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à cinq dixièmes près

English translation: with an accuracy of 0.5

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French term or phrase:à cinq dixièmes près
English translation:with an accuracy of 0.5
Entered by: RHELLER

02:04 Aug 16, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / shot peening machine
French term or phrase: à cinq dixièmes près
5/10 ? should I specify what even though nothing is written?

La société s’engage à un positionnement précis à cinq dixièmes près

(les positions de chaque ensemble acoustique sont des paramètres importants)

thanks to all :-)
RHELLER
United States
Local time: 22:23
with an accuracy of 0.5
Explanation:
Yes, I think you should... and make a note that the measurement unit appears to be lost in the sentence
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Yakov Tomara
Local time: 07:23
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone - of course these are very precise calculations - but the method is not part of the translation. This keeps the same level of information.
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3with an accuracy of 0.5
Yakov Tomara


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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with an accuracy of 0.5


Explanation:
Yes, I think you should... and make a note that the measurement unit appears to be lost in the sentence

Yakov Tomara
Local time: 07:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone - of course these are very precise calculations - but the method is not part of the translation. This keeps the same level of information.
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