cli...
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vague du siécle

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