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1 Sheer
A term generally applied to very fine thin and transparent muslin types of fabric. -
2 sheer
I [ʃɪə]1. adjective1) absolute:مُطْلَق ، مَحْض، صِرْفIt all happened by sheer chance.
2) very steep:عَموديa sheer drop to the sea.
3) (of cloth) very thin:شَفّاف، رَهيفsheer silk.
2. adverbverticaly:عَمودِيّا II [ʃɪə]The land rises sheer out of the sea.
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شَدِيد الانْحِدَار \ peaked: (of a mountain, etc.) having a sharp point. sheer: straight down or up; not sloping: The mountain rose sheer from the lake to a height of 1600 feet. That cliff is almost sheer. steep: sloping sharply; hard to climb: a steep hill. -
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عَمُودِيّ \ perpendicular: upright. sheer: straight down or up; not sloping: The mountain rose sheer from the lake to a height of 1600 feet. That cliff is almost sheer. upright: standing up straight: That post is not quite upright. vertical: upright (compared with horizontal): A wall should be vertical. -
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مُجَرَّد \ abstract: not real; concerning qualities and ideas instead of facts and objects: ‘Happiness’ is an abstarct noun. bald: plain, giving only the facts: a bald statement. bare: very slight: There is a bare chance that we shall win. mere: only: She’s a mere five years old. Mere force is useless without a plan. pure: simply; nothing but: It was a pure accident that I happened to see him. purely: completely: Our meeting was purely accidental. sheer: complete; nothing but: sheer carelessness. simply: only; just; nothing more than: I’m not a doctor; I’m simply a nurse. -
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مَحْض \ mere: only: She’s a mere five years old. Mere force is useless without a plan. pure: simply; nothing but: It was a pure accident that I happened to see him. purely: completely: Our meeting was purely accidental. sheer: complete; nothing but: sheer carelessness. -
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صِرْف \ pure: perfectly clean; not containing any other substance: pure water; pure gold; a pure white cloth, simply; nothing but It was a pure accident that I happened to see him. sheer: to complete; nothing but: sheer carelessness. -
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رَأْسيّ \ sheer: straight down or up; not sloping: The mountain rose sheer from the lake to a height of 1600 feet. vertical: upright (compared with horizontal): A wall should be vertical. -
9 Sheer Taffeta
A plain fabric with about 100 ends and 100 picks per inch of about 65 denier silk with 20 turns per inch. -
10 Sheer Bloody Mindedness
Military: SBMУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Sheer Bloody Mindedness
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11 sheer computation
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > sheer computation
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12 sheer away
to turn aside or swerve:يَنْحَرِفThe speed-boat sheered off course.
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13 sheer off
to turn aside or swerve:يَنْحَرِفThe speed-boat sheered off course.
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14 circular sheer cutting device
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > circular sheer cutting device
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15 סטייה מהמסלול
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16 сідлуватість палуби
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17 a pique
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18 přímo vzhůru
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19 отклонение от курса
Русско-английский словарь по электронике > отклонение от курса
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20 отклоняться от курса
Русско-английский словарь по электронике > отклоняться от курса
См. также в других словарях:
Sheer — Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [1913 Webster] 2. A turn or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — Sheer, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr; akin to sk[=i]rr, AS. sc[=i]r, OS. sk[=i]ri, MHG. sch[=i]r, G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk[ a]r, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] 1. Bright; clear; pure;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — may refer to: *Sheer Music, a record label *Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation *Sheer (textile), for sheer textiles and fabrics *Sheer is a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture.ee also*Shear *Shere… … Wikipedia
Sheer — Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See {Shear}.] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheer — sheer; sheer·ly; sheer·ness; tab·a·sheer; … English syllables
sheer — sheer1 [shir] vi. [var. of SHEAR, prob. infl. by Du or LowG scheren, to cut, deviate, warp away] to turn aside sharply from a course; swerve vt. to cause to sheer n. 1. a sudden change of course; abrupt turn; swerve 2. the oblique heading or… … English World dictionary
Sheer — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gordy Sheer (* 1971), US amerikanischer Rennrodler Ireen Sheer (* 1949), deutsch britische Schlagersängerin Siehe auch: Scheer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsk … Deutsch Wikipedia
sheer — c.1200, exempt, free from guilt, later schiere thin, sparse (c.1400), from O.E. scir bright, clear, influenced by O.N. cognate scær bright, clean, pure, from P.Gmc. *skairijaz (Cf. O.S. skiri, O.Fris. skire, Ger. schier, Goth. skeirs clean, pure… … Etymology dictionary
sheer — [adj1] abrupt, steep arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright; concepts 490,581 Ant. moderate, slow sheer [adj2] utter, absolute altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright,… … New thesaurus
sheer — Ⅰ. sheer [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) nothing but; absolute: sheer hard work. 2) (of a cliff, wall, etc.) perpendicular or nearly so. 3) (of a fabric) very thin. ► ADVERB ▪ perpendicularly. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
Sheer — Sheer, adv. Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English