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pit scale — noun : one of several scales of the genus Asterolecanium that cause serious injury to oaks * * * any of various small oval shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy … Useful english dictionary
pit-making scale — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pit (I) : pit scale … Useful english dictionary
Scale insect — Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–recent … Wikipedia
Scale pit — Scale pit. См. Окалинная раковина. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
Pit-Sawers — A term used to describe small scale (usually illegal) loggers in Liberia. (Pit sawing is a crude method of cutting planks from a log.) Liberia is electronically tagging its trees to prevent logging revenue falling into the wrong hands †, Richard… … Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles
oak wax scale. — See under pit scale. Also called oak scale. * * * … Universalium
oak wax scale. — See under pit scale. Also called oak scale … Useful english dictionary
Open-pit mining — El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open pit copper mine … Wikipedia
Silver Pit — The Silver Pit is a long valley in the bed of the North Sea, 45 km (27 miles) east of Spurn Head in England. In origin, it is probably a tunnel valley (Benn Evans fig.9.27) which was kept free of periglacial deposits by the Wash River when the… … Wikipedia
Truck scale — Truck scales are large, floor mounted weighing systems that can weigh entire vehicles and their contents. As the American name implies, they frequently weigh entire trucks. In the United Kingdom, they are called weighbridges. They can be surface… … Wikipedia
