Stripping

English translation: removing a top layer of soil

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English term or phrase:Stripping
Selected answer:removing a top layer of soil
Entered by: Jacek Kloskowski

06:21 Mar 1, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Nuclear Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: Stripping
There are many instances of "stripping' in this table.
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Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 12:26
removing a top layer of soil
Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 13 mins (2017-03-01 06:35:06 GMT)
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http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/IEM4/29Jan/Nakayama.pdf
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Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 05:26
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4 +7removing a top layer of soil
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
stripping
removing a top layer of soil


Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 13 mins (2017-03-01 06:35:06 GMT)
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http://www-pub.iaea.org/iaeameetings/IEM4/29Jan/Nakayama.pdf


Jacek Kloskowski
United States
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
14 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
59 mins
  -> Thank you.

agree  Terry Richards
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

agree  Tony M: The use of 'stripping' tends to emphasize the notion of removing a (relatively thin) layer over a wide area — think of stripping wallpaper / paint, for example.
2 hrs
  -> Good comment, agreed. Thank you.

agree  Ashutosh Mitra
21 hrs
  -> Thank you :)

agree  acetran
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thanks.

agree  Jörgen Slet
2 days 6 hrs
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