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225 months ago

Traduli  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Difficult / demanding

Word or term in question:

mise en présence .... conditio

Context:

Définition de REACTION (dans D

Keywords:

CHEMISTRY

 

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225 months ago

  See profile wrote:

brought together...under the right/correct conditions

My comment:

"Right" more than "correct," I believe.

My references:

Harper Collins Unabridged French/English Dictionary

225 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

introduced...suitable conditions

My comment:

mettre en présence = to introduce

convenable = suitable (or proper or appropriate)

225 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.  See profile wrote:

under the right/appropriate conditions

My comment:

Sorry, I forgot to answer the second part of the question.

225 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.  See profile wrote:

brought together

My comment:

It means that the bodies are placed in the presence of one another, or "brought together".

My references:

See this link:
faculty.plattsburgh.edu/neil.buckley/Concepts%20in%20Biology/2003Lecture3.htm

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225 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Yes, I agree.

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225 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

in contact

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225 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

une opération dans laquelle des corps mis en présence, ou même un seul corps, disposés dans des conditions convenables, donnent de nouvelles espèces. an operation where the bodies, either in contact with one another, or even alone, placed under certain convenient conditions, give rise to new species.

225 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

in "suitable" conditions and NOT convenient !