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mers

Portuguese translation: meros

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English term or phrase:mers
Portuguese translation:meros
Entered by: Maria Meneses

18:20 Jan 26, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Organic Chemistry
English term or phrase: mers
Na frase: pentaerythritols and their 2-4mers, 1,2,4-butanetriol, 1,3,5-pentanetriol, 1,2,6-hexanetriol,
Maria Meneses
Local time: 23:15
meros
Explanation:
Trata-se de dímeros (2-meros), trímeros (3-meros) e tetrâmeros (4-meros), três níveis específicos de polímeros (note que 2-4 indica o intervalo de 2 a 4, como evidenciado pelos nomes epecíficos que se seguem), certamente não monômeros ou monómeros. Em português não é comum o uso algarismo+mero, porém, dado o tom técnico do fragmento, acho que dá para aceitar 2-4-meros, especialmente visto que os nomes epecíficos vêm logo a seguir.
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coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 18:15
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Obrigada pela explicação detalhada
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1meros
coolbrowne
4partes/unidades repetidas
Marlene Curtis
4monômeros ou monómeros
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
partes/unidades repetidas


Explanation:
A repeat unit is sometimes called a mer or mer unit. "Mer" originates from the Greek word "meros," which means part. The word polymer derives its meaning from this, which means "many mers." A repeat unit (or mer), is not to be confused with the term monomer, which refers to the small molecule from which a polymer is synthesize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeat_unit

Chemical Resistance of Fluoropolymers - [ Translate this page ]
A primeira parte da palavra "monômero" vem do grego 'mono" que significa "único" e a segunda parte vem do grego "mer" que significa "parte": monômero é, então, ... Se a unidade repetida da estrutura de PE é chamada "A", a estrutura do ...
www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/techinfo.asp?htmlfile..

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 18:15
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 448
Notes to answerer
Asker: Marlene muito obrigada pela sua explicação

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
monômeros ou monómeros


Explanation:
4 Oct 2010 ... Nucleic acids and proteins are composed of chains of mers (monomers). RNA reads DNA and makes proteins using mers. ...
answers.yahoo.com › ... › Engineering - Em cache

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 432
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada Salvador


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
8 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Sara Sousa Soares
9 mins
  -> Obrigado!
disagree  Marlene Curtis: You are right, they are not. They are different. MD-04 ITE 208; MANÔMERO DIGITAL DE PRECISÃO MOD.MD-04 PAT. ITE-207; MANÔMETRO PADRÃO PARA TESTE 0 -10 Kg/Cm2 PAT.ITE-PI-003; MANÔMETRO PADRÃO PARA TESTE 0 ... www.inteste.com.br/eq
45 mins
  -> I agree. Manometers are not monomers.
disagree  coolbrowne: Não é especificamente monômero/monômero. De fato, no caso, trata-se de dímeros (2-meros) a tetrâmeros (4-meros). Contudo, a discordância anterior deveria ser retirada ASAP. Não há que confundir monômero com manômetro.
49 mins
  -> I agree. Manometers are not monomers.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
meros


Explanation:
Trata-se de dímeros (2-meros), trímeros (3-meros) e tetrâmeros (4-meros), três níveis específicos de polímeros (note que 2-4 indica o intervalo de 2 a 4, como evidenciado pelos nomes epecíficos que se seguem), certamente não monômeros ou monómeros. Em português não é comum o uso algarismo+mero, porém, dado o tom técnico do fragmento, acho que dá para aceitar 2-4-meros, especialmente visto que os nomes epecíficos vêm logo a seguir.

coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 18:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Obrigada pela explicação detalhada
Notes to answerer
Asker: Coolbrowne Obrigada pela sugestão e explicação


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado.
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