Breakdown of نسبت نیکل خالص فقط یک در میلیون است.
است
is
یکyek
one / a, an
درdar
in
فقطfaqat
only, just
میلیونmilyon
million
خالصkhâles
pure
نسبتnesbat
proportion / ratio (mathematical, relation)
نیکلnikel
nickel
Questions & Answers about نسبت نیکل خالص فقط یک در میلیون است.
How exactly does the phrase یک در میلیون work, and is it different from saying "one millionth"?
The word در translates directly to "in" here, making یک در میلیون exactly equivalent to the English statistical proportion "one in a million". If you wanted to express the mathematical fraction "one millionth", you would instead use the ordinal suffix -om to make یک میلیونیم (yek milyun-om).
Where do the Ezafe sounds go in the phrase نسبت نیکل خالص?
There are two Ezafe sounds in this chain: nesbat-e nikel-e khâles. The first Ezafe links "proportion" to "nickel" (proportion of nickel), and the second links the noun "nickel" to its adjective خالص (pure).
Does نسبت always mean "proportion"? I thought it meant "relation" or "compared to".
It can mean all of those depending on the context. In mathematics and statistics, نسبت (nesbat) translates to "ratio" or "proportion". When used with the preposition به (be), as in the phrase نسبت به (nesbat be), it means "compared to" or "relative to". Here, as a standalone noun, "proportion" is the intended meaning.
Since نیکل is a loanword, do I pronounce it exactly like the English word "nickel"?
It sounds very similar, but remember that Farsi generally places the word stress on the final syllable. So instead of stressing the first syllable like in English (NICK-el), you will stress the second syllable (ni-KEL).
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