dominate

French translation: déterminer

12:30 Dec 2, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / a positive electrode material
English term or phrase: dominate
bonjour tout le monde, pouvez-vous m'aider à traduire le verbe "to dominate dans cette phrase : said second composition adds electrochemical capacity, and said second composition has a cycle life greater than the first material and said second composition dominates cycle life of the composite particles.

j'ai d'autres phrases où il apparaît le verbe "to dominate"
"In this case, it has been particularly found that high temperature performance may be approximated as an average contribution of the first and second materials while cycle life is dominated by the outer material."


"The inventors of the present invention have found that contrary to conventional wisdom, cycle life seems to be dominated by the outer shell composition and structure, whereas high temperature performance is a graded average of the two formulas."
imeneinstein
Tunisia
Local time: 21:56
French translation:déterminer
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Odile Raymond
France
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2exerce une influence prépondérante
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +1déterminer
Odile Raymond
3 +1est prépondérant
Tony M


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
déterminer


Explanation:
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Odile Raymond
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: est déterminante pour
10 mins
  -> oui, c'est mieux !
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
est prépondérant


Explanation:
I think in this case you may need to turn the sentence round so you can use this kind of expression.

Maybe, in places, you could use 'facteur prépondérant'.

Tony M
France
Local time: 22:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont (X): looks like we had the same idea
9 mins
  -> Merci, F-X ! :-)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
exerce une influence prépondérante


Explanation:
une des couches exerce une influence critique sur la durée de vie

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 22:56
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 2177

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Snap! :-)
1 min
  -> thanks!

agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
23 mins
  -> merci!
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