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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

armi neurobalistiche

English translation:

neuroballistic weapons

Added to glossary by Linda 969
Sep 28, 2006 22:25
17 yrs ago
Italian term

armi neurobalistiche

Italian to English Other Military / Defense early weapons
Abbiamo un ampio sviluppo di armi neurobalistiche come baliste e catapulte, affiancate da mangani, trapani da muro, arieti, etc
Proposed translations (English)
4 neuroballistic weapons
3 nevrobalistic weapons

Discussion

Linda 969 Sep 29, 2006:
Hi Ivana - I assume a less obscure way to define these weapons exists in Italian, so if I were you I'd stick to the register of the ST. My two eurocents ;-)
Umberto Cassano Sep 28, 2006:
***tension and torsion weapons (engines)*** is a good option, Ivana! Good! See : http://schoolcenter.nsd.org/education/components/scrapbook/d...
Ivana UK (asker) Sep 28, 2006:
I was also thinking along the lines of "tension and torsion weapons" - at the time these were the two types of weapon used - and the list includes weapons from both categories...
Umberto Cassano Sep 28, 2006:
neu|ro|ba|lì|sti|co
agg.
TS st.milit., di antica macchina da guerra, il cui meccanismo di lancio ha come elemento fondamentale una corda in tensione [quadro 3]
Varianti: nevrobalistico
http://www.demauroparavia.it/73800
Ivana UK (asker) Sep 28, 2006:
was thinking of "ballistic weapons", but what about the "neuro"??

Proposed translations

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neuroballistic weapons

Hi Ivana

http://www.archeofortificazioni.org/Arteassedio.htm
fecero la loro comparsa le prime macchine neurobalistiche, i cui archi erano costituiti da bracci imbrigliati in matasse di nervi, i tónoi (tonoi), che permettevano di sviluppare forze propulsive assai intense per proiettili di vario genere

http://www.aiscripters.com/tonto_ivb/index.php?s=c63b277aba0...
I promise I will visit your oppidum with at least 9 fine specimens of *neuroballistic* artillery if my AIs survive long enough to engage final gear

Saint Barbara's Legion: Portuguese Artillery In the Struggle For Morocco, 1415-1578
John Vogt
Military Affairs, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Dec., 1977), pp. 176-182
doi:10.2307/1986994

had to wait until besiegers were within a hundred yards or so of the walls before firing upon them with bolts, arrows, and neuroballistic projectiles
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16 mins

nevrobalistic weapons

" Although the "nevrobalistic"(1) machinery of various kinds employed during the middle ages for the besieging of fortresses and towns has been fully described in special works treating on the ars telorum, or artillery, and some explanation of their use and appliance has occasionally been given in the notes to this volume;(2) yet, considering that the Spanish Moslems also made frequent use of such war-engines, nay, were greatly advanced in the construction of them, a few remarks on the subject will, perhaps, not be deemed inopportune. "


http://libro.uca.edu/chronicleofjames/appendices.htm



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Note added at 20 mins (2006-09-28 22:45:41 GMT)
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Also ***nevroballistic engines***


http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/jaume_forster.pdf#search=""nevroba...

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-09-28 23:03:16 GMT)
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C'è anche chi preferisce ***hurling arms*** al termine dotto ***neuroballistic***. Molto interessante !

"Before the medieval periods you could find fortresses adapted to the technical demands of the time when the ***hurling arms*** (neuroballistic) had a preponderant role"

http://www.mouriscastours.com/shopping/product_details.php?i...
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