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termine di paragone

English translation: benchmark

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Italian term or phrase:termine di paragone
English translation:benchmark
Entered by: achisholm

15:14 Oct 17, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / surveying
Italian term or phrase: termine di paragone
From a geological survey.

"La calibrazione del metodo ha permesso di attibuire ai livelli cineritici di interesse un range di valori di resistività tra 2 e 8 Ω∙m, da utilizzare come termine di paragone nell'interpretazione delle successive tomografie"

There is a back-translation of another similar term in the glossary (yardstick), but its not identical.

But I think it may not be a geological term but a vstandard stock phrase.

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achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:52
benchmark
Explanation:
Idea, or just "used for comparisons with"

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-10-17 16:19:29 GMT)
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Before reading the context, my first thought was "term of comparison" which I think would be fine for a philosophical context, but not here.
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 07:52
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2benchmark
James (Jim) Davis
3term of comparison
Paul O'Brien


  

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


Explanation:
Idea, or just "used for comparisons with"

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-10-17 16:19:29 GMT)
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Before reading the context, my first thought was "term of comparison" which I think would be fine for a philosophical context, but not here.

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 130
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  exceed: benchmark sounds good
49 mins
agree  texjax DDS PhD
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
term of comparison


Explanation:
I don't see that there is anything wrong with "term of comparison". You'll find it well represented in the field of geology on Google, though there's nothing wrong with "benchmark" either, to be sure.

Paul O'Brien
Argentina
Local time: 00:52
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PRO pts in category: 23
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