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spatenförmig

English translation: spade shaped

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German term or phrase:spatenförmig
English translation:spade shaped
Entered by: Ulla Haufe

15:36 Dec 24, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: spatenförmig
In a patent relating to an auxiliary handle for an electrical handtool: "Durch die spatenförmige Ausbildung ist es dem Anwender möglich, das Elektrowerkzeug präzise and handlich zu führen. Mit spatenförmig ist eine dreiecksförmige Ausbildung des Querschnitts des Zusatzhandgriffes in ener normal zur Längsachse der Antriebswelle verlaufendedn Schittebene gemeint, wobei ein Eckpunkt als Anbindepunkt dient."

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Harold
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spade shaped
Explanation:
Hello Harold,

I came up with this term, and it seems to be confirmed by Google
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Ulla Haufe
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4 +2spade shaped
Ulla Haufe
5spatulate
John Kinory (X)


  

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spade shaped


Explanation:
Hello Harold,

I came up with this term, and it seems to be confirmed by Google


    Reference: http://www.conservation-by-design.co.uk/equipment/hotknife.h...
Ulla Haufe
Local time: 19:13
PRO pts in pair: 156
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agree  Maya Jurt: exactly
2 mins
agree  Henri (X)
12 mins
neutral  John Kinory (X): This is NOT meant to be a criticism of Ulla :-), but I visited that site and it's written in very poor English indeed.
4 hrs
  -> Maybe, John, there are many more hits, I've chosen this one, there is a drawing and it very much looks like a 'Spaten'
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
spatulate


Explanation:
spade- or spatula-shaped (you need the hyphen). In fact, being triangular, it is more like a spatula anyway.


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John Kinory (X)
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