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Spanish term or phrase:	adimensional
English translation:	adimensional
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Spanish term or phrase: adimensional

Alargamiento unitario en flexion a la deflexion maxima:

emax= Df*t* dDmax/(OD-t)

En donde:

Df= Factor de forma= adimensional.

I do not know if I should translate this word "adimensional" as "in one dimension" or is there any other term better for said word?

Manuel Aburto KudoZ activity Questions: 508 (none open) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 140 Nicaragua
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adimensional

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http://wn7.enseeiht.fr/hmf/travaux/CD0001/travaux/optmfn/hi/...

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Me parece correcta la opción de Marina, sólo que cuando se refiere a variables o fórmulas, aparece el término adimensinal.
Suerte!!

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Mariana Zarnicki
Argentina
Local time: 01:05

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adimensional

Mariana Zarnicki

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dimensionless

Marina Soldati

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dimensionless

Explanation:
Not quite sure, this is what I found

adimensional.

1. adj. Fís. Que no tiene dimensiones, como el número π
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/frames.asp?es=adimensiona...

English definition http://www.webster.com/dictionary/dimensionless

Dimensionless number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traduzca esta página ]
However, a physical quantity may be dimensionless in one system of units and not
dimensionless in another system of units. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensionless_number - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares

Dimensionless Numbers in Heat Transfer - [ Traduzca esta página ]
These names refer to very specific dimensionless numbers that are used to
characterize and ... But first, why do we need dimensionless numbers anyway? ...
www.coolingzone.com/Content/Library/Tutorials/Tutorial 1/DN... - 37k - En caché - Páginas similares

Dimensionless Parameters - [ Traduzca esta página ]
There are a number of dimensionless parameters which can be derived from table 8-1.
These are shown in table 8-2. table6932 ...
www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~jmb/thesis/node157.html

Marina Soldati
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adimensional

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