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engineers' chains (measuring chains, linear distance measuring devices, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Surveyors' measuring devices consisting of 1-inch-long steel links joined in a chain 100 feet long; succeeded surveyors' chains, but now obsolete. |
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engineers' chains (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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engineers' chains (Dutch-P,D,NT,PN)
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engineer's chain (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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chain, engineer's (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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chains, engineers' (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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工程測鏈 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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gōng chéng cè liàn (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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gong cheng ce lian (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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kung ch'eng ts'e lien (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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engineers' chain (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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chaîne d'ingénieur (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Messketten (Messinstrumente) (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Messkette (Messinstrument) (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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cadena para ingenieros (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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cadena de ingeniero (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TN |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Measuring Devices (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................ <measuring devices for extent> (G) |
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.................... distance measuring devices (G) |
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........................ linear distance measuring devices (G) |
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............................ measuring chains (G) |
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................................ engineers' chains (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 測量員用來量測距離的裝置,由一吋長的鋼環連接成一百呎長的鏈條,取代了測量鏈,但目前已淘汰不用。 |
Dutch ..... Landmeetkundige meetinstrumenten die bestaan uit 2,5cm lange stalen schakels die zijn verbonden in een ketting van 30 meter lang; vervanger van landmeterskettingen maar tegenwoordig achterhaald. |
German ..... Gerät zur Landvermessung, das aus ein Inch langen Kettengliedern aus Stahl besteht, die zu einer 100 Fuß langen Kette verbunden sind; Nachfolgerin der Absteckkette, inzwischen aber überholt. |
Spanish ..... Artefactos para medir de agrimensores que consisten en eslabones de acero de una pulgada de longitud unidos en una cadena de 100 pies de longitud; posteriores a las cadenas de agrimensores, pero ahora obsoletos. |
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