English term
Ukraine
careful, caring, and perfectionist
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
obtains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_fraction_(chemistry)
Is such a usage of "obtain" acceptable here?
| 3 +14 | gives, yields |
Armorel Young
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| 5 | obtains / to obtain |
Andy Carr
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| 4 | Yes |
B D Finch
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| 5 -1 | achieves |
Chris Ellison
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Aug 13, 2009 14:20: Angela Dickson (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Lingua.Franca, Angela Dickson (X)
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Responses
gives, yields
Yes
obtains / to obtain
Obtains would be used in the context of a worked answer
An instructional text would use the imperative:
"Multiply by 100 to obtain the mass percentage"
give / to give could be used to replace obtain / to obtain in the above
Spain
Geology and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English
achieves
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Angela Dickson (X)
: I can't disagree with the fact that you prefer this, but I don't think it sounds right, myself, and I wouldn't agree it's typically seen.//I don't disagree that the words "achieves" "the" and "percentage" may appear together on lots of websites.
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Results 1 - 10 of approximately 20,300,000 of "achieves the percentage" - so fairly typical ;)
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Cilian O'Tuama
: a search for the exact term (i.e. within quotation marks) yields about 5 hits - so not so typical after all.
51 mins
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OK - the only one which gives any results with "" is "gives" - so go with that :)
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