PNEUMATIC MORTAR

  

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PNEUMATIC MORTAR

Specialty Definition: PNEUMATIC MORTAR

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A mortar of Portland cement and sand applied by pneumatic pressure against the surface or lining to be or being treated, used for large scale repair and restoration of old structures ; mortar thrown on as gunite. . . . It is therefore particularly suitable for prestressed concrete. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

Mortar applied to a surface with a cement gun in the same manner as gunite. Such mortar has a cube crushing strength of 3,000 psi (20.7 MPa) at 7 days and of 6,000 psi (41.4 MPa) at 28 days, with a water-cementratio of 0.45. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: PNEUMATIC MORTAR

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

Dutch

  

mortel aangebracht m.b.v.perslucht (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ruiskubetoni (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

French

  

mortier projeté (pneumatically applied mortar). (various references)

   

German

  

Torkret-Beton (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar), mit Druckluft aufgebrachter Moertel (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκτοξευόμενον κονίαμα (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

Italian

  

malta pompata (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eumaticpnay ortarmay

   

Portuguese

  

gunita (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mortero proyectado (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar), "gunita". (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sprutbetong (pneumatically applied mortar, spread mortar). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PNEUMATIC MORTAR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-4 letters: compartment, counterpart, crematorium, emancipator, importunate, mercuration, permutation, portmanteau, preromantic.

-5 letters: aeronautic, amputation, crematoria, eructation, impartment, importance, importuner, maceration, manometric, maturation, meritocrat, natatorium, oceanarium, pancratium, paramecium, parametric, parturient, portamenti, praetorian, precaution, reparation, reputation, retraction, tautomeric, terminator.

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

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1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
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