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Kalomel-elektrode
=
saturated
calomel electrode / Kälteschutzkleidung
= cold-protective
clothing / Känguruh
= willing horse, dogsbody / kansmeter
= "prospects gauge" (a
job
seeker classification instrument)
(NL)
/ Kantenleimer =
edge bonding machine (woodworking)
/ Kapitalbindung
= capital lockup (fin.) /
Kapitaldeckungsverfahren
(KDV)
= funded (pension) scheme; money-purchase scheme; personal pension (social
security:
the contributor pays into a "pot" which is for him
alone. Thus he benefits in direct proportion to what he has paid in;
none of
the capital goes towards funding anyone else. It is in effect a
"private" pension. Contrast
Umlageverfahren, q.v.)
/ kapitaliseerbar
= (of study
credits) which
count towards or may be used in a subsequent or higher level of
training /
Ausbaukappe =
roof bar (coalm.)
/ Karenz
see 2 entries under
carence
/ Kaskadensteuer
see cascade
/
Kastendiagramm
= box and whisker plot / Keileinband
=
wedge capping (ropes)
/ Kernspurenzählung
=
nuclear track counting / Kesselkohle
= steam coal / keten
radio's =
radio channels / Kettenförderer
see Förderer
/
Klauentiere
= ungulates; hoofed mammals (generic
terms): 9
times out of
10 these will be the Ariodactyla
(even-toed ungulates or
cloven-hoofed
animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer. But NB the horse is
an odd-toed mammal, part of the
Perissodactyla group
/ Klausur
(when not in sense of a
university exam)
= dedicated session (of
committee e.g., focusing on a particular issue)
/ Klobenrad
=
pulley / Knüppelstranggußanlage
=
continuous billet caster (steelm.)
/
kocktet
= kilobyte / Kokille =
(casting) mould (steelm.)
/ Kombilüfter
= ?
multi-drive
fan (can switch from one type
of power
to another) / kombinierte
Schleuse = combination
man-and-materials
lock (OSH)
/ Kompensationsgeschäfte
=
counter trade
/ Kongress der
Partei der Europäischen Linken = Congress
of the Party of the European Left (EU
and partner states) / Kontrahierungszwang
= forced contracting (comm.) /
konzentrierte Sperre =
concentrated barrier (coalm.)
/ vorgestreckte
Kopfstrecke =
advanced top road (coalm.)
/ capacitieve, direkte
koppeling = direct, capacitive
coupling (elec.)
/ Kostentreiber =
cost driver
(acctg.)
/ koude sanering
= reorganisation and reduction of
employment, normally
equates simply to "job losses" / Kraft
Ausdehnung =
force and extension (rope)
/ Kratzförderer
see Förderer
/ Kultusministerkonferenz = Standing Conference of
the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder
(DE)
/ kunstfout
= artifact (math./stat./epidem.)
/
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 6 March 2018
