Academic Writing. Week 3

5 null terms

brevity

noun

concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

Example: For brevity, we do not show the second-order gradient term from an interval but from an isolated interface. [D. J. Foster, Z. Zhao, D. Kumar, D. Dralus, and M. K. Sen, “Frequency-dependent AVO analysis,” Lead. Edge, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 84–91, 2020

ru: краткость

compliance

the property of a material of undergoing elastic deformation or (of a gas) change in volume when subjected to an applied force. It is equal to the reciprocal of stiffness.

Example: In this inversion method, the media parameters Vp, Vs and ρ are redefined in terms of true elastic properties, notably the compressibility κ = 1/K (with K being the bulk modulus), the shear compliance M = 1/μ (with μ being the shear modulus) and ρ. A. Garg and D. J. Verschuur, “From surface seismic data to reservoir elastic parameters using a full-wavefield redatuming approach,” Geophys. J. Int., vol. 221, no. 1, pp. 116–128, 2020

ru: податливость

imperceptible

adjective

so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.

Example: These features are imperceptible or are not clearly defined on seismic sections on the left. Calderon, D. M., Castagna, J. P., Meza, R., Chen, S., & Jiang, R. (2021). Use of seismic spectral decomposition, phase, and relative geologic age as attributes to improve quantitative porosity prediction in the daqing field, China. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 11(17)

ru: незначительный, едва заметный

pinpoint

verb

find or identify with great accuracy or precision.

Example: The high ranking of relative geologic age on the attribute lists is related to its ability to pinpoint where in a stratigraphic sequence a particular layer occurs. D. M. Calderon, J. P. Castagna, R. Meza, S. Chen, and R. Jiang, “Use of seismic spectral decomposition, phase, and relative geologic age as attributes to improve quantitative porosity prediction in the daqing field, China,” Appl. Sci., vol. 11, no. 17, Sep. 2021

ru: определять с большой точностью

prime

noun

'

Example: The derivatives are with respect to depth (or traveltime) and are denoted by the prime, '. D. J. Foster, Z. Zhao, D. Kumar, D. Dralus, and M. K. Sen, “Frequency-dependent AVO analysis,” Lead. Edge, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 84–91, 2020

ru: штрих