German Science Reader: An Introduction to Scientific German, for Students of Physics, Chemistry and EngineeringKroeh, Charles Frederick
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German Science Reader: An Introduction to Scientific German, for Students of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering
Kroeh, Charles Frederick
German language -- Readers -- Science
[4] +dazu gehörigen+: belonging to it.
[5] +ganz beliebig ... gegebene Punkte+: points given entirely at
pleasure = any given points whatever.
[6] +der Centriwinkel+: angle at the centre.
[7] +der Peripheriewinkel+: angle at the cirumference.
[8] +inhaltsgleich+ equal in area; +der Inhalt+: contents.
[9] +die Kathete+: leg of a right-angled triangle.
[10] +Sei CAB ein ... Dreieck+: let CAB be a triangle.
[11] +der ... Quadrate+; see 1 Note 10.
[12] +es lässt sich zeigen+: it allowes itself to be shown = it may be
shown. A common use of +lassen+.
[13] +Hülfslinien+: auxiliary lines, construction lines.
[14] see 1 Note 9.
[15] +d. i. (das ist)+: that is to say (i. e.)
7.
[1] +nach keiner Seite hin+: in no direction.
[2] +wie weit ... auch+: however far.
[3] +gleichlaufend+: German equivalent for parallel. In many cases
German uses a foreign word and also a native word for the same term.
[4, 5] +die ... Seiten+; see 1 Note 10.
[6] +verhalten sich+: are to each other.
[7] +Die ... Senkrechte+; see 1 Note 10.
[8] +anliegend+: adjacent.
[9] +es kommt nur darauf an+: it is only required.
8.
[1] +Um um+: the first um means _in order_ and belongs to the infinitive
+zu beschreiben+; the second +um+ means _around_.
[2] +halbiere+: bisect.
[3] +herumzutragen+: to lay off.
[4] +eines Vielecks+; see 1 Note 10.
[5] +die Fläche+: surface, area.
[6] +körperliche+: solid.
[7] +bis ins Unendliche+: to infinity.
[8] +der Körper+: body; (in Geometry) solid.
[9] +zwei ... Ebenen+; see 1 Note 10.
[10] +entsteht+: is formed.
[11] +die Grundfläche+: base (surface).
[12] +und zwar+: and moreover.
9.
[1] +inhaltsgleich+: of equal (cubic) contents = of equal volume.
[2] +die Mantelfläche+: curved surface.
[3] +dergestalt+: in such a manner.
[4] +Ein ... Abschnitt+; see 1 Note 10.
[5] +Wie verhalten sich+: in what ratio are ... to each other.
[6] +einem ... Denkmale+; see 1 Note 10.
10.
[1] +im Wesentlichen+: essentially.
[2] +allseitig+: on all sides.
[3] +die Einheit+: unit.
[4] +das ... Normalmeter+; see 1 Note 10.
[5] +Allgemeine Eigenschaften+: universal properties.
[6] +starr+: rigid, solid.
[7] +geläufig+: familiar.
[8] +selbstverständlich+: of course.
11.
[1] +das Beharrungsvermögen+: capacity for persisting = inertia.
[2] +sich gerade befindet+: just finds itself = just happens to be.
[3] +das Kausalgesetz+: law of causation.
[4] +ein ... Körper+; see 1 Note 10.
[5] +die Festigkeit+: firmness = strength.
[6] +reicht ... hin (hinreichen)+: suffices.
[7] +der Annahme widersetzt+: opposes the assumption.
[8] +infolgedessen (in Folge dessen)+: in consequence of that.
[9] +wegschnellen+: to fillip.
[10] +Beispiele+ is the object of +bieten+, and +für+ governs
+Drehungsbewegungen+.
[11] +entsprechend+: corresponding, appropriate.
12.
[1] +äussert sich+: manifests itself.
[2] see 1 Note 10.
[3] +die Unterlage+: support.
[4] +übt ... aus (ausüben)+: exerts.
[5] +also+; see 2 Note 2.
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