Jan 4, 2002 21:34
22 yrs ago
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Italian term
United States
compatto
Italian to English
Medical
The way the word is used it appears to mean 'solid' (the noun) but I can't find confirmation. Am I on the right track?
...dalla detta sospensione si ottiene un compatto del detto materiale bioceramico contenente una desiderata quantità di acqua...
...dalla detta sospensione si ottiene un compatto del detto materiale bioceramico contenente una desiderata quantità di acqua...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | compact |
Hazel Whiteley
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| 4 +2 | compact bioceramics material |
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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| 4 | compact |
Sven Petersson
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| 5 -1 | compound |
Simon Charass
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| 4 -1 | compact compound |
Ida DeFlaviis
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Proposed translations
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compact
A compact. This is a perfectly valid use of the word compact.
See the reference for an example in the context of ceramics.
See the reference for an example in the context of ceramics.
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Comment: "Thanks - I was uncomfortable using this as a noun, but your reference was convincing. thanks for going to the trouble!!"
7 mins
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
Medical Translator
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, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
+2
47 mins
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Italian
United Kingdom
Life is a horizontal fall (J. Cocteau)
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compact bioceramics material
I don't think you can just use compact as a noun, like that... try and change the sentence a bit.... from the suspension a compact bioceramics material is derived... or something like that.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Emilia Mancini
57 mins
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| agree |
KARIS ISABELLA DAVOGLIO
: Though compact is the right term, I think you should change the sentence to avoid the use of this term as a mere noun
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1 hr
Simon Charass
Canada
Canada
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Canada
Over 20 Years Freelance Translation
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543
compound
com·pound (n.) 1. A combination of two or more elements or parts. See Synonyms at mixture.
adj. 1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts. 2. Botany. Composed of more than one part.
3. Chemistry. A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
4. (n.) Something that is the result of combining components: composition, concoction, mixture, preparation, product, combination, composite, blend, union, amalgam, alloy
v.tr. 1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix. 2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
Webster Dic.
adj. 1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts. 2. Botany. Composed of more than one part.
3. Chemistry. A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
4. (n.) Something that is the result of combining components: composition, concoction, mixture, preparation, product, combination, composite, blend, union, amalgam, alloy
v.tr. 1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix. 2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
Webster Dic.
Peer comment(s):
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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
: compatto e composto sono due cose diverse... l'autore avrebbe usato il termine "composto" se fosse stato rilevante in quella sede
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compact compound
I wouldn't use "compact" as a noun, since technically it refers to sintered products (metallurgical processing). In your case, the text deals with a compound (bioceramica, acqua) that solidifies and becomes compact.
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