Grandeza analógica

English translation: analog signal/analog value/analog magnitude

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Portuguese term or phrase:Grandeza analógica
English translation:analog signal/analog value/analog magnitude
Entered by: Sonny Tissot

13:30 Feb 16, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Science (general) / grandeza
Portuguese term or phrase: Grandeza analógica
Context:

Quando é necessário medir uma grandeza analógica é feita previamente a sua conversão para digital. Por exemplo, quando uma placa de som capta um sinal de voz, essencialmente analógico, esse som é armazenado dentro do micro de forma digital, cada nível do sinal sendo rapidamente convertido
num número equivalente, num processo conhecido como conversão analógico-digital.

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Sinais analógicos são sinais que variam continuamente e cada variação, pormenor que seja, tem importância. Teoricamente, os sinais analógicos assumem infinitos valores entre uma determinada medida e outra.
Exemplos de grandezas analógicas são a temperatura, força, peso, comprimento.

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There are also many translations for "grandeza" in proz glossary (magnitude, value, unit, quantity). So, I wonder which one is correct in this case.

Thank you.
Sonny Tissot
Brazil
analog signal
Explanation:
Não creio que "grandeza" se aplique em inglês, embora usado em português. Favor comparar os dois textos abaixo.

In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC or D-to-A) is a device for converting a digital (usually binary) code to an analog signal (current, voltage or electric charge).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter

Um DAC (acrónimo para a expressão em língua inglesa Digital-to-Analog Converter), em português conversor digital-analógico, é um circuito eletrônico capaz de converter uma grandeza digital (por exemplo um código binário) em uma grandeza analógica (normalmente uma tensão ou uma corrente).
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversor_digital-analógico
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:11
Grading comment
I had put "signal," but I was not too sure. Anyway, I will keep three possibilities in the glossary and people may choose the one that best fits their context. Thank you all very much.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1analog magnitude
Floriana Leary
4 +1Analog value
Mike (de Oliveira) Brady
4 +1analog quantity
Teresa Sobral Casimiro
4 +1analog signal
Marlene Curtis
3analogic measurement
Ligia Dias Costa
3analog size
Michael Powers (PhD)
3analog phenomena
T o b i a s


  

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analog magnitude


Explanation:
please see ref.:
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Floriana Leary
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agree  kashew: For a signal etc. that sounds spot on.
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analogic measurement


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analog size


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Michael Powers (PhD)
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PRO pts in category: 16
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Asker: Muito obrigado!

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Analog value


Explanation:
Sorry tissot, you are receiving all the possibilities as recommendations!

In this context, you can use either 'value' or 'magnitude'.

Your text concerns Analog-to-digital converters. This comes from a text on these devices:
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Analogue-digital ...

"Analog-to-digital converter: A device for converting the information contained in the value or magnitude of some characteristic of an input signal, compared to a standard or reference, to information in the form of discrete states of a signal, usually with numerical values assigned to the various combinations of discrete states of the signal.

"Analog-to-digital (A/D) converters are used to transform analog information, such as audio signals or measurements of physical variables (for example, temperature, force, or shaft rotation) into a form suitable for digital handling, which might involve any of these operations: (1) processing by a computer or by logic circuits, including arithmetical operations, comparison, sorting, ordering, and code conversion, (2) storage until ready for further handling, (3) display in numerical or graphical form, and (4) transmission."

I'd go for 'value', if that fits well with surrounding text.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-02-16 13:51:15 GMT)
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Another example of usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter

"Most ADCs are of a type known as linear, although analog-to-digital conversion is an inherently non-linear process (since the mapping of a continuous space to a discrete space is a piecewise-constant and therefore non-linear operation). The term linear as used here means that the range of the input values that map to each output value has a linear relationship with the output value."

Mike (de Oliveira) Brady
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thank you, Mike


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Henrique Moreira
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analog quantity


Explanation:
Informática e processamento de dados


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Teresa Sobral Casimiro
Portugal
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigado, Teresa


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agree  rhandler
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analog signal


Explanation:
Não creio que "grandeza" se aplique em inglês, embora usado em português. Favor comparar os dois textos abaixo.

In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC or D-to-A) is a device for converting a digital (usually binary) code to an analog signal (current, voltage or electric charge).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter

Um DAC (acrónimo para a expressão em língua inglesa Digital-to-Analog Converter), em português conversor digital-analógico, é um circuito eletrônico capaz de converter uma grandeza digital (por exemplo um código binário) em uma grandeza analógica (normalmente uma tensão ou uma corrente).
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversor_digital-analógico

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I had put "signal," but I was not too sure. Anyway, I will keep three possibilities in the glossary and people may choose the one that best fits their context. Thank you all very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bentevi: What is measured is the signal. The analog value is the result of that measurement.
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grandeza analógica
analog phenomena


Explanation:
"temperatura, força, peso, comprimento" etc can be measured by digital or analog means, but, per se, have no "signal."

T o b i a s
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PRO pts in category: 8
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