Glossary: European Union &
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Walzenlader
= drum shear loader (coalm.)
/ warmbreedband
= hot-rolled coil (steelm.)
/ Wärmebrücke
= heat
bridge (phys.)
/ warmgezogen =
hot-drawn (steelm.)
/ Warteschleife
= "queue" (for
promotion e.g.)
/ Wasserfarben
=
water-based paints
/ wasserverdünnbar =
water-thinned (paints)
/ wastewater
NB
all one word / Wereldverbond
van de Arbeid
= World
Confederation of
Labour, WCL / Weltinnenpolitik;
Weltordnungspolitik = global
governance
/ werk (NL):
grijs werk=
informal work
(not taxable, because below
threshold for taxable earnings, closer to the idea of "little jobs");
wit
werk = formal-sector work
(tax and social security are
paid. NB "illegaal wit werk" is where the job itself is lawful, but the
employee's status is not, e.g. his residence permit is no longer valid);
zwart
werk,
see
travail
noir
/ werkliedpersoneel
=
blue-collar staff (broadcasting)
/ Werkstückswagen
= specimen truck (rope
testing) / durchgehender Wetterstrom
(coalm.)
=
ventilation, airstream, airflow: ausziehender Wetterstrom
=
return ventilation / white
goods
see under
brown
goods
/ Widerlager
=
platen (print.)
/ Wiederholpräzision
= repeatability (math/stat.)
/
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife
and natural
habitats
(CoE:
Bern 1979)
/ the
(Shapiro) Wilks'
test (stat.)
/ Wille zur Macht =
the will to power (Nietzsche,
Encyc. Brit.)
/ Windweg
see
parcours du vent / wirtschaftsnah
= business-related / World
Business Organisation:
synonym for
ICC
q.v.
/ World Economic Forum
(annual,
Davos) / UN World
Summit on Social Development (anti-poverty,
March 1995 Copenhagen) /
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 6 March 2018
