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спайный

English translation: cleavaged

02:23 Apr 8, 2016
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / soil science
Russian term or phrase: спайный
В описании почв

...выделяется пористая, спайная, светло-серая, слоеватая глыбковая корка

I know that спайность means cleavage, but I am at a loss as to what its adjectival form would be here. Cleaved doesn't sound right. Cracked?
Jennifer Guernsey
United States
Local time: 13:28
English translation:cleavaged
Explanation:
https://www.google.ru/#newwindow=1&tbs=li:1&q="cleavaged" cr...
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Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:28
Grading comment
The winner by default. Thanks for your efforts.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3cleavaged
Oleg Lozinskiy


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cleavaged


Explanation:
https://www.google.ru/#newwindow=1&tbs=li:1&q="cleavaged" cr...

Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
The winner by default. Thanks for your efforts.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I remain very skeptical of this answer because almost all of the Google hits are by non-native English speakers (mainly Chinese)...of the ones that are not, some are clearly typographical errors. On the other hand, there are a couple of places where the use appears to be native-speaker and intentional...and nobody else has come up with anything better. Thanks for your help.

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