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| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Method of driving probe into soil or rock and of measuring resistance to ramming down or torsion in order to estimate the position and thickness of soil layers, the relative strength and composition of soil, and also brittleness and quality of rock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PROSPECTING BY BORINGS OR TRIAL PITS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sondering (boring, exploring drilling, probing, sounding, test boring), boring (bore, boring, conduit, drilled well, probing, sounding, test boring), boreprofil (boring, probing, sounding, test boring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sondering (boring, probing, sounding, test boring), grondboring (boring, probing, sounding, test boring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puikotus (boring, probing, sounding, test boring), koekairaus (boring, probing, sounding, test boring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sondage (probe, probing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pellen (Peel, skin), Sondierung (exploration, probing), Bohren (bore, boring, drill, drive, gnaw, keep on, pick, sink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βυθομέτρηση (sounding), ανιχνευτική γεώτρηση (boring, probing, sounding, test boring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sondaggio (poll, probing, sounding, survey), scandaglio (fathoming, plumb line, sounding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ospectingpray ybay oringsbay oray ialtray itspay sondagem (pump). (various references) sondeo (canvass, feeler, overture, probe, probing, reconnaissance, sounding), sonda (blowpipe, bore, catheter, lead, pathfinder, Plumb, plummet, probang, probe, searcher, sound). (various references) sondering (boring, observation, ozone observation, ozone sounding, probing, sounding, test boring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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