Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tarar/tarado

English translation:

to tare/tared

Added to glossary by mps1 (X)
Oct 27, 2003 11:22
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Spanish term

tarar /tarado

Spanish to English Science Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng chemistry
Context: Chemistry.
If you want to weigh a substance into a flask, and you previously weigh the flask, then you are "tarando the flask". Is it Ok to use "to tare"? Thank you all.

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Non-ProZ.com Oct 27, 2003:
complete sentence "En unos segundos transferir la muestra a un vaso de precipitados TARADO conteniendo 140 ml de agua purificada tarada con agitaci�n lenta"

Sorry, I forgot to post the sentence. Your baby is cute Nikki.

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to tare/tared



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PRONUNCIATION:
târ
NOUN:
1. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight. 2. A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container. 3. Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: tared, tar·ing, tares
To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare.
Peer comment(s):

agree asun
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Gracias, asun
agree Gordana Podvezanec
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Thanks a lot, Gordana Podvezanec
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you all. MPS"
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taring

taring

Tare \Tare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tared; p. pr. & vb. n. Taring.] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

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Spanish term (edited): tarar / tarado

obtain the tare weight

for tarar. I wouldn't use just "to tare". Of course, it would be easier if you gave the complete sentence to see what would fit.
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It's fine to "tare the flask."

Note the following text from the site indicated below.

"If residue is to be weighed in the extraction flask, tare flask before assembling. ..."
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