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  • 1 experimental

    adj.
    experimental.
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    1 experimental
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    adj.
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    adjetivo experimental
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    = experimental, tentative.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex. In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
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    * ciencia experimental = hard sciences, the.
    * estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.
    * investigador experimental = experimentalist.
    * proyecto experimental = experimental project.
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    adjetivo experimental
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    = experimental, tentative.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

    Ex: In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
    * ciencia experimental = hard sciences, the.
    * estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.
    * investigador experimental = experimentalist.
    * proyecto experimental = experimental project.

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    experimental
    de manera experimental on an experimental o a trial basis
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    experimental adjetivo
    experimental
    experimental adjetivo experimental
    ' experimental' also found in these entries:
    English:
    experimental
    - fringe theatre
    - pilot
    - pilot scheme
    - test
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    experimental;
    en fase experimental at the experimental stage
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    adj experimental
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    : experimental

    Spanish-English dictionary > experimental

  • 2 экспериментальная работа

    Russian-english psychology dictionary > экспериментальная работа

  • 3 экспериментальные работы

    Русско-английский физический словарь > экспериментальные работы

  • 4 экспериментальная работа

    Юридический русско-английский словарь > экспериментальная работа

  • 5 экспериментальная работа

    Русско-английский юридический словарь > экспериментальная работа

  • 6 экспериментальный

    experimental, pilot
    Были затрачены огромные усилия как для теоретического, так и для экспериментального изучения... - Much effort has gone into both theoretical and observational studies of...
    В основном эти предсказания были подтверждены экспериментальными данными. - These predictions are generally confirmed by experimental findings.
    Дальнейшие экспериментальные данные получаются из.,. - Further experimental evidence is derived from...
    Для... не существует экспериментального обоснования. - There is no experimental foundation for...
    Нет никаких экспериментальных доказательств, показывающих, что... - There is no experimental evidence to indicate that...
    Обе эти теории основаны на экспериментальных данных. - The two theories have their bases in experimental evidence.
    Однако существующие экспериментальные данные указывают, что... - Present experimental evidence indicates, however, that...
    Прекрасное совпадение с экспериментальными данными обычно может быть получено... - An excellent fit to experimental data can usually be obtained by...
    При экспериментальных работах обычно... - In experimental work it is usual to...
    Производя экспериментальные работы, иногда необходимо... - In the course of experimental work, it is sometimes necessary to...
    Существует множество экспериментальных данных, чтобы показать, что... - There is an abundance of experimental evidence to show that...
    Существуют экспериментальные подтверждения заключения, что... - There are experimental reasons for concluding that...
    Теперь мы приведем некоторые экспериментальные данные относительно... - We shall now give some experimental data concerning...
    Усовершенствованные экспериментальные методы сделали возможным... - Refined experimental methods have made it possible to...
    Экспериментальные данные подтверждают это предсказание. - Experimental results verify this prediction.

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > экспериментальный

  • 7 работа

    work, paper, report, investigation, study, contribution, performance, operation, labor, run
    В нашей последующей работе мы устраним этот дефект и... - Our subsequent work will remedy this defect and...
    В процессе выполнения мы основываем нашу работу на... - In doing this, we base our work on...
    Для очень тонких работ обычно используется серебро, потому что... - For very accurate work, silver is usually used because...
    Мы избавимся от большой и утомительной работы, если... - We save a good deal of tedious effort if...
    Мы ожидаем опубликовать нашу работу в течение двух лет. - We expect to publish our work within two years.
    На протяжении всей работы мы делали существенный упор на... - Throughout our work, we lay heavy emphasis on...
    Недавняя работа показала, что... - Recent work has shown that...
    Огромная исследовательская работа была проделана для... - A great deal of development work has gone into...; A great deal of development effort has been expended on...
    Однако (все) эти моменты находятся в стороне от целей данной работы. - These are, however, outside the scope of this work.
    Он автор более чем 40 опубликованных работ на темы... - Не is the author of more than 40 published papers on topics in...
    Основная часть этой работы была проделана в главе 2. - The bulk of the work was done in Chapter 2.
    Относительно строгого вывода соотношения (12) читатель должен обратиться к работе Смита [1]. - For a rigorous derivation of (12) the reader is referred to Smith [1].
    При некоторых работах необходимо... - In some work it is necessary to...
    При экспериментальных работах обычно... - In experimental work it is usual to...
    Причиной для выполнения этой работы послужило, в основном, то обстоятельство, что... - The reason for undertaking the work was principally that...
    Производя экспериментальные работы, иногда необходимо... - In the course of experimental work, it is sometimes necessary to...
    Профессор Смит был талантливым исследователем, опубликовавшим большое число работ о... - Prof. Smith was a talented researcher who published a long list of papers on...
    Профессор Смит был умелым исследователем с многолетним опытом работы... - Prof. Smith was a skilled researcher who had many years of experience with...
    Работа должна быть доступна математикам, ученым, а также инженерам-исследователям. - It should be accessible to mathematicians, scientists, and engineering researchers.
    Развитие подобной теории началось в ранних 1980-х годах работой Смита[1]. - The development of such a theory began in the early 1980s with the work of Smith [1].
    Регулировка может быть сделана во время работы машины. - Adjustments can be made while the machine is operating.
    Смит [1] имел многолетний опыт работы с... - Smith [1] had many years of experience dealing with...
    Тем не менее эта формальная работа привела к конкретному результату. - Nevertheless, this formal work has produced a concrete result.
    Часть этой знаменитой работы относительно... была выполнена Брэмблом. - Some of the most famous work on... was performed by Bramble.
    Этой работы можно было бы избежать... - This labor may be avoided by...
    Ясно, что это не такая уж простая работа. Поэтому мы будем... - Clearly this would not be an easy task, so we shall...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > работа

  • 8 работа


    work
    (выполняемая человеком или совершаемая машиной) — instructions for accomplishing the work.
    указания no выполнению работ(ы). содержание работы, тепловая энергия горячего воздуха, подаваемого в турбохолодильник, преобразуется в работу, вызывая охлажние воздуха на выходе из tх — description of work. h energy passing through the cooling turbine is converted into work, thus causing a temperature drop across the turbine.
    - (нагруженного элемента конструкции)stress carrying
    "-" (надпись у выключателя противопожарной системы) — (fire) agent arm
    - (обрабатываемая заготовка или деталь) тиски применяются для зажима обрабатываемого материала или работы. — job. vices are used to grip firmly the material or job upon which work is being done.
    "-" (положение рычага останова двигателя) — run, fuel on, open
    "-" (режим работы навигационной инерциальной системы) — navigate (nav) mode. set the ins mode selector switch to nav position.
    - (фунхционирование, действие, операция) — operation, action
    данная глава содержит щие сведения о принципе работы насоса. — this chapter contains general information on principle of the pump operation.
    - абсу в штурвальном рожимеafcs operation under manual control
    -, автоматическая — automatic operation
    -, автоматическая (двигателя после нар) — (engine) governed run
    - агрегатаunit operation
    -, безотказная (бееперебой — trouble-free operation
    -, бесшумная — noise-free operation
    - в автоматическом режимеautomatic operation
    - (выполняемая) в заводских условиях или в мастерскихshop work
    инструкции по ремонту составлены для механизмов, выполняющих работу в стационарных мастерских, а не дпя механиков-эксплуатационников. — the overhaul instructions are prepared for mechanic who normally performs shop work and not for the aircraft service mechanic.
    -, внерегламентная — unscheduled maintenance check
    -, внеочередная регламентная — unscheduled maintenance check
    - в ручном режимеmanual operation
    - выполняемая при нахождении самолета вне эксплуатации сроком до (одного) mесяца — maintenance of aircraft during an inaction period of (one) month
    -, выполняемая своими силами (на своих базах) — work accomplished "in house"
    работа, выполняется своими силами, вместо того, чтобы выполнять эту работу силами изготовителя. — work accomplished in house versus "return to vendor" philosophy.
    - генераторов, непараллельная — unparalleled operation of generators
    - генераторов, непараллельная (табло) — unparalleled generators: generators unparalleled (gen unparl'd)
    - генераторов, параллельная — paralleled operation of generators, generators operating paral leled
    - генераторов, параллельная (табло) — paralleled generators, generators paralleled (gen parl'd)
    - генераторов, раздельная (в отличие от параллельной) — independent operation of generators
    - двигателя — engine operation /running/
    работа двигателя во всем диапазоне эксплуатационных (полетных) режимов, — the engine operation throughout the flight power range.
    - двигателя (этап)engine run
    30-часовой этап работы двигателя на чередующихся режимах: взлетном и мпр. — 30-hour run (of engine) consisting of alternate periods at takeoff power and at maximum cruising power.
    -, заключительная — conclusive operation
    - летчика (нагрузка)pilot work load
    наличие автоматического включения реверса тяги облегчает работу летчика при посадке, — installation of automatic thrust reversal control reduces pilot work load during landing.
    - на большом газе (двиг.) — engine run /operation/ at full throttle
    - на валуshaft work
    - на взлетном режиме (двиг.) — (engine) operation at takeoff power, takeoff power operation
    -, надежная — reliable /dependable/ operation
    - на завышенных оборотах (двиг.) (этап испытаний) — overspeed run
    работа двигателя на завыщенных оборотах должна чередоваться с работой на стабилизирующих режимах. — the overspeed runs must be alternated with stabilizing runs.
    - на максимальном продолжительном режиме (мпр) (двиг.) — engine operation at maximum continuous power
    - на малом газе (двиг.) — (engine) operation at idle power, idling
    работа на возможно малых оборотах, не приводящая к останову двигателя, — engine running at lowest speed possible, without stopping.
    - на малых оборотах (двиг.) — engine low speed operation
    - на "номинальном" режиме (на mпp) (двиг.) — (engine) operation at maximum continuous power
    - (вертолета) на привязи(helicopter) tie-down run
    -, научно-исследовательская — research work
    -, на холостом ходу (двиг.) — idling
    -, непрерывная — continuous operation
    -, неустойчивая — unstable operation
    -, осмотровая — inspection
    -, плановая (оперативная по регламенту техобслуживания) — line maintenance
    -, погрузочно-разгрузочная — cargo handling (operation)
    -, подготовительная работа по подготовке обо_ рудования к установке на ла. — preparatory procedure
    -, полезная — useful work
    - по разработке бортового оборудования лаdevelopment work on airborne equipment
    - по техническому обслуживанию (осмотру) — inspection and maintenance work /action/
    -, профилактическая (техобслуживания) — preventive maintenance operation
    -, регламентная — scheduled maintenance action /check, inspection/
    выполнение программы надежности является лучшим методом для обеспечения надежности работы систем в периоды между регламентными работами. — the reliability program is the best method of controlling the interval between scheduled maintenance actions.
    -, регламентная (50-) часовая — (50-)hour scheduled maintenance check
    -, регламентная (50-) часовая (в летных часах) — (50-)flight hour (fh) maintenаncе cheek
    -, ремонтная (текущий ремонт) — repair work
    -, совместная — work in unison

    systems operate conjointly or in unison.
    -, с перебоями (двиг.) — rough (engine) operation
    двигатель работает с перебоями при неисправности системы зажигания или питания топливом, — an engine that is running or firing unevenly, usually due to а faulty condition in either the fuel or ignition systems.
    -, строго регламентированная — hard-time (ht) process /action/
    вид профилактической технической проверки в результате которой изделие (агрегат) должен быть снят с самолета и направлен в ремонт до истечения срока регламентных работ по данному изделию, — нт is а failure preventive primary maintenance (overhaul control) process which requires that the item be removed from the airplane and overhauled (or replaced) before exceeding the specified time (interval).
    - схемы (раздел описания работы электр. схемы системы блока и т.п.) — detailed circuit description
    -, текущая — current work
    -, типовая — routine
    - "уравновешивающая" (этап испытаний двиг.) — stabilizing run
    работа двигателя на повышенном режиме должна чередоваться е работой на уравновешивающем режиме. — overspeed runs must be alternated with stabilizing runs.
    - установившаясяsteady operation
    -, устойчивая — stable operation
    -, экспериментальная — experimental work
    .нарушение нормальной р. (агрегата системы) — malfunction
    объем р. — scope of work
    описание и р. (раздел руководства) — description and operation
    порядок выполнения р. (раздел бюллетеня) — accomplishment instructions
    при р. с (на) прибором, (самелете) — when working on indicator (airplane)
    схема р. — functional diagram
    часы р. — hours of operation
    выполнять р. — accomplish work
    выполнять р. на агрегате (работать с агрегатом) — perform work on unit
    зажимать р. в тисках — grip а job in the vice
    нарушать нормальную р. (агрегата, системы) — cause malfunction
    проводить р. на /с/... — work оп...

    Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > работа

  • 9 опитна работа

    experimental work
    experimental works

    Български-Angleščina политехнически речник > опитна работа

  • 10 experimentell

    Adj. experimental
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    experimental
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    ex|pe|ri|men|tẹll [EksperimEn'tɛl]
    1. adj
    experimental
    2. adv
    experimentally

    experimentell vorgehento work experimentally, to do experimental work

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    (of, or used for an experiment: experimental teaching methods.) experimental
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    ex·pe·ri·men·tell
    [eksperimɛnˈtɛl]
    I. adj experimental
    II. adv by [way of] experiment
    etw \experimentell nachweisen to prove sth by [way of] experiment
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    1.
    Adjektiv; nicht präd. experimental
    2.
    adverbial experimentally
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    experimentell adj experimental
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    1.
    Adjektiv; nicht präd. experimental
    2.
    adverbial experimentally
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    adj.
    experimental adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > experimentell

  • 11 del experimento

    (adj.) = experimental
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
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    (adj.) = experimental

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > del experimento

  • 12 describir

    v.
    1 to describe.
    Elsa describió el paisaje Elsa described the landscape.
    María describió sus experiencias Mary described her experiences.
    2 to explain, to demonstrate.
    Ricardo describe sus conclusiones Richard explains his conclusions.
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    (pp descrito,-a)
    1 to describe
    2 (trazar) to trace, describe
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    verb
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    VT to describe
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    verbo transitivo
    1) <paisaje/persona> to describe
    2) (frml) <línea/órbita> to trace, describe (frml)
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    = depict, describe, give + an account of, give + a portrait of, profile, render, portray, characterise [characterize, -USA], paint + a picture, chronicle, give + a picture, picture, detail, illustrate.
    Ex. Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex. This article gives some background information on markup systems and gives a brief account of the Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).
    Ex. This article gives a portrait of Varde public library, due to take possession of a new main library in then central town square.
    Ex. He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.
    Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex. Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.
    Ex. As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.
    Ex. The data paint a picture of a fragmented discipline.
    Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.
    Ex. The 1981 census data was used as a rough guide to give a picture of the area and to compile graphs from these statistics.
    Ex. In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.
    Ex. In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex. The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.
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    * describir a grandes rasgos = paint + a broad picture.
    * describir con palabras = describe + in words.
    * describir de forma general = outline.
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.
    * describir el desarrollo de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.
    * describir en líneas generales = outline.
    * describir erróneamente = mislabel.
    * describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].
    * describir una situación = depict + situation.
    * no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.
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    verbo transitivo
    1) <paisaje/persona> to describe
    2) (frml) <línea/órbita> to trace, describe (frml)
    * * *
    = depict, describe, give + an account of, give + a portrait of, profile, render, portray, characterise [characterize, -USA], paint + a picture, chronicle, give + a picture, picture, detail, illustrate.

    Ex: Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex: This article gives some background information on markup systems and gives a brief account of the Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).
    Ex: This article gives a portrait of Varde public library, due to take possession of a new main library in then central town square.
    Ex: He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.
    Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.
    Ex: Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.
    Ex: As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.
    Ex: The data paint a picture of a fragmented discipline.
    Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.
    Ex: The 1981 census data was used as a rough guide to give a picture of the area and to compile graphs from these statistics.
    Ex: In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.
    Ex: In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex: The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.
    * describir a grandes rasgos = paint + a broad picture.
    * describir con palabras = describe + in words.
    * describir de forma general = outline.
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.
    * describir el desarrollo de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.
    * describir en líneas generales = outline.
    * describir erróneamente = mislabel.
    * describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].
    * describir una situación = depict + situation.
    * no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.

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    vt
    A ‹paisaje/persona› to describe
    ¿me podría describir al ladrón? could you describe the thief for o to me?
    B ( frml); ‹línea/órbita› to trace, describe ( frml)
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    describir ( conjugate describir) verbo transitivo
    to describe
    describir verbo transitivo to describe
    ' describir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ancha
    - ancho
    - baja
    - bajo
    - bien
    - delgada
    - delgado
    - trazar
    - calificar
    - caracterizar
    - descrito
    - detalle
    English:
    curve
    - describe
    - notice
    - paint
    - portray
    - vividly
    - depict
    * * *
    1. [con palabras] to describe;
    descríbanos al individuo que la atacó describe the man who attacked you
    2. [trazar] [trayectoria, curva, órbita] to describe
    * * *
    <part descrito> v/t describe
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    describir {33} vt
    : to describe
    * * *
    describir vb to describe

    Spanish-English dictionary > describir

  • 13 Bacon, Francis Thomas

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 21 December 1904 Billericay, England
    d. 24 May 1992 Little Shelford, Cambridge, England
    [br]
    English mechanical engineer, a pioneer in the modern phase of fuel-cell development.
    [br]
    After receiving his education at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Bacon served with C.A. Parsons at Newcastle upon Tyne from 1925 to 1940. From 1946 to 1956 he carried out research on Hydrox fuel cells at Cambridge University and was a consultant on fuel-cell design to a number of organizations throughout the rest of his life.
    Sir William Grove was the first to observe that when oxygen and hydrogen were supplied to platinum electrodes immersed in sulphuric acid a current was produced in an external circuit, but he did not envisage this as a practical source of electrical energy. In the 1930s Bacon started work to develop a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell that operated at moderate temperatures and pressures using an alkaline electrolyte. In 1940 he was appointed to a post at King's College, London, and there, with the support of the Admiralty, he started full-time experimental work on fuel cells. His brief was to produce a power source for the propulsion of submarines. The following year he was posted as a temporary experimental officer to the Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment at Fairlie, Ayrshire, and he remained there until the end of the Second World War.
    In 1946 he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, receiving a small amount of money from the Electrical Research Association. Backing came six years later from the National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC), the development of the fuel cell being transferred to Marshalls of Cambridge, where Bacon was appointed Consultant.
    By 1959, after almost twenty years of individual effort, he was able to demonstrate a 6 kW (8 hp) power unit capable of driving a small truck. Bacon appreciated that when substantial power was required over long periods the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell associated with high-pressure gas storage would be more compact than conventional secondary batteries.
    The development of the fuel-cell system pioneered by Bacon was stimulated by a particular need for a compact, lightweight source of power in the United States space programme. Electro-chemical generators using hydrogen-oxygen cells were chosen to provide the main supplies on the Apollo spacecraft for landing on the surface of the moon in 1969. An added advantage of the cells was that they simultaneously provided water. NRDC was largely responsible for the forma-tion of Energy Conversion Ltd, a company that was set up to exploit Bacon's patents and to manufacture fuel cells, and which was supported by British Ropes Ltd, British Petroleum and Guest, Keen \& Nettlefold Ltd at Basingstoke. Bacon was their full-time consultant. In 1971 Energy Conversion's operation was moved to the UK Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, as Fuel Cells Ltd. Bacon remained with them until he retired in 1973.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    OBE 1967. FRS 1972. Royal Society S.G. Brown Medal 1965. Royal Aeronautical Society British Silver Medal 1969.
    Bibliography
    27 February 1952, British patent no. 667,298 (hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell). 1963, contribution in W.Mitchell (ed.), Fuel Cells, New York, pp. 130–92.
    1965, contribution in B.S.Baker (ed.), Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell Technology, New York, pp. 1–7.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1992, Daily Telegraph (8 June).
    A.McDougal, 1976, Fuel Cells, London (makes an acknowledgement of Bacon's contribution to the design and application of fuel cells).
    D.P.Gregory, 1972, Fuel Cells, London (a concise introduction to fuel-cell technology).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Bacon, Francis Thomas

  • 14 adecuado

    adj.
    adequate, appropriate, becoming, apt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: adecuar.
    * * *
    1→ link=adecuar adecuar
    1 adequate, suitable, appropriate
    * * *
    (f. - adecuada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=apropiado) [actitud, respuesta, ropa, tratamiento] appropriate; [documento, requisito] appropriate, relevant

    lo más adecuado sería... — the best thing o the most appropriate thing would be to...

    2) (=acorde)

    adecuado a algo: un precio adecuado a mis posibilidades — a price within my budget o reach

    3) (=suficiente) [dinero, tiempo] sufficient
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( apropiado)
    b) ( aceptable) adequate
    * * *
    = adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.
    Ex. There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex. By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.
    Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.
    Ex. The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.
    Ex. Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.
    Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex. If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.
    Ex. And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.
    Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex. The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.
    Ex. That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.
    Ex. With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.
    Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex. I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.
    Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.
    Ex. Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.
    Ex. I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.
    Ex. Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    Ex. Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.
    ----
    * adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.
    * considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.
    * creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.
    * de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * el más adecuado = ideally suited.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en el momento adecuado = at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * lo adecuado = adequacy.
    * no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.
    * poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.
    * prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.
    * proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.
    * ser adecuado = be right, stand up.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( apropiado)
    b) ( aceptable) adequate
    * * *
    = adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.

    Ex: There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex: By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.
    Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.
    Ex: The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.
    Ex: Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.
    Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex: If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.
    Ex: And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.
    Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.
    Ex: That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.
    Ex: With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.
    Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex: I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.
    Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.
    Ex: Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.
    Ex: I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.
    Ex: Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    Ex: Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.
    * adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.
    * considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.
    * creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.
    * de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * el más adecuado = ideally suited.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en el momento adecuado = at the right time.
    * estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.
    * lo adecuado = adequacy.
    * no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.
    * poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.
    * prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.
    * proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.
    * ser adecuado = be right, stand up.

    * * *
    1
    (apropiado): me parece poco adecuado para una ocasión así I don't think it is very suitable for such an occasion
    es la persona más adecuada para este trabajo she is the best person o the most suitable person for the job o to do the job
    éste no es el momento adecuado this is not the right moment
    no disponemos de los medios adecuados para realizar el trabajo we do not have adequate o the necessary resources to carry out the work
    2 (aceptable) adequate
    * * *

     

    Del verbo adecuar: ( conjugate adecuar)

    adecuado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    adecuado    
    adecuar
    adecuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( apropiado) ‹vestido/regalo suitable;

    momento right;
    medios adequate;


    adecuar ( conjugate adecuar) verbo transitivo adecuado algo a algo to adapt sth to sth
    adecuado,-a adjetivo appropriate, suitable
    adecuar verbo transitivo to adapt
    ' adecuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adecuada
    - aparente
    - apta
    - apto
    - corresponder
    - distribuir
    - encontrar
    - justa
    - justo
    - microclima
    - momento
    - pertinente
    - propia
    - propio
    - bien
    - indicado
    - planteamiento
    English:
    adequate
    - appropriate
    - beginner
    - due
    - fit
    - fitting
    - proper
    - suitable
    - undue
    - unsuitable
    - right
    - suited
    * * *
    adecuado, -a adj
    appropriate, suitable;
    muchos niños no reciben una alimentación adecuada many children do not have a proper diet;
    ponte un traje adecuado para la ceremonia wear something suitable for the ceremony;
    no es un hombre adecuado para ella he's not the right sort of man for her;
    el sistema actual no es el adecuado the current system isn't the right one;
    no creo que este sea el lugar más adecuado para discutir del tema I don't think this is the best o right place to discuss the matter;
    repartieron los fondos de forma adecuada they shared out the funds appropriately
    * * *
    adj suitable, appropriate
    * * *
    adecuado, -da adj
    1) idóneo: suitable, appropriate
    2) : adequate
    * * *
    adecuado adj right / suitable

    Spanish-English dictionary > adecuado

  • 15 tema

    m.
    1 subject (asunto).
    cambiar de tema to change the subject
    temas de actualidad current affairs
    tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation
    3 theme (Music).
    4 obsession, mania.
    5 musical track, track.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: temer.
    * * *
    1 (de discurso, escrito, etc) topic, subject, theme
    2 (de examen) subject
    3 MÚSICA theme
    4 GRAMÁTICA root, stem, theme
    \
    atenerse al tema to keep/stick to the point
    cada loco con su tema familiar everyone has his hobbyhorse
    salir(se) del tema to go off at a tangent, get sidetracked
    tema de actualidad current news item, current topic of interest
    * * *
    noun m.
    theme, topic
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=asunto) subject

    el tema de su discursothe subject o theme of his speech

    pasar del tema *, -¿qué piensas de las elecciones? -paso del tema — "what do you think about the elections?" - "I couldn't care less about them" *

    2) (Ling) [de palabra] stem; [de oración] theme
    3) (Mús) theme
    * * *
    1)
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme
    2) (Ling) stem
    * * *
    = subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.
    Ex. What is a subject?.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.
    Ex. And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.
    Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    Ex. This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    ----
    * analizar un tema = explore + theme.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.
    * cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.
    * centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.
    * clasificado por temas = classified.
    * de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * establecer el tema = set + the theme.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * número de tema = thematic index number.
    * organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.
    * por temas = topically.
    * profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.
    * que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.
    * sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.
    * tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.
    * tema central = motif.
    * tema clave = key area.
    * tema común = common thread.
    * tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.
    * tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * tema de conversación = talking point.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.
    * tema de estudio = study area, under study.
    * tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.
    * tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.
    * tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * tema de preocupación = issue of concern.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.
    * temas africanos = Africana.
    * temas de actualidad = current affairs.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * temas de interés particular = particular concerns.
    * tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema tratado = aboutness.
    * tocar un tema = touch on + a point.
    * tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.
    * tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.
    * tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme
    2) (Ling) stem
    * * *
    = subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

    Ex: What is a subject?.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.
    Ex: And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.
    Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    Ex: This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.
    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    * analizar un tema = explore + theme.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.
    * cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.
    * centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.
    * clasificado por temas = classified.
    * de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * establecer el tema = set + the theme.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * número de tema = thematic index number.
    * organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.
    * por temas = topically.
    * profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.
    * que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.
    * sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.
    * tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.
    * tema central = motif.
    * tema clave = key area.
    * tema común = common thread.
    * tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.
    * tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * tema de conversación = talking point.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.
    * tema de estudio = study area, under study.
    * tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.
    * tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.
    * tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * tema de preocupación = issue of concern.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.
    * temas africanos = Africana.
    * temas de actualidad = current affairs.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * temas de interés particular = particular concerns.
    * tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema tratado = aboutness.
    * tocar un tema = touch on + a point.
    * tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.
    * tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.
    * tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

    * * *
    A
    1 (asunto, materia) subject
    ¿no tienes otro tema de conversación? don't you ever talk about anything else?
    nos estamos alejando del tema we're getting off the subject o point
    procuren ceñirse al tema del debate please try to keep to the point o subject o topic of the discussion
    en el programa se tratan temas de actualidad the program deals with current issues
    el tema de la novela the subject matter of the novel
    hay que preparar 20 temas para el examen you have to prepare 20 subjects o topics for the exam
    2 ( Art, Mús) (motivo) theme
    el tema central de la película the central theme of the film
    B ( Ling) stem
    * * *

     

    Del verbo temer: ( conjugate temer)

    tema es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    tema    
    temer
    tema sustantivo masculino
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter;

    (de conferencia, composición) topic;
    ( de examen) subject;
    (Art, Cin, Lit) subject;

    tema de conversación topic of conversation;
    cambiar de tema to change the subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

    temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivocastigo/reacción to fear, dread;
    persona to be afraid of;

    temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
    verbo intransitivo
    to be afraid;
    no temas don't be afraid
    temerse verbo pronominal


    me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right


    tema sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un libro, una conversación) subject, topic: no cambies de tema, don't change the subject
    2 (de una tesis, clase, conferencia) topic: no me preparé ese tema, I haven't studied that subject
    nos dio una conferencia sobre el tema, he gave us a lecture on the topic
    3 Mús theme
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar (cada uno a lo suyo) cada loco con su tema, each to his/her own
    temer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
    sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
    2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
    II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
    ' tema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    - acotar
    - adentrarse
    - ahondar
    - apartarse
    - braga
    - capítulo
    - ceñirse
    - circunscribirse
    - concretar
    - desviarse
    - empaparse
    - en
    - enfoque
    - enjuiciar
    - enjundia
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - ilustrar
    - jota
    - liosa
    - lioso
    - materia
    - oscuras
    - palpitante
    - particular
    - poca
    - poco
    - rehuir
    - repasar
    - soslayo
    - trabajo
    - actualidad
    - apartar
    - apasionante
    - apasionar
    - cambiar
    - candente
    - ceñir
    - conflictivo
    - conocer
    - controvertido
    - cuanto
    - cuestión
    - dar
    - delicado
    - desarrollar
    - desviar
    - discusión
    - divagar
    English:
    about
    - affair
    - agenda
    - anyhow
    - bring forward
    - bring up
    - central
    - change
    - depart
    - dominant
    - enlarge
    - euthanasia
    - get off
    - get on to
    - get onto
    - go off
    - hobbyhorse
    - ignorance
    - issue
    - motif
    - point
    - stray
    - subject
    - switch
    - talking point
    - theme
    - topic
    - touch on
    - touchy
    - bearing
    - drop
    - get
    - go
    - matter
    - side
    - sore
    - talking
    - track
    - turn
    - whichever
    - wrong
    * * *
    tema nm
    1. [asunto] subject;
    será mejor no sacar/tocar ese tema it would be best not to bring up that subject;
    ¿de qué tema quieres que hablemos? what do you want to talk about?;
    el tema de la película son las drogas the film deals with drugs;
    alejarse o [m5] salirse del tema to wander off the subject;
    cambiar de tema to change the subject;
    Fam
    el tema es que necesita ayuda the fact of the matter is she needs help
    temas de actualidad current affairs;
    tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation;
    tema espinoso thorny issue
    2. [lección, unidad] topic;
    en el examen entran cinco temas the exam covers five topics
    3. [canción] track, song;
    una versión de un viejo tema a cover of an old song
    4. Mús [melodía básica] theme;
    el tema principal de la suite the main theme of the suite
    5. Ling theme
    * * *
    m de conversación subject, topic; MÚS, de novela theme
    * * *
    tema nm
    1) asunto: theme, topic, subject
    2) motivo: motif, central theme
    * * *
    tema n
    1. (en general) subject
    2. (canción) song

    Spanish-English dictionary > tema

  • 16 apropiado

    adj.
    1 appropriate, convenient, apt, fit.
    2 appropriate, correct.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: apropiar.
    * * *
    1→ link=apropiar apropiar
    1 suitable, fitting, appropriate
    * * *
    (f. - apropiada)
    adj.
    appropriate, suitable
    * * *
    suitable ( para for)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo suitable
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, apt, convenient, felicitous, fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, right, fitting, fertile, commensurate, rightful, seemly, accommodating, timely, beffiting.
    Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex. By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.
    Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex. That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.
    Ex. With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.
    Ex. The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex. There is no doubt that these reforms have produced a fertile climate for the development of better information for patients.
    Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.
    Ex. Use of a library is a minority event since only a small segment of rightful users of a library really makes use of it.
    Ex. They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex. Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.
    Ex. I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.
    Ex. Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.
    ----
    * apropiado para = well suited to/for.
    * considerar apropiado = consider + appropriate.
    * de forma apropiada = fitly, appropriately.
    * de modo apropiado = appropriately.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly.
    * lo apropiado = appropriateness.
    * momento apropiado para el aprendizaje, el = teachable moment, the.
    * no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.
    * poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.
    * ser apropiado = be right.
    * vestimenta apropiada para la lluvia = raingear.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo suitable
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, apt, convenient, felicitous, fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, right, fitting, fertile, commensurate, rightful, seemly, accommodating, timely, beffiting.

    Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex: By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.
    Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex: That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.
    Ex: With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.
    Ex: The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex: There is no doubt that these reforms have produced a fertile climate for the development of better information for patients.
    Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.
    Ex: Use of a library is a minority event since only a small segment of rightful users of a library really makes use of it.
    Ex: They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex: Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.
    Ex: I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.
    Ex: Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.
    * apropiado para = well suited to/for.
    * considerar apropiado = consider + appropriate.
    * de forma apropiada = fitly, appropriately.
    * de modo apropiado = appropriately.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly.
    * lo apropiado = appropriateness.
    * momento apropiado para el aprendizaje, el = teachable moment, the.
    * no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.
    * poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.
    * ser apropiado = be right.
    * vestimenta apropiada para la lluvia = raingear.

    * * *
    suitable
    llevaba un vestido muy poco apropiado para una boda the dress she was wearing was very inappropriate o unsuitable for a wedding
    el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión the speech was very fitting for the occasion
    la persona apropiada para el cargo the right person o a suitable person for the job
    este libro no es apropiado para tu edad this book is unsuitable for someone of your age
    ¡podrías haber elegido un momento más apropiado! you could have chosen a better o ( frml) more appropriate time
    * * *

     

    Del verbo apropiar: ( conjugate apropiar)

    apropiado es:

    el participio

    apropiado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    suitable;
    el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión the speech was very fitting for the occasion;
    no era el momento apropiado it wasn't the right moment
    apropiado,-a adjetivo suitable, appropriate

    ' apropiado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apropiada
    - digna
    - digno
    - vestir
    - adecuado
    - debido
    - recomendado
    English:
    appropriate
    - apt
    - becoming
    - dishwasherproof
    - fitting
    - happy
    - inappropriate
    - right
    - suit
    - suitability
    - suitable
    - suited
    - become
    - proper
    - unsuitable
    - where
    * * *
    apropiado, -a adj
    suitable, appropriate;
    su comportamiento no fue muy apropiado his behaviour was rather inappropriate;
    estos zapatos no son apropiados para la playa these shoes aren't very suitable for the beach;
    no es la persona apropiada para el puesto he's not the right person for the job
    * * *
    adj appropriate, suitable
    * * *
    apropiado, -da adj
    : appropriate, proper, suitable
    * * *
    apropiado adj appropriate / suitable

    Spanish-English dictionary > apropiado

  • 17 oportuno

    adj.
    1 opportune, heaven-sent, expedient, timely.
    Una oferta oportuna A seasonable offer.
    2 opportune, felicitous.
    * * *
    1 (a tiempo) opportune, timely
    2 (conveniente) appropriate
    3 (ingenioso) witty, sharp
    * * *
    (f. - oportuna)
    adj.
    opportune, timely
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ocasión] opportune

    en el momento oportuno — at an opportune moment, at the right moment

    su llamada no pudo ser más oportuna — his call could not have come at a better moment, his call could not have been better timed

    2) (=pertinente) appropriate
    3) [persona]

    ¡ella siempre tan oportuna! — iró you can always rely on her!

    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <visita/lluvia> timely, opportune
    b) ( conveniente) appropriate
    c) < respuesta> appropriate

    tú siempre tan oportuno! — (iró) you can always be relied upon to put your foot in it

    * * *
    = adequate, apposite, appropriate, felicitous, timely, salutary, salutary, opportune, expedient.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.
    Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex. The State, as producer, is deficient in producing sufficient copies to meet demand, ensuring timely distribution, and providing efficient bibliographic control.
    Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex. At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.
    Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    ----
    * considerar oportuno = consider + appropriate.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.
    * estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.
    * lo oportuno = timeliness.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <visita/lluvia> timely, opportune
    b) ( conveniente) appropriate
    c) < respuesta> appropriate

    tú siempre tan oportuno! — (iró) you can always be relied upon to put your foot in it

    * * *
    = adequate, apposite, appropriate, felicitous, timely, salutary, salutary, opportune, expedient.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

    Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.
    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.
    Ex: The State, as producer, is deficient in producing sufficient copies to meet demand, ensuring timely distribution, and providing efficient bibliographic control.
    Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex: At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.
    Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    * considerar oportuno = consider + appropriate.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.
    * estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.
    * lo oportuno = timeliness.

    * * *
    1 ‹momento/visita/lluvia› timely, opportune
    llegó en el momento oportuno she arrived at just the right moment o at a very opportune moment
    2 (indicado, conveniente) appropriate
    se tomarán las medidas que se estimen or consideren oportunas appropriate measures will be taken
    señaló que se llevarían a cabo las investigaciones oportunas she indicated that the appropriate o necessary investigation would be carried out
    sería oportuno avisarle we ought to inform her
    3 ‹respuesta› appropriate
    estuvo muy oportuno en el debate what he said in the debate was very much to the point
    ¡vaya, hombre, tú siempre tan oportuno! ( iró); you can always be relied upon to show up at the wrong time/to put your foot in it
    * * *

     

    oportuno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a)visita/lluvia timely, opportune;


    b)medida/respuesta appropriate;


    estuvo muy oportuno what he said was very much to the point
    oportuno,-a adjetivo
    1 (momento, acción) timely
    un gol muy oportuno, a timely goal
    2 (persona, comentario, medidas) appropriate: no creo que sea oportuno llamarle, I don't think it is appropriate to phone him
    irón ¡tú siempre tan oportuno!, trust you to say something tactless!
    ' oportuno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cielo
    - oportuna
    - pertinente
    - ocasión
    - oportunidad
    - providencial
    - tiempo
    English:
    acceptable
    - appropriate
    - apt
    - convenient
    - expedient
    - good
    - happy
    - inopportune
    - opportune
    - pop up
    - right
    - ripe
    - timely
    - timing
    - well
    - bide
    - wrong
    * * *
    oportuno, -a adj
    1. [pertinente] appropriate;
    me pareció oportuno callarme I thought it best to say nothing
    2. [propicio] timely, opportune;
    el momento oportuno the right time;
    en el momento menos oportuno at the very worst time o moment;
    su llegada fue muy oportuna she arrived at an opportune moment;
    se lo diré cuando sea oportuno I'll tell him in due course o when the time is right;
    Irónico
    ¡ella siempre tan oportuna! she really chooses her moments
    3. [agudo] sharp, acute;
    has estado muy oportuno al contestarle así it was very sharp of you to answer him like that
    * * *
    adj
    1 timely; momento opportune
    2 respuesta, medida suitable, appropriate
    * * *
    oportuno, -na adj
    1) : opportune, timely
    2) : suitable, appropriate
    * * *
    1. (en buena hora) timely
    2. (conveniente) appropriate

    Spanish-English dictionary > oportuno

  • 18 pertinente

    adj.
    1 appropriate (adecuado).
    se tomarán las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures will be taken
    si lo consideras pertinente, llámale telephone him if you think it's necessary
    2 relevant, pertinent (relativo).
    ya he enviado todos los documentos pertinentes a la beca I have already sent off all the forms relating to the grant
    * * *
    1 (oportuno) appropriate
    2 (relevante) pertinent, relevant
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=relevante) relevant, pertinent; (=adecuado) appropriate
    2)

    en lo pertinente a libros — as regards books, as far as books are concerned

    * * *
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) < medida> appropriate

    es pertinente recordar que... — one should bear in mind that...

    b) ( relevante) <observación/comentario> relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, pertinent, relevant, responsive, apropos, need oriented, germane, fit for purpose.
    Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex. An organisation engaged in the preparation of abstracts for some information tool cannot realistically hope to compile an abstract for every document that is pertinent to the topic that aims to cover.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. This catalog would then present a much more revealing, helpful, and responsive picture to the actual needs of the library user than the finding catalog.
    Ex. The beauty the low-brow reader finds in an apropos use of a familiar expression may be as satisfying to him as the high-brow's appreciation of Proustian style.
    Ex. Based on findings, some important observations relating to the functioning of the library were made to make its services more need oriented.
    Ex. The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.
    Ex. Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    ----
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * considerar pertinente = consider + appropriate.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * hacer que algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.
    * muy pertinente para = central to.
    * pertinente a la recuperación = retrieval-related.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * ser pertinente = apply, be in order, commend + Reflexivo + for + situation, be to the point.
    * si fuera pertinente = if applicable.
    * si fuese pertinente = if applicable.
    * * *
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) < medida> appropriate

    es pertinente recordar que... — one should bear in mind that...

    b) ( relevante) <observación/comentario> relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, pertinent, relevant, responsive, apropos, need oriented, germane, fit for purpose.

    Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex: An organisation engaged in the preparation of abstracts for some information tool cannot realistically hope to compile an abstract for every document that is pertinent to the topic that aims to cover.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: This catalog would then present a much more revealing, helpful, and responsive picture to the actual needs of the library user than the finding catalog.
    Ex: The beauty the low-brow reader finds in an apropos use of a familiar expression may be as satisfying to him as the high-brow's appreciation of Proustian style.
    Ex: Based on findings, some important observations relating to the functioning of the library were made to make its services more need oriented.
    Ex: The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.
    Ex: Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * considerar pertinente = consider + appropriate.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * hacer que algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.
    * muy pertinente para = central to.
    * pertinente a la recuperación = retrieval-related.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * ser pertinente = apply, be in order, commend + Reflexivo + for + situation, be to the point.
    * si fuera pertinente = if applicable.
    * si fuese pertinente = if applicable.

    * * *
    1 (oportuno, adecuado) appropriate
    considero pertinente señalar que … I consider it pertinent o appropriate to point out that …
    es pertinente recordar que … it is worth remembering that …, one should bear in mind that …
    las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures
    2 (relevante) relevant, pertinent
    considero que su observación no es pertinente I do not consider his remark to be pertinent o relevant, I consider his remark irrelevant
    * * *

     

    pertinente adjetivo
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) ‹ medida appropriate

    b) ( relevante) ‹observación/comentario relevant, pertinent

    pertinente adjetivo
    1 (relevante) pertinent, relevant
    2 (adecuado, oportuno) appropriate
    ' pertinente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    proceder
    - procedente
    - correspondiente
    English:
    applicable
    - apply
    - apt
    - irrelevant
    - pertinent
    - relevant
    - see
    * * *
    1. [adecuado] appropriate;
    se tomarán las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures will be taken;
    si lo consideras pertinente, llámale telephone him if you think it's necessary
    2. [relativo] relevant, pertinent;
    ya he enviado todos los documentos pertinentes a la beca I have already sent off all the forms relating to the grant
    * * *
    adj relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    1. (oportuno) appropriate
    2. (relevante) relevant

    Spanish-English dictionary > pertinente

  • 19 Preece, Sir William Henry

    [br]
    b. 15 February 1834 Bryn Helen, Gwynedd, Wales
    d. 6 November 1913 Penrhos, Gwynedd, Wales
    [br]
    Welsh electrical engineer who greatly furthered the development and use of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Britain, dominating British Post Office engineering during the last two decades of the nineteenth century.
    [br]
    After education at King's College, London, in 1852 Preece entered the office of Edwin Clark with the intention of becoming a civil engineer, but graduate studies at the Royal Institution under Faraday fired his enthusiasm for things electrical. His earliest work, as connected with telegraphy and in particular its application for securing the safe working of railways; in 1853 he obtained an appointment with the Electric and National Telegraph Company. In 1856 he became Superintendent of that company's southern district, but four years later he moved to telegraph work with the London and South West Railway. From 1858 to 1862 he was also Engineer to the Channel Islands Telegraph Company. When the various telegraph companies in Britain were transferred to the State in 1870, Preece became a Divisional Engineer in the General Post Office (GPO). Promotion followed in 1877, when he was appointed Chief Electrician to the Post Office. One of the first specimens of Bell's telephone was brought to England by Preece and exhibited at the British Association meeting in 1877. From 1892 to 1899 he served as Engineer-in-Chief to the Post Office. During this time he made a number of important contributions to telegraphy, including the use of water as part of telegraph circuits across the Solent (1882) and the Bristol Channel (1888). He also discovered the existence of inductive effects between parallel wires, and with Fleming showed that a current (thermionic) flowed between the hot filament and a cold conductor in an incandescent lamp.
    Preece was distinguished by his administrative ability, some scientific insight, considerable engineering intuition and immense energy. He held erroneous views about telephone transmission and, not accepting the work of Oliver Heaviside, made many errors when planning trunk circuits. Prior to the successful use of Hertzian waves for wireless communication Preece carried out experiments, often on a large scale, in attempts at wireless communication by inductive methods. These became of historic interest only when the work of Maxwell and Hertz was developed by Guglielmo Marconi. It is to Preece that credit should be given for encouraging Marconi in 1896 and collaborating with him in his early experimental work on radio telegraphy.
    While still employed by the Post Office, Preece contributed to the development of numerous early public electricity schemes, acting as Consultant and often supervising their construction. At Worcester he was responsible for Britain's largest nineteenth-century public hydro-electric station. He received a knighthood on his retirement in 1899, after which he continued his consulting practice in association with his two sons and Major Philip Cardew. Preece contributed some 136 papers and printed lectures to scientific journals, ninety-nine during the period 1877 to 1894.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    CB 1894. Knighted (KCB) 1899. FRS 1881. President, Society of Telegraph Engineers, 1880. President, Institution of Electrical Engineers 1880, 1893. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1898–9. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1901–2.
    Bibliography
    Preece produced numerous papers on telegraphy and telephony that were presented as Royal Institution Lectures (see Royal Institution Library of Science, 1974) or as British Association reports.
    1862–3, "Railway telegraphs and the application of electricity to the signaling and working of trains", Proceedings of the ICE 22:167–93.
    Eleven editions of Telegraphy (with J.Sivewright), London, 1870, were published by 1895.
    1883, "Molecular radiation in incandescent lamps", Proceedings of the Physical Society 5: 283.
    1885. "Molecular shadows in incandescent lamps". Proceedings of the Physical Society 7: 178.
    1886. "Electric induction between wires and wires", British Association Report. 1889, with J.Maier, The Telephone.
    1894, "Electric signalling without wires", RSA Journal.
    Further Reading
    J.J.Fahie, 1899, History of Wireless Telegraphy 1838–1899, Edinburgh: Blackwood. E.Hawkes, 1927, Pioneers of Wireless, London: Methuen.
    E.C.Baker, 1976, Sir William Preece, F.R.S. Victorian Engineer Extraordinary, London (a detailed biography with an appended list of his patents, principal lectures and publications).
    D.G.Tucker, 1981–2, "Sir William Preece (1834–1913)", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 53:119–36 (a critical review with a summary of his consultancies).
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  • 20 Szilard, Leo

    SUBJECT AREA: Weapons and armour
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    b. 11 February 1898 Budapest, Hungary
    d. 30 May 1964 La Jolla, California, USA
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    Hungarian (naturalized American in 1943) nuclear-and biophysicist.
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    The son of an engineer, Szilard, after service in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, studied electrical engineering at the University of Berlin. Obtaining his doctorate there in 1922, he joined the faculty and concentrated his studies on thermodynamics. He later began to develop an interest in nuclear physics, and in 1933, shortly after Hitler came to power, Szilard emigrated to Britain because of his Jewish heritage.
    In 1934 he conceived the idea of a nuclear chain reaction through the breakdown of beryllium into helium and took out a British patent on it, but later realized that this process would not work. In 1937 he moved to the USA and continued his research at the University of Columbia, and the following year Hahn and Meitner discovered nuclear fission with uranium; this gave Szilard the breakthrough he needed. In 1939 he realized that a nuclear chain reaction could be produced through nuclear fission and that a weapon with many times the destructive power of the conventional high-explosive bomb could be produced. Only too aware of the progress being made by German nuclear scientists, he believed that it was essential that the USA should create an atomic bomb before Hitler. Consequently he drafted a letter to President Roosevelt that summer and, with two fellow Hungarian émigrés, persuaded Albert Einstein to sign it. The result was the setting up of the Uranium Committee.
    It was not, however, until December 1941 that active steps began to be taken to produce such a weapon and it was a further nine months before the project was properly co-ordinated under the umbrella of the Manhattan Project. In the meantime, Szilard moved to join Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago and it was here, at the end of 1942, in a squash court under the football stadium, that they successfully developed the world's first self-sustaining nuclear reactor. Szilard, who became an American citizen in 1943, continued to work on the Manhattan Project. In 1945, however, when the Western Allies began to believe that only the atomic bomb could bring the war against Japan to an end, Szilard and a number of other Manhattan Project scientists objected that it would be immoral to use it against populated targets.
    Although he would continue to campaign against nuclear warfare for the rest of his life, Szilard now abandoned nuclear research. In 1946 he became Professor of Biophysics at the University of Chicago and devoted himself to experimental work on bacterial mutations and biochemical mechanisms, as well as theoretical research on ageing and memory.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Atoms for Peace award 1959.
    Further Reading
    Kosta Tsipis, 1985, Understanding Nuclear Weapons, London: Wildwood House, pp. 16–19, 26, 28, 32 (a brief account of his work on the atomic bomb).
    A collection of his correspondence and memories was brought out by Spencer Weart and Gertrud W.Szilard in 1978.
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    Biographical history of technology > Szilard, Leo

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