ben poco attraente - not particularly poetical/unpoetic sounding ( translation glossary) Astronomy & Space,Science

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Italian term or phrase:	ben poco attraente
English translation:	not particularly poetical/unpoetic sounding
Entered by:	kpi

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11:30am Jan 23, 2007

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Science - Astronomy & Space

Italian term or phrase: ben poco attraente

Still referring to the constellations:

Tutte le stelle sono codificate con un numero specifico **ben poco attraente**.

The meaning is not clear to me - any ideas? Am I missing something?

TIA

kpi

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Questions: 535 (all closed)
Answers: 358

Italy

not particularly poetical

Explanation:
As James says, a code is hardly what you'd imagine for a star.
I might go as far as saying "poetical" or even "romantic".

Angela

Selected response from:

Angela Arnone
Italy

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Angela!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

rather unattractive

katy hannan

4 +4

not particularly poetical

Angela Arnone

3 +2

hardly very attractive

James (Jim) Davis

(are all individually numbered) in rather mundane/basic fashion

xxxCMJ_Trans

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

hardly very attractive

Explanation:
I think the author just means, that a number hardly a very attractive name to give to something as fascinating as a star.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-01-23 11:36:49 GMT)
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a number is hardly

James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, James! Guess I was a bit dense when I read it!

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

not particularly poetical

Explanation:
As James says, a code is hardly what you'd imagine for a star.
I might go as far as saying "poetical" or even "romantic".

Angela

Angela Arnone
Italy
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Angela!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Angela

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

rather unattractive

Explanation:
This seems to be a term used in mathematics... included in the file below. Perhaps some mathematician can enlighten you.

[PDF] Construction and Analysis of a New Quaternionic Space-Time Code ...Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versione HTML
the available rate becomes unattractive. For example, for 4 transmit antennas ... by complex numbers. For QPSK modulation, the code has no constellation ...
licos.epfl.ch/Papers/QuatSTBC_final.pdf - Pagine simili

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-01-23 11:50:10 GMT)
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however- having seen the other answers....it probably DOES just mean a number is not as attractive...

katy hannan
Italy
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Katy

3 hrs confidence:

(are all individually numbered) in rather mundane/basic fashion

Explanation:
Rather mundanely they have all been given a number

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of:

English

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Italian: ben poco attraente

English translation: not particularly poetical/unpoetic sounding