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mm près

English translation: with a tolerance of X mm

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French term or phrase:à X mm près
English translation:with a tolerance of X mm
Entered by: Tony M

00:06 Mar 22, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: mm près
"faire 2 mesures ... et garder la moyenne à 0,07 mm près"
fifth
Local time: 09:37
with a tolerance of x mm
Explanation:
"use the average of these two measurements, with a tolerance of 0.07 mm"

It all depends a bit on what kind of 'use' is implied by the verb 'garder' — I don't imagine it merely means 'note down'

It would be more accurate to express the tolerance as ± 0.07 mm
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Tony M
France
Local time: 09:37
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2with a tolerance of x mm
Tony M
2 +2within .07 millimeters
Claire Nolan


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
\"mm près\"
within .07 millimeters


Explanation:
But your context could be more complete.

Claire Nolan
Local time: 03:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MatthewLaSon: That's what I thought, too: "to keep the average to within 0.07 millimeters."
28 mins
  -> Thank you, MatthewLaSon.
agree  Chris Hall
20 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
with a tolerance of x mm


Explanation:
"use the average of these two measurements, with a tolerance of 0.07 mm"

It all depends a bit on what kind of 'use' is implied by the verb 'garder' — I don't imagine it merely means 'note down'

It would be more accurate to express the tolerance as ± 0.07 mm

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 348
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Barbara!
agree  Tony.J.A.@DT: was thinking tolerance as well
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tony!
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