Apr 25, 2004 17:10
20 yrs ago
German term
betragsmaessig
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Engineering Software
"...es wird geprueft, dass die betragsmaessige Differenz der beiden Signale XXXX nicht groesser als ____ ist."
The two signals come from two microcontrollers that are independently computing the value of variable XXXX by different algorithms. Variable XXXX is a signed value (i.e. it may be a positive or negative number). I'm fairly sure that "betragsmaessig" refers to an absolute value, but I'm not sure how to interpret this mathematically:
| XXXX1 - XXXX2 | or { | XXXX1 | - |XXXX2| }? Or something else?
The two signals come from two microcontrollers that are independently computing the value of variable XXXX by different algorithms. Variable XXXX is a signed value (i.e. it may be a positive or negative number). I'm fairly sure that "betragsmaessig" refers to an absolute value, but I'm not sure how to interpret this mathematically:
| XXXX1 - XXXX2 | or { | XXXX1 | - |XXXX2| }? Or something else?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | calculated difference |
Norbert Hermann
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| 5 +1 | absolute value |
Naresh Advani
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| 3 +1 | in terms of value |
Lydia Molea
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Proposed translations
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calculated difference
calculated difference between the two signals ....
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Comment: "It took me a while to come around to 'calculated difference', but in the end I think it is correct. I was trying to make it too complicated!"
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Lydia Molea
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in terms of value
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that is how I would normally translate betragsmäßig. However, I am not sure it fits your context.
Comment: "Thansk for the input. It turns out that 'calculated difference' worked best in my context."
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Naresh Advani
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absolute value
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You're bang right in this context; the difference referred to here is the absolute value difference, which would be represented mathematically as the first option given by you, i.e. |XXX1 - XXX2|. For example, if one value is -0.02 and the other is +0.01, then the absolute value difference is 0.03 and not 0.01 which is what |XXX1| - |XXX2| would yield. I suppose this explains the difference.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: I'd say so too (though I'm not half as confident as you)
4 hrs
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Comment: "Sorry, it turns out that the term wasn't used in such a complicated way as we originally thought. Sometimes German specifications are bang oversimplified!"
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