Apr 26, 2009 18:58
15 yrs ago
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English term
acquire
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Is "acquire" the right word here?
As the composite is loaded, its matrix acquires microdamages, which are modeled by randomly dispersed empty quasispherical micropores.
As the composite is loaded, its matrix acquires microdamages, which are modeled by randomly dispersed empty quasispherical micropores.
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2 +11 | sustain | Mark Nathan |
4 +3 | suffers | MPGS |
5 +1 | undergoes.. | airmailrpl |
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sustain
I do not anything about this field, but from a purely linguistic point of view, damage is usually "sustained" or "suffered" as has been suggested.
Also "microdamages" in the plural grates to my ear, and I would prefer "sustains microdamage, which is modelled..."
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-04-26 19:21:29 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be "I do not know anything...."
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-04-26 19:54:37 GMT)
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It is true that "acquires" is used in a modelling context because a model acquires the characteristics of the thing/system that it is modelling.
Also "microdamages" in the plural grates to my ear, and I would prefer "sustains microdamage, which is modelled..."
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-04-26 19:21:29 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be "I do not know anything...."
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-04-26 19:54:37 GMT)
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It is true that "acquires" is used in a modelling context because a model acquires the characteristics of the thing/system that it is modelling.
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airmailrpl
: sustains
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K. Ganly (X)
: agree, imo sustains sounds best. Definately not acquired!
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agree |
Kim Metzger
18 mins
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agree |
Jack Doughty
26 mins
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agree |
Lingua.Franca
: Sustains (microscopic damages) . . .
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agree |
Chris Ellison
1 hr
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agree |
Kay Barbara
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agree |
Claire Cox
12 hrs
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agree |
Phong Le
15 hrs
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agree |
Gary D
16 hrs
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agree |
Lirka
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all!"
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suffers
:)
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airmailrpl
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thx, airmailrpl :)
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Chris Ellison
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thx, Chris :)
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Lirka
: or sustains, both eqally valid :)
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thank you, lirka, that's what i thought :)
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undergoes..
acquires microdamages => undergoes microdamage
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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2009-04-29 07:49:49 GMT)
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Anti Aging Facial Exercises
The DNA of our body undergoes damages and mutations everyday and these are constantly repaired. But during old age this process is very defective. ...
www.youngnhappy.com/anti-aging-articles/anti-aging-facial-e... -
Tying together the ultrastructural modifications of wood fibre induced
here), the fibre wall integrity undergoes damages to such an extent that most of the fibres qualities required to make a final paper with good ...
www.springerlink.com/index/H237501120K5W463.pdf
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Note added at 2 days12 hrs (2009-04-29 07:49:49 GMT)
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Anti Aging Facial Exercises
The DNA of our body undergoes damages and mutations everyday and these are constantly repaired. But during old age this process is very defective. ...
www.youngnhappy.com/anti-aging-articles/anti-aging-facial-e... -
Tying together the ultrastructural modifications of wood fibre induced
here), the fibre wall integrity undergoes damages to such an extent that most of the fibres qualities required to make a final paper with good ...
www.springerlink.com/index/H237501120K5W463.pdf
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MPGS
: :)
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thank you
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Jim Tucker (X)
: You undergo a process, but not the result of that process. The source text, with its plural "damages", emph. that this is a result. If it were singular, your suggestion would work //That 2nd link was written by non-E speakers; others prol. just bad styl
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Lirka
: with jim
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