Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 21, 2012 12:58
12 yrs ago
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Italian term
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
meta
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
review of an exhibition of performance art
"Kounellis colloca, sulle mattonelle di un pavimento disposte come tanti petali di fiori, altrettante formelle di ***meta***, che poi incendia"
What's meta? Some kind of combustible material, obviously-- but what?
What's meta? Some kind of combustible material, obviously-- but what?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | metaldehyde |
Simon Lewis
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metaldehyde
No idea what this is, but a quick dictionary + wikipedia search turned up this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaldehyde
meta(2)
<mè-ta> s.m., invar. ~ Nome commerciale della metaldeide nella forma di tavolette o bastoncini in cui viene messa in vendita per essere usata come combustibile (marchio reg.): un fornellino a meta.
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Note added at 7 mins (2012-01-21 13:05:41 GMT)
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"Metaldehyde is also used as a camping fuel. It may be purchased in a tablet form to be used in small stoves, and for preheating of Primus type stoves. It is sold under the trade name of "META" by Lonza Group of Switzerland." (from wiki article) - so it's those camping stove tablet things, presumably they ignite easily but burn fairly slowly
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaldehyde
meta(2)
<mè-ta> s.m., invar. ~ Nome commerciale della metaldeide nella forma di tavolette o bastoncini in cui viene messa in vendita per essere usata come combustibile (marchio reg.): un fornellino a meta.
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Note added at 7 mins (2012-01-21 13:05:41 GMT)
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"Metaldehyde is also used as a camping fuel. It may be purchased in a tablet form to be used in small stoves, and for preheating of Primus type stoves. It is sold under the trade name of "META" by Lonza Group of Switzerland." (from wiki article) - so it's those camping stove tablet things, presumably they ignite easily but burn fairly slowly
Note from asker:
| Yes- that's it ! thanks Simon - Kudos to you as soon as the system lets me do it (I can't for the life of me understand why I have to wait 24 hours before I can grade the question. Nobody else needs to answer- thanks! |
Peer comment(s):
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Laura Bennett
3 mins
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| agree |
P.L.F. Persio
: per gli amici, "tetramero ciclico dell'acetaldeide", usato come combustibile solido per fornelli da campo e pesticida.
8 mins
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Glinda
: Su ciascun ripiano brucia un piccolo fuoco prodotto dalla combustione di una tavola di metaldeide. www.museomadre.it/it/opere.cfm?id=158
9 mins
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EleoE
1 day 9 hrs
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Comment: "thanks!"
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