Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
Doch dieses Mikroskop hat keine Linsen, es brauch auch kein Licht, vielmehr erfuehlt es die Oberflaeche eines Gegenstandes.
Re. biophysicist Wolfgang Heckl
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | probes | Dr. Kathleen Cross |
4 | scans | Rowan Morrell |
3 | tactilely senses | Dr. Fred Thomson |
3 | senses by (physically) feeling | Marketing-Lang. |
Proposed translations
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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).
2 hrs
tactilely senses
Here we have both sense and touch.
4 hrs
senses by (physically) feeling
An alternative.
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