Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

почти вдвое сокращать расстояние

English translation:

almost halve the distance

Added to glossary by Nik-On/Off
Jan 24, 2007 12:04
17 yrs ago
Russian term

почти вдвое сокращать расстояние

Russian to English Science Science (general) scientific writing
Точка (на графике) или попадает на плоскость S за время t1 или почти вдвое сокращает расстояние до начала координат за время t2.

Proposed translations

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almost halve the distance

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Peer comment(s):

agree Vitaly Kisin : not only precise but seems to be the most laconic of numerous other possibilities
4 mins
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agree Arkadi Burkov
7 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
9 mins
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agree GaryG
3 hrs
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agree Olga Cartlidge : i e almost halveS the distance.
9 hrs
Thanks (Question in the infinitive - hence the answer in the infinitive)
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reduces the distance almost by half

[PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint - pres-1.pptFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
(ii) Each of the O(log n) record-breakers reduces the distance by half. 〈logd. i. 〉 can be modeled as a random walk with a negative drift. ...
www.cs.utexas.edu/users/plaxton/c/395t/slides/KargerRuhl-ha... - Similar pages

[PDF] Finding Nearest Neighbors in Growth-restricted MetricsFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
reduces the distance by half. Second, we assume that the outcomes. of the iterations are independent. Under these two assumptions, we ...
pdos.csail.mit.edu/chord/papers/2002-stoc.pdf
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agree Olga Cartlidge : almost reduces etc
9 hrs
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9 mins

to nearly reduce the distance in half

I'm thinking that saying "by two" won't be as clear, and "doubly" sounds a bit awkward..
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17 hrs

cuts the distance almost by half

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