Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

unidireccional

English translation:

unidirectional

Added to glossary by Marcela Di Paolo
Oct 24, 2005 21:46
18 yrs ago
Spanish term

unidirectional?

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Physics
"an analysis of the resultant data in terms of the unidirectional solid state diffusion of hydrogen in the metallic sheet"

Trabajo sobre propiedades del acero.
Es correcto "unidirectional"?

Discussion

Tom Bishop Oct 24, 2005:
I would suggest "steel sheet" (or even "sheet steel", depending on the precise context) rather than "metallic sheet".
Rebecca Hendry Oct 24, 2005:
�Quieres una traducci�n del ingl�s al espa�ol o del espa�ol al ingl�s?

Proposed translations

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unidireccional

"u·ni·di·rec·tion·al (yû'nĭ-dĭ-rĕk'shə-nəl, -dî-)
adj.
Moving or operating in one direction only: a unidirectional microphone."
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Fell
41 mins
Thanks Rachel.
agree Maria Karra : (I think alecram wants ES-EN, judging from the other questions.)
46 mins
He confused me by putting the sentence in English! Thanks María.
agree Roberto Rey : El término se utiliza mucho en antena de radiodifusión..
59 mins
agree Idoia Echenique
1 hr
agree Georges Tocco
2 hrs
agree Ernesto de Lara
8 hrs
neutral Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : that is Spanish!!! no one saw that?? :)
23 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias Rebecca y también a María. Mar "
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18 mins

unidirectional diffusion

Yes, unidirectional diffusion of hydrogen.

for hydrogen diffusion in pure enstatite was determined ... unidirectional diffusion
is suitable for nearly all samples. described here. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/86ATPCQ34N815C63.pdf

Unidirectional diffusion of methane in AlPO4-5; NSCS11, 11th Nordic Symposium on
Computer Simulation June 13-15, 1997, Hillerød, Denmark ...
www.hec.utah.edu/~harald/Personal/cv.html

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-10-24 22:06:49 GMT)
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You may also hear "one-way diffusion", but it's only in every-day language (among physicists, that is); I wouldn't put it in a translation.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tom Bishop
1 hr
:)
agree Georges Tocco
2 hrs
Thanks, Georges
agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
23 hrs
Thanks, Jane
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