Agitateur à plaque

English translation: plate shaker

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French term or phrase:Agitateur à plaque
English translation:plate shaker
Entered by: Fiona McBrearty

09:03 Apr 21, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / laboratory equipment
French term or phrase: Agitateur à plaque
Equipment for testing milk cultures.

I've found "agitateur magnétique" = "magnetic stirrer" but no luck for "plaque"...
Fiona McBrearty
Local time: 23:02
plate shaker
Explanation:
I've used them, for swirling the contents of multi-well plates for example.
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Helen Genevier
France
Local time: 23:02
Grading comment
Sounds good - thanks
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4 +1plate shaker
Helen Genevier
3plate agitator
Josephine Billet


  

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Agitateur à plaque
plate agitator


Explanation:
This doesn't sound very pretty but it has a couple of hits: it is an "agitator" for petri dishes / plates in my opinion...


    Reference: http://www.biox.com/dessins/IBR%20threshold%20(E).pdf
Josephine Billet
Local time: 23:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Agitateur à plaque
plate shaker


Explanation:
I've used them, for swirling the contents of multi-well plates for example.


    Reference: http://www.millipore.com/publications.nsf/docs/pc1025en00
Helen Genevier
France
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Sounds good - thanks

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agree  Martine Ascensio
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