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masa crítica

English translation: critical mass

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Spanish term or phrase:masa crítica
English translation:critical mass

11:46 Oct 11, 2000
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
Spanish term or phrase: masa crítica
masa crítica es la cantidad de usuarios o clientes en un negocio.
Victoria
critical mass
Explanation:
This term is borrowed from nuclear physics, and refers to the minimum amount of a fissionable material (such as uranium or plutonium) required to maintain a nuclear chain reaction.

Cheers, HC
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Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 12:33
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nacritical mass
Heathcliff
naSee below
Ivan Sanchez
nacritical mass
Maria Karra


  

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4 mins
critical mass


Explanation:
This term is borrowed from nuclear physics, and refers to the minimum amount of a fissionable material (such as uranium or plutonium) required to maintain a nuclear chain reaction.

Cheers, HC

Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 843

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1 hr
See below


Explanation:
Aunque 'masa crítica' es el término físico-químico enunciado por el colega
'Heathcliff', en éste caso se trata de un tema de negocios o mercadeo; mi opinión:
'customer's mean number'.
Luck!

Ivan Sanchez
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 168
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1 day 19 hrs
critical mass


Explanation:
Victoria, I did some searching on yahoo and found this term as "critical mass" in business. Here are two examples:

From latimes.com
" [...]who leads the e-business consulting practice for the ... needs to build a critical mass
of subscribers relatively ... he said. A larger customer base would also ... "


From Redherring.com:
"[...]site work is a critical mass of repeat buyers and ... the same as with any customer relationship
-- because it ... at generating repeat business. Some dealers of ...

Maria


    Reference: http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=customer+critical+mass+b...
    LA Times, Redherring.com
Maria Karra
United States
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in pair: 649
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