Schüttungen
English translation: Stock or stockpiles
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| 01:24 Apr 24, 2007 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Science - Science (general) / math / chem modelling | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: David Le Cou (X) Local time: 00:54 | ||||||
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| 3 | pouring/ filling |
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| 3 | Stock or stockpiles |
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| 2 | accumulations |
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1 hr confidence: 
pouring/ filling Explanation: It often implies the procedure of pouring of bulk material or the result of it; for instance: a pile of sand or waste or some other (chemical) material. Here are some links that you may find useful: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schüttung_(Hydrologie) http://www.schoerling.com/ http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idThread=37552&... http://www.woxikon.com/wort/Schüttung.php -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-24 03:01:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In case you can't access the last link above, here it is again: http://www.woxikon.com/wort/Schüttung.php |
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6 hrs confidence:
accumulations Explanation: This was my initial understanding of the word, but I can only find corroboration in a geological sense: PDF] Weichselzeitliche und holozäne Ablagerungen im Bereich der Deponie ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML the accumulation of fine sands. It was reactivated later during the Holocene ... Mit der Schüttung von. Feinsanden wurde die Sedimentation in der Jüngeren ... www.gpi.uni-kiel.de/veroeff/Meyniana51/Krienke.pdf |
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7 hrs confidence:
Stock or stockpiles Explanation: From your reply, this could be a problem related to exothermic self-decomposition of bulk materialduring storage, leading to accumulations of heat |
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