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Tech/Engineering - Other / Automated packaging | | Dutch term or phrase: inwicht | | context: "minimale inwichtpercentage". It seems to be some source of inefficiency in packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables. |
| | | over-weight | Explanation:
Van Dale gives:
'inwegen (overgankelijk werkwoord)
give extra weight'
So, given the context you supplied,
''context: "minimale inwichtpercentage". It seems to be some source of inefficiency in packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables.''
... I would make of it something along the lines of:
minimum over-weight percentage (or)
minimum extra weight percentage
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Note added at 33 mins (2009-08-25 22:02:28 GMT)
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And from the Van Dale Groot hedendaags Nederlands:
in·we·gen
overgankelijk werkwoord; woog in, heeft ingewogen
verliezen door te ruim wegen
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| Selected response from:
 Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:36
| Grading comment Thanks, I think this was the meaning intended, and this is what I have used. I also came across the term 'giveaway' used in a similar context.
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