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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Zoology / Pesca | | Spanish term or phrase: moda (in this context) | From a scientific document (Spain) on fishing samples taken for study, specifically looking at size and weight. The word "moda" comes up quite a bit:
-En los resultados las distribuciones muestran una única *moda*.
-A medida que avance la temporada las *modas* se irán desplazando hacia tallas mayores.
-El arte puede capturar ejemplares de muy pequeño tamaño (*modas* situadas en 9 y 11 cm longitud total).
Could it be something like "pattern" or "trend"?
Thanks in advance! |
| | | mode | Explanation:
I think it's referring to the mathematical (statistical) term "mode". This terms is used with "mean" a lot when talking about data ranges (which your text seems to do).
"In mathematics, the element that appears most frequently in a given set of data. For example, the mode for the data 0, 0, 9, 9, 9, 12, 87, 87 is 9.
The mode together with the median and arithmetic mean make up the average of a set of data. In addition it is useful to know the range or spread of the data.
When dealing with grouped data, the modal class represents the most frequent group. "
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson...
"En estadística, la moda es el valor con una mayor frecuencia en una distribución de datos."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moda_(estadística) |
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ClaraVal
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| Grading comment In dismissing the literal, I missed the obvious! :) Thank you ClaraVal!!
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Explanation:
I think it's referring to the mathematical (statistical) term "mode". This terms is used with "mean" a lot when talking about data ranges (which your text seems to do).
"In mathematics, the element that appears most frequently in a given set of data. For example, the mode for the data 0, 0, 9, 9, 9, 12, 87, 87 is 9.
The mode together with the median and arithmetic mean make up the average of a set of data. In addition it is useful to know the range or spread of the data.
When dealing with grouped data, the modal class represents the most frequent group. "
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson...
"En estadística, la moda es el valor con una mayor frecuencia en una distribución de datos."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moda_(estadística)
| ClaraVal
Spain
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | In dismissing the literal, I missed the obvious! :) Thank you ClaraVal!! |
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