Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Millimetres of Hg

German translation:

mmHg

Added to glossary by Stefanie Sendelbach
Sep 2, 2005 09:53
18 yrs ago
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English to German Tech/Engineering Mathematics & Statistics
Millimetres of Hg

This is from a spreadsheet with mobile phone strings. The phone seems to contain a unit converter, as there are a few units, such as meters, liquid pints, miligrams, etc. Do you know what "millimeters of Hg" stands for and what its German version is?

Thanks.

Proposed translations

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mmHg (Millimeter Quecksilbersäule)

Dabei handelt es sich um eine alte Maßeinheit zur Angabe des Drucks.
Peer comment(s):

agree Cilian O'Tuama
11 mins
Danke Cilian.
agree Siegfried Armbruster : nicht nur schneller, sondern korrekter
12 mins
Danke, war ja nur um Sekunden schneller. // Danke für die Blumen, man tut, was man kann ;-)
agree Steffen Walter
21 mins
Danke Steffen.
agree Oliver Annacker
25 mins
Danke.
agree Oliver Walter : Wird auch heute für Blutdruck benutzt
3 hrs
In der Tat, danke Oliver.
agree MMUlr : nach SI alt, aber in der Medizin weiterhin aktuell (und ohne Leerschritt).
4 hrs
In der Medizin aktuell, im sonstigen technischen Gebrauch veraltet. Danke.
agree jccantrell : Yep, still reported as "inches of mercury" in the USA. Gotta luv that system!
4 hrs
Oh yes, you do.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Vielen Dank!"
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11 mins

mm HG

mm HG = mm Quecksilbersäule, z.B. zur Messung des Blutdrucks
Peer comment(s):

agree Daniel Bird : strictly speaking upper case H lower case g: see http://www.scenta.co.uk/tcaep/nonxml/science/constant/detail... for details
1 min
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