Mar 13, 2008 01:25
16 yrs ago
English term
length normal
English
Tech/Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Mathematics
The source text was itself translated from German, possibly by a non-native English speaker. The term "length normal" appears in the following context:
In physics, the term “length” is used to denote the basic size and the dimension of linear distance of an object or between two objects. It is defined in measuring standards and the length normal. The mathematical symbol for length is l and its SI unit the metre."
In physics, the term “length” is used to denote the basic size and the dimension of linear distance of an object or between two objects. It is defined in measuring standards and the length normal. The mathematical symbol for length is l and its SI unit the metre."
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4 +3 | length standard | Margaret Schroeder |
3 | normal length/ linear dimension | Phong Le |
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length standard
In writing "normal", the writer may have been thinking of "norm" or standard, and referring to the length standard, which was originally a metal bar, but today is based on light wavelengths .http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.485
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normal length/ linear dimension
looks like linear dimension in ACAD software
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