Time Sensitive Reporting

1) Общая лексика: общий доход акционеров (согласно dimock)

2) Авиация: налёт после ремонта (time since repair)

3) Военный термин: Tactical Simulations Rules, Tactical Strategy Rules, Tactical Strike And Reconnaissance, Tactical Studies Research, Tactical Studies Rules, Telecommunications Support Request, Theater Storage Activities, Time Sensitive Reporting, Time-Sensitive Requirement, Trans-Siberian Railroad, tactical strike/reconnaissance, technical study report, technical summary report, telecommunications service request, test schedule request, test status report, test support requirements, traveling stock reserve

4) Техника: tactical sonar range, terminate-and-stay-resident program, thermally stable resin, time status register, time-shared resources, torpedo-spotter reconnaissance, towed sonar response

5) Религия: The Satanic Ritual

6) Юридический термин: Term Of Supervised Release, They Sue Regularly

7) Биржевой термин: total shareholder return

8) Грубое выражение: Tough Shit Retard

9) Телекоммуникации: Telephone Special Range, Terabit Switch Router, Terminate and Stay Resident

10) Сокращение: Tactical Strike / Reconnaissance, Tactical Surveillance & Reconnaissance (See TR/S), Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance, Tripartite Staff Requirement, tile-shingle roof, total skin resistance, TSR (Fortune 500 Company that manufactures Dungeons & Dragons)

11) Иммунология: thymidine suicide rate

12) Лабораторное оборудование: высокоочищенный деионизированный формамид (ранее название продукта, распространяемого фирмой ABI)

13) Силикатное производство: temperature stress rupture

14) Сетевые технологии: Terminal Sender Router, Time-Sharing Regime, Tip Speed Ratio, terminate-and-stay-resident

15) Программирование: Top Structure Rename

16) Сахалин Р: Temporary Safe Refuge

17) Сахалин Ю: total stockholder return

18) Макаров: thyroid hormone secretion rate

19) Молочное производство: Thyroid (Hormone) Secretion Rate

20) Должность: Technical Service Representative, Technical Support Representative

21) Аэропорты: Timisoara, Romania

22) Международная торговля: Technology and Software Restricted License Exception

1) Общая лексика: общий доход акционеров (согласно dimock)

2) Авиация: налёт после ремонта (time since repair)

3) Военный термин: Tactical Simulations Rules, Tactical Strategy Rules, Tactical Strike And Reconnaissance, Tactical Studies Research, Tactical Studies Rules, Telecommunications Support Request, Theater Storage Activities, Time Sensitive Reporting, Time-Sensitive Requirement, Trans-Siberian Railroad, tactical strike/reconnaissance, technical study report, technical summary report, telecommunications service request, test schedule request, test status report, test support requirements, traveling stock reserve

4) Техника: tactical sonar range, terminate-and-stay-resident program, thermally stable resin, time status register, time-shared resources, torpedo-spotter reconnaissance, towed sonar response

5) Религия: The Satanic Ritual

6) Юридический термин: Term Of Supervised Release, They Sue Regularly

7) Биржевой термин: total shareholder return

8) Грубое выражение: Tough Shit Retard

9) Телекоммуникации: Telephone Special Range, Terabit Switch Router, Terminate and Stay Resident

10) Сокращение: Tactical Strike / Reconnaissance, Tactical Surveillance & Reconnaissance (See TR/S), Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance, Tripartite Staff Requirement, tile-shingle roof, total skin resistance, TSR (Fortune 500 Company that manufactures Dungeons & Dragons)

11) Иммунология: thymidine suicide rate

12) Лабораторное оборудование: высокоочищенный деионизированный формамид (ранее название продукта, распространяемого фирмой ABI)

13) Силикатное производство: temperature stress rupture

14) Сетевые технологии: Terminal Sender Router, Time-Sharing Regime, Tip Speed Ratio, terminate-and-stay-resident

15) Программирование: Top Structure Rename

16) Сахалин Р: Temporary Safe Refuge

17) Сахалин Ю: total stockholder return

18) Макаров: thyroid hormone secretion rate

19) Молочное производство: Thyroid (Hormone) Secretion Rate

20) Должность: Technical Service Representative, Technical Support Representative

21) Аэропорты: Timisoara, Romania

22) Международная торговля: Technology and Software Restricted License Exception

информация; данные, сведения; см. тж. data

— accumulate information

— acquire information

— advance information

— aiming information

— alert information

— analog information

— appreciate information

— assess information

— authentic information

— background information

— broadcast information

— civil information

— classified defense information

— collateral information

— combat cue information

— combat information

— command information

— communicate information

— communications/security information

— comp titer output intelligence information

— compartmented information

— compromise information

— computer input intelligence information

— confidential modified handling authorized information

— confirm information

— confirmed information

— controlled deceptive information

— corroborate information

— couriered information

— cryptographic information

— cueing information

— current battle information

— dated information

— deceptive information

— defense information

— deny information to the enemy

— departmental information

— develop information

— disclose information

— discrete information

— display information

— disseminate information

— doctored information

— doubtful information

— enemy information

— engineer information

— false information

— filtered information

— flight information

— formalized information

— friendly information

— furnish information

— fuzing information

— gain information

— graphic information

— hard copy information

— hard information

— hostile battery information

— hostile mortar information

— image information

— imagery information

— imitative deceptive information

— incoming information

— intelligence information

— interpret information

— launching information

— log information

— maintain daily real time photo information of the area

— manipulative deceptive information

— mapping information

— marginal information

— military geographic information

— misleading information

— narrative information

— national defense information

— national security information

— near-real-time information

— need-to-know information

— nice-to-know information

— nondefense information

— nonreal-time information

— nonsecurity information

— nuclear weapon-related information

— obtain information

— operational information

— outgoing information

— piece information

— pin-pointed information

— planted information

— plot information

— process information

— procure information

— public information

— racial awareness command information

— radar information

— random-time information

— real-time information

— receive information

— releasable information

— reporting information

— rnultidisciplinary intelligence information

— safeguard information

— scientific and technical information

— secure information

— security information

— selective-call basis information

— send information through couriers

— sensitive information

— sift information

— status information

— supplement information

— tactical information

— target information

— target tracking information

— target update information

— targeting information

— task information

— telemetric information

— textual information

— threat information

— time-sensitive information

— transcribe information

— troop information

— true information

— unencrypted telemetric information

— vectoring information

— warning information

— weapons release information

— weather information

— wild information

f; -, -n

1. (Ort) place; (Punkt) point; (Standort) position; an anderer Stelle somewhere else, elsewhere; fig. at some other point; an dieser Stelle here; fig. at this point; an genau dieser Stelle at this exact ( oder very) spot; auf der Stelle treten fig. mark time; nicht von der Stelle kommen fig. not make any progress, not get anywhere; Verhandlungen: auch be deadlocked; sich nicht von der Stelle rühren not move ( oder budge); er wich nicht von der Stelle he wouldn’t budge, he refused to budge; zur Stelle sein be on the spot ( oder there); er ist immer zur Stelle he’s always there when you need him; sich zur Stelle melden report ( bei jemandem to s.o.); auf der Stelle there and then, straightaway, immediately; er war auf der Stelle tot he died immediately

2. (Fleck) spot; abgenutzte, schmutzige etc.: auch patch; undichte Stelle leak; siehe auch Roststelle etc.; wunde Stelle sore; (Schnitt) cut; entzündete Stelle inflammation; empfindliche Stelle tender ( oder sore) spot, fig. sensitive ( oder sore) spot; schwache / verwundbare Stelle fig. weak / vulnerable spot

3. WIRTS. (Arbeitsstelle) job; formeller: position, post; was hat er für eine Stelle? what kind of job ( oder position) has he got?; freie Stelle (job) vacancy; eine Stelle ausschreiben / besetzen advertise / occupy ( oder fill) a position ( oder post); eine Stelle sperren leave a position vacant (for a time); die Stelle wechseln change jobs; der Konzern hat 7000 Stellen gestrichen the group has cut 7,000 jobs; siehe auch Stellung 1

4. in Rangordnung etc.: place; an erster Stelle first(ly); an erster Stelle stehen come first; Sache: auch be top priority; an erster Stelle der Tagesordnung stehen be at the top of the agenda; an erster Stelle der Tabelle stehen be top of ( oder head) the table; an erster Stelle möchte ich... first and foremost I’d like to...

5. an Stelle von (oder + Gen) in place of, instead of; bes. JUR. in lieu of; ( ich) an deiner Stelle if I were you; ich möchte nicht an seiner Stelle sein I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes; an die Stelle treten von take the place of; Person: take over from; ersatzweise: replace, stand in for; Gesetz etc.: supersede

6. im Buch etc.: place; längere, auch MUS.: passage; eine Stelle aus der Bibel a passage from the Bible

7. MATH. figure, digit; (Dezimalstelle) (decimal) place; EDV position; bis auf drei Stellen nach dem Komma up to three decimal places

8. (Behörde) authority; (Dienststelle) office; eine staatliche / kirchliche Stelle a government / church office; zuständig

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(Arbeitsplatz) engagement; position; job;

(Ort) place; point; location; spot;

(Textpassage) passage; place;

(Zahl) digit; figure

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f -, -n

1) place, spot; (= Standort) place; (= Fleck rostend, nass, faul etc) patch

2) (in Buch etc) place; (= Abschnitt) passage; (= Textstelle, esp beim Zitieren) reference; (= Bibelstelle) verse; (MUS) passage

3) (= Zeitpunkt) point

4) (in Reihenfolge, Ordnung, Liste) place; (in Tabelle, Hierarchie) place, position

5) (MATH) figure, digit; (hinter Komma) place

6) (= Lage, Platz, Aufgabenbereich) place

7) (= Posten) job; (= Ausbildungsstelle) place

8) (= Dienststelle) office; (= Behörde) authority

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1) (any of the figures 0 to 9: 105 is a number with three digits.) digit

2) (the job or position to which a person is appointed: His appointment was for one year only.) appointment

3) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) spot

4) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) place

5) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) place

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1. (Platz) place; (genauer) spot; (Standort) position

an anderer \Stelle elsewhere, in another place

an dieser \Stelle in this place; (genauer) on this spot

auf der \Stelle laufen to run on the spot

etw von der \Stelle bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] to be able to move [or shift] sth

sich akk nicht von der \Stelle rühren to not move [or fam budge], to stay where one is

rühren Sie sich nicht von der Stelle! (von Polizei) freeze!

eine \Stelle im Wald a place [or an area] in the woods

2. (umrissener Bereich) spot; (größer) area; (Fleck auf der Haut) mark, spot

empfindliche \Stelle tender spot; (fig) sensitive point

entzündete/wunde \Stelle inflammation/sore

fettige/rostige \Stelle grease/rust spot

kahle \Stelle bald patch

3. (in Buch) place; (Verweis) reference; (Abschnitt) passage; (in Bibel) verse

4. MUS passage

5. (in Rede etc.) point

6. (Zeitpunkt) moment

7. MATH digit, figure

eine Zahl mit sieben \Stellen a seven-digit [or -figure] number

etw auf 5 \Stellen hinter dem Komma berechnen to calculate sth to 5 decimal places

8. (Posten) place

er hat die \Stelle des technischen Leiters übernommen he took over from the technical director

an \Stelle einer Person/einer S. gen instead of sb/sth

jdn/etw an die \Stelle einer Person/einer S. gen setzen to replace sb/sth

an jds \Stelle treten to take sb's place; (eines Spielers) to sub sb; (in einem Amt) to succeed sb

etw an jds \Stelle [o an \Stelle einer Person] tun to do sth for sb

ich gehe an Ihrer \Stelle I'll go in your place

schwache \Stelle (fig) weak point

undichte \Stelle (fig fam) leak

9. (Lage) position

an deiner \Stelle würde ich... in your position [or if I were you] I would...

ich möchte nicht an ihrer Stelle sein I wouldn't like to be in her shoes [or place

10. (in der Reihenfolge)

an erster/zweiter \Stelle first[ly] [or first and foremost]/secondly, in the first/second place [or instance]

an wievielter \Stelle auf der Liste taucht der Name auf? where does the name come [up] on the list?

er ging an 25./letzter \Stelle durchs Ziel he was 25th/the last to cross the line [or to finish]

[für jdn [o bei jdm]] an erster/zweiter \Stelle kommen [o sein] [o stehen] to come [or be] first/second [for sb]

in der Hitliste an erster/zweiter \Stelle sein [o stehen] to have reached [or be [at]] number one/two in the charts

an erster \Stelle auf einer Liste/der Tagesordnung stehen to be at the top of a list/the agenda

11. (Arbeitsplatz) job, post form; (Rang) position

was hat sein Vater für eine \Stelle? what kind of position has his father got?

freie [o offene] \Stelle vacancy

offene \Stellen (in der Zeitung) situations vacant

ohne \Stelle jobless, without a job

12. (Abteilung) office, department; (Behörde) authority

Sie sind hier bei mir an der richtigen \Stelle (fam) you've come to the right place

Mitleid? da bist du bei mir aber nicht an der richtigen \Stelle sympathy? you won't get any out of me [or iron fam you're knocking at the wrong door]

höhere/höchste \Stelle higher/the highest[-ranking] authority

sich akk an höherer \Stelle beschweren to complain to sb higher up [or to a higher authority

▶ auf der \Stelle on the spot, forthwith form

er war auf der \Stelle tot he died immediately

▶ sich akk zur \Stelle melden MIL to report [for duty]

zur \Stelle! reporting!, present!

▶ auf der \Stelle treten [o nicht von der \Stelle kommen] to not make any progress [or headway], to not get anywhere; MIL a. to mark time

▶ zur \Stelle sein to be on the spot [or on hand]

wenn man sie braucht, ist sie immer zur \Stelle she's always there when you need her; s.a. Ort¹

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1) place

2) (begrenzter Bereich) patch; (am Körper) spot

3) (Passage) passage

4) (Punkt im Ablauf einer Rede usw.) point

5) (in einer Rangordnung, Reihenfolge) place

6) (Math.) figure

7) (ArbeitsStelle) job; (formeller) position; (bes. als Beamter) post

8) (DienstStelle) office; (Behörde) authority

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Stelle f; -, -n

1. (Ort) place; (Punkt) point; (Standort) position;

an anderer Stelle somewhere else, elsewhere; fig at some other point;

an dieser Stelle here; fig at this point;

an genau dieser Stelle at this exact ( oder very) spot;

auf der Stelle treten fig mark time;

nicht von der Stelle kommen fig not make any progress, not get anywhere; Verhandlungen: auch be deadlocked;

sich nicht von der Stelle rühren not move ( oder budge);

er wich nicht von der Stelle he wouldn’t budge, he refused to budge;

zur Stelle sein be on the spot ( oder there);

er ist immer zur Stelle he’s always there when you need him;

sich zur Stelle melden report (

bei jemandem to sb);

auf der Stelle there and then, straightaway, immediately;

er war auf der Stelle tot he died immediately

2. (Fleck) spot; abgenutzte, schmutzige etc: auch patch;

undichte Stelle leak; → auch Roststelle etc;

wunde Stelle sore; (Schnitt) cut;

entzündete Stelle inflammation;

empfindliche Stelle tender ( oder sore) spot, fig sensitive ( oder sore) spot;

schwache/verwundbare Stelle fig weak/vulnerable spot

3. WIRTSCH (Arbeitsstelle) job; formeller: position, post;

was hat er für eine Stelle? what kind of job ( oder position) has he got?;

freie Stelle (job) vacancy;

eine Stelle ausschreiben/besetzen advertise/occupy ( oder fill) a position ( oder post);

eine Stelle sperren leave a position vacant (for a time);

die Stelle wechseln change jobs;

der Konzern hat 7000 Stellen gestrichen the group has cut 7,000 jobs; → auch Stellung 1

4. in Rangordnung etc: place;

an erster Stelle first(ly);

an erster Stelle stehen come first; Sache: auch be top priority;

an erster Stelle der Tagesordnung stehen be at the top of the agenda;

an erster Stelle der Tabelle stehen be top of ( oder head) the table;

an erster Stelle möchte ich … first and foremost I’d like to …

5.

an Stelle von (oder +gen) in place of, instead of; besonders JUR in lieu of;

(ich) an deiner Stelle if I were you;

ich möchte nicht an seiner Stelle sein I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes;

an die Stelle treten von take the place of; Person: take over from; ersatzweise: replace, stand in for; Gesetz etc: supersede

6. im Buch etc: place; längere, auch MUS passage;

eine Stelle aus der Bibel a passage from the Bible

7. MATH figure, digit; (Dezimalstelle) (decimal) place; IT position;

bis auf drei Stellen nach dem Komma up to three decimal places

8. (Behörde) authority; (Dienststelle) office;

eine staatliche/kirchliche Stelle a government/church office; → zuständig

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1) place

2) (begrenzter Bereich) patch; (am Körper) spot

3) (Passage) passage

4) (Punkt im Ablauf einer Rede usw.) point

5) (in einer Rangordnung, Reihenfolge) place

6) (Math.) figure

7) (ArbeitsStelle) job; (formeller) position; (bes. als Beamter) post

8) (DienstStelle) office; (Behörde) authority

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digit n.

location n.

passage n.

place n.

post n.

spot n.

stead n.

f; -, -n

1. (Ort) place; (Punkt) point; (Standort) position; an anderer Stelle somewhere else, elsewhere; fig. at some other point; an dieser Stelle here; fig. at this point; an genau dieser Stelle at this exact ( oder very) spot; auf der Stelle treten fig. mark time; nicht von der Stelle kommen fig. not make any progress, not get anywhere; Verhandlungen: auch be deadlocked; sich nicht von der Stelle rühren not move ( oder budge); er wich nicht von der Stelle he wouldn’t budge, he refused to budge; zur Stelle sein be on the spot ( oder there); er ist immer zur Stelle he’s always there when you need him; sich zur Stelle melden report ( bei jemandem to s.o.); auf der Stelle there and then, straightaway, immediately; er war auf der Stelle tot he died immediately

2. (Fleck) spot; abgenutzte, schmutzige etc.: auch patch; undichte Stelle leak; siehe auch Roststelle etc.; wunde Stelle sore; (Schnitt) cut; entzündete Stelle inflammation; empfindliche Stelle tender ( oder sore) spot, fig. sensitive ( oder sore) spot; schwache / verwundbare Stelle fig. weak / vulnerable spot

3. WIRTS. (Arbeitsstelle) job; formeller: position, post; was hat er für eine Stelle? what kind of job ( oder position) has he got?; freie Stelle (job) vacancy; eine Stelle ausschreiben / besetzen advertise / occupy ( oder fill) a position ( oder post); eine Stelle sperren leave a position vacant (for a time); die Stelle wechseln change jobs; der Konzern hat 7000 Stellen gestrichen the group has cut 7,000 jobs; siehe auch Stellung 1

4. in Rangordnung etc.: place; an erster Stelle first(ly); an erster Stelle stehen come first; Sache: auch be top priority; an erster Stelle der Tagesordnung stehen be at the top of the agenda; an erster Stelle der Tabelle stehen be top of ( oder head) the table; an erster Stelle möchte ich... first and foremost I’d like to...

5. an Stelle von (oder + Gen) in place of, instead of; bes. JUR. in lieu of; ( ich) an deiner Stelle if I were you; ich möchte nicht an seiner Stelle sein I wouldn’t like to be in his shoes; an die Stelle treten von take the place of; Person: take over from; ersatzweise: replace, stand in for; Gesetz etc.: supersede

6. im Buch etc.: place; längere, auch MUS.: passage; eine Stelle aus der Bibel a passage from the Bible

7. MATH. figure, digit; (Dezimalstelle) (decimal) place; EDV position; bis auf drei Stellen nach dem Komma up to three decimal places

8. (Behörde) authority; (Dienststelle) office; eine staatliche / kirchliche Stelle a government / church office; zuständig

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(Arbeitsplatz) engagement; position; job;

(Ort) place; point; location; spot;

(Textpassage) passage; place;

(Zahl) digit; figure

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f -, -n

1) place, spot; (= Standort) place; (= Fleck rostend, nass, faul etc) patch

2) (in Buch etc) place; (= Abschnitt) passage; (= Textstelle, esp beim Zitieren) reference; (= Bibelstelle) verse; (MUS) passage

3) (= Zeitpunkt) point

4) (in Reihenfolge, Ordnung, Liste) place; (in Tabelle, Hierarchie) place, position

5) (MATH) figure, digit; (hinter Komma) place

6) (= Lage, Platz, Aufgabenbereich) place

7) (= Posten) job; (= Ausbildungsstelle) place

8) (= Dienststelle) office; (= Behörde) authority

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1) (any of the figures 0 to 9: 105 is a number with three digits.) digit

2) (the job or position to which a person is appointed: His appointment was for one year only.) appointment

3) (a place or small area, especially the exact place (where something happened etc): There was a large number of detectives gathered at the spot where the body had been found.) spot

4) (a point in the text of a book etc: The wind was blowing the pages of my book and I kept losing my place.) place

5) (a number or one of a series of numbers following a decimal point: Make the answer correct to four decimal places.) place

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1. (Platz) place; (genauer) spot; (Standort) position

an anderer \Stelle elsewhere, in another place

an dieser \Stelle in this place; (genauer) on this spot

auf der \Stelle laufen to run on the spot

etw von der \Stelle bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] to be able to move [or shift] sth

sich akk nicht von der \Stelle rühren to not move [or fam budge], to stay where one is

rühren Sie sich nicht von der Stelle! (von Polizei) freeze!

eine \Stelle im Wald a place [or an area] in the woods

2. (umrissener Bereich) spot; (größer) area; (Fleck auf der Haut) mark, spot

empfindliche \Stelle tender spot; (fig) sensitive point

entzündete/wunde \Stelle inflammation/sore

fettige/rostige \Stelle grease/rust spot

kahle \Stelle bald patch

3. (in Buch) place; (Verweis) reference; (Abschnitt) passage; (in Bibel) verse

4. MUS passage

5. (in Rede etc.) point

6. (Zeitpunkt) moment

7. MATH digit, figure

eine Zahl mit sieben \Stellen a seven-digit [or -figure] number

etw auf 5 \Stellen hinter dem Komma berechnen to calculate sth to 5 decimal places

8. (Posten) place

er hat die \Stelle des technischen Leiters übernommen he took over from the technical director

an \Stelle einer Person/einer S. gen instead of sb/sth

jdn/etw an die \Stelle einer Person/einer S. gen setzen to replace sb/sth

an jds \Stelle treten to take sb's place; (eines Spielers) to sub sb; (in einem Amt) to succeed sb

etw an jds \Stelle [o an \Stelle einer Person] tun to do sth for sb

ich gehe an Ihrer \Stelle I'll go in your place

schwache \Stelle (fig) weak point

undichte \Stelle (fig fam) leak

9. (Lage) position

an deiner \Stelle würde ich... in your position [or if I were you] I would...

ich möchte nicht an ihrer Stelle sein I wouldn't like to be in her shoes [or place

10. (in der Reihenfolge)

an erster/zweiter \Stelle first[ly] [or first and foremost]/secondly, in the first/second place [or instance]

an wievielter \Stelle auf der Liste taucht der Name auf? where does the name come [up] on the list?

er ging an 25./letzter \Stelle durchs Ziel he was 25th/the last to cross the line [or to finish]

[für jdn [o bei jdm]] an erster/zweiter \Stelle kommen [o sein] [o stehen] to come [or be] first/second [for sb]

in der Hitliste an erster/zweiter \Stelle sein [o stehen] to have reached [or be [at]] number one/two in the charts

an erster \Stelle auf einer Liste/der Tagesordnung stehen to be at the top of a list/the agenda

11. (Arbeitsplatz) job, post form; (Rang) position

was hat sein Vater für eine \Stelle? what kind of position has his father got?

freie [o offene] \Stelle vacancy

offene \Stellen (in der Zeitung) situations vacant

ohne \Stelle jobless, without a job

12. (Abteilung) office, department; (Behörde) authority

Sie sind hier bei mir an der richtigen \Stelle (fam) you've come to the right place

Mitleid? da bist du bei mir aber nicht an der richtigen \Stelle sympathy? you won't get any out of me [or iron fam you're knocking at the wrong door]

höhere/höchste \Stelle higher/the highest[-ranking] authority

sich akk an höherer \Stelle beschweren to complain to sb higher up [or to a higher authority

▶ auf der \Stelle on the spot, forthwith form

er war auf der \Stelle tot he died immediately

▶ sich akk zur \Stelle melden MIL to report [for duty]

zur \Stelle! reporting!, present!

▶ auf der \Stelle treten [o nicht von der \Stelle kommen] to not make any progress [or headway], to not get anywhere; MIL a. to mark time

▶ zur \Stelle sein to be on the spot [or on hand]

wenn man sie braucht, ist sie immer zur \Stelle she's always there when you need her; s.a. Ort¹

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1) place

2) (begrenzter Bereich) patch; (am Körper) spot

3) (Passage) passage

4) (Punkt im Ablauf einer Rede usw.) point

5) (in einer Rangordnung, Reihenfolge) place

6) (Math.) figure

7) (ArbeitsStelle) job; (formeller) position; (bes. als Beamter) post

8) (DienstStelle) office; (Behörde) authority

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1. (Ort):

die Fundstelle von etwas the place where s.th was found;

Juckstelle place where itching occurs

2. (Arbeitsstelle):

Assistentenstelle job ( oder post) as assistant;

Pfarrstelle post as parish priest ( evangelisch: pastor);

Dreiviertelstelle three-quarter-time job

3. (Institution):

Beschwerdestelle complaints centre (US -er)

* * *

1) place

2) (begrenzter Bereich) patch; (am Körper) spot

3) (Passage) passage

4) (Punkt im Ablauf einer Rede usw.) point

5) (in einer Rangordnung, Reihenfolge) place

6) (Math.) figure

7) (ArbeitsStelle) job; (formeller) position; (bes. als Beamter) post

8) (DienstStelle) office; (Behörde) authority

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digit n.

location n.

passage n.

place n.

post n.

spot n.

stead n.

1) Компьютерная техника: Securable Manageable Archivable Retrievable And Transferable, Sensible Multilateral American Response To Terrorism, Suggestive Match And Research Technology

2) Американизм: Save Money And Reduce Taxes, Simulation And Modeling For Acquisition Requirements And Training, Strategic Management Analysis Requirements And Technology

3) Военный термин: Self Modifying Ability Reactive Training, Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology, Sensors Mounted As Roving Threads, Special Military Active Retired Travelers, Stereoscopic Mapping And Rescaling Technology, scheduled maintenance and reliability team, sensor-fuzed munitions for artillery, small arms training, supersonic missile and rocket track, supply and maintenance assessment and review team, systems management analysis, research, and testing

4) Техника: Signaal multibeam acquisition radar for targeting, senior management assessment of readiness team, shipborne multibeam acquisition radar for targeting, system of measuring and attaining refining target

5) Шутливое выражение: Send the Mexicans Across the River Today

6) Религия: Student Missionary Apprentice Reality Training

7) Железнодорожный термин: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit ( SMART) США

8) Юридический термин: Servers And Managers Alcohol Responsibility Training, Speed Monitoring Awareness Radar Trailer, Stop More Alcohol Related Tragedies

9) Экономика: ( specific, measurable, achievable, relevant to the purpose, timely) SMART-критерии цели, конкретность, измеримость, достижимость, релевантность, своевременность

10) Бухгалтерия: Systematic Mortgage Amortization Reduction Technology

11) Грубое выражение: Sexually Molested And Raped Twice

12) Металлургия: Система расчёта и получения заданных результатов плавки с помощью статической и динамической модели кислородно-конверторного процесса и измерительного зонда

13) Сокращение: Sensor Fuzed Munition for Artillery, Signaal Multi-beam Acquisition Radar for Targeting (Netherlands), Small Arms Trainer, Spurt Message Alphanumeric Radio Terminal, Strategic Multi-role Aid & Replenishment Transport vessel (Canada), Susceptibility Model Assessment & Range Test, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic, Time-boned

14) Университет: Science Math And Relevant Technology, Special Multimedia Arenas For Refining Thinking, Student And Merchant Achievement Recognition Team, Student Mentor Academic Research Teams, Student Mentors Advising Rising Talent

15) Физиология: Sensitive Membrane Antigen Rapid Test, Sensory Modality Assessment And Rehabilitation Technique, Serving Meals At The Right Time

16) Электроника: Shared Memory Application Replaying Tool

17) Вычислительная техника: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (HDD, IDE, Conner, IBM, Quantum, Seagate, WD)

18) Транспорт: State and Metropolitan Analyses of Regional Transportation, Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel, Students Of Missouri Assisting Rural Transportation, Suburban Mobility Authority For Regional Transportation

19) СМИ: Sport Music And Real Talk

20) Деловая лексика: Sales Marketing Administration Research Tracking, Securities Markets' Automated Regulated Trading, Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive, And Transparent, Specific Measurable Acceptable Realistic And Timely, Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic And Timely, Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant And Trackable, Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Responsive, And Transparent, Specific, Measurable, Appropriate, Realistic, And Timely, Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, And Timely

21) Бурение: Планирование для уменьшения среднего времени реагирования (Scheduling to Minimize Average Response Time)

22) Образование: Science Math And Reading Tutoring, Science, Math, And Related Technologies, Self Management And Recovery Training, Shared Multimedia Access To Resources For Teaching, Start Making A Reader Today, Streamlined Management And Accountable Resources For Teachers, Student Mentors Assisting Receptive Teachers, Studies For Manchester Area Residents And Tourists, Successful Motivation And Reward Training, Super Math And Reading Time

23) Авиационная медицина: skills maintenance and reacquisition training

24) Должность: Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique

25) НАСА: Satellite Multimedia Applications Research And Trials, Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research And Teaching, Small Missions For Advanced Research And Technology

26) Программное обеспечение: Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Tool, Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool, Simple Multipurpose Automation And Reporting Tools, Smaller Modules Are Readily Transportable

1) Компьютерная техника: Securable Manageable Archivable Retrievable And Transferable, Sensible Multilateral American Response To Terrorism, Suggestive Match And Research Technology

2) Американизм: Save Money And Reduce Taxes, Simulation And Modeling For Acquisition Requirements And Training, Strategic Management Analysis Requirements And Technology

3) Военный термин: Self Modifying Ability Reactive Training, Self Monitoring And Reporting Technology, Sensors Mounted As Roving Threads, Special Military Active Retired Travelers, Stereoscopic Mapping And Rescaling Technology, scheduled maintenance and reliability team, sensor-fuzed munitions for artillery, small arms training, supersonic missile and rocket track, supply and maintenance assessment and review team, systems management analysis, research, and testing

4) Техника: Signaal multibeam acquisition radar for targeting, senior management assessment of readiness team, shipborne multibeam acquisition radar for targeting, system of measuring and attaining refining target

5) Шутливое выражение: Send the Mexicans Across the River Today

6) Религия: Student Missionary Apprentice Reality Training

7) Железнодорожный термин: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) США

8) Юридический термин: Servers And Managers Alcohol Responsibility Training, Speed Monitoring Awareness Radar Trailer, Stop More Alcohol Related Tragedies

9) Экономика: ( specific, measurable, achievable, relevant to the purpose, timely) SMART-критерии цели, конкретность, измеримость, достижимость, релевантность, своевременность

10) Бухгалтерия: Systematic Mortgage Amortization Reduction Technology

11) Грубое выражение: Sexually Molested And Raped Twice

12) Металлургия: Система расчёта и получения заданных результатов плавки с помощью статической и динамической модели кислородно-конверторного процесса и измерительного зонда

13) Сокращение: Sensor Fuzed Munition for Artillery, Signaal Multi-beam Acquisition Radar for Targeting (Netherlands), Small Arms Trainer, Spurt Message Alphanumeric Radio Terminal, Strategic Multi-role Aid & Replenishment Transport vessel (Canada), Susceptibility Model Assessment & Range Test, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic, Time-boned

14) Университет: Science Math And Relevant Technology, Special Multimedia Arenas For Refining Thinking, Student And Merchant Achievement Recognition Team, Student Mentor Academic Research Teams, Student Mentors Advising Rising Talent

15) Физиология: Sensitive Membrane Antigen Rapid Test, Sensory Modality Assessment And Rehabilitation Technique, Serving Meals At The Right Time

16) Электроника: Shared Memory Application Replaying Tool

17) Вычислительная техника: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (HDD, IDE, Conner, IBM, Quantum, Seagate, WD)

18) Транспорт: State and Metropolitan Analyses of Regional Transportation, Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel, Students Of Missouri Assisting Rural Transportation, Suburban Mobility Authority For Regional Transportation

19) СМИ: Sport Music And Real Talk

20) Деловая лексика: Sales Marketing Administration Research Tracking, Securities Markets' Automated Regulated Trading, Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive, And Transparent, Specific Measurable Acceptable Realistic And Timely, Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic And Timely, Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant And Trackable, Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Responsive, And Transparent, Specific, Measurable, Appropriate, Realistic, And Timely, Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, And Timely

21) Бурение: Планирование для уменьшения среднего времени реагирования (Scheduling to Minimize Average Response Time)

22) Образование: Science Math And Reading Tutoring, Science, Math, And Related Technologies, Self Management And Recovery Training, Shared Multimedia Access To Resources For Teaching, Start Making A Reader Today, Streamlined Management And Accountable Resources For Teachers, Student Mentors Assisting Receptive Teachers, Studies For Manchester Area Residents And Tourists, Successful Motivation And Reward Training, Super Math And Reading Time

23) Авиационная медицина: skills maintenance and reacquisition training

24) Должность: Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique

25) НАСА: Satellite Multimedia Applications Research And Trials, Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research And Teaching, Small Missions For Advanced Research And Technology

26) Программное обеспечение: Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Tool, Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool, Simple Multipurpose Automation And Reporting Tools, Smaller Modules Are Readily Transportable

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accept system система акцептования accounting information system вчт. бухгалтерская информационная система accounting system система бухгалтерского учета accounting system система счетов adaptive system вчт. адаптивная система administrative system административная система alarm system система сигнализации analysis system система анализа application visualization system вчт. прикладная система изображения asset quality rating system система квалификации активов asymptotically stable system асимптотически устойчивая система automated control system асу, автоматизированная система управления axiomatic system аксиоматическая система backup system вчт. дублирующая система banking system банковская система belief system система доверия bicameral system двухпалатная система bicameral system парл. двухпалатная система bipartite system парл. двухпартийная система block system =blocking bonus system премиальная система buddy system метод близнецов bulk-service system система с групповым обслуживанием business system экономическая система cad system вчт. система автоматизированного проектирования call-reply system вчт. запрсно-ответная система certification system система сертификации closed queueing system замкнутая система массового обслуживания closed system замкнутая система code-dependent system вчт. система зависящая от данных code-independent system вчт. система не зависящая от данных code-insensitive system вчт. система не зависящая от данных code-sensitive system вчт. система зависящая от данных code-transparent system вчт. система не зависящая от данных coinage system монетная система column system система бухгалтерского учета по колонкам commission system система комиссионных вознаграждений computer system вычислительная система computer system вчт. вычислительная система computer system вычислительный комплекс computer system система вычислительных машин computer-aided control system автоматизированная система управления computer-to-plate system система создания печатных форм на компьютере computerized information system информационная система на базе ЭВМ concealment system система маскировки concession system система концессий constrained system вчт. система с ограничениями consulting system вчт. консультирующая система control system система управления control system вчт. система управления cooperative system система кооперации cooptation system система кооптации costing system система калькуляции себестоимости court system судебная система, система судопроизводства credit system кредитная система criminal reestablishment system система восстановления личности преступника crisis alert system система предупреждения о кризисе cross system вчт. кросс-система cyclical response system вчт. система циклических реакций data base management system вчт. система управления базой данных data handling system вчт. система обработки данных data processing system вчт. система обработки данных data system вчт. информационная система database system вчт. система баз данных decimal system десятичная система dedicated system специализированная система deductive system дедуктивная система delay system система с ожиданием desktop system система непосредственного взаимодействия direct debit system система прямого дебета direct system целевая система directional system система управления disk operating system вчт. дисковая операционная система, ДОС distributed file system вчт. распределенная файловая система distributed system вчт. распределенная система distribution system система распределения distributive system распределительная система DP system (data processing system) система обработки данных dynamic system динамическая система educational system система образования educational system система обучения election system избирательная система electronic book-entry system вчт. электронная система бухгалтерского учета electronic full-page makeup system вчт. электронная система верстки полос enclave system анклавная группа; полузащищенная группа (работающих под специальным наблюдением в обычных рабочих условиях инвалидов) equilibrium system равновесная система evolutionary system развиваемая система executive system вчт. операционная система expand a system вчт. расширять комплект оборудования системы expert system вчт. экспертная система explanatory system вчт. система объяснений fail-soft system вчт. система с амортизацией отказов federal system федеральная система fee system система вознаграждений feedback system система с обратной связью file system вчт. файловая система filing system система регистрации документов filing system система хранения документов financial system финансовая система fiscal system система финансов fixed price system система с фиксированной ценой flat-rate guarantee system система гарантий с фиксированной ставкой formal system формальная система fractional reserve system система частичных резервов frame system вчт. система фреймов functional information system вчт. функциональный информационная система giro system система жиросчетов governmental system правительственная система grading system система сортировки guarantee system система гарантий guidance system вчт. система -путеводитель hard disk system вчт. система с жестким диском help system вчт. справочник hire system =hire-purchase historical cost system выч. калькуляция на основе фактических издержек производства homogeneous system однородная система host system вчт. базисная система host system вчт. централизованная система imprest system система авансирования imputation system система условного начисления indexing system система индексации inductive system вчт. индуктивная система information system вчт. информационная система instruction system вчт. обучающая система integrated system вчт. интегрированная система intelligent system вчт. интеллектуальная система interactive system вчт. диалоговая система interactive system вчт. интерактивная система interest system система ставок процента international monetary system международная валютная система judicial system система судебных органов judicial system судебная система, система судебных органов judicial system судебная система jury system система суда присяжных knowledge base management system вчт. система управления базой знаний knowledge representation system вчт. система представления знаний land registration system система регистрации земельного участка learning system вчт. самообучаемая система licensing system система лицензирования linear programming system система линейного программирования linear system линейная система loadable system вчт. загружаемая система loan limit system система предельных размеров кредита loose-leaf system полигр. издание с отрывными или вкладными листами loss system система с потерями mail system вчт. электронная почта management information system (MIS) управленческая информационная система manual system система ручного управления many-server system вчт. многоканальная система mapped system вчт. система с управлением памятью market system рыночная система market system рыночная экономика market system страна с рыночной экономикой marketing information system система маркетинговой информации markov system марковская система markovian system марковская система master-slave system несимметричная система match system система выравнивания курсов militia system система милиции minimum price system система минимальных цен minimum wage system система минимальной заработной платы ministerial system правительственная система mixed price system смешанная ценовая система mixed system смешанная система modeless system вчт. система с однородным интерфейсом monetary system денежная система monetary system финансовая система monitoring system система мониторинга monitoring system система текущего контроля multi-user system вчт. многопользовательская система multiprocessing system вчт. многопроцессорная система multiprogramming system вчт. система, работающая в мультипрограммном режиме multiserver system вчт. многоканальная система multistation system вчт. многопунктовая система multitasking system вчт. многозадачная система multiuser system система коллективного пользования multivariable system вчт. многомерная система municipal system муниципальная система non-markovian system вчт. немарковская система nonstop system вчт. безостановочный компьютер normative system нормативная система number system система счисления numeration system система счисления off-line system вчт. автономная система on-demand system вчт. система без ожидания on-line system вчт. неавтономная система on-line system вчт. система, работающая в реальном масштабе времени on-line system вчт. система реального времени one-party system однопартийная система open learning system гибкая система обучения open system вчт. открытая система open-item system система с незакрытыми статьями баланса operating system действующая система operating system вчт. операционная система organized banking system организованная банковская система page system вчт. страничная система parliamentary system парламентская система partial cost system система калькуляции издержек производства с использованием нормативов party system партийная система patent system система патентования pay-as-you-go system система выплаты выходных пособий при увольнении payments system система платежей penal system пенитенциарная система periodic reordering system вчт. система с периодической подачей заказов pilot system вчт. прототип системы system система, устройство; political system государственный строй portable system вчт. мобильная система preferential system система преференций premium system премиальная система price control system система регулирования цен price support system система гарантирования цен price system система цен priority system вчт. система приоритетов priority system вчт. система с приоритетами probabilistic system вероятностная система process cost system система исчисления производственных издержек production system продукционная система productions system система продукций program development system вчт. система разработки программ programming system вчт. система программирования progressive taxation system система прогрессивного налогообложения proportional taxation system система пропорционального налогообложения protection system вчт. система защиты prototyping system макет системы public health system система здравоохранения quality system система критериев качества quality system система проверки качества quata system система квот question-answering system вчт. вопросно-ответная система queueing system система массового обслуживания queueing system вчт. система массового обслуживания quota system система иммиграционных квот quota system система квот quota system система контингентов real time system вчт. система реального времени reasoning system вчт. разумная система redundant system вчт. избыточная система reliable system надежная система report system система отчетности reporting system система отчетности reporting system система сбора информации reporting system система учета representation system система представления reservation system система резервирования resident system вчт. резидентная система retrieval system док. система внесения исправлений retrieval system вчт. система поиска revision control system вчт. система управления версиями risk control system система контроля рисков salary adjustment system система регулирования заработной платы salary system система заработной платы scalable system вчт. расширяемая система school system школьная система segment system вчт. система с сегментной организацией self-assessment tax system система самообложения налогом self-contained system замкнутая система serving system вчт. система обслуживания setting up the system вчт. начальная установка системы short-term support system система краткосрочной поддержки simulation system имитационная система single-channel system вчт. одноканальная система single-server system вчт. одноканальная система slave system подчиненная система stable system устойчивая система standard pay system система нормативной заработной платы standby system резервная система static-priority system вчт. система со статическими приоритетами stationary system стационарная система stochastic system стохастическая система support system вчт. исполняющая система system метод system мир, вселенная system организм system сеть (дорог и т. п.) system геол. система, формация system система, устройство; political system государственный строй system система, устройство system система, метод system система; метод; system of axes система координат; what system do you go on? какому методу вы следуете? system comp. система system устройство system for medium-term financial assistance программа среднесрочной финансовой помощи system система; метод; system of axes система координат; what system do you go on? какому методу вы следуете? system of commands система команд system of deductions система выводов system of financial contributions система финансовых взносов system of import control система контроля за импортом system of monitoring balance sheet growth система контроля за ростом статей баланса system of reimbursement система возмещения расходов system of remuneration система вознаграждения system of state государственное устройство system of taxation система налогообложения target system вчт. целевая система tax system налоговая система tax-at-source system система удержания налога из общей суммы доходов taxation system система налогообложения tender system система торгов terminal system вчт. система терминалов test system вчт. испытательная система text-retrieval system вчт. документальная информационная система thin-route system вчт. малоканальная система tightly-coupled system вчт. система с сильной связью time sharing system вчт. система разделения времени time-sharing system вчт. система разделения времени time-sharing system вчт. система с разделением времени timecard system система табельного учета totting-up system система зачетов trade support system система поддержки торговли trading system система торговли transaction-oriented system вчт. диалоговая система обработки запросов truck system система оплаты труда натурой truck system система оплаты труда товарами truck: truck = truck system system attr.: system system оплата труда товарами вместо денег; Truck Acts ист. законы, ограничивающие систему оплаты труда товарами turnkey system вчт. готовая система two-channel system вчт. двухканальная система two-party system двухпартийная система unicameral system однопалатная система unitary tax system единая система налогообложения unmapped system вчт. система без управления памятью up system исправная система virgin system вчт. исходная система voluntary labelling system система добровольного снабжения продукта этикеткой wage system система оплаты труда waiting system вчт. система с ожиданием watch system бирж. система наблюдения weighting system система весов system система; метод; system of axes система координат; what system do you go on? какому методу вы следуете? windowing system вчт. система управления окнами word processing system вчт. система обработки текстов work-space system вчт. система с рабочим состоянием

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He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.

At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.

Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.

He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.

Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.

Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.

In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.

On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.

Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.

In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.

In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.

In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.

In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.

In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.

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