Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

dopasować się do

English translation:

mold itself to

Added to glossary by literary
Aug 7, 2014 14:31
9 yrs ago
Polish term

dopasować się do

Polish to English Science Science (general)
próbka gruntu dopasowuje się do pierścienia przyrządu

fits into, conforms/adapts/adjusts to ??

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Change log

Aug 7, 2014 14:31: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Discussion

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Aug 11, 2014:
Trim the soil = here someone is trimming the soil rather than the soil fitting itself inside the ring. Trimming is obcinanie brzegów.
literary (asker) Aug 11, 2014:
Trim the soil to fit and completely fill the ring. (z linku, który ktoś z Was znalazł).

Proposed translations

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Selected

The soil sample molds itself to the inside of the apparatus ring

option. (moulds in British English).
Peer comment(s):

agree A.G. : Francuzi określają taką ziemię (przylegającą, klejącą się do butów, łopaty): la terre amoureuse (from: Michael Sadler, Anglik na wsi)
21 hrs
Czasami miłość przyczepia się jak glina. Dziękuję A. G.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "jest to jakaś myśl wystarczy chyba: "molds itself to the ring""
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it will adjust itself to X

The Polish text is slightly unclear, but this is probably what they mean.
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1 hr

conforms to the

the best translation of your phrase for sure

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Note added at 14 hrs (2014-08-08 04:32:04 GMT)
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"conform to a mould" is a standard way of referring to substances - the soil - that take on the shape of a bounding object - the ring.
Note from asker:
ta odpowiedź jest może lepsza, za późno Once the plastic conforms to the mold and has set (ie cooled), (z amerykańskiego patentu)
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