Sep 17, 2010 06:56
13 yrs ago
French term
racine
French to English
Science
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
patent app
"un glucide ayant une racine moyenne au carré du rayon de giration égale ou inférieure au rayon modal de la matière minérale, un ou plusieurs [chemicals], le ou lesdits agents étant sous forme aqueuse ou pure"
the way I read this is "having an average root equal to the square of the radius of gyration". Does this make sense in this chemical context? Also does "au" really mean "égal au"... or am I reading the whole thing incorrectly?
"un glucide ayant une racine moyenne au carré du rayon de giration égale ou inférieure au rayon modal de la matière minérale, un ou plusieurs [chemicals], le ou lesdits agents étant sous forme aqueuse ou pure"
the way I read this is "having an average root equal to the square of the radius of gyration". Does this make sense in this chemical context? Also does "au" really mean "égal au"... or am I reading the whole thing incorrectly?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | root |
Attila Piróth
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| 3 | radical |
Carl Stoll
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References
| Attila has it |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
+5
4 mins
Attila Piróth
France
France
Specializes in field
France
PhD, ATA-certified En-Hu, sci-tech-IT
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: English to Hungarian, French to Hungarian, Hungarian to English, and 2 more.
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root
racine moyenne au carré = root-mean-square (rms)
racine moyenne au carré du rayon de giration = root-mean-square gyration radius
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Note added at 56 mins (2010-09-17 07:53:26 GMT)
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The component list contains several items [consistant en]. One of them is "a glucide, for which the rms radius of gyration is less than or equal to the modal radius of the mineral".
So, two statistical averages are compared, a root-mean-square value (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Root-Mean-Square.html) and a modal value / mode (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Mode.html). The glucide in question is such that a certain relationship holds between the two values.
You will find lots of references for "root-mean-square radius of gyration". Here is one: http://tinyurl.com/38byjrp . The French formulation, "racine moyenne au carré" is unusual and unclear; the correct term is "moyenne quadratique". But the meaning is clear from the context.
racine moyenne au carré du rayon de giration = root-mean-square gyration radius
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Note added at 56 mins (2010-09-17 07:53:26 GMT)
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The component list contains several items [consistant en]. One of them is "a glucide, for which the rms radius of gyration is less than or equal to the modal radius of the mineral".
So, two statistical averages are compared, a root-mean-square value (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Root-Mean-Square.html) and a modal value / mode (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Mode.html). The glucide in question is such that a certain relationship holds between the two values.
You will find lots of references for "root-mean-square radius of gyration". Here is one: http://tinyurl.com/38byjrp . The French formulation, "racine moyenne au carré" is unusual and unclear; the correct term is "moyenne quadratique". But the meaning is clear from the context.
Note from asker:
| the possibility that it might have sthg to do with square roots occurred to me... where is your authority or is it a guess? I note you appear to have "total confidence" |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tally Fenney
: There is no such thing as an average root - the square bit applies to the root as Attila suggested
25 mins
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| agree |
Bourth (X)
43 mins
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| agree |
kashew
1 hr
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| agree |
Karen Tkaczyk
7 hrs
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| agree |
SJLD
1 day 12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
1 hr
Carl Stoll
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
Specializes in field
Argentina
Reliability Writ Large
Native in: English , Spanish 
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 18 more.
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4
radical
Looks like a chemical term to me, not a mathematical one.
Reference comments
48 mins
Reference:
Attila has it
but here's what I came up with:
As detailed below, the radius of gyration is also proportional to the root mean square distance between the monomers: R_{mathrm{g}}^{2} stackrel{ ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius_of_gyration –
Radius of gyration describes the overall spread of the molecule and is defined as the root mean square distance of the collection of atoms from their common ...
www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/software/proteomics/rg.jsp
functions allows the quantitative evaluation of the copolymer root-mean-square radius of gyration ( (R,2)1/2). The dependence of (R,2)1/2 on the fraction of ...
www.stanford.edu/group/fayer/articles/082.pdf
As detailed below, the radius of gyration is also proportional to the root mean square distance between the monomers: R_{mathrm{g}}^{2} stackrel{ ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radius_of_gyration –
Radius of gyration describes the overall spread of the molecule and is defined as the root mean square distance of the collection of atoms from their common ...
www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/software/proteomics/rg.jsp
functions allows the quantitative evaluation of the copolymer root-mean-square radius of gyration ( (R,2)1/2). The dependence of (R,2)1/2 on the fraction of ...
www.stanford.edu/group/fayer/articles/082.pdf
Discussion
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