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AMERICAN CAISSON

Specialty Definition: AMERICAN CAISSON

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A large open-topped box built on shore, floated out and sunk over the ground chosen for a foundation. The box forms part of the final structure. It is commonly used for bridge piers as it enables construction to be done in the dry. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AMERICAN CAISSON

Language Translations for "AMERICAN CAISSON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

uiva kasuuni (box caisson, stranded caisson), ponttoni (pontoon). (various references)

   

French

  

caisson perdu échoué. (various references)

   

German

  

amerikanischer Senkkasten (box caisson, stranded caisson), Schwimmkasten (box caisson, stranded caisson), gestrandeter Senkkasten (box caisson, stranded caisson). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ενσωματούμενος στεγανοθάλαμος (box caisson, stranded caisson). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

americanay aissoncay

   

Portuguese

  

caixão flutuante perdido (box caisson, stranded caisson). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cajón flotante fondeado (box caisson, stranded caisson). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sänkkista (box caisson, bulkhead, caisson, cofferdam, cortype cofferdam, stranded caisson), kassun (caisson). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AMERICAN CAISSON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-r-s-s"

-4 letters: seminarians.

-5 letters: acrimonies, arccosines, caesarians, carcinomas, cramoisies, encrimsons, insomniacs, isocracies, macaronics, macaronies, seminarian.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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