Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
masse critique minimale
English translation:
minimum critical mass
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GILLES MEUNIER
Mar 6, 2002 19:40
22 yrs ago
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French term
masse critique minimale
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French to English
Marketing
Yet again a chart about product marketing - I think it's minimum amount of money or something...
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minimum critical mass
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Masse critique :- La plus minime quantité de matière fissile capable de supporter une réaction en chaîne dans des conditions spécifiques précises.
Masse critique :- La plus minime quantité de matière fissile capable de supporter une réaction en chaîne dans des conditions spécifiques précises.
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Gayle Wallimann
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Native in: English 
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minimum amount of funds
You are right. You could translate it as minimum amount of assets.
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Attila Piróth
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critical mass
already implies that if the mass is bigger then something changes - therefore `minimum' is redundant and should be omitted. in any situation you yill find only one critical mass.
Same in physics.
Same in physics.
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the critical minimal quantity (in production or sales)
..... e.g. required to have a profitable product. Always assuming that we are indeed talking marketing.
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PaulaMac (X)
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minimum critical mass
TERMIUM
Definition :Production volume
necessary in order to
successfully compete in a
particular sector.
EX.:The government is
also committed to
establishing a Business
Networks Strategy, in
collaboration with the private
sector and the provinces, to
encourage cooperation
among small firms to help
them achieve the critical
mass needed to compete in
international markets.
Definition :Production volume
necessary in order to
successfully compete in a
particular sector.
EX.:The government is
also committed to
establishing a Business
Networks Strategy, in
collaboration with the private
sector and the provinces, to
encourage cooperation
among small firms to help
them achieve the critical
mass needed to compete in
international markets.
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