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  • 21 coil

    [koil] 1. verb
    (to wind into loops: The snake coiled (itself) round the tree.) enroscar-se
    2. noun
    1) (a length of something wound into a loop or loops: a coil of rope; a coil of hair.) rolo
    2) (a wound length of wire for conducting electricity: the coil in an electric fire.) bobina
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    coil1
    [kɔil] n 1 rolo, espiral. 2 espira. 3 serpentina de tubos, etc. 4 bobina (também Electr). 5 caracol, anel de cabelo enrolado. 6 Naut ducha: cabo ou corda enrolada. 7 DIU: dispositivo intra-uterino usado para contracepção. • vt 1 enrolar, bobinar. 2 formar espiral. 3 serpentear, mover-se em espiral. induction coil bobina de indução. moving coil bobina móvel. spark coil Auto bobina vibradora. the serpent coiled up a cobra enrolou-se.
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    coil2
    [kɔil] n arch 1 tumulto. 2 algazarra.

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  • 22 conduct

    1. verb
    1) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) guiar
    2) (to carry or allow to flow: Most metals conduct electricity.) transmitir
    3) (to direct (an orchestra, choir etc).) dirigir
    4) (to behave (oneself): He conducted himself well at the reception.) comportar-se
    5) (to manage or carry on (a business).) dirigir
    2. noun
    1) (behaviour: His conduct at school was disgraceful.) comportamento
    2) (the way in which something is managed, done etc: the conduct of the affair.) gestão
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    - conduction
    - conductor
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    con.duct
    [k'ɔnd∧kt] n 1 conduta, procedimento, comportamento. 2 direção, administração, gestão. 3 arch escolta, comboio. • [kənd'∧kt] vt+vi 1 dirigir, administrar. 2 reger (uma orquestra). 3 liderar, guiar. 4 escoltar. 5 transmitir, conduzir (eletricidade, calor, etc.). 6 comportar-se, portar-se, haver-se. he conducted himself well / ele comportou-se bem.

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  • 23 conductor

    1) (a thing that conducts heat or electricity: Copper is a good conductor of heat.) condutor
    2) (a director of an orchestra, choir etc.) maestro
    3) ((feminine conductress) a person who collects fares on a bus etc: a bus conductor.) cobrador
    4) ((American) a guard on a train.) revisor
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    con.duc.tor
    [kənd'∧ktə] n 1 condutor: a) corpo que conduz calor, eletricidade, etc. b) cobrador (em ônibus, trem). 2 diretor, chefe, líder, guia. 3 regente de orquestra ou coro, maestro. 4 Amer chefe de trem. lightning conductor pára-raios.

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  • 24 consume

    [kən'sju:m]
    1) (to eat or drink: He consumes a huge amount of food.) consumir
    2) (to use: How much electricity do you consume per month?) consumir
    3) (to destroy, eg by fire: The entire building was consumed by fire.) consumir
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    - consumption
    - consumer goods
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    con.sume
    [kənsj'u:m] vt+vi consumir: 1 esgotar(-se). 2 comer, beber. 3 destruir, queimar, devorar (fogo). 4 gastar, dissipar. 5 afligir(-se), desgostar(-se). he is consumed with envy / ele se consome de inveja. 6 esbanjar. 7 usar.

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  • 25 current

    1. adjective
    (of or belonging to the present: current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.) corrente
    2. noun
    1) ((the direction of) a stream of water or air: the current of a river.) corrente
    2) ((a) flow of electricity: an electrical current.) corrente
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    - current account
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    cur.rent
    [k'∧rənt] n 1 corrente, fluxo. 2 corrente elétrica. 3 andamento, curso, movimento. 4 direção geral, tendência. 5 correnteza. • adj 1 circulante, corrente. 2 prevalecente, de uso comum, em voga, generalizado. 3 presente, em vigor, atual. 4 Com em aberto. alternating current corrente alternada. continuous current, direct current Electr corrente contínua. current of modern opinion tendência da opinião moderna. it passes for current that... supõe-se geralmente que... three-phase current Electr corrente trifásica. to pass current a) ser aceito como válido. b) ser de praxe. to sell for current payment vender à vista.

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  • 26 drive

    1. past tense - drove; verb
    1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) guiar
    2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) levar
    3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) tanger
    4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) bater
    5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) impulsionar
    2. noun
    1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) passeio
    2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) caminho
    3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) energia
    4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) campanha
    5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) pancada
    6) ((computers) a disk drive.)
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    - driver's license
    - drive-in
    - drive-through
    - driving licence
    - be driving at
    - drive off
    - drive on
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    [draiv] n 1 passeio de carro, auto, etc. 2 percurso, distância a percorrer de carro, auto, etc. 3 estrada para carros. 4 entrada para carros em moradias. 5 ato de conduzir, dirigir, guiar. 6 condução de gado em manadas. 7 pressão, esforço, atividade, energia, impulso, empenho, dinamismo. 8 ímpeto, impulso, pulsão, necessidade instintiva. 9 Golf tacada ou movimento da bola. 10 Mil ataque, assalto, avanço. 11 força motriz, movimento, rodagem, mecanismo de engrenagem, acionamento, transmissão, propulsão. 12 Comp unidade de disco. 13 galeria de mina. 14 competições de jogos de cartas. • vt+vi (drove, driven) 1 impelir, empuxar, empurrar alguma coisa com força, empurrar para diante, impulsar, fazer caminhar para diante, forçar. 2 conduzir, guiar, dirigir (cavalos, carro, navio, etc.), levar. 3 ir de carro, auto, etc., passear de carro, etc., prosseguir. 4 constranger, compelir, forçar, coagir. 5 lançar, propulsar, acionar, pôr em movimento. 6 perfurar, arrastar por atrito, encunhar, cravar. 7 escovar (um túnel). 8 Naut desgarrar. 9 instar, seduzir, incitar, induzir, conduzir, levar a. 10 realizar, efetuar, levar a efeito. 11 mover-se com grande força (chuva, vento). 12 rebater (bola) no golfe. disk drive Comp unidade de disco. to drive a good ( bad) bargain fazer um bom (mau) negócio. to drive a hard bargain ser firme nas negociações. to drive a nail in cravar um prego. to drive a nail into someone’s coffin contribuir para a ruína ou fracasso de alguém. to drive ashore arrojar à costa. to drive asunder apartar, separar à força. to drive at 1 tender a, aludir, insinuar. 2 trabalhar em. to drive at full speed guiar a toda velocidade. to drive a thing into a person inculcar alguma coisa em alguém. to drive away expelir, expulsar, fazer sair, afugentar, afastar-se, partir em carro. to drive back rechaçar, repulsar, reconduzir em carro, etc., voltar de carro, etc. to drive by friction arrastar por atrito. to drive home 1 ir para casa de carro. 2 cravar um prego com um martelo. 3 fazer com que seja claramente compreendido. to drive in, into inserir à força, fincar, fazer entrar a marteladas. to drive it home to mostrar, forçar a acreditar. to drive into a corner colocar em situação difícil, encurralar. to drive off 1 partir, ir-se embora em carro, etc. 2 expelir, rechaçar. 3 Golf dar a primeira tocada. to drive on seguir adiante, levar em frente, empurrar, incentivar. to drive out 1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc. to drive pigs to market roncar, ressonar. to drive someone mad/ crazy 1 enlouquecer, levar à loucura. 2 fig exasperar, irritar, deixar louco. to drive someone out of his senses/ out of his mind deixar maluco. to drive someone round the bend exasperar, enlouquecer. to drive to leeward desgarrar, desviar de rumo. to drive up the prices fazer subir os preços, elevar os preços. to drive up to passar de carro por algum lugar.

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  • 27 electric

    [ə'lektrik]
    1) (of, produced by, or worked by electricity: electric light.) eléctrico
    2) (full of excitement: The atmosphere in the theatre was electric.) eléctrico
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    e.lec.tric
    [il'ektrik] n 1 matéria elétrica (que produz eletricidade por fricção). 2 qualquer tipo de veículo elétrico (ônibus, trem, bonde). • adj 1 elétrico: que contém, produz ou transmite eletricidade. 2 fig vibrante, eletrizante, muito rápido.

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  • 28 electrical

    adjective (related to electricity: electrical engineering; electrical appliances; an electrical fault.) eléctrico
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    e.lec.tri.cal
    [il'ektrik2l] adj = link=electric electric. electrical control panel n quadro de distribuição de eletricidade.

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  • 29 electrify

    1) (to convert (a railway etc) to the use of electricity as the moving power.) electrificar
    2) (to excite or astonish: The news electrified us.) entusiasmar
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    e.lec.tri.fy
    [il'ektrifai] vt 1 eletrificar. 2 excitar.

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  • 30 electrode

    [i'lektrəud]
    (a conductor through which a current of electricity enters or leaves a battery etc.) eléctrodo
    * * *
    e.lec.trode
    [il'ektroud] n eletrodo.

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  • 31 energy

    ['enə‹i]
    plural - energies; noun
    1) (the ability to act, or the habit of acting, strongly and vigorously: He has amazing energy for his age; That child has too much energy; I must devote my energies to gardening today.) energia
    2) (the power, eg of electricity, of doing work: electrical energy; nuclear energy.) energia
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    - energetically
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    en.er.gy
    ['en2d9i] n 1 energia, atividade. conservation of energy / Tech conservação da energia. energy input, energy put in / Tech energia absorvida. potential energy / Tech energia potencial. 2 força, firmeza, vigor.

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  • 32 failure

    [-jə]
    1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) fracasso
    2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) fracasso/falhado
    3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) recusa
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    fail.ure
    [f'eiljə] n 1 falta, carência, falha, deficiência. 2 omissão, falta de execução. 3 insucesso, malogro, fracasso. 4 fracasso: pessoa que errou ou não triunfou na vida. 5 declínio, definhamento, decadência, decaimento, colapso. 6 falência, quebra, bancarrota, insolvência. failure of crops má colheita.

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  • 33 flex

    [fleks] 1. verb
    (to bend, especially in order to test: to flex one's muscles.) flectir
    2. noun
    ((a piece of) thin insulated wire for carrying electricity: That lamp has a long flex.) fio eléctrico
    - flexibility
    - flexitime
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    flex1
    [fleks] n Electr cabo, condutor, fio flexível.
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    flex2
    [fleks] vt+vi dobrar-se, curvar-se, vergar-se, arquear-se.

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  • 34 form

    I 1. [fo:m] noun
    1) ((a) shape; outward appearance: He saw a strange form in the darkness.) vulto
    2) (a kind, type or variety: What form of ceremony usually takes place when someone gets a promotion?) tipo
    3) (a document containing certain questions, the answers to which must be written on it: an application form.) formulário
    4) (a fixed way of doing things: forms and ceremonies.) formalidade
    5) (a school class: He is in the sixth form.) ano
    2. verb
    1) (to make; to cause to take shape: They decided to form a drama group.) formar
    2) (to come into existence; to take shape: An idea slowly formed in his mind.) formar-se
    3) (to organize or arrange (oneself or other people) into a particular order: The women formed (themselves) into three groups.) juntar(-se)
    4) (to be; to make up: These lectures form part of the medical course.) constituir
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    - be in good form
    - in the form of     II [fo:m] noun
    (a long, usually wooden seat: The children were sitting on forms.) banco
    * * *
    [fɔ:m] n 1 forma, configuração, aparência, aspecto, contorno, formato. his gratitude took the form of a check / sua gratidão manifestou-se em forma de cheque. 2 figura, feição, feitio, talhe, vulto. 3 molde, modelo, padrão, forma. the disease appears under various forms / a doença manifesta-se de vários modos. 4 constituição específica, estrutura, sistema, arranjo e estilo, em composição literária, musical ou plástica. his form in running is bad / seu estilo de corrida não é bom. 5 método, uso, ritual, prática, praxe, formalidade. 6 ordem, disposição, norma, arranjo. 7 formulário: documento impresso ou datilografado com claros para preencher. 8 estado, caráter, aparição, visão, condição, manifestação. 9 espécie, sorte, variedade. heat, light, electricity are forms of energy / calor, luz, eletricidade são espécies de energia. 10 Philos forma. 11 Gram flexão. 12 Brit classe, série (nas escolas). 13 Typogr forma. 14 Brit banco escolar. • vt+vi 1 formar, afeiçoar, dar forma ou feição a (alguma coisa), moldar, modelar, fazer, fabricar, criar. form good habits while you are young / adquira bons hábitos enquanto for jovem. 2 formar-se, tomar forma, surgir. 3 produzir, fazer, criar, converter-se em, constituir. 4 conceber, idear, planejar, imaginar. 5 organizar, formar-se, estabelecer. we formed a club / constituímos um clube. 6 adquirir, contrair, ensinar, educar. 7 pôr em ordem, dispor em certa ordem. the soldiers formed themselves into lines / os soldados entraram em forma. 8 Gram servir de, construir (frases, sentenças). a matter of form uma formalidade. a mere form uma mera formalidade. bad form sem modos, sem educação. clouds form in the sky no céu formam-se nuvens. for form’s sake por formalidade, pro forma. good form boas maneiras. in due and legal form nos termos da lei. in due form em devida forma. in great form com ótima disposição. it is bad form isso não se faz, não está direito. to form the mind desenvolver a inteligência. to form up entrar em forma, ficar em fila. water forms ice água converte-se em gelo.
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    formerly

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  • 35 frequency

    plural - frequencies; noun
    1) (the state of happening often: The frequency of her visits surprised him.) frequência
    2) ((in electricity, radio etc) the number of waves, vibrations etc per second: At what frequency does the sound occur?) frequência
    3) (a set wavelength on which radio stations regularly broadcast: I regularly listen to this frequency in order to hear my favourite music.) frequência
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    fre.quen.cy
    [fr'i:kwənsi] n = link=frequence frequence.

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  • 36 generate

    ['‹enəreit]
    (to cause or produce: This machine generates electricity; His suggestions generated a lot of ill-feeling.) produzir
    - the generation gap
    - generator
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    gen.er.ate
    [dʒ'enəreit] vt 1 gerar, produzir. 2 criar, procriar. 3 causar.

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  • 37 generator

    noun (a machine which produces electricity, gas etc: The hospital has an emergency generator.) gerador
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    gen.er.a.tor
    [dʒ'enəreitə] n 1 gerador, dínamo. 2 gerador de vapor. 3 criador, produtor.

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  • 38 harness

    1. noun
    (the leather straps etc by which a horse is attached to a cart etc which it is pulling and by means of which it is controlled.) arreios
    2. verb
    1) (to put the harness on (a horse).) aparelhar
    2) (to make use of (a source of power, eg a river) for some purpose, eg to produce electricity or to drive machinery: Attempts are now being made to harness the sun as a source of heat and power.) aproveitar
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    har.ness
    [h'a:nis] n 1 couraça, armadura, arnês. 2 arreio. 3 fig equipamento profissional. • vt 1 arnesar ( with com). 2 arrear (to a). 3 subordinar (to a), aproveitar (by por meio de). to die in harness exercer seu ofício até o fim da vida. to work double harness trabalhar com um sócio.

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  • 39 hydroelectricity

    (electricity produced by means of water-power.) hidro-electricidade
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    hy.dro.e.lec.tric.i.ty
    [haidrouilektr'isiti] n qualidade de hidrelétrico.

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  • 40 install

    [in'sto:l]
    1) (to put in place ready for use: When was the telephone/electricity installed (in this house)?) instalar
    2) (to put (a thing, oneself or another person) in a place or position: He was installed as president yesterday; They soon installed themselves in the new house.) nomear
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    - instalment
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    in.stall
    [inst'ɔ:l] vt 1 colocar (uma pessoa), empossar, investir. 2 acomodar, estabelecer. 3 instalar.

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