a capacitor and a backplate.

English translation: you have no knowledge of the subject matter

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English term or phrase:a capacitor and a backplate.
Selected answer:you have no knowledge of the subject matter
Entered by: Julia Bogdan Rollo (X)

20:03 Nov 18, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Music
English term or phrase: a capacitor and a backplate.
you can’t tell the difference between a capacitor and a backplate.
elsayed fayed
Egypt
Local time: 15:32
you have no knowledge of the subject matter
Explanation:
Without any additional info it sounds like someone is remarking that the person they are talking to has no knowledge of what they're talking about. If you look at the link included you'll see that a backplate is part of a capacitor in a microphone, something that one who knows microphones would know.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-19 17:01:56 GMT)
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Take a look at this website. It describes the components in a condenser microphone, including that backplate. Generally a backplate is the second metal plate behind the diaphragm that helps with movement of the sound.

http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/microphones/condenser.html...

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-19 17:02:51 GMT)
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the websites got stuck together...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone
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Julia Bogdan Rollo (X)
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Local time: 06:32
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you have no knowledge of the subject matter


Explanation:
Without any additional info it sounds like someone is remarking that the person they are talking to has no knowledge of what they're talking about. If you look at the link included you'll see that a backplate is part of a capacitor in a microphone, something that one who knows microphones would know.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-19 17:01:56 GMT)
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Take a look at this website. It describes the components in a condenser microphone, including that backplate. Generally a backplate is the second metal plate behind the diaphragm that helps with movement of the sound.

http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/microphones/condenser.html...

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-19 17:02:51 GMT)
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the websites got stuck together...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone

Example sentence(s):
  • You don't know the difference between a car engine and a piston.

    Reference: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Acoustics/Microphone_Design_and...
Julia Bogdan Rollo (X)
United States
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, and it even sounds like they mean "no knowledge of this particular rather technical subject", too.
32 mins

agree  Polangmar: Seems correct.
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agree  Jim Tucker (X)
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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agree  kmtext
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agree  Rolf Keiser
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agree  Vicky Nash
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agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
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