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CALCULATING - Bahasa Inggris Untuk Fisika UNNES Nurul Faela Shufa

CALCULATING - Bahasa Inggris Untuk Fisika UNNES Nurul Faela Shufa

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CALCULATING - Bahasa Inggris Untuk Fisika UNNES Nurul Faela Shufa

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  1. CALCULATING

  2. INTRODUCTION To a large extent, mathematics is the language of science. The accuracy of predictions depends on the accuracy of the measurements and computations used in experimentation. A calculation is a deliberate process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more results, with variable change.

  3. Indefinite Articles Plural nouns never take the indefinite article. A seismograph is a device for measuring an earthquake. (singular) Seismographs are devices for measuring earthquakes. (plural) For students of English as a second language, the use of the articles may be very confusing. The indefinite articles (a and an)* are used differently in English than in some languages. The most important rules are:

  4. Some nonplural nouns take indefinite articles and some do not. Nouns that are countable in English take indefinite articles when they are singular. Nouns that are not countable in English do not take indefinite articles. a telescope, an electrode, a leaf (countable) copper, chemistry, oil, pollution (not countable)

  5. Some nouns used frequently in scientific writing can be countable or not countable, depending on how they are used. sound (in general) or a sound (a particular sound) glass (the substance) or a glass (the kind we drink from) color (in general) or a color (such as red or blue)

  6. Definite Articles The definite article (the) may be used with plural nouns and with either countable or uncountable single nouns. Some common uses of the definite article in scientific English are : • To specify or refer to something that has already been mentioned (Notice that the is used the second and all succeding times a noun is mentioned) In 1986 there was an accident at a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union, causing the spread of dangerous radiation. The reactor was shut down. The accident awakened concern for the safety of nuclear reactors all over the world.

  7. To refer to something that is unique a planet, the earth an era, the Middle Ages • To refer to something specific The doctor performed an operation (general) The doctor performed the bone narrow transplant operation he was famous for. (Specific) • To express superlatives the heaviest element, the most difficult task

  8. With ordinal numbers (first, second, third, fourth, last, and the like) the nineteenth century the ninety-fourth element the last eclipse 6. With a noun that is followed by an of phrase the theory of relativity the atomic number of oxygen the discovery of penicillin Note : The definite article is never used with names of people and is only used with the names of certain places

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