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1) Общая лексика: базовая прибыль на акцию (чистая прибыль, приходящаяся на одну обыкновенную акцию в обращении; рассчитывается без учёта акций, которые могут быть выпущены в обращение при конвертации облигаций и привилегированных акц2) Компьютерная техника: Encapsulated PostScript3) Медицина: Экстрапирамидальные симптомы, extrapyramidal side effects4) Американизм: Environmental Priority Strategies5) Спорт: Equalised Performance Sailing6) Военный термин: ELINT Processing System, Electronic Publication System, Emergency Procurement Service, Energy Projectile System, Experimental Procurement Service, Exploitation Problem Set, electric power system, electrical power supply, electromagnetic position sensor, emergency power supply, emergency power system, engineering performance standards, environmental protection system, equipment policy statement, exercise planning staff7) Техника: electric propulsion system, electron pair spectrometer, electron-proton spectrometer, elementary particles, emergency pressurization system, encoder power supply, equipotential surface, experiment pointing system, experimental power supply, eye protection shutter8) Бухгалтерия: Electronic Payment System, прибыль в расчёте на акцию (earnings per share)9) Финансы: (electronic payment system) ЭПС (электронная платежная система)10) Автомобильный термин: electropneumatic shifting11) Биржевой термин: earnings for share, чистая прибыль на акцию12) Металлургия: EPS technology, eco-pickling surface, eco-pickling surface technology, поверхность эко-травления, поверхность экологичного травления, технология эко-травления поверхности, технология экологичного травления поверхности, Eco Pickled Surface (метод бескислотного травления горячекатаной стали)13) Оптика: European Physical Society14) Телекоммуникации: Evolved Packet System (в сетях 3GPP)15) Сокращение: Electrical Power Subsystem, Engineering & Professional Services Inc. (USA), Extra-Planetary Space, electric power supply, electroplate, Electric Power Storage, Engineering Performance Standard, Extrapyramidal Symptoms16) Университет: European Project Semester, European Project Seminar17) Физиология: Electro Physiological Study, Enhanced Probiotic System, Expressed Prostatic Secretion, Extrapyramidal symtoms18) Электроника: Encapsulated postscript image format19) Вычислительная техника: Electronic Publishing Systems, Encapsulated Security Payload, инкапсулированный PostScript, расширение файлов в формате Encapsulated PostScript, Embedded PServer (NEST, Novell), electronic publishing system20) Нефть: early production system, стандарт технических характеристик (engineering performance standard)21) Кардиология: electrophysiological study (электрофизиологическое исследование (сердца))22) Иммунология: Electrophysiologic study23) Банковское дело: чистая прибыль на одну акцию (earnings per share), доход на акцию, прибыль на акцию, чистая прибыль в расчёте на акцию, чистый доход в расчёте на акцию, чистый доход на акцию24) Транспорт: Engineered Performance Standards25) Фирменный знак: Educators Publishing Service, Electronic Printing Systems, Inc., European Parts Specialists26) Экология: Environmental Protection Service27) Деловая лексика: доход в расчёте на акцию (earnings per share)28) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: эквивалентная проникающая метрическая чувствительность, (early production scheme) схема ранней добычи нефти29) Образование: Early Periodic Screening30) Инвестиции: earnings per share31) Сетевые технологии: Email Processing System, Event Protocol Sharing32) Полимеры: expandable polystyrene, (Expandable Polystyrole) ПСВ (ПСВ = суспезионный вспенивающийся полистирол), (Expandable Polystyrole) вспенивающий полистирол33) Автоматика: expanded program storage, extended plant simulator34) Пластмассы: Expanded Polystyrene Styrofoam35) Сахалин Р: Environmental Protection Section36) Общая лексика: engine position sensor37) Химическое оружие: electrical power system, emergency protection system38) Макаров: polystyrene foam39) Расширение файла: Adobe Illustrator Encapsulated PostScript - text and graphics, Encapsulated Post Script, Epson Printer font, Printout file for Epson-compatible printers (ESC/2), Encapsulated PostScript (Graphic format, CorelDraw, PhotoStyler, PMView)40) SAP.тех. Electronic Parcel Service, формат EPS41) Строительные материалы: expandable poly styrene, expanded poly styrene, expanded polystyrene, пенополистирол42) Электротехника: engine position (на чертеже)43) ООН: Essential Programs And Services44) НАСА: Eumetsat Polar System, External Pressure Sensor45) Программное обеспечение: Express Print Station -
3 eps
1) Общая лексика: базовая прибыль на акцию (чистая прибыль, приходящаяся на одну обыкновенную акцию в обращении; рассчитывается без учёта акций, которые могут быть выпущены в обращение при конвертации облигаций и привилегированных акц2) Компьютерная техника: Encapsulated PostScript3) Медицина: Экстрапирамидальные симптомы, extrapyramidal side effects4) Американизм: Environmental Priority Strategies5) Спорт: Equalised Performance Sailing6) Военный термин: ELINT Processing System, Electronic Publication System, Emergency Procurement Service, Energy Projectile System, Experimental Procurement Service, Exploitation Problem Set, electric power system, electrical power supply, electromagnetic position sensor, emergency power supply, emergency power system, engineering performance standards, environmental protection system, equipment policy statement, exercise planning staff7) Техника: electric propulsion system, electron pair spectrometer, electron-proton spectrometer, elementary particles, emergency pressurization system, encoder power supply, equipotential surface, experiment pointing system, experimental power supply, eye protection shutter8) Бухгалтерия: Electronic Payment System, прибыль в расчёте на акцию (earnings per share)9) Финансы: (electronic payment system) ЭПС (электронная платежная система)10) Автомобильный термин: electropneumatic shifting11) Биржевой термин: earnings for share, чистая прибыль на акцию12) Металлургия: EPS technology, eco-pickling surface, eco-pickling surface technology, поверхность эко-травления, поверхность экологичного травления, технология эко-травления поверхности, технология экологичного травления поверхности, Eco Pickled Surface (метод бескислотного травления горячекатаной стали)13) Оптика: European Physical Society14) Телекоммуникации: Evolved Packet System (в сетях 3GPP)15) Сокращение: Electrical Power Subsystem, Engineering & Professional Services Inc. (USA), Extra-Planetary Space, electric power supply, electroplate, Electric Power Storage, Engineering Performance Standard, Extrapyramidal Symptoms16) Университет: European Project Semester, European Project Seminar17) Физиология: Electro Physiological Study, Enhanced Probiotic System, Expressed Prostatic Secretion, Extrapyramidal symtoms18) Электроника: Encapsulated postscript image format19) Вычислительная техника: Electronic Publishing Systems, Encapsulated Security Payload, инкапсулированный PostScript, расширение файлов в формате Encapsulated PostScript, Embedded PServer (NEST, Novell), electronic publishing system20) Нефть: early production system, стандарт технических характеристик (engineering performance standard)21) Кардиология: electrophysiological study (электрофизиологическое исследование (сердца))22) Иммунология: Electrophysiologic study23) Банковское дело: чистая прибыль на одну акцию (earnings per share), доход на акцию, прибыль на акцию, чистая прибыль в расчёте на акцию, чистый доход в расчёте на акцию, чистый доход на акцию24) Транспорт: Engineered Performance Standards25) Фирменный знак: Educators Publishing Service, Electronic Printing Systems, Inc., European Parts Specialists26) Экология: Environmental Protection Service27) Деловая лексика: доход в расчёте на акцию (earnings per share)28) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: эквивалентная проникающая метрическая чувствительность, (early production scheme) схема ранней добычи нефти29) Образование: Early Periodic Screening30) Инвестиции: earnings per share31) Сетевые технологии: Email Processing System, Event Protocol Sharing32) Полимеры: expandable polystyrene, (Expandable Polystyrole) ПСВ (ПСВ = суспезионный вспенивающийся полистирол), (Expandable Polystyrole) вспенивающий полистирол33) Автоматика: expanded program storage, extended plant simulator34) Пластмассы: Expanded Polystyrene Styrofoam35) Сахалин Р: Environmental Protection Section36) Общая лексика: engine position sensor37) Химическое оружие: electrical power system, emergency protection system38) Макаров: polystyrene foam39) Расширение файла: Adobe Illustrator Encapsulated PostScript - text and graphics, Encapsulated Post Script, Epson Printer font, Printout file for Epson-compatible printers (ESC/2), Encapsulated PostScript (Graphic format, CorelDraw, PhotoStyler, PMView)40) SAP.тех. Electronic Parcel Service, формат EPS41) Строительные материалы: expandable poly styrene, expanded poly styrene, expanded polystyrene, пенополистирол42) Электротехника: engine position (на чертеже)43) ООН: Essential Programs And Services44) НАСА: Eumetsat Polar System, External Pressure Sensor45) Программное обеспечение: Express Print Station -
4 pega
f.1 difficulty, hitch (obstáculo). (peninsular Spanish)poner pegas (a) to find problems (with)2 sticking point, pitfall, snag, deterrent.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pegar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pegar.* * *1 familiar (dificultad) snag■ me pusieron muchas pegas para ver si así desistía they made it difficult for me to see if I would give up\de pega fake, phoneyponer pegas a todo to find fault with everything* * *1. SF1) (=dificultad) snag, problemponer pegas — (=objetar a algo) to raise objections; (=crear problemas) to cause trouble
2)de pega — * (=falso) false, dud *; (=de imitación) fake, sham, bogus
3) (=acción) sticking4) (=chasco) practical joke; (=truco) hoax, trick5) (=paliza) beating, beating-up *7) Caribe (=liga) birdlime8) Cono Sur [de enfermedad] infectious period9)2.SM* * *1) (Col fam) ( broma) trickde pega — (Esp fam) <araña/culebra> joke (before n), trick (before n); < revólver> dummy (before n)
estar en la pega — (Ur fam) to be in the know (colloq)
2) (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq)3) (Andes fam)b) ( lugar) work4) (Chi fam) ( excusa tonta) feeble excuse* * *= snag, hitch, catch, hiccup, cavil, quibble, rub, kicker.Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.Ex. The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.Ex. But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.Ex. In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.----* la única pega = the fly in the ointment, a fly in the soup.* poner pegas = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with.* * *1) (Col fam) ( broma) trickde pega — (Esp fam) <araña/culebra> joke (before n), trick (before n); < revólver> dummy (before n)
estar en la pega — (Ur fam) to be in the know (colloq)
2) (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq)3) (Andes fam)b) ( lugar) work4) (Chi fam) ( excusa tonta) feeble excuse* * *= snag, hitch, catch, hiccup, cavil, quibble, rub, kicker.Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.Ex: The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.Ex: But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.Ex: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.* la única pega = the fly in the ointment, a fly in the soup.* poner pegas = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with.* * *es una araña de pega it's a joke o trick spiderhacer pegas to play tricks o jokesla única pega es que queda lejos the only problem o drawback o snag is that it's a long way awaya todo lo que le propongo le encuentra alguna pega he finds something wrong with everything I suggestte ponen muchas pegas si intentas reclamarlo they make it really difficult for you to claim it, they put a lot of obstacles in your way if you try to claim it¡sin pegas! no problem!1 (trabajo) worktengo mucha pega I'm snowed under with work ( colloq)2 (empleo) workbuscar pega to look for work o for a jobestá sin pega he's out of work3 (lugar) workplace* * *
Del verbo pegar: ( conjugate pegar)
pega es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
pega
pegar
pega sustantivo femenino
1 (Col fam) ( broma) trick;
‹ revólver› dummy ( before n)
2 (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq);
3 (Andes fam)
( empleo) work;
pegar ( conjugate pegar) verbo transitivo
1
le pegaon un tiro they shot her
pegale un susto a algn to give sb a fright
2
( con cola) to glue, stick
3 (fam) ( contagiar) ‹ enfermedad› to give;
verbo intransitivo
1
(a un niño, como castigo) to smack sb;
la pelota pegó en el poste the ball hit the goalpost
[ artista] to be very popular
2
pega CON algo to go with sth;
pegarse verbo pronominal
1a) ( golpearse):◊ me pegué con la mesa I knocked o hit myself on the table;
me pegué en la cabeza I banged o knocked my head
2 ‹ susto› to get;
3 ( contagiarse) [ enfermedad] to be infectious;
se te va a pega mi catarro you'll catch my cold;
se le ha pegado el acento mexicano he's picked up a Mexican accent
pega sustantivo femenino objection, drawback: siempre está poniendo pegas, he's always raising objections
♦ Locuciones: de pega, sham, false: era una pistola de pega, it was an imitation pistol
pegar
I verbo transitivo
1 (adherir) to stick
(con pegamento) to glue
2 (coser) to sew on
3 (arrimar) lean against: es mejor que pegues la cuna a la pared, you'd better put the cradle against the wall
4 (un susto, una enfermedad) to give
5 (realizar una acción) pegó fuego a la casa, he set the house on fire
pegó saltos de alegría, he jumped for joy
6 (maltratar) to hit: no pegues al niño, don't hit the child
II verbo intransitivo
1 (combinar) to match: ese jersey no pega con esos pantalones, that sweater doesn't go with those trousers
(estar próximo a) to be next to: su casa está pegada al cine, his house is next to the cinema
2 (sol) to beat down
♦ Locuciones: no pegar ojo, not to sleep a wink
' pega' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusón
- abusona
- macho
- pegar
English:
beat
- catch
- clash
- difficulty
- drawback
- hit back
- hitch
- rub
- snag
- stick together
* * *pega nfla pega que tiene es que es muy caro the only problem is it's very expensive;le puso muchas pegas a nuestra propuesta he kept raising objections to our proposal;me pusieron muchas pegas para conseguir el visado they made a lot of problems before they gave me a visa;le veo muchas pegas al plan I see a lot of problems with the plan2.de pega [falso] false, fake;un Rolex de pega a fake Rolex;un electricista de pega a bogus electricianestá buscando pega he's looking for work o a job* * *f famsnag fam, hitch fam ;poner pegas raise objections;de pega fake, bogus* * *pega n (inconveniente) problem / snagla única pega es que... the only problem is that... -
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run [rʌn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = act of running) course fb. ( = outing) tour md. ( = series) série fe. ( = period of performance) her new series begins a run on BBC1 sa nouvelle série d'émissions va bientôt passer sur BBC1• the decisive goal arrived, against the run of play le but décisif a été marqué contre le cours du jeuh. ( = type) he didn't fit the usual run of petty criminals il n'avait pas le profil du petit malfaiteur ordinairei. ( = track for skiing) piste fj. ( = animal enclosure) enclos mk. (in tights) échelle f• things will sort themselves out in the long run les choses s'arrangeront avec le temps► on the runa. courir• to run down/off descendre/partir en courant• it runs in the family [characteristic] c'est de familleb. ( = flee) prendre la fuite• run for it! sauvez-vous !• to run into the sea [river] se jeter dans la mer► to run with ( = be saturated)d. ( = be candidate) être candidate. ( = be) I'm running a bit late je suis un peu en retard• inflation is running at 3% le taux d'inflation est de 3 %g. [bus, train, coach, ferry] assurer le service• the buses are running early/late/on time les bus sont en avance/en retard/à l'heureh. ( = function) [machine] marcher ; [factory] être en activité• but if it really happened he'd run a mile (inf) mais si ça se produisait, il aurait vite fait de se débiner (inf)b. ( = transport) [+ person] conduirec. ( = operate) [+ machine] faire marcher ; [+ computer program] exécuterd. ( = organize) [+ business] diriger ; [+ shop] tenir• the company runs extra buses at rush hours la société met en service des bus supplémentaires aux heures de pointe• the school is running courses for foreign students le collège organise des cours pour les étudiants étrangerse. ( = put, move) to run one's finger down a list suivre une liste du doigtf. ( = publish) publierg. ( = cause to flow) faire couler4. compounds• he gave me the run-around il s'est défilé (inf) ► run-down adjective [person] à plat (inf) ; [building, area] délabré► run-off noun [of contest] ( = second round) deuxième tour m ; ( = last round) dernier tour m ; [of pollutants] infiltrations fpl( = find) [+ object, quotation, reference] tomber sur• run along! sauvez-vous !► run away intransitive verb partir en courant ; ( = flee) [person] se sauver• he ran away with the funds ( = stole) il est parti avec la caisse► run away with inseparable transitive verba. ( = win easily) [+ race, match] gagner haut la mainb. you're letting your imagination run away with you tu te laisses emporter par ton imagination► run down separable transitive verba. ( = knock over) renverser ; ( = run over) écrasera. ( = meet) rencontrer par hasard• to run into difficulties or trouble se heurter à des difficultésb. ( = collide with) rentrer dansc. ( = amount to) s'élever à• the cost will run into thousands of euros le coût va atteindre des milliers d'euros► run out intransitive verba. [person] sortir en courantb. ( = come to an end) [lease, contract] expirer ; [supplies] être épuisé ; [period of time] être écoulé[+ supplies, money] être à court de ; [+ patience] être à bout de• to run out of petrol or gas (British, US) tomber en panne d'essence► run out on (inf) inseparable transitive verb[+ person] laisser tomber (inf)► run over( = recapitulate) reprendre• could you run that past me again? est-ce que tu pourrais m'expliquer ça encore une fois ?► run through inseparable transitive verba. ( = read quickly) parcourirb. ( = rehearse) [+ play] répéter• if I may just run through the principal points once more si je peux juste récapituler les points principaux► run to inseparable transitive verba. ( = seek help from) faire appel à ; ( = take refuge with) se réfugier dans les bras dec. ( = amount to) the article runs to several hundred pages l'article fait plusieurs centaines de pages► run up( = climb quickly) monter en courant ; ( = approach quickly) s'approcher en courantb. [+ bills] accumuler[+ problem, difficulty] se heurter à* * *[rʌn] 1.1) ( act of running) course fto give somebody a clear run — fig laisser le champ libre à quelqu'un ( at doing pour faire)
2) ( flight)to have somebody on the run — lit mettre quelqu'un en fuite; fig réussir à effrayer quelqu'un
to make a run for it — fuir, s'enfuir
3) ( series) série f4) Theatre série f de représentations5) ( trend) (of events, market) tendance fthe run of the cards/dice was against me — le jeu était contre moi
6) ( series of thing produced) ( in printing) tirage m; ( in industry) série f7) Finance ( on Stock Exchange) ruée f (on sur)8) (trip, route) trajet m9) (in cricket, baseball) point m10) (for rabbit, chickens) enclos m11) (in tights, material) échelle f12) ( for skiing etc) piste f13) ( in cards) suite f2.1) ( cover by running) courir [distance, marathon]2) ( drive)3) (pass, move)4) ( manage) dirigera well-/badly-run organization — une organisation bien/mal dirigée
5) ( operate) faire fonctionner [machine]; faire tourner [motor]; exécuter [program]; entretenir [car]6) (organize, offer) organiser [competition, course]; mettre [quelque chose] en place [bus service]7) ( pass) passer [cable]8) ( cause to flow) faire couler [bath]; ouvrir [tap]9) ( publish) publier [article]10) ( pass through) franchir [rapids]; forcer [blockade]; brûler [red light]11) ( smuggle) faire passer [quelque chose] en fraude12) ( enter) faire courir [horse]; présenter [candidate]3.1) ( move quickly) [person, animal] courirto run across/down something — traverser/descendre quelque chose en courant
to run for ou to catch the bus — courir pour attraper le bus
to come running — courir ( towards vers)
2) ( flee) fuir, s'enfuirrun for your life! —
run for it! — (colloq) sauve qui peut!, déguerpissons! (colloq)
3) (colloq) ( rush off) filer (colloq)4) ( function) [machine] marcherto run off — fonctionner sur [mains, battery]
to run fast/slow — [clock] prendre de l'avance/du retard
5) (continue, last) [contract, lease] courirto run from... to... — [school year, season] aller de... à...
7) ( pass)to run past/through — [frontier, path] passer/traverser
the road runs north for about ten kilometres — la route va vers le nord sur une dizaine de kilomètres
8) ( move) [sledge, vehicle] glisser; [curtain] coulisserto run through somebody's hands — [rope] filer entre les mains de quelqu'un
9) ( operate regularly) circuler10) ( flow) coulerthe streets will be running with blood — fig le sang coulera à flots dans les rues
11) ( flow when wet or melted) [dye, garment] déteindre; [makeup, butter] couler12) ( as candidate) se présenterto run for — être candidat/-e au poste de [mayor, governor]
to run for president — être candidat/-e à la présidence
13) ( be worded)the telex runs... — le télex se présente or est libellé comme suit...
14) ( snag) filer•Phrasal Verbs:- run at- run away- run down- run in- run into- run off- run on- run out- run over- run to- run up••
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Memetic algorithm — Memetic algorithms (MA) represent one of the recent growing areas of research in evolutionary computation. The term MA is now widely used as a synergy of evolutionary or any population based approach with separate individual learning or local… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium