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Unités et équations aux dimensions

English translation: dimensional equations

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French term or phrase:équations aux dimensions
English translation:dimensional equations
Entered by: Idna

08:51 Mar 8, 2021
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Evaluation des méthodes d’analyses appliquées aux sciences de la vie et de la santé
French term or phrase: Unités et équations aux dimensions
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!
Idna
Local time: 19:32
dimensional equations
Explanation:
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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chris collister
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Local time: 19:32
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5dimensional equations
chris collister
4Units and base quantities
Nicolas Gambardella


  

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Units and base quantities


Explanation:
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".


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Quantities#Base_quantities
Nicolas Gambardella
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:32
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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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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dimensional equations


Explanation:
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.

chris collister
France
Local time: 19:32
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