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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 712287 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain coalmining
pit preferred
kaevand
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  • Peab vältima kaevandamis- ja transportmehhanismide ning masinate kukkumist kaevandisse või vette.
pit preferred
Usage examples
  • Preventive measures must be taken to ensure that excavating and materials-handling vehicles and machinery do not fall into the excavations or into water.
excavation

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 698167 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - Fisheriesforestry managementEnvironment - Environmental ProtectionEarth Sciences - Geography - Universe
pit
  • a hole or cavity in the ground, formed either by digging or by some natural process
pit
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  • To avoid damage to root systems, the parts that have to be installed in pits (collectors, recorders, etc.) could be installed outside the actual plot in the bufferzone.

Limnoloogia sõnastik

ID 459616 Last modified 14.05.2024
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Domain limnology
pond preferred
pit
Teich preferred
  • järvest väiksem looduslik või kunstlik seisuveekogu
  • small storage reservoir or body of water
  • embalse de almacenamiento o masa de agua de pequeñas dimensiones
  • réservoir ou masse d'eau de petites dimensions
  • небольшое водохранилище или водный объект
tiik
pond preferred
pit
estanque
étang
Teich preferred
Tümpel
пруд

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 1148701 Last modified 08.05.2026
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Domain Standardisation - Metrology
orupunkt preferred
pit
  • profiili või reaalse pinna punkt, mis on madalamal kui kõik teised punktid selle punkti naabruses
  • point on the profile which is lower than all other points within the neighbourhood of than point
  • lowest point of a dale
orupunkt preferred
Usage examples
  • Orupunkt on reaalse pinna teoreetiline võimalus ja võib olla ka reaalse pinna keskmine punkt.
lohupunkt
pit
Usage examples
  • The pit is a theoretical possibility of a plateau. In this case, the pit is the middle single point on the plateau.

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 1148719 Last modified 08.05.2026
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Domain Standardisation - Metrologymeasuring procedures
org preferred
süvend
lohk
profiili põhi variant
dale
pit
  • piirkond oru ümber nii, et kõik maksimaalsed allapoole suunatud teed lõpevad orupunktiga
  • region around a pit such that all maximal downward paths end at the pit
  • inwardly directed (from surrounding medium to material) contiguous portion of the profile below the reference line bounded by the two adjacent points where the ordinate values change their sign
org preferred
Usage examples
  • Org on pinnaprofiili tugijoonest (x-telg) allpool asetsev pinnaprofiili element.
süvend
lohk
profiili põhi variant
dale
Usage examples
  • A dale is a surface profile element located below the surface profile reference line (x-axis).
pit

Militerm | riigikaitseterminite andmebaas

ID 533188 Last modified 12.09.2025
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Domain Land Forces -> InfantryGeneral Conduct of Military Operations -> Military TacticsLand Forces -> Field Engineers
laskepesa preferred
laskurpesa deprecated
kaitsepesa deprecated
foxhole preferred
pit admitted
fighting hole admitted
Kampfstand für Schützen preferred
Schützenloch admitted
  • any small pit providing partial cover as a firing position
Good to know
  • TAC [ADDR-ENEN]
laskepesa preferred
laskurpesa deprecated
kaitsepesa deprecated
foxhole preferred
US
pit admitted
fighting hole admitted
Kampfstand für Schützen preferred
Schützenloch admitted

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