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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

adimensional

English translation:

adimensional

Added to glossary by Manuel Aburto
Jan 14, 2006 14:47
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

adimensional

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Piping
Alargamiento unitario en flexion a la deflexion maxima:

emax= Df*t* dDmax/(OD-t)

En donde:

Df= Factor de forma= adimensional.

I do not know if I should translate this word "adimensional" as "in one dimension" or is there any other term better for said word?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 adimensional
3 +2 dimensionless

Discussion

MPGS Jan 14, 2006:
... M and T, respectively). Other variables may be 2- or n-dimensional. Some are a-dimensional or dimensionless.
hth :)
MPGS Jan 14, 2006:
dimensionless and dimensional (both correct, the first much more frequent) apply to variables /values wich --like ratios, indexes, etc) are not measured in 'physical units, as in the general case. eg 'space' or 'time' are one-dimensional (dimensions being

Proposed translations

+1
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adimensional

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http://wn7.enseeiht.fr/hmf/travaux/CD0001/travaux/optmfn/hi/...

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Me parece correcta la opción de Marina, sólo que cuando se refiere a variables o fórmulas, aparece el término adimensinal.
Suerte!!
Reference:

http://revist.ci/abstract1_1.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Cecilia Della Croce
1 hr
Thanks!!
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dimensionless

Not quite sure, this is what I found

adimensional.

1. adj. Fís. Que no tiene dimensiones, como el número π
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/frames.asp?es=adimensiona...

English definition http://www.webster.com/dictionary/dimensionless

Dimensionless number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traduzca esta página ]
However, a physical quantity may be dimensionless in one system of units and not
dimensionless in another system of units. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensionless_number - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares

Dimensionless Numbers in Heat Transfer - [ Traduzca esta página ]
These names refer to very specific dimensionless numbers that are used to
characterize and ... But first, why do we need dimensionless numbers anyway? ...
www.coolingzone.com/Content/Library/Tutorials/Tutorial 1/DN... - 37k - En caché - Páginas similares

Dimensionless Parameters - [ Traduzca esta página ]
There are a number of dimensionless parameters which can be derived from table 8-1.
These are shown in table 8-2. table6932 ...
www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~jmb/thesis/node157.html
Peer comment(s):
agree MPGS : :) ... :)
2 mins
Thanks a lot!
agree Rafa Lombardino : yep! :o)
1 hr
Thanks Rafa
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