Translational meaning

trăns-lā ′ shə-nəl, trănz-
Relating to translation.
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(physics) Of, or relating to a body in motion.
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In science, of or relating to the application of basic or theoretical discoveries to the development of practical applications.

Translational research.

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(translation studies) Of, or relating to translating, or to a translation.
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(sciences) Of or relating to the transfer of scientific knowledge into practical applications.
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Origin of translational

Translational Sentence Examples

  • Thus when n = o, the whole energy must be translational: there can be no energy of rotation or of internal motion.

  • The kinetic energy of the molecules of these gases must contain two terms in addition to those representing translational energy.

  • For a rigid body the kinetic energy will, in general, consist of three terms (AW1 2 +BW2 2 +CW3 2) in addition to the translational energy.

  • In fact the proved tendency for the gas to pass into the " normal state " in which there is equipartition of energy, represents in this case nothing but the tendency for the translational energy to become dissipated into the energy of innumerable small vibrations.

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