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w (abbreviation)

English translation: wide

13:25 Jan 10, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: w (abbreviation)
curtains

Typical Blackout Curtain with Lining

Height 1828mm (72”)
406g/m2 (12oz/yd2)
Total fabric weight Up to 5.5m (18’) w

any idea what the "w" stands for?

thanks!
Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 10:06
Selected answer:wide
Explanation:
is what it looks like here - the maximum width of the curtain.
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Armorel Young
Local time: 09:06
Grading comment
thanks everybody!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +12wide
Armorel Young
4 +3width
Charlesp
4 -1looks to me as though the end of the sentence has gone missing
CMJ_Trans (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
wide


Explanation:
is what it looks like here - the maximum width of the curtain.

Armorel Young
Local time: 09:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
thanks everybody!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian
0 min
agree  Jonathan Spector
2 mins
neutral  Rahi Moosavi: It must be wide but it's stating weight? in terms of length?
3 mins
agree  Aisha Maniar
4 mins
neutral  mportal: agree with Rahi. Although w would normally mean width, the only measurement given here is the length
13 mins
agree  Victor Potapov: yes, curtains up to 1.8 m high and 5.5 m wide. Does make sense in the context of total curtain weight - max load on the curtain track. Previous questions of this asker were about roller shades, curtain tracks, window frames, etc...
13 mins
agree  Marian Greenfield
16 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: I reckon the 'total fabric weight' should be on the previous line
36 mins
agree  Will Matter
39 mins
agree  Tony M: Yes, as Cilian says. The 'total weight' is the figure per m2 (etc.), and means facing fabric and lining together.
42 mins
agree  Jane Gabbutt: Hello Armorel. Sounds right to me.
1 hr
  -> Hi, Jane, it was good to meet you in Oxford.
agree  Asghar Bhatti
2 hrs
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
4 hrs
agree  Rutie Eckdish
4 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
looks to me as though the end of the sentence has gone missing


Explanation:
I think that w could indeed have to do with width but you need to ask for the missing text

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 10:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Makes perfect sense as it stands, no reason to assume missing text...
22 mins
  -> sorry but it STILL looks odd hanging there at the end....
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
width


Explanation:
it looks like width is meant, but then that is only one of the possibilities.
By the way, 406g is not 12oz, it is more like 14.3 oz - not to be critical, but sort of sloppy work in the 'origional.'

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 10:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: but one is per m2, the other per yard2
2 mins
neutral  Tony M: Well pointed out, Cilian! Maybe the 'origional' isn't the sloppy bit... ;-)
4 mins
agree  Anna Maria Augustine (X): height and width, not wide
22 mins
agree  Java Cafe
1 hr
agree  Özden Arıkan: agree with Anna
13 hrs
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