Kommilitonen

English translation: flacons, anions, grisons

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German term or phrase:Kommilitonen
English translation:flacons, anions, grisons

11:48 Dec 17, 2014
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-12-20 12:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Physics
German term or phrase: Kommilitonen
I'm afraid I can't give a lot of context here, but it is a possible answer to a question with multiple choice answers about:

Teilchen mit ganzzahligem Spin

Which I have translated as "particles with integral spin".

Kommilitonen are fellow studenst, and I can find no other translation for this term. Can anyone please help. Thank you
Sarah Lewis-Morgan
Germany
Local time: 18:55
flacons, anions, grisons
Explanation:
just pick a word that rhymes with bosons, fermions and ions and that exists in English.
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 18:55
Grading comment
Thanks, all. Since you have confirmed that it is a trick question, I am closing this.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1flacons, anions, grisons
Edith Kelly
3Pisons
Yorkshireman


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flacons, anions, grisons


Explanation:
just pick a word that rhymes with bosons, fermions and ions and that exists in English.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Thanks, all. Since you have confirmed that it is a trick question, I am closing this.

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Pisons


Explanation:
It's got Particles and Integral Spin in it - and, AFAIK, doesn't exist (trick answer).

In contrast, a Bison does exist and is a particularly large and hairy particle, like many students when I was at university :-)

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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