Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
équations aux dimensions
English translation:
dimensional equations
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French term
Unités et équations aux dimensions
French to English
Science
Mathematics & Statistics
Evaluation des méthodes d’analyses appliquées aux sciences de la vie et de la santé
This is from the description of a course entitled "Evaluation des méthodes d’analyses appliquées aux sciences de la vie et de la santé". This course is part of the curriculum for 1st year medical school students in France (2019-2020 academic year).
The fuller context is:
Métrologie : Unités et équations aux dimensions, précision d’une mesure.
I know it has to do with dimensional analysis, (the French Wikipedia page on dimensional analysis explains what "équations aux dimensions" are), but I cannot figure out the translation in English.
Math experts, your insights would be much appreciated!
The fuller context is:
Métrologie : Unités et équations aux dimensions, précision d’une mesure.
I know it has to do with dimensional analysis, (the French Wikipedia page on dimensional analysis explains what "équations aux dimensions" are), but I cannot figure out the translation in English.
Math experts, your insights would be much appreciated!
Proposed translations
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| 5 | dimensional equations |
chris collister
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| 4 | Units and base quantities |
Nicolas Gambardella
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chris collister
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dimensional equations
All physical quantities have "dimensions", e.g. mass, length, time, often raised to some power, e.g. area is length squared (L^2), energy is proportional to mass x (velocity)^2 [M(L^2T^-2)] and so on. Equations are often greatly simplified by making them dimensionLESS. See https://www.askiitians.com/iit-jee-physics/general-physics/d... for quite a clear description, but there are many, many sites that deal with dimensional equations, dimensional analysis and dimensionless constants, etc.
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Units and base quantities
A strict translation would something like "units and relationships with base quantities". However, within the context of a terse description, I would just put "units and base quantities".
Note from asker:
| Thank you for this speedy response. I appreciate it and do not doubt its accuracy. However, as I am not a math specialist, I am going with the other answer, which seems to better reflect the French. I believe "base quanitities" translates as "grandeurs de base". |
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