Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
zu einer festen Größe werden
English translation:
to become standard; to become an integral part of/tool in
German term
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zu einer festen Größe werden
Start of a new text about the use of laser in dentistry. Hopefully it will be a lot easier than all that dross about telephone manners!
However, I'm a bit unsure about the phrase "zu einer festen Größe werden". Is this an idiom of some sort, and if so, what exactly does it mean, please? TIA for your help.
Jun 27, 2012 18:10: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Medical" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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Costa Rica
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is becoming a constant
becomes (more and more) an integral part of
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Olaf Reibedanz
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Hola, Olaf, and thanks.
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Mario Marcolin
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become an integral tool
Feste Größe is a standard expression meaning fixed value, but here it means that laser treatment will become part of the standard therapeutic repertory.
is becoming a sine qua non
Bilingual German-Canadian researcher
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establilshed feature
Germany
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is increasingly becoming a fixture in ...
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Susan Geiblinger
: appears most natural to me
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Trudy Peters
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Germany
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