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1 black peak sign
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2 sign
1) сигнал || передавать сигналы; сигнализировать; давать сигнал || сигнальный2) знак || подавать знак(и)3) pl.; микр. межсоединения•- A sign- acknowledgement sign
- active line duration sign
- actuating sign
- alarm indication signs
- alarm sign
- alias sign
- all-sky sign
- alternation mark inversion sign
- altitude sign
- AMI sign
- amplitude-modulated sign
- analog sign
- analog/mixed sign
- anisochronous digital sign
- antipodal sign
- ATF sign
- audio sign
- aural sign
- autoalarm sign
- automatic track finding sign
- band-limited sign
- bandpass sign
- baseband sign
- beam sign
- bidirectional sign
- binary sign
- bioelectric sign
- bipolar sign
- black peak sign
- black sign
- blanked picture sign
- blanking sign
- blocking sign
- blue sign
- broadband sign
- B-sign
- burst sign
- busy back sign
- busy sign
- busy-flash sign
- B-Y sign
- call progress sign
- call sign
- call-confirmation sign
- call-control sign
- called-number signs
- camera sign
- carrier chrominance sign
- carrier color sign
- carrier detect sign
- carry clear sign
- carry complete sign
- carry initiating sign
- carry sign
- case-shift sign
- CD sign
- challenging sign
- channel identification sign
- chirp sign
- chroma sign
- chrominance sign
- circuit available sign
- clear back sign
- clear forward sign
- clear sign
- clearing sign
- clipped sign
- clock sign
- coded sign
- coherent sign
- color identification sign
- color sign
- color video sign
- color-bar sign
- color-burst sign
- color-difference sign
- color-picture sign
- color-sync sign
- color-television sign
- command destruct sign
- common-mode sign
- comparison sign
- compelled sign
- compensation sign
- complex analytical sign
- component color sign
- component sign
- component video sign
- composite color sign
- composite picture sign
- composite sign
- composite video sign
- composite-one-line sign
- compressed sign
- confusion sign
- contaminating sign
- control sign
- convergence sign
- convolved signs
- course-fine encoded video sign
- dark-spot sign
- data sign
- DC sign
- decoded sign
- dehopped sign
- desired sign
- despread sign
- detectable sign
- deterministic sign
- difference sign
- differential-mode sign
- digital sign of level 0
- digital sign of level 1
- digital sign of level 1C
- digital sign of level 2
- digital sign of level 3
- digital sign of level 4
- digital sign
- direct-sequence sign
- direct-sequence spread-spectrum sign
- discernible sign
- disconnect sign
- disk changed sign
- distinguishable sign
- distress sign
- Doppler-invariant sign
- Doppler-shifted sign
- double-sideband sign
- downstream sign
- driving sign
- duobinary sign
- echo sign
- electric sign
- element difference sign
- emergency sign
- enabling sign
- enciphered sign
- end-of-block sign
- end-of-copy sign
- end-of-data sign
- end-of-impulsing sign
- end-of-message sign
- end-of-pulsing sign
- end-of-selection sign
- engaged sign
- erasure sign
- error sign
- excitatory sign
- facsimile framing sign
- facsimile phasing sign
- facsimile sign
- false sign
- fault sign
- feedback control sign
- field sawtooth sign
- figures-shift sign
- fluctuating sign
- flyback sign
- forward recall sign
- frame difference sign
- frame sync sign
- frame-alignment sign
- framing sign
- free-line sign
- frequency-hopped sign
- frequency-modulated sign
- frequency-shift sign
- FS sign
- full bandwidth sign
- gating sign
- Gaussian sign
- ghost sign
- global sign
- green sign
- G-sign
- guidance sign
- G-Y sign
- hang-up sign
- heterochronous digital signs
- high-frequency sign
- high-level sign
- homing sign
- homochronous digital signs
- horizontal sync sign
- IBG sign
- identification sign
- idle indication sign
- IF sign
- IFF target sign
- impulse sign
- incoming sign
- inhibiting sign
- inhibitory sign
- injected sign
- in-phase sign
- input sign
- insertion test sign
- intelligence sign
- inter-block gap sign
- interfering sign
- interfield test sign
- intermediate frequency sign
- international code sign
- interrogation sign
- interrupt sign
- inversion sign
- I-sign
- isochronous digital sign
- jamming sign
- L sign
- large sign
- laser sign
- LB sign
- left sign
- left-backward sign
- left-forward sign
- LF sign
- limited sign
- line identification sign
- line sawtooth sign
- line sync sign
- linear FM sign
- locking sign
- logic sign
- loop actuating sign
- loop difference sign
- loop error sign
- loop feedback sign
- loop input sign
- loop output sign
- loop return sign
- low-frequency sign
- low-level radio-frequency sign
- low-level sign
- luminance sign
- mark sign
- marking sign
- masking sign
- mesochronous digital signs
- message sign
- message-bearing sign
- microwave sign
- MIDI sign
- minimum detectable sign
- minimum discernible sign
- mixed sign
- modulating sign
- monochrome sign
- monophonic sign
- M-sign
- multimode sign
- multiplexed sign
- myoelectric sign
- N sign
- narrow-band sign
- naught sign
- negative-going sign
- neuroelectric sign
- noise sign
- noise-free sign
- noise-like sign
- noisy sign
- nominal detectable sign
- noncompelled sign
- noncomposite sign
- number received sign
- offering sign
- off-hook sign
- omnibearing sign
- on-course sign
- on-hook sign
- optical sign
- outcoming sign
- output sign
- P sign
- packetized sign
- partial-response sign
- PCM sign
- permanent sign
- phantom sign
- phase-modulated sign
- phase-shift keyed sign
- phase-shift sign
- phasing sign
- photoelectric sign
- pickup sign
- picture sign
- picture-phone sign
- picture-shading sign
- pilot sign
- playback sign
- plesiochronous digital signs
- polar sign
- positive-going sign
- print contrast sign
- probing sign
- program sign
- protected sign
- pseudonoise sign
- pseudorandom sign
- pseudo-ternary sign
- pulsar sign
- pulse-code modulation sign
- pulsed sign
- Q-sign
- quadrature-phase subcarrier sign
- quantized sign
- R sign
- radio sign
- radio star sign
- radio-frequency sign
- radiotelephone distress sign
- random sign
- RB sign
- read sign
- reading sign
- ready-to-receive sign
- rectified sign
- red sign
- redundant sign
- reference sign
- reorder sign
- request sign
- rering sign
- restoring sign
- retransmitted sign
- returned sign
- RF sign
- RGB signs
- right sign
- right-backward sign
- right-forward sign
- ringing sign
- robust sign
- round-the-world sign
- R-Y sign
- sampled sign
- saturated sign
- saturating sign
- saw-tooth sign
- scrambling sign
- sense sign
- shading compensation sign
- singing sign
- single-mode sign
- single-sideband sign
- small sign
- sound sign
- sounding sign
- space sign
- spacing sign
- speech sign
- spread-spectrum sign
- spurious sign
- square sign
- square-wave sign
- SSB sign
- S-sign
- staircase video sign
- standard composite picture sign
- standard television sign
- standard-frequency sign
- start sign
- start-record sign
- start-stop sign
- status sign
- steady-state sign
- stereo sign
- stereophonic multiplex sign
- stereophonic sign
- stop sign
- stop-record sign
- stuffed sign
- subscriber identification sign
- sum sign
- supersync sign
- supervisory sign
- swept sign
- sync sign
- synchronizing sign
- synchronous transport sign
- synthetic speech sign
- target sign
- television relay sign
- television sign
- television standard sign
- test line sign
- test sign
- test-pattern sign
- threshold sign
- time sign
- time-limited sign
- timing sign
- tracking sign
- trigger sign
- triggering sign
- tristimulus signs
- unstuffed sign
- unvoiced sign
- upstream sign
- vertical insertion test sign
- vertical interval sign
- vertical sync sign
- vestigial sideband sign
- video sign
- visual sign
- voice sign
- voiced sign
- weighted sign
- white sign
- write sign
- Y-signThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > sign
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1) сигнал || передавать сигналы; сигнализировать; давать сигнал || сигнальный2) знак || подавать знак(и)3) pl.; микр. межсоединения•- A sign- acknowledgement sign
- active line duration sign
- actuating sign
- alarm indication signs
- alarm sign
- alias sign
- all-sky sign
- alternation mark inversion sign
- altitude sign
- AMI sign
- amplitude-modulated sign
- analog sign
- analog/mixed sign
- anisochronous digital sign
- antipodal sign
- ATF sign
- audio sign
- aural sign
- autoalarm sign
- automatic track finding sign
- band-limited sign
- bandpass sign
- baseband sign
- beam sign
- bidirectional sign
- binary sign
- bioelectric sign
- bipolar sign
- black peak sign
- black sign
- blanked picture sign
- blanking sign
- blocking sign
- blue sign
- broadband sign
- B-sign
- burst sign
- busy back sign
- busy sign
- busy-flash sign
- B-Y sign
- call progress sign
- call sign
- call-confirmation sign
- call-control sign
- called-number signs
- camera sign
- carrier chrominance sign
- carrier color sign
- carrier detect sign
- carry clear sign
- carry complete sign
- carry initiating sign
- carry sign
- case-shift sign
- CD sign
- challenging sign
- channel identification sign
- chirp sign
- chroma sign
- chrominance sign
- circuit available sign
- clear back sign
- clear forward sign
- clear sign
- clearing sign
- clipped sign
- clock sign
- coded sign
- coherent sign
- color identification sign
- color sign
- color video sign
- color-bar sign
- color-burst sign
- color-difference sign
- color-picture sign
- color-sync sign
- color-television sign
- command destruct sign
- common-mode sign
- comparison sign
- compelled sign
- compensation sign
- complex analytical sign
- component color sign
- component sign
- component video sign
- composite color sign
- composite picture sign
- composite sign
- composite video sign
- composite-one-line sign
- compressed sign
- confusion sign
- contaminating sign
- control sign
- convergence sign
- convolved signs
- course-fine encoded video sign
- dark-spot sign
- data sign
- DC sign
- decoded sign
- dehopped sign
- desired sign
- despread sign
- detectable sign
- deterministic sign
- difference sign
- differential-mode sign
- digital sign of level 0
- digital sign of level 1
- digital sign of level 1C
- digital sign of level 2
- digital sign of level 3
- digital sign of level 4
- digital sign
- direct-sequence sign
- direct-sequence spread-spectrum sign
- discernible sign
- disconnect sign
- disk changed sign
- distinguishable sign
- distress sign
- Doppler-invariant sign
- Doppler-shifted sign
- double-sideband sign
- downstream sign
- driving sign
- duobinary sign
- echo sign
- electric sign
- element difference sign
- emergency sign
- enabling sign
- enciphered sign
- end-of-block sign
- end-of-copy sign
- end-of-data sign
- end-of-impulsing sign
- end-of-message sign
- end-of-pulsing sign
- end-of-selection sign
- engaged sign
- erasure sign
- error sign
- excitatory sign
- facsimile framing sign
- facsimile phasing sign
- facsimile sign
- false sign
- fault sign
- feedback control sign
- field sawtooth sign
- figures-shift sign
- fluctuating sign
- flyback sign
- forward recall sign
- frame difference sign
- frame sync sign
- frame-alignment sign
- framing sign
- free-line sign
- frequency-hopped sign
- frequency-modulated sign
- frequency-shift sign
- FS sign
- full bandwidth sign
- gating sign
- Gaussian sign
- ghost sign
- global sign
- green sign
- G-sign
- guidance sign
- G-Y sign
- hang-up sign
- heterochronous digital signs
- high-frequency sign
- high-level sign
- homing sign
- homochronous digital signs
- horizontal sync sign
- IBG sign
- identification sign
- idle indication sign
- IF sign
- IFF target sign
- impulse sign
- incoming sign
- inhibiting sign
- inhibitory sign
- injected sign
- in-phase sign
- input sign
- insertion test sign
- intelligence sign
- inter-block gap sign
- interfering sign
- interfield test sign
- intermediate frequency sign
- international code sign
- interrogation sign
- interrupt sign
- inversion sign
- I-sign
- isochronous digital sign
- jamming sign
- L sign
- large sign
- laser sign
- LB sign
- left sign
- left-backward sign
- left-forward sign
- LF sign
- limited sign
- line identification sign
- line sawtooth sign
- line sync sign
- linear FM sign
- locking sign
- logic sign
- loop actuating sign
- loop difference sign
- loop error sign
- loop feedback sign
- loop input sign
- loop output sign
- loop return sign
- low-frequency sign
- low-level radio-frequency sign
- low-level sign
- luminance sign
- mark sign
- marking sign
- masking sign
- mesochronous digital signs
- message sign
- message-bearing sign
- microwave sign
- MIDI sign
- minimum detectable sign
- minimum discernible sign
- mixed sign
- modulating sign
- monochrome sign
- monophonic sign
- M-sign
- multimode sign
- multiplexed sign
- myoelectric sign
- N sign
- narrow-band sign
- naught sign
- negative-going sign
- neuroelectric sign
- noise sign
- noise-free sign
- noise-like sign
- noisy sign
- nominal detectable sign
- noncompelled sign
- noncomposite sign
- number received sign
- offering sign
- off-hook sign
- omnibearing sign
- on-course sign
- on-hook sign
- optical sign
- outcoming sign
- output sign
- P sign
- packetized sign
- partial-response sign
- PCM sign
- permanent sign
- phantom sign
- phase-modulated sign
- phase-shift keyed sign
- phase-shift sign
- phasing sign
- photoelectric sign
- pickup sign
- picture sign
- picture-phone sign
- picture-shading sign
- pilot sign
- playback sign
- plesiochronous digital signs
- polar sign
- positive-going sign
- print contrast sign
- probing sign
- program sign
- protected sign
- pseudonoise sign
- pseudorandom sign
- pseudo-ternary sign
- pulsar sign
- pulse-code modulation sign
- pulsed sign
- Q-sign
- quadrature-phase subcarrier sign
- quantized sign
- R sign
- radio sign
- radio star sign
- radio-frequency sign
- radiotelephone distress sign
- random sign
- RB sign
- read sign
- reading sign
- ready-to-receive sign
- rectified sign
- red sign
- redundant sign
- reference sign
- reorder sign
- request sign
- rering sign
- restoring sign
- retransmitted sign
- returned sign
- RF sign
- RGB signs
- right sign
- right-backward sign
- right-forward sign
- ringing sign
- robust sign
- round-the-world sign
- R-Y sign
- sampled sign
- saturated sign
- saturating sign
- saw-tooth sign
- scrambling sign
- sense sign
- shading compensation sign
- singing sign
- single-mode sign
- single-sideband sign
- small sign
- sound sign
- sounding sign
- space sign
- spacing sign
- speech sign
- spread-spectrum sign
- spurious sign
- square sign
- square-wave sign
- SSB sign
- S-sign
- staircase video sign
- standard composite picture sign
- standard television sign
- standard-frequency sign
- start sign
- start-record sign
- start-stop sign
- status sign
- steady-state sign
- stereo sign
- stereophonic multiplex sign
- stereophonic sign
- stop sign
- stop-record sign
- stuffed sign
- subscriber identification sign
- sum sign
- supersync sign
- supervisory sign
- swept sign
- sync sign
- synchronizing sign
- synchronous transport sign
- synthetic speech sign
- target sign
- television relay sign
- television sign
- television standard sign
- test line sign
- test sign
- test-pattern sign
- threshold sign
- time sign
- time-limited sign
- timing sign
- tracking sign
- trigger sign
- triggering sign
- tristimulus signs
- unstuffed sign
- unvoiced sign
- upstream sign
- vertical insertion test sign
- vertical interval sign
- vertical sync sign
- vestigial sideband sign
- video sign
- visual sign
- voice sign
- voiced sign
- weighted sign
- white sign
- write sign
- Y-signThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > signal
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4 point
point [pwɛ̃]━━━━━━━━━2. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. pointb. ( = endroit) place ; (Astronomy, mathematics) pointc. ( = position) (Aviation, nautical) position• et maintenant, le point sur la grève des transports and now, the latest on the transport striked. ( = marque) (Mus, morse, sur i) dot ; ( = ponctuation) full stop (Brit), period (US) ; ( = petite tache) spot• tu n'iras pas, un point c'est tout you're not going and that's all there is to ite. (sur devoir) markf. [de couture, tricot] stitch• faire le point de la situation ( = examiner) to take stock of the situation ; ( = faire un compte rendu) to sum up the situation► à point [fruit] just ripe ; [fromage] just right for eating ; [viande] medium• le rôti est cuit à point the roast is done to a turn► à point (nommé) [arriver, venir] just at the right moment• est-il possible d'être bête à ce point ! how stupid can you get? (inf)• elles se ressemblent à tel point or à ce point qu'on pourrait les confondre they look so alike that you could easily mistake one for the other► au point [photo] in focus ; [affaire] completely settled ; [technique, machine] perfected• ce n'est pas encore au point it isn't quite up to scratch yet► au point de + infinitif so much that• il aimait le Québec au point d'y passer toutes ses vacances he loved Quebec so much that he spent all his holidays there• il se détestent au point qu'ils ne se parlent plus they hate each other so much that they've stopped speaking► au point où• en être arrivé au point où... to have reached the point where...• on continue ? -- au point où on en est ! shall we go on? -- we've got this far so we might as well!► au plus haut point [détester, admirer] intensely• se méfier au plus haut point de qch to be highly sceptical about sth► mettre au point [+ photo, caméra] to focus ; [+ stratégie, technique] to perfect ; [+ médicament, invention, système] to develop ; [+ projet] to finalize• mettre une affaire au point avec qn to finalize all the details of a matter with sb► mise au point [d'appareil photo, caméra] focusing ; [de stratégie, technique] perfecting ; [de médicament, invention, système] development ; [de moteur] tuning ; [d'affaire, projet] finalizing ; ( = explication, correction) clarification• publier une mise au point to issue a statement (setting the record straight)► en tout point, en tous points in every respect2. <• vous avez un point de chute à Rome ? do you have somewhere to stay in Rome? ► point commun• nous voilà revenus au point de départ so we're back to square one (inf) ► point de distribution [d'eau] supply point ; (Business) distribution outlet• mettre un point d'honneur à faire qch to make it a point of honour to do sth ► point d'interrogation question mark• au point mort [voiture] in neutral ; [de négociations, affaires] at a standstill ► point mousse garter stitch► points de retraite points based on social security contributions that count towards one's pension• quel est votre point de vue sur ce sujet ? what's your point of view on this matter?* * *pwɛ̃
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nom masculin1) ( endroit) point2) ( situation) point; Nautisme positionêtre sur le point de faire — to be just about to do, to be on the point of doing
j'en suis toujours au même point (qu'hier/qu'il y a un an) — I'm still exactly where I was (yesterday/last year)
au point où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! — I've reached the point where it doesn't matter any more!
faire le point — Nautisme to take bearings; fig to take stock of the situation
3) ( degré)‘j'en aurais pleuré’ - ‘ah bon, à ce point?’ — ‘I could have cried’ - ‘really? it was that bad?’
il est têtu à un point! — (colloq) he's so incredibly stubborn!
jusqu'à un certain point — up to a (certain) point, to a certain extent
4) ( question particulière) point; ( dans un ordre du jour) item, pointen tout point, en tous points — in every respect ou way
5) ( marque visible) dot6) Jeux, Sport pointmarquer/perdre des points — lit, fig to score/to lose points
7) ( pour évaluer) mark GB, point USavoir sept points d'avance/de retard — to be seven marks ahead/behind
obtenir or avoir 27 points sur 40 — to get 27 out of 40
être un mauvais point pour quelqu'un/quelque chose — to be a black mark against somebody/something
8) ( dans un système de calcul) pointle permis à points — system whereby driving offender gets penalty points
9) Mathématique point10) Linguistique ( en ponctuation) full stop GB, period USpoint à la ligne — ( dans une dictée) full stop, new paragraph
point final — ( dans une dictée) full stop
mettre un point final à quelque chose — fig to put a stop ou an end to something
je n'irai pas, point final! — (colloq) I'm not going, full stop GB ou period US!
tu vas te coucher un point c'est tout! — (colloq) you're going to bed and that's final!
11) Musique dot12) ( en typographie) point14) (en couture, tricot) stitch
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(dated) adverbe not
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à point locution adverbiale1) ( en temps voulu) just in time2) Culinaire
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au point locutionêtre au point — [système, machine] to be well designed; [spectacle] to be well put together
mettre au point — ( élaborer) to perfect [système]; to work out, to devise [accord, plan]; to develop [vaccin, appareil]; ( régler) to adjust
mise au point — ( de système) perfecting; ( de vaccin) development; ( réglage) adjusting; Photographie focus; fig ( déclaration) clarifying statement
faire la mise au point — Photographie to focus
faire une mise au point — fig to set the record straight ( sur about)
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *pwɛ̃1. nm1) (= marque, signe) dot2) [ponctuation] full stop Grande-Bretagne period USA3) (= moment) pointNous en sommes au même point. — We have reached the same point.
J'étais sur le point de te téléphoner. — I was just about to phone you.
4) (= degré)à ce point abîmé que... — so damaged that...
au point que; à tel point que — so much so that
5) (au score) point6) (= aspect) pointJe ne suis pas d'accord sur ce point. — I don't agree on this point.
7) (= endroit) spot, point, (en géométrie) point8) COUTURE, TRICOT stitchpoint mousse — garter stitch, plain
9) CUISINE"Comment voulez-vous votre steak?" — "À point." — "How would you like your steak?" — "Medium."
faire le point NAVIGATION — to take a bearing, figto take stock
faire le point sur — to review, to take stock of
mettre au point [mécanisme, procédé] — to develop, [appareil-photo] to focus
2. advlit (= pas) notpoint n'est besoin de... — there is no need to...
point de... — no...
3. vbSee:* * *A nm1 ( endroit) point; un point précis du globe/sur une carte a particular point on the earth/on a map; un point de ravitaillement/ralliement a staging/rallying point; un point de rencontre a meeting point; point de vente (sales) outlet; serrure 3 points 3 point lock;2 ( situation) point; Naut position; être sur le point de faire to be just about to do, to be on the point of doing; j'étais sur le point de leur dire/d'abandonner/de partir I was just about to tell them/to give up/to leave, I was on the point of telling them/giving up/leaving; j'en suis toujours au même point (qu'hier/qu'il y a un an) I'm still exactly where I was (yesterday/last year); au point où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! I've reached the point where it doesn't matter any more!; il en est au point où il allume une cigarette en se levant he's got GB ou gotten US to the stage ou point where he lights a cigarette as soon as he gets up; faire le point Naut to take bearings; fig to take stock of the situation; faire le point sur la situation économique/sur la recherche scientifique fig to take stock of the economic situation/of scientific research; faire le point sur la circulation (routière)/l'actualité to give an up-to-the-minute report on the traffic news/current situation;3 ( degré) il m'agace/m'inquiète au plus haut point he annoys me/worries me intensely; la circulation était à ce point bloquée que j'ai dû laisser ma voiture au bord de la route the traffic was so bad that I had to leave my car on the side of the road; je ne le pensais pas bête/coléreux à ce point I didn't think he was that stupid/quick-tempered; ‘j'en aurais pleuré’-‘ah bon, à ce point?’ ‘I could have cried’-‘really? it was that bad?’; je sais à quel point elle est triste/sensible I know how sad/sensitive she is; si tu savais à quel point il m'agace! if you only knew how much he annoys me!; au point que to the extent that; à tel point que to such an extent that…; douloureux/endommagé à (un) tel or au point que so painful/badly damaged that; la situation s'est aggravée au point qu'ils ont dû appeler la police the situation became so bad that the police had to be called in; le temps s'est rafraîchi au point qu'il a fallu remettre le chauffage the weather got so cold that the heating had to be put back on; il est têtu à un point! he's so incredibly stubborn!; jusqu'à un certain point up to a (certain) point, to a certain extent;4 ( question particulière) point; ( dans un ordre du jour) item, point; un programme en trois points a three-point plan; un point fondamental/de détail (d'un texte) a basic/minor point (in a text); sur ce point on this point; j'aimerais revenir sur ce dernier point I would like to come back to that last point; un point de désaccord/litige a point of disagreement/contention; reprendre un texte point par point to go over a text point by point; en tout point, en tous points in every respect ou way; une politique en tous points désastreuse a policy that is disastrous in every respect; les deux modèles sont semblables en tous points the two models are alike in every respect;5 ( marque visible) gén dot; les villes sont marquées par un point towns are marked by a dot; il y a un point sur le i et le j there's a dot on the i and the j; un point lumineux/rouge dans le lointain a light/a red dot in the distance; bientôt, le navire ne fut qu'un point à l'horizon soon, the ship was a mere dot ou speck on the horizon; un point de colle a spot of glue; un point de rouille a speck of rust; points de graissage lubricating points; ⇒ i;6 Jeux, Sport point; marquer/perdre des points lit, fig to score/lose points; compter les points to keep (the) score; un point partout! one all!; battre son adversaire aux points to beat one's opponent on points; remporter une victoire aux points to win on points;7 ( pour évaluer) mark GB, point US; avoir sept points d'avance to be seven marks ahead; avoir dix points de retard to be ten marks behind; il m'a manqué trois points pour réussir I failed by three marks; enlever un point par faute to take a mark off for each mistake; obtenir or avoir 27 points sur 40 to get 27 out of 40; être un bon point pour to be a plus point for; être un mauvais point pour qn/qch to be a black mark against sb/sth;8 ( dans un système de calcul) point; la livre a perdu trois points the pound lost three points; le taux de chômage a augmenté de 0,8 points the unemployment rate rose by 0.8 points; le permis à points system whereby driving offender gets penalty points; il a perdu sept points dans les sondages he's gone down seven points in the polls;9 Math point; point d'intersection/d'inflexion point of intersection/of inflection;10 Ling ( en ponctuation) full stop GB, period US; mettre un point to put a full stop; point à la ligne ( dans une dictée) full stop, new paragraph; point final ( dans une dictée) full stop; mettre un point final à qch fig to put a stop ou an end to sth; je n'irai pas, point final○! I'm not going, full stop GB ou period US!; tu vas te coucher un point c'est tout○! you're going to bed and that's final!;11 Mus dot;12 Imprim point;13 Méd ( douleur) pain; avoir un point à la poitrine/à l'aine to have a pain in the chest/in the groin;14 (en couture, tricot) stitch; faire un point à qch to put a few stitches in sth; dentelle au point de Venise Venetian lace.B †adv not; tu ne tueras point Bible thou shalt not kill; je n'en ai point I don't have any; ‘tu es fâché?’-‘non point!’ ‘are you angry?’-‘not at all’.C à point loc adv venir/arriver à point to come/arrive just in time; venir/arriver or tomber à point nommé to come/arrive just at the right moment; faire cuire à point to cook [sth] medium rare [viande]; bifteck (cuit) à point medium rare steak; le camembert est à point the camembert is ready to eat.D au point loc adv, loc adj être au point [système, méthode, machine] to be well designed; [spectacle, émission] to be well put together; leur système/machine/spectacle n'est pas encore très au point their system/machine/show still needs some working on; le nouveau modèle est très au point the new model is very well designed; le spectacle n'était pas du tout au point the show wasn't up to scratch; le prototype n'est pas encore au point the prototype isn't quite ready yet; ça fait des semaines qu'ils répètent mais leur numéro n'est pas encore au point they've been rehearsing for weeks but they still haven't got GB ou gotten US it quite right; je ne suis pas au point pour les examens I'm not ready for the exams; mettre [qch] au point ( inventer) to perfect [théorie, système, méthode, technique]; to work out, to devise [accord, plan de paix, stratégie]; to develop [vaccin, médicament, appareil]; ( régler) to adjust [machine, mécanisme]; il leur reste deux semaines pour finir de mettre leur spectacle au point they've got two more weeks to put the finishing touches to their show; mettre au point sur qch Phot to focus on sth; mise au point Phot focus; fig ( déclaration) clarifying statement; la mise au point est automatique sur mon appareil my camera has automatic focus; faire la mise au point Phot to focus (sur on); faire une mise au point fig to set the record straight (sur about); mise au point ( invention) (de théorie, système, méthode, technique) perfecting; (de médicament, vaccin) development; ( réglage) (de machine, mécanisme) adjusting; Phot focus.point d'acupuncture Méd acupuncture point; point d'ancrage Aut anchor; fig base; point d'appui Mil base of operations; Phys fulcrum; gén support; les piliers servent de point d'appui à la charpente the roof structure is supported by the pillars; trouver un point d'appui à une échelle to find a support for a ladder; point arrière Cout back stitch; point d'attache base; point de bâti Cout tacking stitch; point blanc whitehead; point de blé ( en tricot) double moss stitch; point de boutonnière Cout buttonhole stitch; point cardinal Phys, Géog compass ou cardinal point; point de chaînette ( en broderie) chain stitch; point de chausson ( en broderie) herringbone stitch; point chaud trouble ou hot spot; les points chauds du globe the world's trouble spots; point de chute fig port of call; point commun mutual interest; nous avons beaucoup de points communs we have a lot in common; ils n'ont aucun point commun they have nothing in common; point de congestion† Méd slight congestion of the lung; point de côtes ( en tricot) rib; point de côté ( douleur) stitch; ( en couture) slip stitch; avoir un point de côté to have a stitch in one's side; point de croix ( en broderie) cross stitch; point de départ lit, fig starting point; nous revoilà à notre point de départ fig we're back to square one; point de devant Cout running stitch; point d'eau ( naturel) watering place; ( robinet) water tap GB ou faucet US; point d'ébullition boiling point; point d'épine ( en broderie) featherstitch; point d'exclamation Ling exclamation mark; point faible weak point; point de feston ( en broderie) blanket stitch; point fort strong point; point de fuite Art, Archit vanishing point; point de fusion melting point; point G G-spot; point d'interrogation Ling question mark; point de jersey ( en tricot) stocking stitch; point du jour daybreak; au point du jour at daybreak; point de liquéfaction liquefaction point; point de mire Mil target; fig focal point; point mousse ( en tricot) garter stitch; point mort Aut neutral; se mettre or passer/être au point mort Aut to put the car into/to be in neutral; être au point mort fig [affaires, consommation] to be at a standstill; [négociations] to be in a state of deadlock; point noir ( comédon) blackhead; ( problème) problem; ( sur la route) blackspot; l'inflation reste le seul point noir inflation is the only problem; point de non-retour point of no return; point d'orgue Mus pause sign; fig culmination; point d'ourlet Cout hemstitch; point de penalty penalty spot; point de piqûre Cout back stitch; point de presse Journ press briefing; point de repère ( spatial) landmark; (temporel, personnel) point of reference; point de reprise Cout darning stitch; point de retraite Prot Soc point which counts towards a retirement pension scheme; point de riz ( en tricot) moss stitch; point de surfil Cout whipstitch; point de suture Méd stitch; point de tige ( en broderie) stem stitch; point de torsade ( en tricot) cable stitch; point de vue ( paysage) viewpoint; ( opinion) point of view; du point de vue de la direction from the management's point of view; du point de vue de l'efficacité/du sens as far as efficiency/meaning is concerned; d'un point de vue économique c'est rentable/intéressant from a financial point of view it's profitable/attractive; points de suspension suspension points.être mal en point to be in a bad way.I[pwɛ̃] adverbe1. [en corrélation avec 'ne']2. [employé seul]du vin il y en avait, mais de champagne point there was wine, but no champagne ou not a drop of champagneil eut beau chercher, point de John he searched in vain, John was nowhere to be foundpoint de démocratie sans liberté de critiquer (there can be) no democracy without the freedom to criticize3. [en réponse négative]point du tout! not at all!, not in the least!II[pwɛ̃] nom masculinpoint lumineux spot ou point of lightpoint de rouille speck ou spot of rustun point de soudure a spot ou blob of solder3. [symbole graphique - en fin de phrase] full stop (UK), period (US) ; [ - sur un i ou un j] dot ; [ - en morse, en musique] dotj'ai dit non, point final ou un point c'est tout! (figuré) I said no and that's that ou that's final ou there's an end to it!mettre un point final à une discussion to terminate a discussion, to bring a discussion to an endpoint estimé/observé estimated/observed positiona. NAUTIQUE to take a bearing, to plot one's positionà 40 ans, on s'arrête et on fait le point when you reach 40, you stand back and take stock of your lifeet maintenant, le point sur la circulation and now, the latest traffic newspoint d'intersection/de tangence intersection/tangential pointen plusieurs points de la planète in different places ou spots on the planet9. [degré] point10. [élément - d'un texte, d'une théorie] point ; [ - d'un raisonnement] point, item ; [ - d'une description] feature, traitvoici un point d'histoire que je souhaiterais éclaircir I'd like to make clear what happened at that particular point in historypoint d'entente/de désaccord point of agreement/of disagreement11. [unité de valeur - dans un sondage, à la Bourse] point ; [ - de retraite] unit ; [ - du salaire de base] (grading) pointsa cote de popularité a gagné/perdu trois points his popularity rating has gone up/down by three pointsbattu aux points [en boxe] beaten on pointsfaire le point [le gagner] to win the pointb. [appréciation] mark (for good behaviour)12. COUTUREfaire un point à to put a stitch ou a few stitches inpoint de couture/crochet/tricot sewing/crochet/knitting stitch13. INFORMATIQUE [unité graphique] dot[emplacement]point d'accès/de retour entry/reentry point————————à ce point, à un tel point locution adverbialeton travail est dur à ce point? is your job so (very) ou that hard?j'en ai tellement assez que je vais démissionner — à ce point? I'm so fed up that I'm going to resign — that bad, is it?————————à ce point que, à (un) tel point que locution conjonctiveso much so that, to such a point thatles choses en étaient arrivées à un tel point que... things had reached such a pitch that...elle est déprimée, à ce point qu'elle ne veut plus voir personne she's so depressed that she won't see anyone anymore————————à point locution adjectivale[steak] medium[rôti] done to a turn[poire] just ou nicely ripeton bonhomme est à point, tu n'as plus qu'à enregistrer ses aveux (familier & figuré) your man's nice and ready now, all you've got to do is get the confession down on tape————————à point locution adverbiale1. CUISINE2. [au bon moment]a. [personne] to come (just) at the right timeb. [arrivée, décision] to be very timely————————à point nommé locution adverbialearriver à point nommé to arrive (just) at the right moment ou when needed, to arrive in the nick of timeau plus haut point locution adverbialeje le déteste au plus haut point I can't tell you how much I hate him, I absolutely loathe him————————au point locution adjectivale[moteur] tuned[machine] in perfect running order[technique] perfected[discours, plaidoyer] finalized[spectacle, artiste] readyton revers n'est pas encore au point your backhand isn't good enough ou up to scratch yetle son/l'image n'est pas au point the sound/the image isn't right————————au point locution adverbialea. [texte à imprimer] to editb. [discours, projet, rapport] to finalize, to put the finishing touches toc. [spectacle] to perfectd. [moteur] to tunee. [appareil photo] to (bring into) focusmettre les choses au point to put ou set the record straightmettons les choses au point: je refuse de travailler le dimanche let's get this ou things straight: I refuse to work Sundaysaprès cette discussion, j'ai tenu à mettre les choses au point following that discussion, I insisted on putting ou setting the record straight————————au point de locution prépositionnelle————————au point du jour locution adverbiale(littéraire) at dawn ou daybreakau point où locution conjonctivenous sommes arrivés au point où... we've reached the point ou stage where...au point où j'en suis, autant que je continue having got this far, I might as well carry onau point où en sont les choses as things stand, the way things are (now)————————au point que locution conjonctiveso much that, so... thatil était très effrayé, au point qu'il a essayé de se sauver he was so frightened that he tried to run awaypoint par point locution adverbialesur le point de locution prépositionnelleêtre sur le point de faire quelque chose to be about to do ou on the point of doing ou on the verge of doing somethingj'étais sur le point de partir I was about to ou going to leavesur le point de pleurer on the verge of tears ou of crying————————point d'ancrage nom masculin————————point d'appui nom masculin1. [d'un levier] fulcrumpoint de chute nom masculin2. (figuré)————————point culminant nom masculinquel est le point culminant des Alpes? what is the highest point ou peak in the Alps?point de départ nom masculin————————point faible nom masculinson point faible, c'est sa susceptibilité his touchiness is his weak spot ou point————————point fort nom masculin[d'une personne, d'une entreprise] strong point[d'un joueur de tennis] best shotles maths n'ont jamais été mon point fort I was never any good at maths, maths was never my strong point————————point mort nom masculin————————point noir nom masculina. [encombré] a heavily congested areab. [dangereux] an accident blackspot————————point sensible nom masculin1. [endroit douloureux] tender ou sore spot2. MILITAIRE key ou strategic target3. (figuré)a. [chez quelqu'un] to touch on a sore spotb. [dans un problème] to touch on a sensitive area
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