retak melintang
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of retak (“crack”) + melintang (“transverse”).
Noun
retak melintang (plural retak-retak melintang)
- (building, engineering) transverse crack: a crack that runs perpendicular to the center of a surface, such as a pavement or a ply of material
Further reading
- “retak melintang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.