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persidad

English translation: densidad

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Spanish term or phrase:persidad
English translation:densidad
Entered by: Julie Thompson

16:52 Oct 21, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / Cuban architectural degree college transcript
Spanish term or phrase: persidad
This word occurs under the description of a course named "Materiales Aplicados". I see phrases like "PERSIDAD de colores", "PERSIDAD del espiritu humano", "PERSIDAD de formas". But, I can't find a definition in RAE. Here's the immediate context:

Propiedades físicas, pesos unitarios. Peso específico. Compacidad y PERSIDAD. Propiedades relacionadas con el agua: Absorción.

As always, a thousand thanks!
Julie Thompson
United States
Local time: 02:15
densidad
Explanation:
Would be my guess. It fits the context perfectly.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thanks, phil. This is what I used.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2densidad
philgoddard
3diversity
Andrew Sharp
1 +1dispersity
neilmac


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
densidad


Explanation:
Would be my guess. It fits the context perfectly.

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 83
Grading comment
Thanks, phil. This is what I used.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Fits better than "persity" anyway...
1 hr
agree  bigedsenior: you mean 'density', right? it is certainly a property of any materal
1 day 4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dispersity


Explanation:
"In physical and organic chemistry, the dispersity is a measure of the
heterogeneity of sizes of molecules or particles in a mixture."

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-10-21 18:18:22 GMT)
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Note that my confidence level is even lower than Phil's... i.e. my suggestion is pure guesswork.

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-10-21 18:21:03 GMT)
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I think they must have meant "DISpersidad".
"... una medida de la heterogeneidad de tamaños de moléculas o partículas en una mezcla".

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 08:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Levey: I was thinking along similar lines, but wouldn't 'dis'persity be the opposite of 'persity'? So, not 'hetero...' but 'homogeneity'.
46 mins
  -> Anything is possible. The asker comments elswhere that the original is plagued with typos...
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
diversity


Explanation:
based on an example from an equatorian website

Se ha desempeñado como:
Director de persidad e Interculturalidad de la Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de la Política.

And from this Colombian website
... incluye el fomento de colaboraciones y procesos participativos con la persidad de sectores involucrados en la salud pública de la región.
The particular meaning seems to relate to this particular region of Soputh America. In Spain the term appears to be more like scientific terminology

Example sentence(s):
  • Director de <b>persidad </b>e Interculturalidad de la Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de la Política.
  • ... incluye el fomento de colaboraciones y procesos participativos con la <b> persidad </b>de sectores involucrados en la salud pública de la región.

    Reference: http://www.supercom.gob.ec/contenido/pedro-de-jesus-nuevo-in...
    Reference: http://ecosaludetvcolombia.org/proyectos/observatorio/metodo...
Andrew Sharp
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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