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PNEUMATIC PICK

Specialty Definition: PNEUMATIC PICK

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Building & Civil Engineering

A light concrete breaker (20-30 lb). Source: European Union. (references)
 Rotary saws instead of jackhammers could be used to break up street pavements. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A compressed-air-operated hand tool used to excavate coal, ore, and rock, with a punching action. Without the pick steel, its length is about 18 in (46 cm) and weight about 24 lb (10.8 kg). It delivers about 2,500 blows/min. The latest type is the water-controlled pick, so designed that the air valve is operated by water pressure. The water assists insuppressing the dust made during cutting. (references)

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

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Crosswords: PNEUMATIC PICK

Specialty definitions using "PNEUMATIC PICK": activated ploughdynamic ploughimpact ploughpercussive plough. (references)

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Modern Translation: PNEUMATIC PICK

Language Translations for "PNEUMATIC PICK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

pneumatisk hammer (paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), trykluftsmejsel (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), trykluftshammer (breaker, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

pikhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), delfhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), afbouwhamer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paineilmavasara (paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references)

   

French

  

piocheuse, marteau-piqueur pneumatique, marteau-piqueur (pneumatic hammer), marteau pneumatique de démolition (pneumatic breaker), marteau piqueur. (various references)

   

German

  

Preßlufthammer (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), Pickhammer (chipping hammer, pick hammer, welder's hammer), Spitzhammer, Bodenfräse, Abbauhammer (breaker). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σφύρα καταστροφής οδοστρωμάτων (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), σφύρα θραύσης οδοστρωμάτων (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), αερόσφυρα (air drill, bully, dry drill, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légcsákány, fejtőkalapács (acute hammer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

picconatrice (ripper, rooter), martello per picchiettare. (various references)

   

Manx

  

aerspeih. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eumaticpnay ickpay

   

Portuguese

  

picareta mecânica, martelo pneumático (air drill, dry drill, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer, rammer, road breaker), martelo picador. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

piqueta mecánica, perforadora neumática (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), martillo piqueta, martillo neumático (air hammer, jackhammer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tryckluftsmejsel (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker), tryckluftshammare (paving breaker, pneumatic hammer, road breaker). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PNEUMATIC PICK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-k-m-n-p-p-t-u"

-4 letters: cinematic, kinematic, panmictic, pneumatic.

-5 letters: actinium, cuneatic, maieutic, minutiae, neumatic, pumicite.

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

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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