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Ausklinkung

English translation: notch

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German term or phrase:Ausklinkung
English translation:notch
Entered by: Silvia Geissbauer

11:33 Dec 6, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / civil engineering
German term or phrase: Ausklinkung
term from a technical drawing – no further context given
Silvia Geissbauer
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:21
notch OR coping
Explanation:
or cut-out, for that matter; all different names for the same thing.

ref: Corenelsen, Tech WB
Selected response from:

Ken Cox
Local time: 20:21
Grading comment
Vielen herzlichen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2cut-out or block-out
Dr. Fred Thomson
4notch OR coping
Ken Cox
4notch, notched recess; coping (of steel beams)
Robert Creutz (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cut-out or block-out


Explanation:
This term came up last week and the client identified it as cut-out

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 12:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henri (X)
1 hr
neutral  patpending: "ausklinken" is a German business buzzword meaning "to leave" - in case that helps..
2 hrs
agree  Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
notch OR coping


Explanation:
or cut-out, for that matter; all different names for the same thing.

ref: Corenelsen, Tech WB

Ken Cox
Local time: 20:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 281
Grading comment
Vielen herzlichen Dank!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
notch, notched recess; coping (of steel beams)


Explanation:
Offerings from Bezner and DeVries, respectively. Leave it to you to determine if any of them fit your (limited) context.

Robert Creutz (X)
Local time: 14:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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