Re: German>English: Flow in a medical pressure regulator

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Well it is not a misuse:

http://www.protego.de/en/products/glossary/index.html?no_cache=1

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> I am translating a catalogue of medical flowmeters, pressure regulators for

> medical gases and the like.

>

> My problem involves a Model X Druckminderer, for which there are 2

> variants:

> a. X1 mit fest eingestellten Flow

> b. X2 ohne Flow mit einem Mitteldruckabgang

>

> I have no idea what they mean by 'Flow'. In a., I assumed that it was

> simply a preset flow, although I am not entirely sure that makes sense in

> this context. But then there is b., and I can't see how a pressure regulator

> can be 'without (a) flow'. I can only assume that they are misusing this

> word in an attempt to sound with-it and cosmopolitan, without understanding

> what it means (a bit like 'handy' for a mobile phone, only perhaps very much

> worse).

>

> Anybody come across this (mis)use before, and what on earth does it mean?

>

> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, but I can't see how that helps me. All I can find at this URL

is 'flow-controlled aperture'. Are you saying that 'flow' is short for

'flow-controlled aperture'? The URL below doesn't seem to say so. Have you

seen this particular abbreviated use elsewhere?

Even if it is used thus - and it seems very odd - it would conflict with

a. X1, because a preset/fixed aperture is not 'flow controlled', by

definition.

Thanks,

> Well it is not a misuse:

>

> http://www.protego.de/en/products/glossary/index.html?no_cache=1

>

>

>

>>

>>

>> I am translating a catalogue of medical flowmeters, pressure regulators

>> for

>> medical gases and the like.

>>

>> My problem involves a Model X Druckminderer, for which there are 2

>> variants:

>> a. X1 mit fest eingestellten Flow

>> b. X2 ohne Flow mit einem Mitteldruckabgang

>>

>> I have no idea what they mean by 'Flow'. In a., I assumed that it was

>> simply a preset flow, although I am not entirely sure that makes sense

>> in

>> this context. But then there is b., and I can't see how a pressure

>> regulator

>> can be 'without (a) flow'. I can only assume that they are misusing this

>> word in an attempt to sound with-it and cosmopolitan, without

>> understanding

>> what it means (a bit like 'handy' for a mobile phone, only perhaps very

>> much

>> worse).

>>

>> Anybody come across this (mis)use before, and what on earth does it

>> mean?

>>

>> Thanks,

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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>

>

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>

> Augustin

>

> Tel:+33 (0) 6 64 69 12 34

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