gunflint

Spanish translation: pedernal de fusil

19:47 Jan 4, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology
English term or phrase: gunflint
Aparece en una texto de arqueología,se trata de un objeto encontrado. Creo que tiene que ver con fósiles pero no sé exacatamente de que se trata.
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sofia84
Spanish translation:pedernal de fusil
Explanation:
fusil con tilde en la i
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4 +2pedernal de fusil
mrunde
5pistola con llave de sílex
Millan Gonzalez
3pedernal
DianaMoore


  

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pistola con llave de sílex


Explanation:
busca en el google ese termino ***pistola con llave de sílex***, por ej:

http://archeonavale.org/martinique/pages/presesp.html

Se dice tb ***pistola a sílex*** o ***pistola de sílex***

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Millan Gonzalez
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pedernal de fusil


Explanation:
fusil con tilde en la i

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agree  Daniel Burns (X)
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agree  Christian [email protected]: pero sin tilde
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neutral  DianaMoore: El término es fusil de pedernal, pero como se trata de fósiles creo que tiene que ver con la roca que el hombre primitivo utilizaba.
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pedernal


Explanation:
O piedra de chispa.

pedernal. (DRAE)
(Formado sobre el lat. petrĭnus).
1. m. Variedad de cuarzo, que se compone de sílice con muy pequeñas cantidades de agua y alúmina. Es compacto, de fractura concoidea, translúcido en los bordes, lustroso como la cera y por lo general de color gris amarillento más o menos oscuro. Da chispas herido por el eslabón.


Gunflint
Noun
1. The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.





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Note added at 19 horas (2007-01-05 15:10:16 GMT)
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Creo que porque el texto trata sobre fósiles se refiere a muestras de pedernal.

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Note added at 19 horas (2007-01-05 15:27:24 GMT)
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Y por tratar de fósiles no se refieren al fusil de pedernal.


    Reference: http://www.sapiensman.com/ESDictionary/G/Technical_vocabular...
    Reference: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/gu/gunflint.html
DianaMoore
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