Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pente élevée
English translation:
steep slope/curve
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Jeanne Zang
Oct 21, 2002 18:58
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pente élevée
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This is in the context of a graph:
Une pente élevée montre qu'une faible augmentation de pression permet d'accroître fortement la dureté des comprimés.
Is this "high slope" or "steep slope"?
Une pente élevée montre qu'une faible augmentation de pression permet d'accroître fortement la dureté des comprimés.
Is this "high slope" or "steep slope"?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | steep curve or steep slope |
Deborah James
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| 4 | steeply sloping curve, steep slope, steep gradient |
Peter McCavana
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Proposed translations
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steep curve or steep slope
Try steep curve ather than a steep slope.
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Peter McCavana
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steeply sloping curve, steep slope, steep gradient
In my opinion, you don't say that a _curve_ is steep. It's the slope (or gradient) that is steep.
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