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cross-section

English translation: usual meaning

20:00 Aug 15, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: cross-section
"This square cross-section spaghetti is made from flour and eggs".

More context: http://turismo.egov.regione.abruzzo.it/web/guest/scoprilabru...
Yusuf Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 06:28
Selected answer:usual meaning
Explanation:
If you cut the spaghetti and look at the cut surface you see a square. Most spaghetti has a round cross-section.
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Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 06:28
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7usual meaning
Mark Nathan
4 +6when you cut across it
Sarah Bessioud
4 +1cut a pipe halfway thorugh its length and look at its presumably round section
Elena Ghetti
Summary of reference entries provided
spaghetti alla chitarra
Sarah Jane Webb

Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
usual meaning


Explanation:
If you cut the spaghetti and look at the cut surface you see a square. Most spaghetti has a round cross-section.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 06:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 min
agree  Stephen D
11 mins
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
16 mins
agree  Hassan Lotfy
5 hrs
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
16 hrs
agree  Sarah Bessioud
21 hrs
agree  Lara Barnett
7 days
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
when you cut across it


Explanation:
When you cut across a strand of spaghetti, the shape that you see (the "cross section") is square, as opposed to the norma circular shape if you cut across a strand of normal spaghetti.

Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 06:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 min
  -> Thanks sibsab
agree  Mark Nathan: great minds....
2 mins
  -> Thanks Mark (or is that "fools never differ?")
agree  Stephen D
11 mins
  -> Thanks Steve
agree  Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
11 mins
  -> Thank you Liz
agree  Sarah Jane Webb
16 hrs
  -> Thank you Sarah Jane
agree  Phong Le
2 days 17 hrs
  -> Thank you
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cut a pipe halfway thorugh its length and look at its presumably round section


Explanation:
the cross section is the section you see after you cut the pipe (turn it towards you as if you wanted to see its diameter)

imagine that one "spaghetto" is a "pipe", normally it is round, the distinctive feature of these spaghetti is that instead of having a round section, they are square (never tried them, did not even know they existed before your posting)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_section

Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
2 days 13 hrs
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Reference comments


53 mins
Reference: spaghetti alla chitarra

Reference information:
there's a picture here of this type of pasta
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1944508166_525df32a72.jp...

and here is a recipe for 'spaghetti alla chitarra'
http://www.italianeating.eu/RECIPES/BASIC/spaghetti-chitarra...



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Note added at 54 mins (2011-08-15 20:54:59 GMT)
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greetings from Italy.
Sarah

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Note added at 59 mins (2011-08-15 20:59:49 GMT)
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btw, I did not translate the recipe ;-)

Sarah Jane Webb
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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