definiert

English translation: by a defined/known/controlled amount

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German term or phrase:definiert
English translation:by a defined/known/controlled amount
Entered by: Louise Gough

19:26 Sep 16, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng
German term or phrase: definiert
The author of the patent in which this term occurs is fond of using the word adverbially. This is just one sentence in which it occurs: "Ist dies der Fall, so entzieht die zweite Leiterschleife, die die Gateanschlüsse umschließt, diesen Strom und setzt das Potential somit definiert herab." - would "in a defined way" make sense here? I'm not quite sure what the author is trying to say...

By the way, this term has been queried before (also in an electronics patent: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/tech_engineering... but I'm not sure it's being used in the same way here.
Louise Gough
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:02
defined/known/controlled amount
Explanation:
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Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 06:02
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Summary of answers provided
1measured / measurably
gangels (X)
1according to definition
Kristian Madar
1defined/known/controlled amount
Bernd Runge


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measured / measurably


Explanation:
in measured fashion/way

I think he means 'clearly recognizable/unambiguously/clear-cut/
Or he tries to say 'definitely', but then he should have said 'definierbar' or even 'zweifellos'.

Measured/Measurably is sort of a cross between the two possibilities



gangels (X)
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according to definition


Explanation:
Another guess.

I would rewrite to sentence like this:

..... and lowers the potential according to definition (in the meaning lowers the potential by the defined value)

Kristian Madar
Slovakia
Local time: 06:02
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defined/known/controlled amount


Explanation:
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Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 06:02
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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