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"correct for" CDOM

Spanish translation: hacer las correcciones correspondientes

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English term or phrase:correct for
Spanish translation:hacer las correcciones correspondientes
Entered by: JaneTranslates

14:51 Mar 10, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: "correct for" CDOM
no entiendo bien si quiere decir "adecuado para CDOM" o "corrige/para corregir CDOM"

Muchas gracias por su ayuda!



bbe spectrofluorometers for the measurement of micro-algae, picoplankton, nanoplankton and benthic algae:

use the advantages of in vivo fluorescence measurement
correct for CDOM
determine the effects of accessory algal pigments calculate the chlorophyll-a of up to 5 different algae classes
determine the transmission
determine the photosynthetic activity
Maria Elena Martinez
Netherlands
Local time: 22:00
hacen las correcciones correspondientes
Explanation:
Perhaps someone can help you phrase it better in Spanish, but it means to make the necessary or corresponding corrections. The presence of CDOM (chromophoric dissolved organic matter) could throw off the reading, but these spectrofluorometers take that into consideration.
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JaneTranslates
Puerto Rico
Local time: 16:00
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5adecuadas para cdom
Adriana Fernández
3hacen las correcciones correspondientes
JaneTranslates


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
correct for
hacen las correcciones correspondientes


Explanation:
Perhaps someone can help you phrase it better in Spanish, but it means to make the necessary or corresponding corrections. The presence of CDOM (chromophoric dissolved organic matter) could throw off the reading, but these spectrofluorometers take that into consideration.

JaneTranslates
Puerto Rico
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Gracias!
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"correct for" cdom
adecuadas para cdom


Explanation:
Por el contexto, tienes el verbo determine que es el verbo principal, por lo que la equivalencia más apropiada es adecuadas para cdom.

Adriana Fernández
Local time: 22:00
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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