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necking

French translation: striction progressive


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English term or phrase:necking
French translation:striction progressive
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08:47 Feb 28, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: necking
"They had drawn [DNA] fibres that could be extended to double their original length - a process called "necking".

This sentence is extracted from a biography of Rosalind Franklin, a scientific involved in the discovery of DNA structure. She's hydrating DNA fibres to analyse them.
Samia Touhami
France
Local time: 17:16
striction progressive
Explanation:
maybe striction is enough
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kashew
France
Local time: 17:16
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Thank you both for your help!
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5 +1striction progressive
kashew


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
striction progressive


Explanation:
maybe striction is enough

kashew
France
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you both for your help!
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Asker: Thank you both for your help!


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agree  Catherine GUILLIAUMET: striction ou étranglement
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Changes made by editors
Mar 3, 2011 - Changes made by kashew:
Edited KOG entrykashew's old entry - "necking" => "striction progressive"
Mar 3, 2011 - Changes made by kashew:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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