Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
стреляная пуля
English translation:
fired bullet/ spent bullet
Added to glossary by
zmejka
Jun 28, 2004 14:19
19 yrs ago
Russian term
стреляная пуля
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Military / Defense
Известны случаи, когда перед Кабинетами ставилась задача идентифика-ция конкретного ствола (оружия, изъятого у подозреваемого) по стреля-ной пуле и гильзам.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | fired bullet |
Vladimir Pochinov
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| 4 +4 | spent bullet |
Jack Doughty
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Proposed translations
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2 mins
Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Certified English-Russian Translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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12
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fired bullet
The possibility of identifying probable type of smooth bore firearm from fired bullet has been investigated. Examination ...
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Comment: "thanks to both of you for the help and for the links! "
+4
15 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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224
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spent bullet
An alternative to fired bullet. Often used in such contexts.
From: NSSF Bullet Points Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:09 ...
... This system analyzes spent bullet casings found at crime scenes to compare ... change
over time, the unique marks that can identify a particular bullet or shell ...
www.rkba.org/research/nssf/ ballistic-fingerprint.16oct02.txt
Science Line - Articles & Features - Biology & Medicine - The ...
... constant battle between the discovery of new techniques to identify criminals and ... firearms
of criminals could be identified by the spent bullet and remaining ...
www.sciencenet.org.uk/articlesfeatures/bio/silent.html
From: NSSF Bullet Points Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:09 ...
... This system analyzes spent bullet casings found at crime scenes to compare ... change
over time, the unique marks that can identify a particular bullet or shell ...
www.rkba.org/research/nssf/ ballistic-fingerprint.16oct02.txt
Science Line - Articles & Features - Biology & Medicine - The ...
... constant battle between the discovery of new techniques to identify criminals and ... firearms
of criminals could be identified by the spent bullet and remaining ...
www.sciencenet.org.uk/articlesfeatures/bio/silent.html
Peer comment(s):
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Sergey Belous
7 mins
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| agree |
Ivan Novoselov
7 mins
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| agree |
Andrey Belousov (X)
11 mins
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Dmitry Kozlov
: I'm sorry, but doesn't "spent" better apply to "casings" in the first example?
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A spent bullet casing is the casing of a spent bullet. The bullet is spent when it stops moving, either because its kinetic energy is expended or because it hits something. That's the way I understand it anyway.
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Andrew Vdovin
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Kevin Kelly
: "spent round" might be closer to actual usage....
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I think both are widely used.
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