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  • 81 caer en desuso

    to fall into disuse
    * * *
    (v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion
    Ex. However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.
    Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.
    Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    Ex. The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.
    Ex. The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.
    Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex. The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex. The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.
    Ex. These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex. To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.
    Ex. It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    * * *
    (v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion

    Ex: However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.

    Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.
    Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    Ex: The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.
    Ex: The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.
    Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex: The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex: The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.
    Ex: These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex: To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.
    Ex: It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > caer en desuso

  • 82 vasco

    adj.
    Basque.
    m.
    1 Basque.
    2 Basque language, Basque, Euskera, Euskara.
    * * *
    1 Basque
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Basque
    1 (idioma) Basque
    \
    País Vasco Basque Country
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Basque
    * * *
    vasco, -a
    1.
    ADJ Basque
    2.
    SM/ F Basque
    3.
    SM (Ling) Basque
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino Basque
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Basque
    •• Cultural note:
    or vascuence &rarrow; euskera
    * * *
    = Basque.
    Ex. It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino Basque
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Basque
    •• Cultural note:
    or vascuence &rarrow; euskera
    * * *

    Ex: It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).

    * * *
    vasco1 -ca
    Basque
    vasco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    euskera (↑ euskera a1)
    1 (persona) Basque
    2
    * * *

    vasco 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    Basque
    vasco 2 sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Basque
    vasco,-a
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Basque
    País Vasco, Basque Country
    II m (idioma) Basque

    ' vasco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ETA
    - país
    - vasca
    - pueblo
    English:
    Basque
    - Basque Country
    - for
    - question
    - so
    * * *
    vasco, -a
    ♦ adj
    Basque
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Basque
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Basque
    * * *
    I adj Basque;
    País Vasco Basque country
    II m idioma Basque
    III m, vasca f Basque
    * * *
    vasco, -ca adj & n
    : Basque
    vasco nm
    : Basque (language)
    * * *
    vasco adj n Basque

    Spanish-English dictionary > vasco

  • 83 Usage note : it

    When it is used as a subject pronoun to refer to a specific object (or animal) il or elle is used in French according to the gender of the object referred to:
    ‘where is the book/chair?’ ‘it’s in the kitchen’
    = ‘où est le livre/la chaise?’ ‘il/elle est dans la cuisine’
    ‘do you like my skirt?’ ‘it’s lovely’
    = ‘est-ce que tu aimes ma jupe?’ ‘elle est très jolie’
    However, if the object referred to is named in the same sentence, it is translated by ce (c’ before a vowel):
    it’s a good film
    = c’est un bon film
    When it is used as an object pronoun it is translated by le or la (l’ before a vowel) according to the gender of the object referred to:
    it’s my book/my chair and I want it
    = c’est mon livre/ma chaise et je le/la veux
    Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French and that in compound tenses like the perfect and the past perfect, the past participle agrees with it:
    I liked his shirt - did you notice it?
    = j’ai aimé sa chemise - est-ce que tu l’as remarquée? or l’as-tu remarquée?
    In imperatives only, the pronoun comes after the verb:
    it’s my book - give it to me
    = c’est mon livre - donne-le-moi (note the hyphens)
    When it is used vaguely or impersonally followed by an adjective the translation is ce (c’ before a vowel):
    it’s difficult
    = c’est difficile
    it’s sad
    = c’est triste
    But when it is used impersonally followed by an adjective + verb the translation is il:
    it’s difficult to understand how…
    = il est difficile de comprendre comment …
    If in doubt consult the entry for the adjective in question.
    For translations for impersonal verb uses (it’s raining, it’s snowing) consult the entry for the verb in question.
    it is used in expressions of days of the week (it’s Friday) and clock time (it’s 5 o’clock). This dictionary contains usage notes on these and many other topics. For other impersonal and idiomatic uses see the entry it.
    When it is used after a preposition in English the two words (prep + it) are often translated by one word in French. If the preposition would normally be translated by de in French (e.g. of, about, from etc.) the prep + it = en:
    I’ve heard about it
    = j’en ai entendu parler
    If the preposition would normally be translated by à in French (e.g. to, in, at etc.) the prep + it = y:
    they went to it
    = ils y sont allés
    For translations of it following prepositions not normally translated by de or à (e.g. above, under, over etc.) consult the entry for the preposition.

    Big English-French dictionary > Usage note : it

  • 84 digitalizar

    v.
    1 to digitize (computing).
    2 to digitalize, to digitate, to treat with the glycoside digoxin using digitalis in just-below-toxic quantities.
    * * *
    1 to digitize
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to digitize, digitalize
    * * *
    = digitise [digitize, -USA], digitalise [digitalize, -USA], OCR.
    Ex. The cartridge moves horizontally back and forth across a document and a scanning head digitises the document.
    Ex. Source documents are digitalised, i.e. converted to computer readable form,, either as text or as facsimile.
    Ex. 500 books in English, German, French and Italian are scanned into images and OCR-ed to digital text.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to digitize, digitalize
    * * *
    = digitise [digitize, -USA], digitalise [digitalize, -USA], OCR.

    Ex: The cartridge moves horizontally back and forth across a document and a scanning head digitises the document.

    Ex: Source documents are digitalised, i.e. converted to computer readable form,, either as text or as facsimile.
    Ex: 500 books in English, German, French and Italian are scanned into images and OCR-ed to digital text.

    * * *
    vt
    to digitize, digitalize
    cuadro de mandos digitalizado digital instrument panel
    * * *

    digitalizar vtr Inform digitize, digitalize
    * * *
    Informát to digitize
    * * *
    v/t INFOR digitalize

    Spanish-English dictionary > digitalizar

  • 85 bretón

    adj.
    Breton.
    m.
    1 Breton, inhabitant of Brittany, native or inhabitant of Brittany.
    2 Breton, Breton language, Celtic language spoken in Brittany.
    3 brussel sprout.
    * * *
    1 Breton
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Breton
    1 (idioma) Breton
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Breton
    * * *
    bretón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ SM / F Breton
    2. SM
    1) (Ling) Breton
    2) pl bretones (=coles) Brussels sprouts
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo/masculino, femenino Breton
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Breton
    * * *
    = Breton.
    Ex. It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo/masculino, femenino Breton
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Breton
    * * *

    Ex: It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).

    * * *
    Breton
    masculine, feminine
    1 (persona) Breton
    2
    * * *

    bretón 1
    ◊ - tona adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    Breton
    bretón 2 sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Breton

    * * *
    bretón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    Breton
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Breton
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Breton

    Spanish-English dictionary > bretón

  • 86 frisio

    1 Friesian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Friesian
    1 (idioma) Friesian
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Friesian
    * * *
    Ex. It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).
    * * *

    Ex: It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).

    Spanish-English dictionary > frisio

  • 87 gaélico escocés

    (adj.) = Scots Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
    Ex. It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).
    Ex. Steps were taken in the late 1960s to achieve a Scottish Gaelic union catalogue to include works held outside Scotland.
    * * *
    (adj.) = Scots Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic

    Ex: It is at present functioning in twelve languages (Welsh, Irish, Breton, Basque, English, French and Spanish, Scots Gaelic, Italian, Slovene, Frisian and Dutch).

    Ex: Steps were taken in the late 1960s to achieve a Scottish Gaelic union catalogue to include works held outside Scotland.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gaélico escocés

  • 88 y

    conj.
    1 and.
    un ordenador y una impresora a computer and a printer
    horas y horas de espera hours and hours of waiting
    2 what about.
    ¿y tu mujer? what about your wife?
    m.
    y, letter y.
    * * *
    y
    1 and
    ■ ¡y no chilles! and don't shout!
    2 (hora) past
    3 (en pregunta) what about
    ■ ¿y Pepe, se viene? what about Pepe, is he coming?
    ■ veces y veces time after time, time and time again
    \
    y eso que even though
    ■ no lo encontré, y eso que lo busqué en todas partes I couldn't find it even though I looked everywhere for it
    ■ me asusté, y eso que yo no soy miedoso it gave me a fright, and I'm not easily frightened, you know
    ¿y (qué)? so (what)?
    ¿y si... ? what if... ?
    ¡y tanto! you bet!, and how! Table 1 NOTA See also e/Table 1
    * * *
    conj.
    * * *
    [i'ɣrjeɣa]
    = y SF (=letra) Y, y
    * * *
    y femenino ( read as [i 'ɤrjeɤa, je] or (RPl) [ʒe]) the letter Y, y
    * * *
    = and (&), AND, as well as, both... and....
    Ex. These became known as community information services or, more commonly, as Information and Referral (I&R) services.
    Ex. The Boolean logic operator AND retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.
    Ex. All means of conveying affinitive relationships list a number of terms which may be used as well as, or instead of, the original entry term.
    Ex. References will also be necessary, in respect of any variant forms of headings, for headings on both main and added entries.
    ----
    * Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.
    * cromosoma Y = y chromosome.
    * Generación Y = Generation Y.
    * y además = then again, and on top of that.
    * y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).
    * ¿Y ahora qué? = What's next?, What next?.
    * y a la vez = cum, yet.
    * y al mismo tiempo = and in the process, yet.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y antes de que + Pronombre + dar + cuenta = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y así sucesivamente = and so on, and so on....
    * y aun mejor = better yet.
    * y con razón = and rightfully so.
    * y cuanto mucho menos = much less.
    * y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.
    * y encima = into the bargain.
    * y ¡y listo! = and presto.
    * y lo peor de todo = and worst of all, and worst of all.
    * y más adelante = and beyond.
    * y más allá = and beyond.
    * y mejor aun = better yet.
    * y merecidamente = and rightfully so.
    * y mucho menos = much less, least of all.
    * y mucho(s) más = and more.
    * y otras cosas = and things.
    * y otro(s) = et al. (et alii), still (an)other(s).
    * y poco más = and little more.
    * y que = with.
    * ¡y qué más da! = so what!, so what!.
    * ¿y si... ? = what if... ?.
    * y similares = and the kind.
    * y sin embargo = but then again.
    * y sobre todo = and worst of all.
    * y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.
    * y un largo etcétera = and so on, and so on....
    * y un largo etcétera, etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on and so forth.
    * y unos cuantos más = and a few others.
    * * *
    y femenino ( read as [i 'ɤrjeɤa, je] or (RPl) [ʒe]) the letter Y, y
    * * *
    = and (&), AND, as well as, both... and....

    Ex: These became known as community information services or, more commonly, as Information and Referral (I&R) services.

    Ex: The Boolean logic operator AND retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.
    Ex: All means of conveying affinitive relationships list a number of terms which may be used as well as, or instead of, the original entry term.
    Ex: References will also be necessary, in respect of any variant forms of headings, for headings on both main and added entries.
    * Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.
    * cromosoma Y = y chromosome.
    * Generación Y = Generation Y.
    * y además = then again, and on top of that.
    * y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).
    * ¿Y ahora qué? = What's next?, What next?.
    * y a la vez = cum, yet.
    * y al mismo tiempo = and in the process, yet.
    * y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y antes de que + Pronombre + dar + cuenta = the next thing + Pronombre + know.
    * y así sucesivamente = and so on, and so on....
    * y aun mejor = better yet.
    * y con razón = and rightfully so.
    * y cuanto mucho menos = much less.
    * y Dios sabe qué más = and Heaven knows what else.
    * y encima = into the bargain.
    * y ¡y listo! = and presto.
    * y lo peor de todo = and worst of all, and worst of all.
    * y más adelante = and beyond.
    * y más allá = and beyond.
    * y mejor aun = better yet.
    * y merecidamente = and rightfully so.
    * y mucho menos = much less, least of all.
    * y mucho(s) más = and more.
    * y otras cosas = and things.
    * y otro(s) = et al. (et alii), still (an)other(s).
    * y poco más = and little more.
    * y que = with.
    * ¡y qué más da! = so what!, so what!.
    * ¿y si... ? = what if... ?.
    * y similares = and the kind.
    * y sin embargo = but then again.
    * y sobre todo = and worst of all.
    * y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.
    * y un largo etcétera = and so on, and so on....
    * y un largo etcétera, etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on and so forth.
    * y unos cuantos más = and a few others.

    * * *
    y2
    A
    1 (indicando conexión, añadidura) and
    habla inglés, francés y alemán he speaks English, French and German
    una zona montañosa y de escasa vegetación a mountainous, sparsely vegetated area
    yo me quedo y los niños también I'm staying and so are the children
    ella tiene 25 años y él 28 she's 25 and he's 28
    ¡yo aquí trabajando y ellos en la playa! here am I working while o and they're at the beach!
    B
    iba llegando gente y más gente more and more people kept arriving
    habla y habla pero no dice nada he talks and talks but he doesn't really say anything
    media hora más y estamos en Caracas another half hour and we'll be in Caracas
    atrévete y verás just you dare and you'll see!
    C
    1
    (en preguntas): ¿y tu padre? ¿qué tal está? and how's your father?
    ¿y Mónica? ¿se ha ido? where's Monica? has she gone?
    yo no oigo nada ¿y tú? I can't hear anything, can you?
    a mí me regaló dinero ¿y a ti? she gave me money, what did she give you? o what about you?
    nos vamos — pero ¿y el trabajo? we're going — but, what about the work?
    ¿y? ¿qué resolvieron? well? o so? what did you decide?
    no hay trenes — ¿y? or ¿y qué? vamos en taxi there are no trains — so what? o what of it? we can take a taxi
    ¿y a mí qué? so, what's it to me?
    D
    1
    … y todo ( fam); … and everything ( colloq)
    la casa tiene piscina y todo the house has a swimming pool and everything
    fíjate que le pega y todo you know, he even hits her
    ¿y se lo diste? — y sí, no tuve más remedio and you gave it to him? — well yes, I had no choice
    y bueno, habrá que hacerlo oh well, we'll have to do it
    E
    (en números): cuarenta y cinco forty-five
    doscientos treinta y tres two hundred and thirty-three
    uno y medio one and a half
    Y1, y
    read as /i ˈɣrjeɣa/, /je/ or ( RPl) /ɲe/
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    Y    
    y
    Y,
    ◊ y sustantivo femenino ( read as /i 'GrjeGa/, /je/ or (RPl) /ʒe/) the letter Y, y

    y conjunción
    1 ( en general) and;

    ¡yo gano el dinero y él lo gasta! I earn the money and he spends it!
    2

    ◊ ¿y tu padre? ¿qué tal está? and how's your father?;

    yo no oigo nada ¿y tú? I can't hear anything, can you?
    b) (fam) ( expresando indiferencia) so (colloq);

    ◊ ¿y qué? so what?;

    ¿y a mí qué? so, what's it to me?
    3 (esp RPl fam) ( encabezando respuestas) well;
    ◊ ¿fuiste? — y sí, no tuve más remedio did you go? — well yes, I had no choice;

    y bueno oh well
    4 (en números, la hora):

    doscientos treinta y tres two hundred and thirty-three;
    la una y diez ten after (AmE) o (BrE) past one
    Y, y f (letra) Y, y
    'Y' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - abogada
    - abogado
    - abordar
    - abrir
    - abrirse
    - abundancia
    - acaramelada
    - acaramelado
    - acercar
    - achuchar
    - actual
    - agachar
    - aguantar
    - ajedrez
    - ajo
    - almuerzo
    - alquilar
    - amén
    - añadidura
    - ancha
    - ancho
    - andar
    - anochecer
    - aparte
    - apear
    - apoltronarse
    - aprovecharse
    - aquél
    - aquélla
    - aquí
    - arrancar
    - asesinar
    - aterrizar
    - atravesada
    - atravesado
    - aún
    - ávida
    - ávido
    - bañera
    - bar
    - barro
    - bastante
    - beneficio
    - berrido
    - bien
    - billete
    - billón
    - binomio
    - blusón
    English:
    aback
    - about
    - abroad
    - accuracy
    - accustom
    - action
    - actual
    - add
    - administration
    - ado
    - advantage
    - after
    - afterwards
    - again
    - ago
    - ahead
    - ale
    - alike
    - alive
    - all
    - alone
    - aloud
    - already
    - also
    - always
    - and
    - AOB
    - appropriate
    - Arabian
    - around
    - art
    - backdrop
    - barrel
    - bass
    - beast
    - bed
    - begin
    - besides
    - between
    - black
    - blessing
    - BLT
    - blue-collar
    - blunder
    - board
    - body
    - boil down
    - bomb
    - bonus
    - border
    * * *
    Y, y [i'γrjeγa] nf
    [letra] Y, y
    * * *
    y
    conj and
    * * *
    y nf
    : twenty-sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet
    y conj
    1) : and
    mi hermano y yo: my brother and I
    ¿y los demás?: and (what about) the others?
    cincuenta y cinco: fifty- five
    3) fam : well
    y por supuesto: well, of course
    * * *
    y conj
    3. (en preguntas) what about...?
    ¿y tu hermano? what about your brother?

    Spanish-English dictionary > y

  • 89 Wheatstone, Sir Charles

    SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications
    [br]
    b. 1802 near Gloucester, England
    d. 19 October 1875 Paris, France
    [br]
    English physicist, pioneer of electric telegraphy.
    [br]
    Wheatstone's family moved to London when he was 4 years old. He was educated at various schools in London and excelled in physics and mathematics. He qualified for a French prize but forfeited it because he was too shy to recite a speech in French at the prize-giving.
    An uncle, also called Charles Wheatstone, has a musical instrument manufacturing business where young Charles went to work. He was fascinated by the science of music, but did not enjoy business life. After the uncle's death, Charles and his brother William took over the business. Charles developed and patented the concertina, which the firm assembled from parts made by "outworkers". He devoted much of his time to studying the physics of sound and mechanism of sound transmission through solids. He sent speech and music over considerable distances through solid rods and stretched wires, and envisaged communication at a distance. He concluded, however, that electrical methods were more promising.
    In 1834 Wheatstone was appointed Professor of Experimental Philosophy—a part-time posi-tion—in the new King's College, London, which gave him some research facilities. He conducted experiments with a telegraph system using several miles of wire in the college corridors. Jointly with William Fothergill Cooke, in 1837 he obtained the first patent for a practical electric telegraph, and much of the remainder of his life was devoted to its improvement. In 1843 he gave a paper to the Royal Society surveying the state of electrical measurements and drew attention to a bridge circuit known ever since as the "Wheatstone bridge", although he clearly attributed it to S.H.Christie. Wheatstone devised the "ABC" telegraph, for use on private lines by anyone who could read, and a high-speed automatic telegraph which was adopted by the Post Office and used for many years. He also worked on the French and Belgian telegraph systems; he died when taken ill on a business visit to Paris.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    B.Bowers, 1975, Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS, London: HMSO.
    BB

    Biographical history of technology > Wheatstone, Sir Charles

  • 90 mezcolanza

    f.
    1 mishmash (informal).
    2 hodgepodge, group of things which do not have much in common, mixed bag, mixture.
    3 mixup, blending, farrago, disorganized combination.
    * * *
    1 mixture, hotchpotch
    * * *
    SF hotchpotch, hodgepodge (EEUU), jumble
    * * *
    femenino (pey)

    una mezcolanza de francés y español — a peculiar mixture o (colloq) mishmash of French and Spanish

    una mezcolanza de estilos diferentes — a hodgepodge (AmE) o (BrE) hotchpotch of different styles

    * * *
    = hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], mash-up, mishmash, melange.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex. ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    * * *
    femenino (pey)

    una mezcolanza de francés y español — a peculiar mixture o (colloq) mishmash of French and Spanish

    una mezcolanza de estilos diferentes — a hodgepodge (AmE) o (BrE) hotchpotch of different styles

    * * *
    = hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], mash-up, mishmash, melange.

    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

    Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex: ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

    * * *
    ( pey)
    habla una mezcolanza de francés y español he speaks a mishmash ( colloq) o peculiar mixture of French and Spanish
    ¿cómo pretendes que encuentre algo en esta mezcolanza? how do you expect me to find anything in this mess o muddle o jumble of things?
    es una mezcolanza de estilos muy diferentes it is a hodgepodge ( AmE) o ( BrE) hotchpotch of very different styles
    * * *

    mezcolanza sustantivo femenino (pey) hodgepodge (esp AmE), hotchpotch (BrE)
    mezcolanza, mescolanza f fam hotchpotch, mishmash, jumble: a esa fiesta acudió una extraña mezcolanza de invitados, a motley group of guests attended that party
    ' mezcolanza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mescolanza
    English:
    mishmash
    - ragbag
    * * *
    mezcolanza, mescolanza nf
    Fam mishmash, Br hotchpotch, US hodgepodge;
    había una mezcolanza de cosas encima de su mesa there was a jumble of things on her desk;
    su música es una mezcolanza de estilos his music is a Br hotchpotch o US hodgepodge of styles
    * * *
    f fam
    jumble
    * * *
    : jumble, hodgepodge

    Spanish-English dictionary > mezcolanza

  • 91 Torres Vedras, Battle of

    (1810)
       A hilly area near the village of Torres Vedras, north of Lisbon, is the site where Portuguese and English forces of the Duke of Wellington withstood repeated French attacks under Andre Masséna from 9 October to 14 November 1810. Blocking the way to Lisbon, Wellington's defensive preparations were successful, based as they were on successful British and Portuguese liaison and shared fighting spirit. After his failure before the Lines of Torres Vedras and British and Portuguese fortified works, Masséna hesitated and sent to Napoleon for instructions.
       The French commander, however, was greatly weakened due to food shortages and to the fact that the supply lines with Spain were now cut. Therefore, before Napoleon could answer his messages, Mas-séna was forced to begin his withdrawal to Spain. Masséna withdrew from Portugal in April 1811 and, with the abandonment of a French garrison at Almeida on the frontier, France's occupation of Portugal was at an end. The remainder of the Peninsular Wars then moved to Spain.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Torres Vedras, Battle of

  • 92 traducir

    v.
    1 to translate (a otro idioma).
    traducir algo del alemán al castellano to translate something from German into Spanish
    Ellos traducen el libro They translate the book.
    Ellos traducen They translate.
    2 to express.
    una actitud corporal que traduce aplomo y seguridad a posture that conveys composure and self-confidence
    3 to localize.
    Ellos traducen la página Web They localize the Web page.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir
    1 (gen) to translate
    2 (expresar) to express, show
    1 (resulta) to result in, give
    \
    traducir directamente to translate direct
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT to translate (a into) (de from)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <texto/escritor> to translate
    2.
    traducirse v pron

    traducirse EN algo — en un ahorro/un beneficio to result in something

    * * *
    = map onto/to, render, translate, dub.
    Ex. The model embodies a semantic synthesiser, which is based on an algorithm that maps the syntactic representation of a tuple or a record onto a semantic representation.
    Ex. Editors should bear in mind problems of translation so that the revised edition can be rendered more easily into other languages.
    Ex. These rules have been translated into many languages.
    Ex. A DVD disc holds between 7 and 20 times as much data as a standard CD-ROM, enough to carry a feature-length film dubbed into 8 languages.
    ----
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * sin traducir = untranslated.
    * volver a traducir = remap.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <texto/escritor> to translate
    2.
    traducirse v pron

    traducirse EN algo — en un ahorro/un beneficio to result in something

    * * *
    = map onto/to, render, translate, dub.

    Ex: The model embodies a semantic synthesiser, which is based on an algorithm that maps the syntactic representation of a tuple or a record onto a semantic representation.

    Ex: Editors should bear in mind problems of translation so that the revised edition can be rendered more easily into other languages.
    Ex: These rules have been translated into many languages.
    Ex: A DVD disc holds between 7 and 20 times as much data as a standard CD-ROM, enough to carry a feature-length film dubbed into 8 languages.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.
    * sin traducir = untranslated.
    * volver a traducir = remap.

    * * *
    traducir [I6 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹texto/escritor› to translate
    es difícil traducir poesía/a Joyce poetry/Joyce is difficult to translate
    traducir DE algo A algo to translate FROM sth INTO sth
    tradujo la carta del inglés al ruso she translated the letter from English into Russian
    2 (expresar) to convey
    la metáfora traduce perfectamente esa sensación the metaphor conveys that feeling perfectly
    B ( Inf) to translate
    traducirse EN algo:
    los cambios se han traducido en un gran ahorro de combustible the changes have resulted in o led to o translated into large fuel savings
    un interés que no se ha traducido en ventas interest which has not been translated into sales
    * * *

     

    traducir ( conjugate traducir) verbo transitivo ‹texto/escritor› to translate;
    traducir DE algo A algo to translate from sth into sth
    traducir verbo transitivo
    1 (un texto) to translate [a, into]
    2 fig (explicar) to make clear
    ' traducir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    don
    - doña
    - haber
    - interpretar
    - verter
    - literalmente
    English:
    interpret
    - put
    - render
    - translate
    - into
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [a otro idioma] to translate;
    traducir algo del alemán al castellano to translate sth from German into Spanish
    2. [expresar] to express, to convey;
    una actitud corporal que traduce aplomo y seguridad a posture that conveys composure and self-confidence
    ♦ vi
    to translate (de/a from/into)
    * * *
    v/t translate;
    traducir algo al/del alemán translate sth into/from German
    * * *
    traducir {61} vt
    1) : to translate
    2) : to convey, to express
    * * *
    traducir vb to translate

    Spanish-English dictionary > traducir

  • 93 Methuen Treaty

    (1703)
       Named for the English envoy to Lisbon, John Methuen, the commercial treaty that came to be known by his name was signed on 27 December 1703. This treaty followed the May 1703 treaties of alliance between Portugal, England, and the Low Countries and the Hapsburg Empire that were related to the War of Spanish Succession. The Methuen Treaty stipulated that thenceforth Portuguese wines would be favored as exports to England in the same way that English woolen imports to Portugal would have advantages. Since England was not importing French wines due to a war with France, and since English merchant-shippers in Portugal would benefit from the agreement, the Methuen Treaty was viewed as advantageous to all parties involved. With only three articles, the treaty agreed that both Portuguese wines and English woolens would be exempt from custom duties and that each nation had to ratify the treaty within two months. The Methuen Treaty became the keystone of Anglo-Portuguese commercial relations for at least the next century, but several historians have suggested that it favored England more than Portugal.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Methuen Treaty

  • 94 partially localized language

    "A language which contains 100 percent of the resources for that language and locale, but not all of the resources are translated in the language pack. Partially localized languages are installed on top of a fully localized language pack. For example, Arabic (Saudi Arabia) is a partially localized language pack and contains 80 percent of the language resources localized in Arabic. The remaining 20 percent of the language resources can be in either English or French. Both English and French are fully localized languages."
    إصدار مترجم جزئياً

    English-Arabic terms dictionary > partially localized language

  • 95 bastardilla

    adj.
    1 italics.
    2 cursive.
    f.
    italics.
    * * *
    SF (Tip) (tb: letra bastardilla) italic type, italics pl
    * * *
    femenino italic type, italics (pl)
    * * *
    = bastarda, italic.
    Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    Ex. For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.
    * * *
    femenino italic type, italics (pl)
    * * *
    = bastarda, italic.

    Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.

    Ex: For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.

    * * *
    italic type, italics (pl)
    en bastardilla in italics
    * * *

    bastardilla sustantivo femenino
    italic type, italics (pl)
    ' bastardilla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    letra
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    ♦ nf
    italics;
    en bastardilla in italics
    * * *
    f italics pl
    * * *
    cursiva: italic type, italics pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > bastardilla

  • 96 letra bastarda

    f.
    bastard type.
    * * *
    (n.) = bastarda
    Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    * * *
    (n.) = bastarda

    Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > letra bastarda

  • 97 expression

    expression [εkspʀesjɔ̃]
    feminine noun
       a. expression
       b. ( = locution) expression
    * * *
    ɛkspʀɛsjɔ̃
    1) gén expression

    plein d'expression — [yeux, visage] expressive

    avec expression — [réciter, chanter] with feeling

    réduire quelque chose à sa plus simple expression — fig to reduce something to a minimum

    2) ( groupe de mots) expression

    expression figée, expression toute faite — set phrase

    d'expression française/anglaise — French-speaking/English-speaking

    •
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    ɛkspʀesjɔ̃ nf
    1) [concept, opinion] expression
    2) (= locution) expression

    expression toute faite — set expression, set phrase

    * * *
    1 gén expression; plein d'expression [yeux, visage] expressive; [chant] full of expression; sans expression expressionless; avec expression [réciter, chanter] with feeling; réduire qch à sa plus simple expression fig to reduce sth to a minimum;
    2 ( groupe de mots) expression; expression imagée or figurée figurative expression; expression idiomatique idiom, idiomatic expression; expression figée set phrase; expression toute faite set phrase; péj cliché; passez-moi l'expression! if you'll pardon the expression!; bête au-delà de toute expression too stupid for words; d'expression française/anglaise French-speaking/English-speaking.
    expression corporelle self-expression through movement.
    [ɛksprɛsjɔ̃] nom féminin
    1. [mot, tournure] expression, phrase, turn of phrase
    [dans la correspondance]
    expression familière colloquial expression, colloquialism
    expression figée set phrase ou expression, fixed expression, idiom
    a. [figée] set phrase ou expression
    b. [cliché] hackneyed phrase, cliché
    2. [fait de s'exprimer] expression, expressing (substantif non comptable), voicing (substantif non comptable)
    3. [pratique de la langue]
    expression écrite/orale written/oral expression
    4. [extériorisation - d'un besoin, d'un sentiment] expression, self-expression
    5. [vivacité] expression
    geste/regard plein d'expression expressive gesture/look
    6. [du visage] expression, look
    7. INFORMATIQUE & MATHÉMATIQUES expression
    sans expression locution adjectivale

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > expression

  • 98 cutach

    bobtailed, so Irish, Early Irish do-chotta, they cut short, Welsh cwta. The relationship, if any, existing between cut, cutach, and English cut, is one of borrowing; the history of English cut is obscure, and the Celtic words mean "short, shorten", not "to cut" with a knife. Besides, the Early Irish appears a century and a half earler than the English (1139 v. 1275). Stokes has suggested a borrowing from French couteau (= cultellus, knife) for the Early Irish form. Rhys says Welsh is English cutty, borrowed.

    Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language > cutach

  • 99 The months of the year

    Don’t use capitals for the names of the months in French, and note that there are no common abbreviations in French as there are in English (Jan, Feb and so on). The French only abbreviate in printed calendars etc.
    January = janvier
    February = février
    March = mars
    April = avril
    May = mai
    June = juin
    July = juillet
    August = août
    September = septembre
    October = octobre
    November = novembre
    December = décembre
    Which month?
    (May in this note stands for any month ; they all work the same way ; for more information on dates in French ⇒ Date.)
    what month is it?
    = quel mois sommes-nous? or (very informally) on est quel mois?
    it was May
    = nous étions en mai
    what month was he born?
    = de quel mois est-il?
    When?
    in May
    = en mai or au mois de mai
    they’re getting married this May
    = ils se marient en mai
    that May
    = cette année-là en mai
    next May
    = en mai prochain
    in May next year
    = l’an prochain en mai
    last May
    = l’année dernière en mai
    the May after next
    = dans deux ans en mai
    the May before last
    = il y deux ans en mai
    Which part of the month?
    at the beginning of May
    = au début de mai
    in early May
    = début mai
    at the end of May
    = à la fin de mai
    in late May
    = fin mai
    in mid-May
    = à la mi-mai
    for the whole of May
    = pendant tout le mois de mai
    throughout May
    = tout au long du mois de mai
    Regular events
    every May
    = tous les ans en mai
    every other May
    = tous les deux ans en mai
    most Mays
    = presque tous les ans en mai
    Uses with other nouns
    one May morning
    = par un matin de mai
    one May night
    = par une nuit de mai or (if evening) par un soir de mai
    For other uses, it is always safe to use du mois de:
    May classes
    = les cours du mois de mai
    May flights
    = les vols du mois de mai
    the May sales
    = les soldes du mois de mai
    Uses with adjectives
    the warmest May
    = le mois de mai le plus chaud
    a rainy May
    = un mois de mai pluvieux
    a lovely May
    = un beau mois de mai

    Big English-French dictionary > The months of the year

  • 100 Clark, Edwin

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. 7 January 1814 Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
    d. 22 October 1894 Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
    [br]
    English civil engineer.
    [br]
    After a basic education in mathematics, latin, French and geometry, Clark was articled to a solicitor, but he left after two years because he did not like the work. He had no permanent training otherwise, and for four years he led an idle life, becoming self-taught in the subjects that interested him. He eventually became a teacher at his old school before entering Cambridge, although he returned home after two years without taking a degree. He then toured the European continent extensively, supporting himself as best he could. He returned to England in 1839 and obtained further teaching posts. With the railway boom in progress he decided to become a surveyor and did some work on a proposed line between Oxford and Brighton.
    After being promised an interview with Robert Stephenson, he managed to see him in March 1846. Stephenson took a liking to Clark and asked him to investigate the strains on the Britannia Bridge tubes under various given conditions. This work so gained Stephenson's full approval that, after being entrusted with experiments and designs, Clark was appointed Resident Engineer for the Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits. He not only completed the bridge, which was opened on 19 October 1850, but also wrote the history of its construction. After the completion of the bridge—and again without any professional experience—he was appointed Engineer-in-Chief to the Electric and International Telegraph Company. He was consulted by Captain Mark Huish of the London \& North Western Railway on a telegraphic system for the railway, and in 1853 he introduced the Block Telegraph System.
    Clark was engaged on the Crystal Palace and was responsible for many railway bridges in Britain and abroad. He was Engineer and part constructor of the harbour at Callao, Peru, and also of harbour works at Colón, Panama. On canal works he was contractor for the marine canal, the Morskoy Canal, in 1875 between Kronstadt and St Petersburg. His great work on canals, however, was the concept with Edward Leader Williams of the hydraulically operated barge lift at Anderton, Cheshire, linking the Weaver Navigation to the Trent \& Mersey Canal, whose water levels have a vertical separation of 50 ft (15 m). This was opened on 26 July 1875. The structure so impressed the French engineers who were faced with a bottleneck of five locks on the Neuffossée Canal south of Saint-Omer that they commissioned Clark to design a lift there. This was completed in 1878 and survives as a historic monument. The design was also adopted for four lifts on the Canal du Centre at La Louvière in Belgium, but these were not completed until after Clark's death.
    JHB

    Biographical history of technology > Clark, Edwin

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