scartamento

Italian

Etymology

From scartare +‎ -mento.

Noun

scartamento m (plural scartamenti)

(railroad) gauge

Derived terms

scartamento ridotto (“narrow-gauge”)
scartamento normale (“standard-gauge”)
a scartamento ridotto (“inefficient”)

Further reading

scartamento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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