sensible al tacto

Ex: This article examines problems special to touch-screens and considers the future for touch technology in libraries.

Ex: Peripherals will improve, note the introduction of touch terminals, and other significant developments are in the offing such as the flat-screen monitor which can be hung on a wall.

Ex: Librarians need a special combination of tact, patience, and humanity to serve users satisfactorily.

pantalla de rayos — [en aeropuerto] X-ray security apparatus

Ex: The number of documents indexed by each of the cross-reference terms is shown on the right side of the display.

Ex: They are a small company specializing in creative fiberglass lampshades with pressed flowers and leaves.

to put something out to tender — sacar* algo a concurso or a licitación, licitar algo (esp AmS)

to put up o submit a tender for something — presentarse a concurso or a una licitación para algo

call for tender — propuesta f para licitación de obras

to put in or make a tender (for) — presentarse a concurso or a una licitación (para)

to put sth out to tender — sacar algo a concurso or a licitación

legal tender — moneda f corriente or de curso legal

to tender (for) — presentarse a concurso or a una licitación (para)

tender documents NPL — pliegos mpl de propuesta

he gave her a tender smile — le sonrió tiernamente or con ternura

to bid sb a tender farewell — liter despedirse de algn con ternura, dar a algn una cariñosa despedida

cook the vegetables until tender — cocer las verduras hasta que estén or se pongan tiernas

to put something out to tender — sacar* algo a concurso or a licitación, licitar algo (esp AmS)

to put up o submit a tender for something — presentarse a concurso or a una licitación para algo

Ex: Consoles would replace the conventional catalogue and would provide the facility for browsing now afforded by the open stacks.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The terminal and the terminus: the prospect of free online bibliographic searching'.

Ex: The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.

Ex: Alternatively vowels could be cast without accents as kerned letters, with bodies only half as wide as usual, part of the face being cast on the overhang, or kern.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.