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Italian term or phrase:	meta
English translation:	metaldehyde
Entered by:	Tom in London

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12:58 Jan 21, 2012

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / review of an exhibition of performance art

Italian term or phrase: meta

"Kounellis colloca, sulle mattonelle di un pavimento disposte come tanti petali di fiori, altrettante formelle di ***meta***, che poi incendia"

What's meta? Some kind of combustible material, obviously-- but what?

Tom in London KudoZ activity Questions: 40 (1 open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 3093 United Kingdom
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metaldehyde

Explanation:
No idea what this is, but a quick dictionary + wikipedia search turned up this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaldehyde

meta(2)
<mè-ta> s.m., invar. ~ Nome commerciale della metaldeide nella forma di tavolette o bastoncini in cui viene messa in vendita per essere usata come combustibile (marchio reg.): un fornellino a meta.

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"Metaldehyde is also used as a camping fuel. It may be purchased in a tablet form to be used in small stoves, and for preheating of Primus type stoves. It is sold under the trade name of "META" by Lonza Group of Switzerland." (from wiki article) - so it's those camping stove tablet things, presumably they ignite easily but burn fairly slowly

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Simon Lewis
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Local time: 01:52

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metaldehyde

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thanks!

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Asker: Yes- that's it ! thanks Simon - Kudos to you as soon as the system lets me do it (I can't for the life of me understand why I have to wait 24 hours before I can grade the question. Nobody else needs to answer- thanks!

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