Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
décroit proportionnellement au carré de la distance
English translation:
decreases proportionally to the square of the distance......
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Louisa Tchaicha
Jul 16, 2010 15:53
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French term
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décroit proportionnellement au carré de la distance
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Patents
mesure spatio-colorimétrique
Good afternoon,
La valeur des coordonnées colorimétriques dépend directement de la position de l'objet mesuré vis-à-vis de moyens d'éclairage puisque la quantité de lumière reçue par un objet décroit proportionnellement au carré de la distance qui le sépare de ces moyens d'éclairage.
Please help :)
Thank you in advance
La valeur des coordonnées colorimétriques dépend directement de la position de l'objet mesuré vis-à-vis de moyens d'éclairage puisque la quantité de lumière reçue par un objet décroit proportionnellement au carré de la distance qui le sépare de ces moyens d'éclairage.
Please help :)
Thank you in advance
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decreases proportionally to the square of the distance......
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Chris Hall
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decreases / reduces in proportion to the square of the distance
puisque la quantité de lumière reçue par un objet décroit proportionnellement au carré de la distance qui le sépare de ces moyens d'éclairage
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since the quantity of light received by an object decreases / reduces in proportion to the square of the distance which separates it by these means of lighting
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since the quantity of light received by an object decreases / reduces in proportion to the square of the distance which separates it by these means of lighting
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falls off as the square of the distance from
'falls off' is a standard term very frequently found in this sort of field. Here's an example from another electromagnetic context, but the terminology remains the same:
Electric field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The electric field due to any single charge falls off as the square of the distance from that charge. Electric fields follow the superposition principle. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field
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Note added at 24 mins (2010-07-16 16:17:44 GMT)
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The FR is unnecessarily wordy, but you could say '...as the square of the distance between it and the light source' if you really want to!
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-07-16 16:18:30 GMT)
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Of course, you'll have to substitute the appropriate words in patent-ese, I'm just suggesting the basic terminology.
Electric field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The electric field due to any single charge falls off as the square of the distance from that charge. Electric fields follow the superposition principle. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field
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Note added at 24 mins (2010-07-16 16:17:44 GMT)
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The FR is unnecessarily wordy, but you could say '...as the square of the distance between it and the light source' if you really want to!
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-07-16 16:18:30 GMT)
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Of course, you'll have to substitute the appropriate words in patent-ese, I'm just suggesting the basic terminology.
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chris collister
: Yes, this would sound more natural to scientific ears, though "decreases with the square of the distance" is OK too.
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inversely proportional to the square of the distance
I think that would be suitable for a scientific document.
Example sentence:
illuminance is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the light.
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Tony M
: The other 'standard' way of expressing it
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Hilary Wilson
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John Detre
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Wendy Streitparth
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John Speese
: Sounds best to me too, although some of the other choices are also OK.
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Joanne Archambault
: this wording works also IMO
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Isabelle17
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Kari Foster
: spot on
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