about X’ and about Y’

English translation: approximately x' and approximately y'

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English term or phrase:about X’ and about Y’
Selected answer:approximately x' and approximately y'
Entered by: Jack Doughty

12:17 Aug 16, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics
English term or phrase: about X’ and about Y’
"Concentration of between about X and about Y, preferably between about X’ and about Y’, based on weight of ABC"
Yusuf Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 07:13
approximately x' and approximately y'
Explanation:
The concentration is between a lower limit X and an upper limit Y, but the author is not confident that the limits are exact, so says that they are "about" these values.

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Note added at 19 mins (2011-08-16 12:36:25 GMT)
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x and y are the extreme limits, but the concentration should preferably be between two closer figures, x' and y'.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:13
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +5approximately x' and approximately y'
Jack Doughty
4The post-manipulation values of x and y
B D Finch
4a value infinitesimally greater or lesser than x
Hassan Lotfy


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
about x’ and about y’
approximately x' and approximately y'


Explanation:
The concentration is between a lower limit X and an upper limit Y, but the author is not confident that the limits are exact, so says that they are "about" these values.

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Note added at 19 mins (2011-08-16 12:36:25 GMT)
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x and y are the extreme limits, but the concentration should preferably be between two closer figures, x' and y'.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your answer! But what is the difference between (x) and (x')?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
1 min
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agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 hr
  -> Тhank you.

agree  DLyons: Yup.
1 hr
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agree  Phong Le
1 day 2 hrs
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agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
1 day 21 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
about x’ and about y’
The post-manipulation values of x and y


Explanation:
The original values are x and y. After whatever process or manipulation has been carried out, the new values are x' and y'.

I find the use of "about" more puzzling as it is not usual in statistics to use it as synonymous with "approximately", indeed it usually means "around" in the spatial sense, as in a distribution about the mean.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 06:13
Native speaker of: English
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
about x
a value infinitesimally greater or lesser than x


Explanation:
maths.


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Note added at 19 mins (2011-08-16 12:36:21 GMT)
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a value infinitesimally greater or lesser than x'

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Note added at 18 hrs (2011-08-17 06:39:01 GMT)
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you shall find the definition of x' in relation of x within the document

Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Local time: 07:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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