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pulse / cleaning

English translation: pulse is a manual stop/go control

11:33 Jun 4, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: pulse / cleaning
There are only a couple of lines about a Blender / Smoothie maker

One line goes like that:

"Separate programmes for ice crushing, smoothie and pulse / cleaning "

Does 'pulse / cleaning' here mean that some pulsating programme is used for cleaning?
Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 03:09
Selected answer:pulse is a manual stop/go control
Explanation:
It means the unit runs while you press the button. The "/cleaning" would suggest that the pulse button is also used for cleaning.

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Note added at 28 mins (2007-06-04 12:01:50 GMT)
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Here is an example of pulse:

http://www.epinions.com/content_108908875396
...In order to pulse something, you must first hit the speed you want and then press and hold down the pulse button on the keypad. This way, as soon as you let off the pulse button, the blender or food processor turns off.
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David Russi
United States
Local time: 18:09
Grading comment
I got quite a lot of different kind of information, also on eng-fin forum. Thank you for it to everybody.

Finally, I let it be Fin "pulse / puhdistus" ("pulse" / cleaning). The Norwegian translator had made the same decision. "Pulse" doesn't mean anything in Finnish so far, but maybe it will mean in the future - the action those blenders do, whatever it then may be.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4pulse is a manual stop/go control
David Russi
4 +3short burst at high speed
Melzie


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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pulse is a manual stop/go control


Explanation:
It means the unit runs while you press the button. The "/cleaning" would suggest that the pulse button is also used for cleaning.

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Note added at 28 mins (2007-06-04 12:01:50 GMT)
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Here is an example of pulse:

http://www.epinions.com/content_108908875396
...In order to pulse something, you must first hit the speed you want and then press and hold down the pulse button on the keypad. This way, as soon as you let off the pulse button, the blender or food processor turns off.

David Russi
United States
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
I got quite a lot of different kind of information, also on eng-fin forum. Thank you for it to everybody.

Finally, I let it be Fin "pulse / puhdistus" ("pulse" / cleaning). The Norwegian translator had made the same decision. "Pulse" doesn't mean anything in Finnish so far, but maybe it will mean in the future - the action those blenders do, whatever it then may be.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
47 mins
  -> Thank you!
neutral  Melzie: the whole idea of pulse is that you don't have to turn on and off yourself
1 hr
  -> On the contrary, you do... thanks
agree  Ioanna Karamanou
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  PB Trans
5 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Robert Fox
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
short burst at high speed


Explanation:
from: http://www.goodhousekeeping.co.uk/index.php/v1/Food_processo...

Speed settings Some models have one speed designed to cope with all food preparation, but sometimes it's useful to have a slower speed to give you more control. Go for a model with a couple of speeds - slower for slicing and faster for whisking, mixing, chopping and pureéing, *plus a pulse mode, which gives a short burst at high speed.*

this is a function you often use to stop the solids in the processor forming a glob that acts a a satelite around the blade and doesn't get blended at all.

I have a very old machine so my pulse control is manual, in that I press the button down and release to stop. In more modern machines this on/off action does not require the user's intervention.

Melzie
Local time: 02:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ioanna Karamanou
19 mins
  -> thanks
agree  NancyLynn
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Nancy.
agree  Robert Fox
4 hrs
  -> thanks
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