слабозаторфованный суглинок

English translation: low-peaty silty clay

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Russian term or phrase:слабозаторфованный суглинок
English translation:low-peaty silty clay
Entered by: Alveana

17:08 Sep 17, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / soils
Russian term or phrase: слабозаторфованный суглинок
Полное название - Суглинок тяжёлый слабозаторфованный текучий
Alveana
low-peaty silty clay
Explanation:
Если речь идёт о грунтах; а если о почвах – тогда loam вместо silty clay

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-09-18 01:50:48 GMT)
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«текучий» о почвах не говорят, только о грунтах; стало быть, не loam, а silty clay
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4 +3low-peaty silty clay
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low-peaty silty clay


Explanation:
Если речь идёт о грунтах; а если о почвах – тогда loam вместо silty clay

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-09-18 01:50:48 GMT)
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«текучий» о почвах не говорят, только о грунтах; стало быть, не loam, а silty clay

Vadim Khazin
Local time: 19:44
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Makhorkina: loam
7 hrs
  -> thanks; see my addition above

agree  Сергей Лузан: http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=phr&s=��������&sc=2&l1=2&l2=1
14 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Maruf Rahimov
23 hrs
  -> thanks

neutral  Dorene Cornwell: low-peat silty clay. In English nouns sometimes serve as adjectives. Here peaty and low-peat would be the correct forms for antonyms.
1 day 9 hrs
  -> заторфованный=peaty. "Antonyms?"
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