光未照射

English translation: non-illuminated

16:49 Jun 7, 2000
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: 光未照射
This phrase turns up in the text and graphs to a lighting system document I'm translating. An example: 図6のグラフにおける光未照射の場合の特性線21と実験誤差内で一致した。
Stan Ziobro
English translation:non-illuminated
Explanation:
The last 3 characters (mishousha) come out as "unirradiation", so I guess this refers to some sort of non-illuminated state, either with the lighting system turned off (when presumably only stray natural light is available), or (less likely) in places that the light does not reach directly. Weird term though. Never seen it before.
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Philip Ronan
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Local time: 21:55
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nanon-illuminated
Philip Ronan
naspot (area) of focused illumination
Harold Slovic
naun-irradiated
Tadao Banno


  

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32 mins
non-illuminated


Explanation:
The last 3 characters (mishousha) come out as "unirradiation", so I guess this refers to some sort of non-illuminated state, either with the lighting system turned off (when presumably only stray natural light is available), or (less likely) in places that the light does not reach directly. Weird term though. Never seen it before.

Philip Ronan
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33 mins
spot (area) of focused illumination


Explanation:
Stan,

This is the best that my wife and I can make out of the 4 kanji characters:
for light (hikari/kou), end (matsu/sue);
light up/illumimate (terasu) and hit(iru)--thusly, light-end-illuminate- hit = spot of focused illumination (from, we assume, some sort of spot-light. Hope this is helpful! haslov


Harold Slovic
Local time: 13:55
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6 hrs
un-irradiated


Explanation:
For a native speaker of Japanese, the usage of this term in the context cited is quite common and very clear.
The un-irradiated conditions could be either spontaneous or artificial.

Tadao Banno
Local time: 05:55
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