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English term or phrase:Millimetres of Hg
German translation:mmHg
Entered by: Stefanie Sendelbach
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09:53 Sep 2, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics
English term or phrase: of Hg
Millimetres of Hg

This is from a spreadsheet with mobile phone strings. The phone seems to contain a unit converter, as there are a few units, such as meters, liquid pints, miligrams, etc. Do you know what "millimeters of Hg" stands for and what its German version is?

Thanks.
Stefanie Sendelbach
Germany
Local time: 06:40
mmHg (Millimeter Quecksilbersäule)
Explanation:
Dabei handelt es sich um eine alte Maßeinheit zur Angabe des Drucks.
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Ingo Dierkschnieder
Local time: 05:40
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Vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7mmHg (Millimeter Quecksilbersäule)
Ingo Dierkschnieder
4 +1mm HG
Siegfried Armbruster


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
of hg
mmHg (Millimeter Quecksilbersäule)


Explanation:
Dabei handelt es sich um eine alte Maßeinheit zur Angabe des Drucks.


    Reference: http://www.sfdrs.ch/sendungen/meteo/lexikon/mmhg.html
Ingo Dierkschnieder
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
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Vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama
11 mins
  -> Danke Cilian.
agree  Siegfried Armbruster: nicht nur schneller, sondern korrekter
12 mins
  -> Danke, war ja nur um Sekunden schneller. // Danke für die Blumen, man tut, was man kann ;-)
agree  Steffen Walter
21 mins
  -> Danke Steffen.
agree  oliver05
25 mins
  -> Danke.
agree  Oliver Walter: Wird auch heute für Blutdruck benutzt
3 hrs
  -> In der Tat, danke Oliver.
agree  MMUlr: nach SI alt, aber in der Medizin weiterhin aktuell (und ohne Leerschritt).
4 hrs
  -> In der Medizin aktuell, im sonstigen technischen Gebrauch veraltet. Danke.
agree  jccantrell: Yep, still reported as "inches of mercury" in the USA. Gotta luv that system!
4 hrs
  -> Oh yes, you do.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
of hg
mm HG


Explanation:
mm HG = mm Quecksilbersäule, z.B. zur Messung des Blutdrucks

Siegfried Armbruster
Germany
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Bird: strictly speaking upper case H lower case g: see http://www.scenta.co.uk/tcaep/nonxml/science/constant/detail... for details
1 min
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