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m.u.t

English translation: meter under terrengnivå/meters under ground level


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11:32 Jul 31, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
Danish term or phrase: m.u.t
Bortgravning af forurenet jord indtil ca. 3,0 m.u.t
quincey
Local time: 12:42
English translation:meter under terrengnivå/meters under ground level
Explanation:
See example sentence at the reference link.

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-07-31 11:54:31 GMT)
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Oops, I slipped into American "whilst" typing -- should be "metres" for you. :-)
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Charles Ek
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Local time: 07:42
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5 +3meter under terrengnivå/meters under ground level
Charles Ek


  

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meter under terrengnivå/meters under ground level


Explanation:
See example sentence at the reference link.

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-07-31 11:54:31 GMT)
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Oops, I slipped into American "whilst" typing -- should be "metres" for you. :-)

Example sentence(s):
  • In Stockholm the temperature for the first hundred metres under ground level is around eight degrees.

    Reference: http://www.kth.se/alumni/2.4755/2.6370/1.33198?l=en_UK
Charles Ek
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Local time: 07:42
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diarmuid Kennan
1 min

agree  TineW: Yes, but in Danish the correct form is: meter under terræn (meter is also meter in plural)
16 mins
  -> Thanks for the correction!

agree  Helen Johnson
5 days
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