Is there a difference between 'reduce' and 'decrease'?
Same except:
Reduce:
Transitive only. "Poplulation has reduced" (Not OK)
Metaphorical. "She has been reduced to poverty"
Decrease:
Both transitive and intransitive. "Waste decreases" (OK)
Transitive use of decrease sounds strange.
"decrease temperature" sounds odd.
円柱状
columnar: shaped like a column
cylindrical: shaped like a cylinder
column: "A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaftof the column) with a capital and a base or pedestal[1] which is made of stone, or appearing to be so. " (Column, Wikipedia)；欄、コラム
円柱, cylinder：「数学において円柱（えんちゅう、英: cylinder）とは二次曲面（三次元空間内の曲面）の一種で、デカルト座標によって次の方程式で定義されるものである：” 円柱、Wikipedia
A cylinder (from Greek κύλινδρος – kulindros, "roller", "tumbler"[1]) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. It is the idealized version of a solid physical tin can having lids on top and bottom.(Cylinder, Wikipedia)
「円形の第1の導体と第2の導体は・・・」（どちらの導体も円形の場合）
1) "a first circular conductor and a second circular conductor"
2) "circular first conductor and second conductor"
3) "a first conductor and a second conductor that are circular"
4) "circular first and second conductors"
5) "first and second circular conductors"
原文で「第1の導体」と「第2の導体」と省略しないで書いているから、英語でもできれば4), 5)のようにまとめないほうが良いと思う。
無冠詞の2)でいいのだろうか？
それとも3)？
