Feb 9, 2012 08:26
12 yrs ago
French term
vite (noun)
French to English
Science
Physics
patent relating to electro-wetting and nucleation of bubbles. I'm confused by this word "vite" in the following:
"Le mouillage d’un liquide varie selon une loi décrite par l’équation de Lippman-Young’s :
[equation:] cos θ = cos θy + ( εε0 / 2γd ) V2
dans laquelle θ est l’angle de contact au potentiel V, θY l’angle de contact au potentiel 0 V, Y l’énergie de surface du liquide, ε0 la permittivité du vite, ε la constante diélectrique de la couche isolante et d l’épaisseur de cette couche isolante"
I've tried looking up the "Lippman-Young" (or "Young-Lippman") equation... but I still can't work out whether "vite" is a typo. There is no reference before or after in the text to "vite" or to permittivity. Nor does the context throw any light on the matter.
"Le mouillage d’un liquide varie selon une loi décrite par l’équation de Lippman-Young’s :
[equation:] cos θ = cos θy + ( εε0 / 2γd ) V2
dans laquelle θ est l’angle de contact au potentiel V, θY l’angle de contact au potentiel 0 V, Y l’énergie de surface du liquide, ε0 la permittivité du vite, ε la constante diélectrique de la couche isolante et d l’épaisseur de cette couche isolante"
I've tried looking up the "Lippman-Young" (or "Young-Lippman") equation... but I still can't work out whether "vite" is a typo. There is no reference before or after in the text to "vite" or to permittivity. Nor does the context throw any light on the matter.
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | (permittivity of) free space | chris collister |
5 +4 | vacuum | Ronald van Riet |
4 +1 | VIDE (typo) | polyglot45 |
Proposed translations
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(permittivity of) free space
While there is nothing wrong with "permittivity of a vacuum" the expression usually used is "free space". Multiplication by the (dimensionless) relative permittivity (incorrectly known as dielectric constant) gives the overall permittivity of the material.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-02-09 11:08:09 GMT)
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Many hits for "permittivity of free space". See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permittivity, amongst others
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-02-09 11:08:09 GMT)
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Many hits for "permittivity of free space". See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permittivity, amongst others
Note from asker:
thanks... "permittivity of free space" (entre guillemets) gets many more hits than "permittivity of vacuum" |
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Comment: "thanks"
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VIDE (typo)
Permittivité du vide - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permittivité_du_videEn cache - Pages similaires
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La permittivité du vide, permittivité diélectrique du vide ou encore constante électrique est une constante physique. Elle est notée ε0
+1 publié par vous pour ce contenu Annuler
La permittivité du vide, permittivité diélectrique du vide ou encore constante électrique est une constante physique. Elle est notée ε0
Note from asker:
thanks... of course! (not that I had ever heard of permittivity of free space or whatever) |
+4
15 mins
vacuum
must be a typo for "vide", see URL below
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
13 mins
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agree |
kashew
44 mins
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agree |
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
1 hr
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agree |
M.A.B.
: vacuum permittivity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_permittivity
10 hrs
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