Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
une fonction décroissante
English translation:
decreasing function
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)
Apr 3, 2007 14:30
17 yrs ago
French term
une fonction décroissante
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
stresses in offshore design
La contrainte admissible en compression est une fonction décroissante de l'élancement.
I'm translating this as 'The allowable compression stress has a negative correlation with slenderness ratio.'
Is this accurate, or is there a better term?
I'm translating this as 'The allowable compression stress has a negative correlation with slenderness ratio.'
Is this accurate, or is there a better term?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | decreasing function |
Jerome Elhaik
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decreasing function
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narasimha (X)
: you have done a literal translation. I find what Rebeca has translated seems to be correct to me.
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| agree |
Evi Prokopi (X)
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Bourth (X)
: Yep; a mere 169,000 ghits for "stress + 'decreasing function' ".
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| agree |
jean-jacques alexandre
: literal may be but in this case ....
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