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introduccion de la variable tiempo

English translation: introduction to the time variable

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Spanish term or phrase:introducción de la variable tiempo
English translation:introduction to the time variable
Entered by: Maria Mastruzzo

03:57 Feb 12, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: introduccion de la variable tiempo
se trata de un programa de estudio de la materia "quimica industrial". Dice lo siguiente:
modulo 1: introduccion a la industria quimica. Cambio de escala, laboratorio, planta piloto e industrial. Procesos continuos y discontinuos. "Introduccion de la variable tiempo e importancia de los resultados economicos". Cómo puedo traducir el término: "variable tiempo"? Muchas gracias
Karina Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 00:49
introduction to the time variable
Explanation:
Good luck!

http://www.stata.com/stata10/datetime.html

Time/date variables
Stata already had date variables; now it has time variables (and time-and-date variables, too). Time is recorded with up to millisecond resolution, which will be important for some. Also, Stata’s time variables will work with or without leap-second adjustment. You may never have heard about leap seconds, but there are clocks that are adjusted for them, and clocks that are not, and in computer-generated
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Maria Mastruzzo
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Local time: 13:49
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thanks!
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3 +4introduction to the time variable
Maria Mastruzzo
4 +1Introduction of the time variable
Magali Bramon
4Introducing the time variable
neilmac
4introduction to the variable time
Dr Trevor Stack


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
introduction to the time variable


Explanation:
Good luck!

http://www.stata.com/stata10/datetime.html

Time/date variables
Stata already had date variables; now it has time variables (and time-and-date variables, too). Time is recorded with up to millisecond resolution, which will be important for some. Also, Stata’s time variables will work with or without leap-second adjustment. You may never have heard about leap seconds, but there are clocks that are adjusted for them, and clocks that are not, and in computer-generated


Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 13:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish: Introduction OF the time variable...
2 hrs
  -> thank you franglish :)
agree  Bill Harrison (X): That's what I would say. To, not of.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Bill :)
agree  Cristina Talavera: agree with Bill + varaibleS; and skip "the"
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Cristina :)
agree  Phoebe Anne
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Phoebe :)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Introducing the time variable


Explanation:
An option, sounds better to me anyway than the -tion version...

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Multiple Regression... space is defined by the equation Y=a+b*X; in full text: the Y variable can be expressed in terms of a constant (a) and a slope (b) times the X variable. ...
www.statsoft.com/textbook/multiple-regression/

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-02-12 09:41:34 GMT)
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The time variable must have values that are a constant difference apart. The time values within a sector must be unique. The constant difference does not have to be the same for each sector...



neilmac
Spain
Local time: 05:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Introduction of the time variable


Explanation:
;)

Magali Bramon
Spain
Local time: 05:49
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Rodrigues: OF THE
9 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
introduction to the variable time


Explanation:
It's not incorrect to write "the time variable" but "the variable time" is a closer translation of the word order in the Spanish original. See example below - it is perfectly correct and appropriate in English.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-02-12 08:51:49 GMT)
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Correction - should be "Introduction OF the variable time" :)

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Note added at 7 hrs (2011-02-12 11:41:29 GMT)
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Technically it's still not an adjective although it's being used to modify another noun as adjectives usually do. Temporal would be an adjective.

Example sentence(s):
  • This paper will illustrate that without understanding the variable time, it is not possible to fully comprehend knowledge economics.

    Reference: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9643/
Dr Trevor Stack
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  neilmac: "Time can't be an adjective"?? The (article) time (adjective) variable (noun). The X variable. X is the ADJECTIVE, QED.
38 mins
  -> Time can't be an adjective. Link paper's author may not be a native speaker and also true that publisher is German, but I think a respectable academic publisher would use the correct form in the paper's title: The Variable Time. Splitting hairs, though.
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