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English term
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sample parking stage
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Explanation of a technical term
What I care most about is giving me a few synonyms that will allow me to better understand the word - "stage" - in the context of the whole phrase and the issue in general.
I would ask for a brief description from you of the purpose of the element named "stage",
Short description:
The Sample Parking Stage for flag style sample plates is commonly used in surface analysis instrumentation. With that in mind, it’s been specifically designed to accommodate Omicron, Specs and Aarhus Flag style sample plates. Its intended use is the storage of multiple samples in the UHV analysis chamber or the sample preparation chamber. The Sample Parking Stage is comprised of a carousel plate or multiple carousels (each of which can accommodate 4 flag style sample plates).
Google environment regarding the phrase:
https://tinyurl.com/hru3ntvc
Thank you!
I would ask for a brief description from you of the purpose of the element named "stage",
Short description:
The Sample Parking Stage for flag style sample plates is commonly used in surface analysis instrumentation. With that in mind, it’s been specifically designed to accommodate Omicron, Specs and Aarhus Flag style sample plates. Its intended use is the storage of multiple samples in the UHV analysis chamber or the sample preparation chamber. The Sample Parking Stage is comprised of a carousel plate or multiple carousels (each of which can accommodate 4 flag style sample plates).
Google environment regarding the phrase:
https://tinyurl.com/hru3ntvc
Thank you!
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Filimoi Worku
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platform or fixture
The "stage" in a sample parking stage is the platform or fixture that holds the sample plates. It is designed to allow multiple sample plates to be stored in a single location, which can be helpful for surface analysis instrumentation.
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philgoddard
: I think "fixture" is a bit vague, but "platform" is a good synonym.
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Tony M
: Indeed, the same sense as the 'stage' in a theatre.
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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Daryo
: Sure is "a fixture", but your "explanation" does not explain why it's called a "stage".
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English term (edited):
sample parking stage
it's the physical location for a "stage" in processing samples
Here I would understand "stage" as the physical location where a step in the processus of analysing the sample is performed - specifically the stage(/step in the processus) that consist in "parking the samples waiting to be analysed"
You could make a parallel with the concept of "staging area" see
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging area
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staging_area
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Note added at 23 hrs (2023-08-09 20:53:31 GMT)
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as in:
Available facilities are a gas line with precision leak valves, e-beam evaporators (Focus - Omicron GmbH), a quadrupole mass spectrometer, a magnetization stage, and a sample parking stage.
https://www.elettra.eu/lightsources/elettra/elettra-beamline...
You could make a parallel with the concept of "staging area" see
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging area
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staging_area
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Note added at 23 hrs (2023-08-09 20:53:31 GMT)
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as in:
Available facilities are a gas line with precision leak valves, e-beam evaporators (Focus - Omicron GmbH), a quadrupole mass spectrometer, a magnetization stage, and a sample parking stage.
https://www.elettra.eu/lightsources/elettra/elettra-beamline...
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| Article on the staging area convinced me a lot. Now, to minimalise for a microscope purposes. |
Discussion
I can't see any kind of "show" going on in this "sample parking stage".
But if you look at it as a kind of "staging area" for samples waiting to be moved to the next "stage" i.e. to be analysed, then it does make sense.