run-down

English translation: to stop operating/ to gradually end an operation

10:18 Mar 12, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical: Dentistry / Medical instruments
English term or phrase: run-down
Note that when using or setting low speeds, the operation or run-down of rotary instruments is more difficult to detect
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 08:04
Selected answer:to stop operating/ to gradually end an operation
Explanation:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/run-down
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esmaeel balaghi
Iran
Local time: 08:34
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4 +1to stop operating/ to gradually end an operation
esmaeel balaghi
3functioning
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to stop operating/ to gradually end an operation


Explanation:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/run-down

esmaeel balaghi
Iran
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: It is a slightly odd sentence, but I interpret it to mean that you can't tell whether they're working or not.
2 hrs
  -> thank you

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: don't agree with "stop operating"//and it's a noun not a verb
7 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
functioning


Explanation:
My opinion.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Spanish
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