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Material take-off: does “take-off” imply the meaning of statistics?
In maritime English, “material takeoff” is generally translated as “material estimation”. Regarding the meaning of “takeoff”, many dictionaries do not list “compilation/estimation” as an option; however, the Modern English-Chinese Comprehensive Dictionary provides the following definitions: (1) defect; (2) (humorous) imitation of actions or situations; (3) to rise, jump, launch, or take off; (4) an action of setting out, beginning, or starting something; (5) a place of departure or potential departure; a starting point; (6) to remove, take out, unload, move away, or pull away; (7) demodulation; (8) output (shaft); power output terminal; (9) drain; (10) estimated amount. The tenth definition should be able to explain what MTO means. Additionally, the English-Chinese Maritime Dictionary defines “takeoff” as the removal or extraction of required materials, along with an estimation or calculation of those amounts
\"Take off\" probably doesn’t imply any statistical meaning. I guess it’s because \"take off\" can mean taking off or starting a task, and in the case of construction work, the first step is to prepare a list of materials; that’s why the term \"material take off\" exists. Maybe my imagination has gotten the best of me; I’ve been talking nonsense with the moderators.