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Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems | | Spanish term or phrase: socavón | The phrase is "una roca que se encontraba en el piso del socavón impactó contra la parte inferior del equipo."
The subject matter is an underground mining accident. |
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| | Mineshaft/ Pit/ Adit | Explanation:
I think we need more context because it could be Adit, pit, mineshaft, they all have a similar function as well as the socavón
Definitions
Socavón
1. Cueva que se excava en la ladera de un cerro o monte y a veces se prolonga formando galería subterránea.
2. Hundimiento del suelo por haberse producido una oquedad subterránea.
Mineshaft
A vertical or sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations.
Pit
1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
a. An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
b. The shaft of a mine.
Adit
An almost horizontal shaft into a mine, for access or drainage
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Daniela Lara
Chile
Local time: 21:12
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3 mins confidence:   shaft
Explanation:
floor of the shaft
It can also mean just a large hole, but shaft would seem to me to be the right choice given that this has to do with mining.
| Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 17:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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10 mins confidence:
3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 | socavã³n gallery
Explanation:
socavón s. m.
1 Agujero que se produce al hundirse el suelo por haber debajo un hueco o galería.
2 Cueva o galería que se ha excavado en la ladera de un monte.
socavón
m. Cueva que se excava en la ladera de un cerro o monte.
Bache que se produce por hundimiento del subsuelo
socavón SM
1. (Min) (= galería) → gallery, tunnel; (= hueco) → hollow; (= cueva) → cavern; (en la calle) → hole
2. (Arquit) → subsidence
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-10-27 18:45:03 GMT)
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The gallery floor
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-10-27 18:50:43 GMT)
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Hola Deza,
Parece ser que otro nombre que se usa es "adit"
Coal industry [COM] Full entry
ES socavón
EN adit
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do
adit [ˈædɪt]
n
(Mining & Quarrying) an almost horizontal shaft into a mine, for access or drainage
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-10-27 18:51:02 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/adit
Reference: http://es.thefreedictionary.com/socav%c3%b3n
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