"descaling" meaning in All languages combined

See descaling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: descalings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} descaling (usually uncountable, plural descalings)
  1. The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (removal scale from a boiler): Entkalkung [feminine] (German), desincrustación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-descaling-en-noun-pOvAJbPq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} descaling
  1. present participle and gerund of descale Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: descale
    Sense id: en-descaling-en-verb-u188N~Ss

Inflected forms

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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "removal scale from a boiler",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Entkalkung"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "removal scale from a boiler",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "desincrustación"
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      "sense": "removal scale from a boiler",
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      ],
      "word": "Entkalkung"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "removal scale from a boiler",
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      ],
      "word": "desincrustación"
    }
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