Re: accuracy in language (was airport x-rays)

[Schoenhofer <schoenho@via.at>]

At 17:07 02.10.1996 -0500, you wrote:
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>I echo Ron's plea for accuracy in technical communication.  All of us,
>myself included, certainly have some slang and some sloppy approximations
>that we lapse into at times, but the reminder is a point well taken, and
>was, I might add, respectfully made.
>
>Mike Stabin
>
>let's add alpha and beta contamination to the list.
>or airborne alpha/beta.
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What about adding the clear distinction of cpm-reading of an instrument and
dpm- contamination, whatever area is measured?

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