Dec 7, 2009 19:14
14 yrs ago
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English term

typically

English Law/Patents Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng Pesticide
Really I want to know the difference between (typically/more typically/most typically)

How to translate them?

Typically the intrusion volume is between 1 and 20 cm3/g, more typically between 3 and 10 cm3/g and most typically between 5 and 10 cm3/g. The internal surface area is typically between 20 and 400 m2/g and more typically between 100 and 200 m2/g. The mean pore diameter is typically between 0.05 and 2 μm, more typically between 0.05 and 1 μm, and most typically between 0.1 and 0.5 μm. Classes of materials with such properties include precipitated, amorphous and fumed silicas, silicates of lithium, sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium and aluminum, diatomaceous earths, and bentonite, kaolin and attapulgite clays.

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imagine a distribution curve

The best way to imagine this is to picture the distribution curve in your mind - the "most typical" figure is the peak of the curve (the mode, probably also the mean); the "more typical" figure describes the range under a wider portion of the curve, and the "typical" figure covers a wider range still.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
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agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD : very good explanation
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agree Jennifer Levey
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agree Polangmar
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agree Demi Ebrite
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agree Vicky Nash
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agree Rolf Keiser
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agree Stephanie Ezrol
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agree Lalit Sati
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agree Pham Huu Phuoc
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agree kmtext
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often, more often than not, almost always

is one way of interpreting this
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
14 mins
neutral Armorel Young : Not really - if mean pore dia. is "almost always" between 0.1 and 0.5, there would be very little left to be in the wider range of 0.05 - 2.00 - "most typical" simply states where the mode or median lies, but there could still be plenty of cases outside
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neutral Polangmar : I think the other way round in this particular case.
1 hr
agree Liam Hamilton
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range of results

Hard to know what the exact criteria are for the breakdown, but it looks like a way to quantify the range of results.

Most results >>> most typically between 5 and 10 cm3/g.
Many results >> more typically between 3 and 10 cm3/g
Total range of results >> Typically the intrusion volume is between 1 and 20 cm3/g

Typical 1 2 MoreT 3 4 MostT5 6 7 8 9 10/MostT/MoreT 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Typical
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