Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

beliebig klein werden

English translation:

(will be) arbitrarily small

Added to glossary by Christine Lam
Jan 18, 2007 02:54
17 yrs ago
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German term

beliebig klein werden

German to English Science Physics
es geht um Teilchengrößenverteilung von Latices mit der Ultrazentrifuge
Besitzt die Suspension eine kontinuierliche Teilchengrößenverteilung, so werden die Konzentrations- und Lichtintensitätsstufen beliebig klein.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 (will be) arbitrarily small
3 +1 optional

Proposed translations

+2
19 mins
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(will be) arbitrarily small

the radius of the cluster is allowed to be arbitrarily small. ... der Radius des Haufens bei fixierter Teilchenzahl N beliebig klein werden. ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981AnP...493...67G - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Harry Borsje : continuous distribution = discrete distribution with arbitrariliy small intervals
4 hrs
thanks Harry :)
agree Jack Becconsall
12 hrs
thanks Jack :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you, this option seems to work better in my context"
+1
54 mins

optional

It depends on the context and content of the activity. If the scientists can determine or control the size of the latices, I think optional would be appropriate/

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Note added at 56 mins (2007-01-18 03:50:50 GMT)
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i.e. (will be) optionally small, or, perhaps, in better English: of a 'user-desired" size.
Peer comment(s):

agree casper (X) : How about '...any required size'? // Frankly, I just tweaked yr answer, so I don't feel justified in posting it separately...The point, anyways, is to help and not to win or lose ;-)
1 hr
I like your suggestion; why don't you senfd it separately. may the best man win
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