English translation of "ableiten" - "derived from"

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195 months ago

Traduli asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	ableiten
Context:	...eine Mittelungsvorrichtung zur Mittelung eines von einem Raumlichtsensor abgeleiteten Lichtsensorsignals. derived by or from? (that is if derived is the correct term?) TIA

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195 months ago

wrote:

to emitt

My comment:

a light sensor signal emitted by a room light sensor

195 months ago

Fach�bersetzungen wrote:

derive from

My comment:

derive from = ableiten von

195 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

reflected

My comment:

I believe the other suggestions are not correct - the way I think this works is that a light signal is directed at a Raumlichtsensor and then REFLECTED from that one ...

My references:

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=5tY9AA&search=reflected

195 months ago

chaity ranade wrote:

derived from

My comment:

Derived is the correct term but translation of vom would be from and not by

195 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

beamed out

My comment:

I think I would say beamed out from a room light sensor