Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

erfuehlt

English translation:

probes

Added to glossary by Jeannie Graham
Jun 10, 2004 09:58
20 yrs ago
German term

erfuehlt

German to English Science Science (general)
Sein wichtigstes Werkzeug in der Welt der Zwerge ist bis heute das von seinem Lehrer, Nobelpreistraeger Professor Gord Binig, entwickelte Rastersondenmikroskop.

Doch dieses Mikroskop hat keine Linsen, es brauch auch kein Licht, vielmehr erfuehlt es die Oberflaeche eines Gegenstandes.

Re. biophysicist Wolfgang Heckl

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probes

This may get a little closer to the 'feeling' aspect of the word, similar to German 'ertasten'.
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scans

I think it might be scan. Check the link below, which describes how a scanning probe microscope operates (scroll down past the descriptions of other microscopes).
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tactilely senses

Here we have both sense and touch.
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senses by (physically) feeling

An alternative.
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