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FALLING APRON

Specialty Definition: FALLING APRON

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Building & Civil Engineering

A covering of loose stones or blocks laid on the berm of a river embankment to protect it from erosion. The stone from the apron gradually falls and goes on covering the slope as scour takes place and this process is called "launching" Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FALLING APRON

Language Translations for "FALLING APRON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skridende daeklag (launching apron). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bestorting (launching apron). (various references)

   

French

  

radier plongeant. (various references)

   

German

  

nachrutschende Schuettung (launching apron). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθελκυομένη κοιτόστρωσις (launching apron). (various references)

   

Italian

  

berma adagiata sulla sponda dopo erosione (launching apron). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allingfay apronay

   

Portuguese

  

tapete de enrocamento (launching apron). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

släntskydd i form av oordnad stenfyllning (launching apron). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FALLING APRON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-f-g-i-l-l-n-n-o-p-r"

-3 letters: profaning.

-4 letters: aproning, pangolin, paroling, rainfall.

-5 letters: anginal, falling, flaring, foaling, gorilla, granola, graplin, lanolin, loafing, loaning, logania, paginal, palling, paragon, parling, pignora, planing, polling, rolfing, rolling.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FALLING APRON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 41 4C 4C 49 4E 47      41 50 52 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01000001 01010000 01010010 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#32 &#65 &#80 &#82 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0041 004C 004C 0049 004E 0047      0041 0050 0052 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4035464643484123550524948

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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