maculatura
English translation: spoilage
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|  Selected response from: Natalie Poland Local time: 09:06 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | spoilage |
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| 4 +1 | mackle |
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| 5 | Spoiled sheet of print |
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| 4 | staining |
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| 2 | waste paper, spoilage |
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6 mins confidence: 
staining Explanation: mácula - stain or spot. HTH Rick |
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8 mins confidence:
waste paper, spoilage Explanation: You define it well yourself in the question. The above definition is from a RUSSIAN-English dictionary (ìàêóëàòóðà), which looks like the same word, but of course one can never be 100% sure of the same word in different languages meaning the same thing. Callaham's Russian-English Scientific and Technical Dictionary |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1spoilage Explanation: in other cases also: mackle(-paper), spoilt sheet(s); pages spoiled in printing Examples: ... Notes are examined for spoilage on a Sheet Examination ... pass or keep a banknote that you either know ... www.bankofengland.co.uk/factnote.pdf Considering a high spoilage rate with printing the notes ... substrate which can take printing like an ordinary banknote was created. The technology to ... www.polymernotes.org/Singapore.htm ... r elevant topics included banknote security features and new ... protects all the preceding printing stages by the ... Is the level of spoilage higher when printing on ... www.ipca.au.com/images/IPCA_July_2001.pdf |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1mackle Explanation: (specif. to printing) "mackle. n. blurred or double impression in printing." Reference: http://www.lineone.net/dictionaryof/difficultwords/d0007808.... |
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23 mins confidence:
Spoiled sheet of print Explanation: I have not found a one-word equivalent. This is S&S's version |
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