Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

nature

English answer:

[minor damage]

Added to glossary by Phong Le
Feb 17, 2016 11:19
8 yrs ago
English term

nature

English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
"the consequences of a strike to the sides of a building may result in damage of a minor nature"

on page 780-15 of
https://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/AboutTheCodes/780/780-A200...

in 4.11.3.1 of
https://www.scribd.com/doc/100796478/28/EXAMPLES-OF-LIGHTNIN...

on pgae 49 of
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc18/NFPA_70_NEC/NFPA_70_NEC...
Change log

Feb 17, 2016 11:48: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Tech/Engineering"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Cilian O'Tuama

When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.

How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:

An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)

A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).

Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.

When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.

* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.

Responses

+8
4 mins
Selected

[minor damage]

The word "nature" is superfluous here. You can just say "minor damage"

HTH :o)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2016-02-17 11:26:12 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Loads of examples on the web, e.e.g, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/brief-house-...
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
3 mins
Cheers, Jack. :o)
agree Charles Davis : If you had to replace it with another word you might use "kind" or "type".
11 mins
Thanks. :o)
agree Armorel Young : ... or "sort" - but "minor damage" is the way to go.
1 hr
Thanks. :o)
agree Veronika McLaren
2 hrs
Thanks. :o)
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
2 hrs
Thanks. :o)
agree Tony M : 'damage that is only minor'
4 hrs
Thanks. :o)
agree Jessica Burlacu
16 hrs
Thanks.
agree acetran
4 days
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search