Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
drift
English answer:
a horizontal passage leading into a mine (only open at one end)
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Jack Doughty
Feb 7, 2015 15:19
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drift
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I dont know how to understand the "drifts" and so the phrase "in a series of drifts" in the below sentence. Please help me clarify it. Thank you.
"In the SEM, tunnel excavation and support is typically performed in a series of drifts, depending on the anticipated ground conditions, which are sequenced to develop successively larger openings."
"In the SEM, tunnel excavation and support is typically performed in a series of drifts, depending on the anticipated ground conditions, which are sequenced to develop successively larger openings."
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| 4 +5 | a horizontal passage leading into a mine |
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Jack Doughty
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a horizontal passage leading into a mine
It is a mining term, used in this sense here.
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Comment: "Thank you for your help! I also guess this meaning but I am not confident. I also share that after checking with the client, they say drift is a tunnel open at one end only."
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