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um mehrere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert

English translation: reduced by several orders of magnitude

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German term or phrase:um mehrere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert
English translation:reduced by several orders of magnitude
Entered by: Christine Lam

18:44 Sep 26, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
German term or phrase: um mehrere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert
Hello folks,
the original sentence goes like this: "Die Gaspermeabilität wird um mehere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert." I'd be glad if anyone had a nice little idea how to say it in English...
Cheers!
Kerstin
KerstinThiemann
Local time: 20:16
reduced by several orders of magnitude
Explanation:
The slow response time can be reduced by several orders of magnitude with
low-temperature epitaxy (16). Such semiconductors grown at low temperatures are ...
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/286/5444/1507
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Christine Lam
Local time: 14:16
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5reduced by several orders of magnitude
Christine Lam
4 +1reduced by several powers of ten
Stephen Sadie


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
...um mehrere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert...
reduced by several orders of magnitude


Explanation:
The slow response time can be reduced by several orders of magnitude with
low-temperature epitaxy (16). Such semiconductors grown at low temperatures are ...
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/286/5444/1507

Christine Lam
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harry Borsje
2 mins
agree  Oliver Walter: Yes: Literally "powers of ten" but we'd most likely say "orders of magnitude"
8 mins
agree  Brie Vernier: with Oliver
13 mins
agree  Alan Johnson
1 hr
agree  Ken Cox: with Oliver - 'orders of magnitude' is common in scientific & engineering usage
13 hrs
neutral  Stephen Sadie: see muttersprachler on this (below)
15 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...um mehrere Zehnerpotenzen reduziert...
reduced by several powers of ten


Explanation:
zehnerpotenz in this sense may well be mathematically meant

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 20:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  muttersprachler: Ist näher am Original. Auch auf Deutsch hätte man "Größenordnungen" sagen können.
15 hrs
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