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lichthärtend

English translation: UV curing

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German term or phrase:lichthärtened
English translation:UV curing
Entered by: Kim Metzger

16:28 Jun 29, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: lichthärtend
From a set of instructions for gluing on a decorative tooth. (was es nicht alles gibt!) Klebefluid methacrylatbasis, UV/lichthärtend. I know that Lichthart is lightfast, stable to light. But from what I can see lichthärtend means the opposite - that is gets hard when exposed to light.
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 22:45
UV curing
Explanation:
trying google with dentistry+uv+curing I got on the first page
3 x UV-curing
4 x UV curing

One example: in the same document, as quoted below:
. ultraviolet technologies
(eg. curing, ...,)
. UV-curing in dentistry

I would drop the light, it's superfluous. I found only one URL with 'curing with UV light'.

Selected response from:

Uschi (Ursula) Walke
Local time: 14:45
Grading comment
Thank you very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
na +3UV curing
Uschi (Ursula) Walke
na +1light-cured
Daniela Mühling
na -1ultraviolet-hardening
Parrot


  

Answers


43 mins peer agreement (net): -1
ultraviolet-hardening


Explanation:
So THAT'S what the dentist did to my filling! With that transparent tube that looks like a flashlight... he never quite explained it, though.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 315

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Buesken (X): It can be more than UV light
2 hrs
disagree  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: so, sorry, that we have to go to dentist, but mine says curing, ouch.
4 hrs
disagree  Sven Petersson: Curing, not hardening!
11 hrs
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49 mins peer agreement (net): +1
light-cured


Explanation:
The substance hardens upon exposure to UV light. I have also seen the adjective 'light-hardening', but light-cured appears more frequently.

See this report on dental porcelain:
http://www.biblioalerts.com/biblio/getproduct.asp?sku=ne0C15...


    Reference: http://www.biblioalerts.com/biblio/getproduct.asp?sku=ne0C15...
Daniela Mühling
Spain
Local time: 06:45
PRO pts in pair: 107

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Buesken (X): This covers the term completely
2 hrs
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +3
UV curing


Explanation:
trying google with dentistry+uv+curing I got on the first page
3 x UV-curing
4 x UV curing

One example: in the same document, as quoted below:
. ultraviolet technologies
(eg. curing, ...,)
. UV-curing in dentistry

I would drop the light, it's superfluous. I found only one URL with 'curing with UV light'.




    Reference: http://www.somta./v/wp2.htm
Uschi (Ursula) Walke
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 492
Grading comment
Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Funke
1 hr
agree  Sven Petersson
3 hrs
agree  Yves Georges: or UV-light curing
7 hrs
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