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
[10] +Nebenapparate+: secondary apparatus.
[11] +Ergänzungsmittel+: means of completion = supplements.
[12] +der Wirbelstrom+: eddy current.
[13] +Kern- und Manteltransformationen+: core and shell transformers.
[14] +untergebracht+: placed.
37.
[1] +die Anlage+: plant.
[2] +Starkstromleitungen+: conductors for powerful currents.
[3] +Licht- und Kraftbetrieb+: production of light and power.
[4] +in der Regel+: as a rule.
[5] +verseilt+: covered with rope.
[6] +stark+: heavy, thick (the usual meaning is _strong_).
[7] +in ihrer Gesamtheit+: in their totality = all taken together.
[8] +das Isolirband+: insulating tape.
[9] +Strassenumwühlungen+: digging up the streets.
[10] +die Armierung+: strengthening.
[11] +Muffen+: sleeves.
[12] +Anschlussstellen+: places for the connections.
[13] +Anschlussgruben+: man holes (+Grube+: pit).
[14] +die Schmelzsicherung+: safety-fuse.
[15] +Karton+: pasteboard.
[16] +der Wandverputz+: plastering.
[17] +Aus- und Einschalten+: connecting and disconnecting.
[18] +der Schalter+: switch.
[19] +der Umschalter+: four point switch.
38.
[1] +der Gleichstrommotor+: direct current motor.
[2] +der Wirkungsgrad+: degree of efficiency.
[3] +der Stromwender+: commutator.
[4] +der+ is the subject of the three verbs +ist+, +geben kann+ and
+verbietet+.
[5] +das Funkensprühen+: sparking.
[6] +Anlass geben+: to give rise.
[7] +die Steinkohlengrube+: coal mine.
[8] +schlagende Wetter+: fire-damp.
[9] +die Spannung+: tension.
[10] +starke Querschnitte+: large cross sections.
[11] +unbequem+: inconvenient.
[12] +angehen+: to start.
[13] +eine ... Geschwindigkeit+: a velocity.
[14] +überhaupt+: at all events.
[15] +den ... Stromwechseln+: the alternations of the current.
[16] +übereinstimmen+: correspond, synchronize.
[17] +des ... Magnetfeldes+: of the magnetic field.
[18] +unterliegt+: is subject.
[19] +derartig+: such.
[20] +asynchron+: asynchronous (not synchronous).
39.
[1] +die Eigenschaft+: property.
[2] +die Umwandlung+: conversion.
[3] +der Stoff+: substance.
[4] +der Grundstoff+: fundamental substance, element.
[5] +ohne dass ... gesagt werden kann+: without (our) being able to say.
[6] +das Merkmal+: characteristic.
[7] +das Verhalten+: behavior.
[8] +Druck- und Temperaturverhältnisse+: conditions of pressure and
temperature.
[9] +nimmt ... ein (einnehmen)+: occupies.
[10] See 1 Note 2.
[11] +Sauerstoff- und Stickstoffgas+: oxygen and nitrogen gas.
[12] See 13 Note 12.
[13] See 24 Note 1.
40.
[1] +lassen sich ... überführen+: may be converted.
[2] +leichter ... schwieriger+: more easily, more difficulty.
[3] +bestimmt+: certain, definite.
[4] +dabei+; see 28 Note 13.
[5] +hängt davon ab+: depends upon the condition.
[6] +entwickelnd+: developing, disengaging.
[7] +die Spannung+: tension.
[8] +also+: that is to say.
[9] +dementsprechend+: corresponding to that = accordingly.
[10] +beziehen+: to refer.
[11] +das Merkmal+: characteristic.
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