by about two orders of magnitude

French translation: d'environ deux ordres de grandeur

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English term or phrase:	by about two orders of magnitude
French translation:	d'environ deux ordres de grandeur
Entered by:	maix

17:10 Feb 20, 2006

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Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright / patent; maths

English term or phrase: by about two orders of magnitude

"the collision efficiency increases by about two orders of magnitude for the droplets having a radius of x microns and by about three orders of magnitude for the droplets having a radius of y micron"

Mon français devient quelque peu rouillé, merci pour toute aide.

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d'environ deux ordres de grandeur

Explanation:
... augmente d'environ deux ordres de grandeur (signifiant en principe est multipliée par 100 environ, 3 ordres de grandeur signifiant est multipliée par 1000 environ)

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Yves Cromphaut
Belgium
Local time: 08:19

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Merci beaucoup Yves! Et merci à tous ceux et celles qui on confirmé.
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d'environ deux ordres de grandeur

Yves Cromphaut

4 +1

est cent fois plus efficace

Michael Lotz

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peer agreement (net): +1

efficiency increases by about two orders of magnitude est cent fois plus efficace

Explanation:
et mille fois plus efficce pour les gouttes....

Michael Lotz
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

d'environ deux ordres de grandeur

Explanation:
... augmente d'environ deux ordres de grandeur (signifiant en principe est multipliée par 100 environ, 3 ordres de grandeur signifiant est multipliée par 1000 environ)

Yves Cromphaut
Belgium
Local time: 08:19
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French
PRO pts in category: 8

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Merci beaucoup Yves! Et merci à tous ceux et celles qui on confirmé.

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