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scarpa

English translation: shoe

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Italian term or phrase:scarpa
English translation:shoe
Entered by: Marco Solinas

21:27 Oct 17, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / Geotechnical engineering
Italian term or phrase: scarpa
Describing a sampler to obtain soil cores:

"in caso di siti di indagine caratterizzato da terreni difficilmente campionabili, ovvero in terreni coesivi di elevata consistenza o con presenza di clasti, nei quali non sia possibile l’infissione di campionatori a pistone/pressione precedentemente descritti, XXXXX [the client] può richiedere il prelievo di campioni mediante l’utilizzo di appositi campionatori a rotazione a doppia parete con *scarpa* tagliente avanzata o altri campionatori a doppia parete appositamente modificati (tipo NT6S modificato)"
Is this a core drill bit?

All suggestions are welcome.
Marco Solinas
Local time: 05:14
shoe
Explanation:
This wikipedia page lists a series of soil sampling devices. One of them, (the split-spoon sampler), uses a "hardened metal drive shoe" attached at the bottom end. There is another sampler that has a "toe" just to keep on with the foot language. Could it be this easy?

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-10-18 07:47:35 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_investigation#Soil...
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Neptunia
Local time: 14:14
Grading comment
Thank you Neptunia.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1shoe
Neptunia
4 -1scarp/slope
Teresa Valaer


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
scarp/slope


Explanation:
Scarpa = scarp or escarpmentin English and means slope.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2011-10-18 07:01:20 GMT)
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If it is very steep, it can also be called "wall"

here is the garzantilinguistica dictionary definition no. 3: pendio di muro, di terrapieno) scarp: - del terreno, slope; muro di -, scarp wall / a -, (in pendio) sloping

Example sentence(s):
  • Having become familiar with the features of the North or South Fault Scarps, travelers may recognize other fault scarps cutting across fans along the base
Teresa Valaer
Italy
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: I don't think you've read the context properly, and scarpa doesn't mean scarp anyway.
11 mins
neutral  casper (X): If so, how do you understand 'scarpa tagliente avanzata' ?
6 hrs
  -> It may mean that the wall is cutting through that part of the mountain, avanzata perhaps meaning ahead of other features or machinery.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shoe


Explanation:
This wikipedia page lists a series of soil sampling devices. One of them, (the split-spoon sampler), uses a "hardened metal drive shoe" attached at the bottom end. There is another sampler that has a "toe" just to keep on with the foot language. Could it be this easy?

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-10-18 07:47:35 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_investigation#Soil...

Neptunia
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you Neptunia.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paola Battagliarini
5 hrs
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