Results for kumgama translation from Xhosa to English

inkqubo yokuthiyela kumgama omde.
long range decoy system

inkqubo yokuthiyela kumgama omfutshane.
short range decoy system.

thandela intambo kumgama ukusuka kwincam.
whip the rope at a distance from the end.

esi sibane masibonakale kumgama amalunga nemayile enye.
this light should be visible at a distance of at least 1 mile.

ezi zienyali izisasazaye nezamkelayo kumgama emfuthsane wonxibelelwano.
these are the transmitting and receiving aerials for short-range radio communications.

kumhlaba obubanzi kakhulu ubonakala ngokwesiqhelo kumgama omkhulu.
in higher latitudes land is usually visible from a considerable distance.

ezinye zezi zingalalele kwicala elinye kuda kumgama onokubena kuwo.
some of these may lie far to one side in the field of vision.

isiphekepheke esijelisiweyo ukusuko kwinqanawe ukuya emoyeni kumgama emfutshane.
for close range ship-to-air guided missiles.

gquba kumgama okhuselekileyo osusayo ukusuka kwisithintelo wandule ukubhala kwitshati.
decide on safe clearing distance from the obstruction and lay off on the chart.

apho isikhondo somphini singekho kumququmbelo ophambili kodwa kumgama ofanelekileyo ophezulu.
one in which rudder stock is not on leading edge of rudder, but an appropriate distance abaft it.

amaplanga okanye izinqamlezi asele ezenzile eluhambeni mazithelekiswe kumgama nexesha lokunduluka.
the boards or traverses which he has made under sail must be resolved into distance and departure.

fumana okanye bona nayiphina inqanawa efuna ukudlula kumgama ongange mayile ezimbini.
the detection or sighting of any ship likely to pass within, say, two miles.

isandi sezibonisi sesithintelo senziwa kuphela xa inqanawa ibonakala okanye ivakala kumgama othile.
sound signals for course alteration are made only when the vessels are in sight or hearing distance of one another.

amaza kanomathotholo kumgama omde zigoba nokugoba komhlaba kwaye zinokubizwa ngokuba ziintsika zezangqa ezinkulu.
radio waves over large distances bend with the curvature of the earth and therefore can be referred to as arcs of great circles.

ayikho enye indlela yothutho ekulungeleyo njengenqanawa ehamba ngolwandle ukuthwala imithwalo emikhulu kumgama omde ngexabiso eliphantsi
there is no means of transport that is as suitable as the seagoing ship for the carriage of large quantities of cargo over long distances at low cost.

khetha zibembini izinto ezibolekisayo, eziqikelelwa kumgama olinganayo ngaphandle kwesithinteli uze udibanise kwitolo elalathe ua.
select two charted objects of approximately equal distance apart from the obstruction and join to point a.

abantu abaninzi bolwandle becinga bangayeka umgca kumgama ongaphezulu kwaba nokukwenza, ama 70 enyawo yeyona itshatsheleyo.
many seamen think they can heave a line further than they can; 70 feet is a good cast.

beka umthandelo oqinileyo ua kumgama ukusuka kwincam elingana nomphindo ongamashumi amane anesibini esazinge sentambo ukudibanisa nesazinge esifunekayo semehlo.
place a strong whipping a at a distance from the end equal to forty-two times the circumference of the rope plus the intended circumference of the eye.

kukho ubungqina bokuba inqanawa eyahamba ngesantya esiphezulu kwi manchester ship canal yaqhawula intambo enkulu yenqanawa eyayitsalwa kumgama ozimayile ezintathu ngaphambili.
it is on record that a ship proceeding at excessive speed in the manchester ship canal parted the hawsers of a ship moored three miles ahead.

elixhonywe kwisityibilekisi endaweni yesithwali kwaye isuntwana lenkanunu yasisixhobo esifutshane sombhobho wompu odubula kumgama onyiniweyo, udla ngokuba sisiqingatha somgama sompu omde.
mounted on a slide instead of a carriage the carronade was a short barreled weapon of limited range, typically half to a third the range of a long gun.