dispative Andienung

English translation: dissipative? ask for more info

15:27 Dec 21, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng

German term or phrase: dispative Andienung

The company want to build an amplifier station within the grounds of a motorway service area. One of the conditions is:

die dispative Andienung der Verstärkerstation kann nur über die künftige Parkplatzerweiterung erfolgen.

Grateful for any suggestions!
Does "dispative" exist?

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English translation:dissipative? ask for more info

Explanation:
This is a pure guess, but I think that dispative is wrongly spelt and should be dissipative. The link supplied by e-rich is deals with enfilade theory of computing and IMHO has nothing to do with amplifier stations. However, heat dissipation is something that does crop up in connection with amplifier stations. Maybe they want to use the car park as a heat sink, in which case the station must be huge! As for Andienung: this means feed/supply/delivery i.e. towards something, whereas dissipation implies an "away" movement - all very strange.

If I were you, I'd ask your client to clarify this sentence. Good luck

Selected response from:

Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Local time: 01:50

Grading comment

thanks Gillian,
I haven't heard back from the agency yet on my query, but am inclined to agree with you that it's a mistake. Must be worth a couple of points for the additional detail, though. Thanks

2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

associative/dispative linkage (to)

swisstell

supply/delivery

Steffen Walter

dissipative? ask for more info

Gillian Scheibelein

Answers

52 mins confidence:

associative/dispative linkage (to)

Explanation:
dispative exists in ENGLISH and means associative - but I certainly cannot make it out anywhere as a German word.

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 36

14 hrs confidence:

dissipative? ask for more info

Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Local time: 01:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50

Grading comment

thanks Gillian,
I haven't heard back from the agency yet on my query, but am inclined to agree with you that it's a mistake. Must be worth a couple of points for the additional detail, though. Thanks

4355 days confidence:

dispositive Andienung supply/delivery

Explanation:
Almost twelve years down the line ...

I was just looking up 'Andienung' in the glossary and tend to believe that the correct German is 'dispositive Andienung' (in the sense of 'Disposition' as used in logistics). I think they simply refer to supply/delivery options/routes available for this (presumably huge) amplifier station.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 131

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