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Anzahlen

English translation: quantities

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German term or phrase:Anzahlen
English translation:quantities
Entered by: Stephen Sadie

17:33 Jul 8, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics
German term or phrase: Anzahlen
This is from the statistical area in SixSigma. Two items on a PP presentation:
1) Bei Anzahlen muß der Betrachtungsraum bekannt sein.
2) Bei Anzahlen sollten seltene Ereignisse bewertet werden.
I only know this term in the financial sense!
TYFYH
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 13:12
amounts / quantities
Explanation:
Does this make sense within the context?
Selected response from:

NGK
United States
Local time: 06:12
Grading comment
thanks norbert and everybody else
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2amounts / quantities
NGK
4numbers of a well-ordered set
andrealondon
3counts
Brie Vernier
2numericaly
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.


Discussion entries: 2





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
amounts / quantities


Explanation:
Does this make sense within the context?

NGK
United States
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks norbert and everybody else

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  bell-issima: yes
15 mins
agree  Ken Cox: sounds like 'quantities' to me
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
numbers of a well-ordered set


Explanation:
look at ref. hopes it helps


    Reference: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rancho.pancho/Abstra.htm
andrealondon
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
numericaly


Explanation:
I am not sure here... but may be

1) The analytical space must be known numerically.

2) Rare events must be evaluated numerically.

Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 04:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
counts


Explanation:
I think this fits better. See e.g. http://www.qualitydigest.com/may01/html/sixsigma.html

and http://www.qualitydigest.com/may01/html/sixsigma.html under "discrete data"

and http://www.asq.org/pub/qualityprogress/past/0102/27sidebar01...

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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