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pendiente

English translation: slope

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Spanish term or phrase:pendiente
English translation:slope
Entered by: achitophel

07:48 Aug 20, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / A food science technical paper on impregnating yacon with aloe vera
Spanish term or phrase: pendiente
la representación gráfica se presenta en la Figura 1 con la regresión lineal de estos datos se obtiene el valor de la pendiente que corresponde a la porosidad efectiva, y el punto de intersección de la recta con el eje x indica la cantidad de solución de aloe vera adherido a la fruta por capilaridad.

Is 'pendiente' in this case 'curve' or 'slope'?

and is the second part 'where the straight line intersects the x axis'?
achitophel
slope
Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2015-08-20 08:07:01 GMT)
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and "intercept"
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 00:51
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4slope
DLyons


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
slope


Explanation:
*

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Note added at 18 mins (2015-08-20 08:07:01 GMT)
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and "intercept"

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 00:51
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 263
Notes to answerer
Asker: Has salvado mi 'tocino'. Stats not my strong point. Thanks again.


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agree  Neil Ashby: Morning Donal, ;@)
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agree  slothm
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agree  Yvonne Becker
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