Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
corps-étranger
English translation:
an immersed solid body
French term
France
corps-étranger
puis je traduire /can I translate :
In physics, when you plunge a foreign body in a liquid, it generates a proportional rise to volume and density of the immersed body.
I also know foreign matter, foreign object but I don't know if it would fit here ? (and if you also can help with the end of the sentence ...)
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Drmanu49
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Proposed translations
an immersed solid body
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Chapter 6 - Gordon State College
ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/.../1011_6thru8prob.htm
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Both directly proportional; more depth ... An immersed body is buoyed up by a ... submerged, water pressure squeezes in on you and reduces your volume. .... The balloon will sink to the bottom because its density increases with depth. ... If you release a Ping-Pong ball beneath the surface of water, it will rise to the surface.
a foreign body
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This is 'Archimede's Principle' :-)
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I would change 'produces' to 'causes' or 'results in'
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Drmanu49
: See Tony's comment in discussion.
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Tony does not know what he is talking about.
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philgoddard
: I agree with Tony.
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Jennifer White
: I agree with Tony too - and yes, he usually knows what he's taking about!/ Your point being?
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the increase in height of the liquid (elevation) is PROPORTIONAL to the volume of liquid displaced (and EQUAL to the volume of the immersed object). The volume of the object is PROPORTIONAL to its density, related by mass (D=M/V) :-D
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Susan Monnereau
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Daryo
: speaking of "foreign body" makes sense for a piece of metal lodged in a muscle, here it simply sounds odd
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Discussion
== As long as it's dense enough to sink! ==
well, if it's not, [which may happen - for example, ships are not supposed to sink ...] the displaced volume of liquid will depend of the volume of the solid body AND of its density (more precisely of its relative density compared to the density of the liquid); a solid body 3 times less dense than the liquid will displace only 1/3 of its volume when immersed.
However, I certainly wouldn't use the verb 'plunge'! It has a subjectice and quite energetic connotation that would be out of place here — if you did do any 'plunging', the water would probably splash out all over the lab! I'd definitely suggest using the more neutral, formal, and technical verb 'immerse', just as in FR.
I would also be wary of using 'plunge' later in the sentence too — the meaning (and particualrly connotation) is ever so slightly different between FR and EN.