1の位(ゼロの位?)まで

English translation: the unit's place

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Japanese term or phrase:1の位
English translation:the unit's place
Entered by: Naikei Wong

00:31 Apr 12, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / measurement
Japanese term or phrase: 1の位(ゼロの位?)まで
If it is "10の位まで" , it might become "in tens".
What if it is "1 の位まで”, what would it become ? "in ones?"

The term I would like to know is the one non unit-dependent such as "in meters" or "in kilograms".
Meko
Local time: 18:08
1の位まで (up to the unit's place)
Explanation:
I'm not sure whether I should be providing a suggestion in English or Japanese....

For English, it woul be "unit's place"...

"1の位" is correct according to some Japanese sources (sorry I'm not informed about this)

FYI:

Yahoo!辞書-プログレッシブ英和中辞典 - [ Translate this page ]7 《数》正の最小整数;1;1の位(unit's place);1の位の数字. 8 (特定の機能を もつ)設備, 器具, 装置;設備一式. ・, an air conditioning unit 空調設備. ・, an input [an output] unit (電算機などの)入力[出力]装置. 9 ((米))《教》単位, ...
dic.yahoo.co.jp/bin/ dsearch?p=unit&stype=1&dtype=1 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

数学一般 - [ Translate this page ]... 序数 (1番目、2番目), ordinal numbers. 位, place. 1の位、10の位, the ones (unit's) place, the tens place. 1の位の数字、10の位の数字, the ones (unit's) digit, the tens digit. 3つの連続する偶数, three consecutive even numbers. 正と負 ...
homepage1.nifty.com/ayaeda/ kotoba/wordlists/2000/200005_suugaku.htm - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result


SAT Math Technical Terms - [ Translate this page ]unit's place. 1の位. 582. unity. 1. 583. universal set. 全体集合. 584. unknown. 未知数. 585. unlike signs. 異符号. 586. up to 2. 2まで. 587. upper case A. 大文字のA. 588. value. 値. 589. variable. 変数. 590. vertical angles. 対角 ...
homepage1.nifty.com/kmiya/math.html - 264k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

RiceRomp: Teachers - MathMove six places to the left and place a decimal. Starting with 9 in the unit's place, put a decimal between 8 and 5. So the answer is78.560999 m3 . ...
www.riceromp.com/teachers/lessonContent.cfm?pId=161 - 21k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

Archimedes Projectany thing proceeding by tens; as Decimal arithmetic, Decimal fractions, Decimal scales, &c. ... by their distance from the 1st or unit's place of integers, ...
archimedes.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ toc/toc.cgi?page=377;dir=hutto_dicti_078_en_1795;step=textonly - 11k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

ChemTeam: Significant Figure RulesA final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant. ... have hundreds and tens marked with an estimation made in the unit's place. ...
dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/SigFigs/SigFigRules.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

more ref. :

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q="unit's place", dec...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-12 01:53:28 GMT)
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correction: it would be....
Selected response from:

Naikei Wong
Local time: 17:08
Grading comment
Thank you NKWong. I was expecting an suggestion in English so your example helped me.
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3 +21の位まで (up to the unit's place)
Naikei Wong


  

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1の位まで (up to the unit's place)


Explanation:
I'm not sure whether I should be providing a suggestion in English or Japanese....

For English, it woul be "unit's place"...

"1の位" is correct according to some Japanese sources (sorry I'm not informed about this)

FYI:

Yahoo!辞書-プログレッシブ英和中辞典 - [ Translate this page ]7 《数》正の最小整数;1;1の位(unit's place);1の位の数字. 8 (特定の機能を もつ)設備, 器具, 装置;設備一式. ・, an air conditioning unit 空調設備. ・, an input [an output] unit (電算機などの)入力[出力]装置. 9 ((米))《教》単位, ...
dic.yahoo.co.jp/bin/ dsearch?p=unit&stype=1&dtype=1 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

数学一般 - [ Translate this page ]... 序数 (1番目、2番目), ordinal numbers. 位, place. 1の位、10の位, the ones (unit's) place, the tens place. 1の位の数字、10の位の数字, the ones (unit's) digit, the tens digit. 3つの連続する偶数, three consecutive even numbers. 正と負 ...
homepage1.nifty.com/ayaeda/ kotoba/wordlists/2000/200005_suugaku.htm - 101k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result


SAT Math Technical Terms - [ Translate this page ]unit's place. 1の位. 582. unity. 1. 583. universal set. 全体集合. 584. unknown. 未知数. 585. unlike signs. 異符号. 586. up to 2. 2まで. 587. upper case A. 大文字のA. 588. value. 値. 589. variable. 変数. 590. vertical angles. 対角 ...
homepage1.nifty.com/kmiya/math.html - 264k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

RiceRomp: Teachers - MathMove six places to the left and place a decimal. Starting with 9 in the unit's place, put a decimal between 8 and 5. So the answer is78.560999 m3 . ...
www.riceromp.com/teachers/lessonContent.cfm?pId=161 - 21k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

Archimedes Projectany thing proceeding by tens; as Decimal arithmetic, Decimal fractions, Decimal scales, &c. ... by their distance from the 1st or unit's place of integers, ...
archimedes.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ toc/toc.cgi?page=377;dir=hutto_dicti_078_en_1795;step=textonly - 11k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

ChemTeam: Significant Figure RulesA final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant. ... have hundreds and tens marked with an estimation made in the unit's place. ...
dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/SigFigs/SigFigRules.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Remove result

more ref. :

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q="unit's place", dec...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-12 01:53:28 GMT)
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correction: it would be....

Naikei Wong
Local time: 17:08
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PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you NKWong. I was expecting an suggestion in English so your example helped me.

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