pôle

English translation: zone/region/extreme

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French term or phrase:pôle
English translation:zone/region/extreme
Entered by: claude-andrew

08:47 Jul 18, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Astronomy & Space / Mercury
French term or phrase: pôle
I just want to check if they mean the N and S poles of the planet or something else, because I can't find any back-up information.
I need planet experts to help here.

Sur Mercure comme sur la Lune, une estimation du nombre de cratères en fonction de leur âge relatif montre que la fréquence des impacts, très élevée autrefois, a considérablement diminué au cours du temps.

Les cratères permettent de dater les terrains de Mercure : les terrains anciens, exposés depuis longtemps au bombardement, seront très cratérisés ; en revanche, les terrains jeunes le seront nettement moins.
Cet étalement dans la densité des cratères forme une « stratigraphie fossile » et permet d'établir une chronologie relative, mais précise.

En appliquant cette méthode, on peut constater que 80 % de la surface de Mercure est constituée de terrains très anciens : ce sont les plaines dites intercratères et les terrains de cratérisation élevée.
Dix pour cent de la surface sont formés de plaines moyennement cratérisées, dites intermédiaires, qui oscillent d'un **pôle** relativement abondant (7 %) encore beaucoup cratérisé, à un **pôle** très peu abondant (3 %) assez peu cratérisé.
Le reste de la planète est constitué de plaines lisses, très peu ou pas cratérisées, donc d'âge récent.
claude-andrew
France
Local time: 14:17
zone
Explanation:
definitely not north and south pole here.
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Ronald van Riet
Local time: 14:17
Grading comment
Thanks Ronald. I've added two other words to KudoZ - pôle deserves a chapter to itself!
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Summary of answers provided
4zone
Ronald van Riet
4extreme
Kiwiland Bear
3centre
Alison Billington


  

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zone


Explanation:
definitely not north and south pole here.

Ronald van Riet
Local time: 14:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Ronald. I've added two other words to KudoZ - pôle deserves a chapter to itself!
Notes to answerer
Asker: As I suspected. I'm afraid "pôle" is a rather over-used word in French. Thanks.

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extreme


Explanation:
From one extreme (7%) ... to the other (3%).

Definitely not N/S poles but rather the two opposites edges of the spectrum - from least to most "craterised" areas.


Kiwiland Bear
New Zealand
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Russian
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centre


Explanation:
Pole can also mean a centre as in a research centre: 'technopole'.

Alison Billington
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Absolutely! (but not on Mercury ...)

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