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distribution en taille

English translation: distribution according to size

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French term or phrase:distribution en taille
English translation:distribution according to size
Entered by: Louisa Tchaicha

12:20 May 5, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics / système d'analyse de particules solides dans un milieu
French term or phrase: distribution en taille
Hello :)

I was hoping someone would help me with the following term: "distribution en taille"

Is it simply "distribution by size"?

Here is the sentence:
"La présente invention se rapporte au domaine de la détection et de la mesure de la quantité de particules solides (concentration, distribution en taille, masse totale, nature...)

Now that i've written it down it seems obvious that its "distribution by size" :S I'll leave it anyway :)

THank you
Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 01:15
distribution according to size
Explanation:
I made a mistake and gave my reasoning below in comments

Sorry about that

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-05 15:27:01 GMT)
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'Size distribution' sound a bit like 'size range' ie. particules of one molecule, two molucules etc
But I think they are talking about the distribution of certain particles in the air. Normally, the heavier the particule, the lower in the atmosphere
Therefore, I'm going to suggest 'distribution of particules ACCORDING to size'
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SafeTex
France
Local time: 02:15
Grading comment
Many thanks to everybody :)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2size distribution
silvester55
3distribution according to size
SafeTex


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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
size distribution


Explanation:
Chemical composition, mass size distribution and source analysis of long-range transported wildfire smokes in Helsinki.

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Note added at 38 mins (2011-05-05 12:58:17 GMT)
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processes of soot and sulphur caused systematic differences in the mass size distributions of the different elements

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Note added at 40 mins (2011-05-05 13:01:02 GMT)
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Mass and size distribution

silvester55
Local time: 03:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rkillings
18 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Didier Fourcot: Mass and size distribution, with the statistical meaning of distribution, not the space scattering meaning
22 hrs
  -> merci Didier
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
distribution according to size


Explanation:
I made a mistake and gave my reasoning below in comments

Sorry about that

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-05-05 15:27:01 GMT)
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'Size distribution' sound a bit like 'size range' ie. particules of one molecule, two molucules etc
But I think they are talking about the distribution of certain particles in the air. Normally, the heavier the particule, the lower in the atmosphere
Therefore, I'm going to suggest 'distribution of particules ACCORDING to size'

SafeTex
France
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Many thanks to everybody :)
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