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1 low beams

авто.

• къса светлина

English-Bulgarian polytechnical dictionary > low beams
2 low beams

n pl (AmE) (cf dipped headlights BrE )

VEH lighting faros inclinables m pl, luces cortas f pl

English-Spanish technical dictionary > low beams
3 high low beams change-over switch

US <mvhcl.i&c> (column stalk) ■ Abblendhebel m ; Abblendschalter m

English-german technical dictionary > high low beams change-over switch
4 low

1
as low as reasonably achievable
low calorie
low-fat
low-key
low order
low power

2 n

GEOL mínimo m

METEO baja f
low-alloy steel
low-altitude orbit
low-amplitude signal
low-angle shot
low-band recording
low-band standard
low beams
low-bed trailer
low boy trailer
low capacitance
low-carbon steel
low concentration
low-contrast original
low-cost automation technique
low-cost conversion
low-cycle fatigue
low-density pick-up baler
low depression
low-distortion modulation
low-drift oscillator
low-energy antiproton ring
low-energy beam
low-energy environment
low-energy focused ion beam
low-energy laser
low-energy nuclear physics
low-energy radiation
low-energy single-frequency laser
low-energy transverse jet
low explosive
low-freezing dynamite
low frequency
low-frequency amplification
low-frequency amplifier
low-frequency compensation
low-frequency furnace
low-frequency generator
low-frequency image
low-frequency induction heater
low-frequency induction heating
low-frequency oscillator
low-frequency response
low-frequency signal
low-gain amplifier
low gear
low-grade metamorphism
low-grade ore
low gradient
low-gravity gasoline
low-gravity petrol
low head
low-high-low doping profile
low-impedance path
low-insertion force connector
low insertion loss
low and intermediate level waste
low kiln
low lead gasoline
low lead petrol
low-leakage diode
low-level amplification
low-level amplifier
low-level DC I/O line
low-level DC out
low-level DC voltage
low-level device
low-level fault
low-level injection
low-level language
low-level modulation
low-level radioactive waste
low-level signal
low-level transistor
low level of twist
low-level video
low-level warning light
low-level waste
low-level waste package
low logic level
low loss
low-loss cable
low-loss dielectric
low-loss fiber
low-loss fibre
low-loss insulator
low-noise amplification
low-noise amplifier
low-noise engineering
low-noise preamplifier
low-order filter
low-order harmonic
low-order position
low pass
low-pass band
low-pass filter
low-pass filtering
low-pass image
low-pass response
low-pass sampled data filter
low-pass section
low-plasticity clay
low-power diode
low-power distress transmitter
low-power laser diode
low pressure
low-pressure alarm
low-pressure area
low-pressure blowpipe
low pressure casting
low-pressure compressor
low-pressure controller
low-pressure core spray
low-pressure filter
low-pressure float valve
low-pressure flushing
low-pressure fuel filter
low-pressure gas burner
low-pressure heating
low-pressure hot-water boiler
low-pressure hot-water system
low-pressure mercury lamp
low-pressure piston compressor
low-pressure safety cutout
low-pressure vacuum pump
low-profile bezel
low-profile open-end wrench
low-rank graywacke
low-rank greywacke
low-rate encoding
low reset
low resistance
low Reynolds number
low ring to ground
low-shaft furnace
low shot
low-shrink base
low signal level
low-solid mud
low-solid sludge
low speed
low-speed camera
low-speed diesel engine
low-speed electric motor
low-speed engine
low-speed modem
low-speed photography
low spot
low-stop filter
low sulfur content
low sulphur content
low superheat
low temperature
low-temperature compartment
low-temperature cooling installation
low-temperature display case
low-temperature insulation
low-temperature resistance
low-temperature sinking
low-temperature technique
low-temperature thermometer
low tenor of ore
low-tensile carbon steel tube
low tension
low-tension detonator
low test gasoline
low test petrol
low-thrust motor
low tide
low-to-high transition
low-torque operation
low-traffic road
low vacuum
low-velocity layer
low-visibility landing
low-volatile coal
low voltage
low-voltage cable
low-voltage installation
low-voltage network
low-voltage winding
low water
low-water discharge
low-water level
low-water mark
low-weight coating
low-wing plane
low-yield clay
low-yield region

English-Spanish technical dictionary > low
5 luz

f.

1 light.

apagar la luz to switch off the light

estas farolas dan poca luz these streetlights don't shine very brightly o aren't very bright

a la luz de in the light of

a plena luz del día in the full light of day

arrojar luz sobre to shed light on

a todas luces whichever way you look at it

dar a luz (un niño) to give birth (to a child)

dar luz verde to give the green light o the go-ahead

sacar a la luz to bring to light

luz natural natural light (del sol)

2 electricity.

cortar la luz to cut off the electricity supply

encender la luz to switch on the light (peninsular Spanish)

dar la luz to switch on the light (peninsular Spanish)

se ha ido la luz the lights have gone out

pagar (el recibo de) la luz to pay the electricity (bill)

3 gap.

4 luz.

5 airway.

* * *

luz

► nombre femenino (pl luces)

1 (gen) light

■ en esta sala entra mucha luz this room gets plenty of light

■ ya no queda luz para leer there's not enough light to read

2 familiar (electricidad) electricity

■ nos han cortado la luz we've had the electricity cut off

■ nos hemos quedado sin luz the power has gone off

■ da la luz turn the light on

3 (iluminación) lighting

4 ARQUITECTURA span

5 (modelo) torch

■ Dios es mi luz y mi guía God is my torch and my guide

► nombre femenino plural luces

1 familiar intelligence sing

■ es un hombre de pocas luces he's not very bright

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a la luz del día in daylight

a plena luz del día in broad daylight

a todas luces obviously, clearly

dar a luz to give birth

dar luz verde a to give the green light to

sacar a la luz to bring to light

salir a la luz to come out

ver la luz (persona) to come into the world 2 (libro etc) to come out

luces de cruce dipped headlights

luces de posición sidelights

luces cortas dipped headlights

luces de carretera full beam

luz del día daylight

luz del sol sunlight

luces largas full beam

* * *

noun f.

1) light

2) electricity

3) span

•

- dar a luz

* * *

SF

1) (=claridad) light

una casa con mucha luz — a very bright house, a house that gets a lot of light

necesito más luz para leer — I can't read in this light

• a media luz, la habitación estaba a media luz — the room was in half-darkness

estábamos allí tumbados a media luz — we were lying there in the half-darkness

poner una lámpara a media luz — to dim a light

• a primera luz — at first light

• quitar o tapar la luz a algn — to be in sb's light

aparta de ahí, que me quitas o tapas la luz — get out of the way, you're in my light

- entre dos luces

estar entre dos luces — * (=borracho) to be mellow, be tipsy

- hacer luz de gas a algn

- negar la luz del día a algn

- ver la luz al final del túnel

luz cenital — light from above

luz del día, se despierta con la luz del día — she wakes up when it gets light o liter at first light

con la luz del día lo veremos de otra manera — we'll see things differently in the cold light of day

- tan claro como la luz del día

luz de (la) luna, a la luz de la luna — by the light of the moon, by moonlight

luz de las velas, a la luz de las velas — by candlelight

luz del sol — sunlight

me molesta la luz del sol — the sunlight hurts my eyes

luz eléctrica — electric light

luz natural — natural light

luz solar — sunlight

luz ultravioleta — ultraviolet light

luz y sombra — light and shade

luz y sonido, un espectáculo de luz y sonido — a son et lumière show
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2) (=lámpara, foco) light

me dejé la luz encendida — I left the light on

se ha fundido la luz de la cocina — the light has gone in the kitchen

las luces de la ciudad — the city lights

• apagar la luz — to switch o turn o put the light off

• encender o LAm prender o poner la luz — to switch o turn o put the light on

- hacer algo con luz y taquígrafos

reunirse sin luz ni taquígrafos — to meet behind closed doors

luces altas — Chile full-beam headlights (Brit), high beams (EEUU)

luces bajas Chile —

luces cortas — dipped headlights, low beams (EEUU)

poner las luces cortas o Chile bajas — to dip one's headlights, dim one's headlights (EEUU)

luces de aterrizaje — (Aer) landing lights

luces de balización — (Aer) runway lights

luces de carretera — full-beam headlights (Brit), high beams (EEUU)

poner las luces de carretera — to put one's headlights on full beam o (EEUU) high beam

luces de cruce — dipped headlights

poner las luces de cruce — to dip one's headlights, dim one's headlights (EEUU)

luces de detención — brake lights

luces de estacionamiento — parking lights

luces de frenado, luces de freno — brake lights

luces de gálibo — clearance lights

luces de navegación — navigation lights

luces de posición — sidelights

luces de tráfico — traffic lights

luces largas — = luces de carretera

luces traseras — rear lights, tail lamps

luz de Bengala — (Mil) flare, star-shell; LAm (=fuego de artificio) sparkler

luz de cortesía — courtesy light; CAm sidelight

luz de costado — sidelight

luz de giro — direction indicator

luz de lectura — reading light

luz de situación — sidelight, parking light

luz intermitente — flashing light

luz piloto — sidelight, parking light

luz relámpago — (Fot) flashlight

luz roja — red light

luz verde — green light

dar luz verde a un proyecto — to give a project the go-ahead o the green light

recibir luz verde — to get the go-ahead o the green light

luz vuelta — Méx direction indicator
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3) (=suministro de electricidad) electricity

no hay luz en todo el edificio — there's no electricity in the whole building

les cortaron la luz — their electricity (supply) was cut off

se ha ido la luz — the lights have gone out

¿cuánto has pagado de luz este mes? — how much was your electricity bill this month?

4) (tb: luz pública)

- sacar a la luz

- salir a la luz

el año en que el periódico salió a la luz — the year in which the newspaper first came out

la última vez que el periódico salió a la luz — the last time the newspaper was published

ver la luz — [libro, disco] to appear, come out

5) (Med)

• dar a luz — [+ niño] to give birth

acaba de dar a luz (a) una niña — she has just given birth to a baby girl

6) Cono Sur (=ventaja)

dar luz a algn — to give sb a start

te doy diez metros de luz — I'll give you ten metres' start

7) (=aclaración) light

a la luz de lo que hemos visto — in the light of what we've seen

a la luz de un nuevo descubrimiento — in the light of a new discovery

arrojar luz sobre algo — to cast o shed o throw light on sth

estudiar algo a nueva luz — to study sth in a new light

- a todas luces

8) (Arquit) [de puerta, hueco] span; [de edificio] window, opening; [de puente] span

9) pl luces (=inteligencia) intelligence sing

corto de luces, de pocas luces — dim, stupid

10) ( Hist, Literat)

el Siglo de las Luces — the Age of Enlightenment

11) Cono Sur (=distancia) distance between two objects

luz al suelo — clearance ( under a vehicle)

12) And ** dough **, money

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( claridad) light

la luz del sol — the sunlight

la habitación tiene mucha luz — the room gets a lot of light

me da la luz en los ojos — the light's in my eyes

a plena luz del día — in broad daylight

este reflector da mucha luz — this spotlight is very bright

no leas con tan poca luz — don't read in such poor light

la habitación estaba a media luz — the room was in semi-darkness

me estás tapando la luz — you're blocking the light

luces y sombras — (Art) light and shade

dar a luz — to give birth

entre dos luces — (liter) ( al amanecer) at daybreak (liter); ( al anochecer) at twilight (liter)

sacar algo a la luz — <secreto/escándalo> to bring something to light; < publicación> to bring out

salir a la luz — secreto/escándalo to come to light; publicación to come out

tener pocas luces — (fam) to be dim-witted

ver la luz — (liter) persona to come into the world (liter); publicación to be published ( for the first time)

b) ( que permite la comprensión)

a la luz de los últimos acontecimientos — in the light of recent events

arrojar luz sobre algo — to shed light on something

a todas luces: esto es, a todas luces, una injusticia — whichever way you look at it, this is an injustice

- luz artificial/natural

2) (fam) ( electricidad) electricity

les cortaron la luz — their electricity was cut off

se fue la luz — ( en una casa) the electricity went off; ( en una zona) there was a power cut

3) ( dispositivo) light

la luz del cuarto de baño — the bathroom light

encender or (AmL) prender la luz — to turn on o switch on the light

apagar la luz — to turn off o switch off the light

cruzar con la luz roja — to cross when the lights are red

comerse una or la luz — (Ven fam) to go through a red light

dar luz verde a algo — to give something the green light

- luces de aterrizaje

- luces de estacionamiento or de situación

- luces de cruce or cortas or bajas

- luces de navegación

- luces intermitentes

- luces largas or altas

- luz de frenado

- luz de giro

- luz de neón

- luz y sonido

4) (Arquit, Ing) span

* * *

= illumination, light, power, light fitting, light fixture, lighting fixture.

Ex. Also if the illumination is uneven, comfort conditions can be impaired.

Ex. Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.

Ex. This article covers requirements of space, power, environment, security and alarm systems, and data and telecommunications.

Ex. During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.

Ex. By replacing the five most frequently used light fixtures in your home with energy-saving models, you can save more than $65 each year.

Ex. Deuxville's main downtown library was beautifully decorated in rare woods and marbles, bronze lighting fixtures and stained glass.

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* a años luz de = light years away from.

* a la luz de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* a la luz de las estrellas = by starlight.

* a la luz de las velas = by candlelight, candlelight, candlelit.

* a la luz del día = in the light of day.

* a la luz de una lámpara de gas = by gaslight.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* año luz = light year.

* apagar la luz = turn + the light off.

* apagón de luz = electrical power blackout.

* a plena luz del día = in broad daylight.

* araña de luces = chandelier.

* arrojar luz = shed + light (on/upon), shed + understanding.

* arrojar luz sobre = throw + light on, cast + light on.

* a todas luces = patently.

* bombilla de la luz = light bulb.

* con poca luz = badly-lit.

* contador de la luz = electric meter, electricity meter.

* corte de luz = power outage, power failure, outage, disruption in the flow of electricity, power cut.

* corto de luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* dar a luz = birth, deliver.

* dar a luz a = give + birth to.

* dar luz verde = give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.

* emisor de luz = light-emitting.

* emitir luz = emit + light.

* encender la luz = turn + the light on.

* enchufe de la luz = light socket.

* epilepsia causada por la luz = photosensitive epilepsy.

* epilético sensible a la luz = photosensitive epileptic.

* exponer a la luz = expose to + light.

* exponer a la luz del día = expose to + daylight.

* exponer a la luz del sol = expose to + sunlight.

* fuente de luz = light source.

* hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.

* haz de luz = beam.

* inducido por la luz = light-induced.

* LED [diodo emisor de luz] = LED [light-emitting diode].

* llenar de luz = flood with + light, brighten up.

* luces de emergencia = blackout facilities, hazard lights.

* luz + apagarse = light + go out.

* luz artificial = artificial light.

* luz cálida = warm white light.

* luz cegadora = blinding light.

* luz de aviso = warning light.

* luz débil = glimmer.

* luz de emergencia = emergency warning light.

* luz de frenado = brake light, stoplamp, stoplight.

* luz de freno = brake light, stoplamp, stoplight.

* luz de la luna = moonlight.

* luz delantera = headlight, headlamp.

* luz de las estrellas = starlight.

* luz del día = daylight.

* luz del sol = sunlight, sunshine.

* luz de mesa = table light.

* luz de mesita de noche = bedside lamp.

* luz descendente = downlight.

* luz deslumbradora = glare.

* luz embutida = recessed light, recessed downlight, downlight.

* luz empotrada = recessed light, recessed downlight, downlight.

* luz guía = beacon light.

* luz natural = daylight, natural daylight, natural light.

* luz piloto = pilot light.

* luz posterior = tail light.

* luz roja = red light.

* luz tenue = glimmer.

* luz trasera = tail light.

* luz ultravioleta = UV light.

* luz verde = green light, go-ahead.

* luz y guía = lodestar.

* media luz = half-light.

* noche de luz de luna = moonlight night.

* no expuesto a la luz = unexposed.

* no tener pocas luces = as daft as a brush.

* plantear a la luz de = discuss + in the light of.

* poste de la luz = lamppost, light pole.

* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.

* rayo de luz = light beam, light ray, ray of light.

* reflejar la luz = trap + light.

* sacar a la luz = bring to + light, dredge up.

* salir a la luz = come to + light, go + live.

* sensible a la luz = light-sensitive.

* Siglo de las Luces, el = Enlightenment, the, Age of Enlightenment, the.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.

* toma de luz = outlet, power point, socket, socket outlet.

* toques de luz = highlights.

* un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light.

* velocidad de la luz, la = speed of light, the.

* ver la luz = see + the light.

* ver la luz al final del túnel = see + the light at the end of the tunnel.

* ver la luz del día = see + the light of day.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( claridad) light

la luz del sol — the sunlight

la habitación tiene mucha luz — the room gets a lot of light

me da la luz en los ojos — the light's in my eyes

a plena luz del día — in broad daylight

este reflector da mucha luz — this spotlight is very bright

no leas con tan poca luz — don't read in such poor light

la habitación estaba a media luz — the room was in semi-darkness

me estás tapando la luz — you're blocking the light

luces y sombras — (Art) light and shade

dar a luz — to give birth

entre dos luces — (liter) ( al amanecer) at daybreak (liter); ( al anochecer) at twilight (liter)

sacar algo a la luz — <secreto/escándalo> to bring something to light; < publicación> to bring out

salir a la luz — secreto/escándalo to come to light; publicación to come out

tener pocas luces — (fam) to be dim-witted

ver la luz — (liter) persona to come into the world (liter); publicación to be published ( for the first time)

b) ( que permite la comprensión)

a la luz de los últimos acontecimientos — in the light of recent events

arrojar luz sobre algo — to shed light on something

a todas luces: esto es, a todas luces, una injusticia — whichever way you look at it, this is an injustice

- luz artificial/natural

2) (fam) ( electricidad) electricity

les cortaron la luz — their electricity was cut off

se fue la luz — ( en una casa) the electricity went off; ( en una zona) there was a power cut

3) ( dispositivo) light

la luz del cuarto de baño — the bathroom light

encender or (AmL) prender la luz — to turn on o switch on the light

apagar la luz — to turn off o switch off the light

cruzar con la luz roja — to cross when the lights are red

comerse una or la luz — (Ven fam) to go through a red light

dar luz verde a algo — to give something the green light

- luces de aterrizaje

- luces de estacionamiento or de situación

- luces de cruce or cortas or bajas

- luces de navegación

- luces intermitentes

- luces largas or altas

- luz de frenado

- luz de giro

- luz de neón

- luz y sonido

4) (Arquit, Ing) span

* * *

= illumination, light, power, light fitting, light fixture, lighting fixture.

Ex: Also if the illumination is uneven, comfort conditions can be impaired.

Ex: Examination reveals positions on the cards where the light passes through all the cards in a stack.

Ex: This article covers requirements of space, power, environment, security and alarm systems, and data and telecommunications.

Ex: During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.

Ex: By replacing the five most frequently used light fixtures in your home with energy-saving models, you can save more than $65 each year.

Ex: Deuxville's main downtown library was beautifully decorated in rare woods and marbles, bronze lighting fixtures and stained glass.

* a años luz de = light years away from.

* a la luz de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* a la luz de las estrellas = by starlight.

* a la luz de las velas = by candlelight, candlelight, candlelit.

* a la luz del día = in the light of day.

* a la luz de una lámpara de gas = by gaslight.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* año luz = light year.

* apagar la luz = turn + the light off.

* apagón de luz = electrical power blackout.

* a plena luz del día = in broad daylight.

* araña de luces = chandelier.

* arrojar luz = shed + light (on/upon), shed + understanding.

* arrojar luz sobre = throw + light on, cast + light on.

* a todas luces = patently.

* bombilla de la luz = light bulb.

* con poca luz = badly-lit.

* contador de la luz = electric meter, electricity meter.

* corte de luz = power outage, power failure, outage, disruption in the flow of electricity, power cut.

* corto de luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* dar a luz = birth, deliver.

* dar a luz a = give + birth to.

* dar luz verde = give + green light, give + the go-ahead.

* de pocas luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.

* emisor de luz = light-emitting.

* emitir luz = emit + light.

* encender la luz = turn + the light on.

* enchufe de la luz = light socket.

* epilepsia causada por la luz = photosensitive epilepsy.

* epilético sensible a la luz = photosensitive epileptic.

* exponer a la luz = expose to + light.

* exponer a la luz del día = expose to + daylight.

* exponer a la luz del sol = expose to + sunlight.

* fuente de luz = light source.

* hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.

* haz de luz = beam.

* inducido por la luz = light-induced.

* LED [diodo emisor de luz] = LED [light-emitting diode].

* llenar de luz = flood with + light, brighten up.

* luces de emergencia = blackout facilities, hazard lights.

* luz + apagarse = light + go out.

* luz artificial = artificial light.

* luz cálida = warm white light.

* luz cegadora = blinding light.

* luz de aviso = warning light.

* luz débil = glimmer.

* luz de emergencia = emergency warning light.

* luz de frenado = brake light, stoplamp, stoplight.

* luz de freno = brake light, stoplamp, stoplight.

* luz de la luna = moonlight.

* luz delantera = headlight, headlamp.

* luz de las estrellas = starlight.

* luz del día = daylight.

* luz del sol = sunlight, sunshine.

* luz de mesa = table light.

* luz de mesita de noche = bedside lamp.

* luz descendente = downlight.

* luz deslumbradora = glare.

* luz embutida = recessed light, recessed downlight, downlight.

* luz empotrada = recessed light, recessed downlight, downlight.

* luz guía = beacon light.

* luz natural = daylight, natural daylight, natural light.

* luz piloto = pilot light.

* luz posterior = tail light.

* luz roja = red light.

* luz tenue = glimmer.

* luz trasera = tail light.

* luz ultravioleta = UV light.

* luz verde = green light, go-ahead.

* luz y guía = lodestar.

* media luz = half-light.

* noche de luz de luna = moonlight night.

* no expuesto a la luz = unexposed.

* no tener pocas luces = as daft as a brush.

* plantear a la luz de = discuss + in the light of.

* poste de la luz = lamppost, light pole.

* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.

* rayo de luz = light beam, light ray, ray of light.

* reflejar la luz = trap + light.

* sacar a la luz = bring to + light, dredge up.

* salir a la luz = come to + light, go + live.

* sensible a la luz = light-sensitive.

* Siglo de las Luces, el = Enlightenment, the, Age of Enlightenment, the.

* sin luz de luna = moonless.

* tener pocas luces = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.

* toma de luz = outlet, power point, socket, socket outlet.

* toques de luz = highlights.

* un rayo de luz esperanzador = a faint glimmer of light.

* velocidad de la luz, la = speed of light, the.

* ver la luz = see + the light.

* ver la luz al final del túnel = see + the light at the end of the tunnel.

* ver la luz del día = see + the light of day.

* * *

luz

feminine

A

1 (claridad) light

la luz del sol the sunlight

a las 10 de la noche todavía hay luz it's still light at 10 o'clock at night

la habitación tiene mucha luz it's a very light room, the room gets a lot of light

me está dando la luz en los ojos the light's in my eyes

a plena luz del día in broad daylight

esta bombilla da muy poca luz this bulb isn't very bright o doesn't give off much light

no leas con tan poca luz don't read in such poor light

la habitación estaba a media luz the room was in semi-darkness/half-light

esta planta necesita mucha luz this plant needs a lot of light

me estás tapando or quitando la luz you're in my light, you're blocking the light

partieron con las primeras luces ( liter); they left at first light ( liter)

claro como la luz del día: fue él, eso está claro como la luz del día it was him, that's patently obvious, it was him, it's as plain as daylight

bueno ¿te ha quedado claro? — como la luz del día right, is that clear then? — crystal clear

dar a luz to give birth

dio a luz (a) un precioso bebé she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy

entre dos luces ( liter) (al amanecer) at daybreak ( liter), at first light ( liter), at dawn; (al anochecer) at twilight ( liter), at dusk

sacar algo a la luz ‹secreto/escándalo› to bring sth to light;

‹publicación› to bring out

salir a la luz «secreto/escándalo» to come to light;

«publicación» to come out

el diario salió a la luz en 1951 the newspaper first came out o was first published in 1951

el segundo número nunca salió a la luz the second issue never saw the light of day o was never published

ser de or tener pocas luces ( fam); to be dim-witted o ( BrE) dim

tiene pocas luces he's a bit dim-witted o dim, he's not very bright

ser una luz ( Arg); to be as bright as a button

ver la luz ( liter) «persona» to come into the world ( liter);

«publicación» to be published ( for the first time)

2

(que permite la comprensión): a la luz de los últimos acontecimientos in the light of recent events

arrojar or echar luz sobre algo to throw o cast o shed light on sth

a todas luces: esto es, a todas luces, una injusticia whichever way o however o no matter how you look at it, this is an injustice

hacérsele la luz a algn: entonces se me hizo la luz then it became clear to me

Compuestos:

● luz artificial

artificial light

● luz blanca

white light

● luz cenital

overhead light

● luz natural

natural light

● luz negra

black light

B ( fam) (electricidad) electricity

les cortaron la luz their electricity was cut off

el recibo de la luz the electricity bill

se fue la luz (en la casa) the power went off, the electricity went (off); (en toda la calle, zona) there was a power cut

C (dispositivo) light

se ha fundido la luz del cuarto de baño the bathroom light's fused o gone

encender or ( AmL) prender la luz to turn on o switch on the light

da la luzor dale a la luz ( Esp); turn on o switch on the light

apagar la luz to turn off o switch off the light

¿qué haces todavía con la luz encendida or ( AmL) prendida? what are you doing with the light still on?

las luces de la ciudad the city lights

dejó la luz de la mesita encendida he left the table lamp on

cruzó con la luz roja she crossed when the lights were red

brillar con luces propias: un discípulo suyo que ya brilla con luces propias a student of his who has now become a great scholar ( o performer etc) in his own right, a student of his who has now become famous in his own right

comerse una or la luz ( Ven fam); to go through a red light

dar luz verde a algo to give sth the green light o the go-ahead

Compuestos:

● luces altas

fpl ( Chi) luces largas

● luces bajas

fpl ( Chi) dipped headlights (pl)

● luces cortas

fpl dipped headlights (pl)

● luces de alarma

fpl warning lights (pl)

● luces de aterrizaje

fpl landing lights (pl)

● luces de ciudad

fpl parking lights (pl)

● luces de colores

fpl colored* lights (pl)

● luces de cruce

fpl dipped headlights (pl)

● luces de estacionamiento

fpl luces de ciudad

● luces de gálibo

fpl clearance lights (pl)

● luces de navegación

fpl navigation lights (pl)

● luces de parqueo

mpl ( Col); parking lights (pl)

● luces de pista

fpl runway lights

● luces de situación

fpl luces de ciudad

● luces largas

fpl:

pon las luces largas put the headlights on main o full beam

● luces y sombras

fpl

A ( Art) light and shade

B (aspectos buenos y malos) the good and the bad

luces y sombras en el balance del gobierno the good and bad aspects of the government’s performance

● luz de bengala

(para iluminar) flare, Bengal light; (para señales) flare; (juguete) sparkler

● luz de carretera

luces largas

● luz de cortesía

courtesy light

● luz de estribo

courtesy light

● luz de frenado

stoplight, brake light ( BrE)

● luz de giro

( Arg) indicator

● luz de mercurio

mercury vapor* lamp

● luz de neón

neon light

● luz de sodio

sodium vapor* lamp

● luz larga

luces largas

● luz piloto

pilot light

● luz y sonido

son et lumière

D ( Taur):

siempre había soñado con vestirse de luces he had always dreamed of becoming a bullfighter

traje de luces (↑ traje (1))

E ( Arquit, Ing) span

* * *

luz sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) light;
◊ la luz del sol the sunlight;

me da la luz en los ojos the light's in my eyes;
a plena luz del día in broad daylight;
este reflector da mucha luz this spotlight is very bright;
leer con poca luz to read in poor light;
a la luz de los últimos acontecimientos in the light of recent events;
a todas luces: whichever way you look at it;
dar a luz to give birth;
sacar algo a la luz ‹secreto/escándalo› to bring sth to light;

‹ publicación› to bring out;
◊ salir a la luz [secreto/escándalo] to come to light;

[ publicación] to come out
2
a) (fam) ( electricidad) electricity;

◊ les cortaron la luz their electricity was cut off;

se fue la luz ( en una casa) the electricity went off;

( en una zona) there was a power cut
b) ( dispositivo) light;

encender or (AmL) prender or (Esp) dar la luz to turn on o switch on the light;
◊ apagar la luz to turn off o switch off the light;

cruzar con la luz roja to cross when the lights are red;
luces de estacionamiento or (Esp) de situación parking lights (pl) (AmE), sidelights (pl) (BrE);
luces de cruce or cortas or (AmL) bajas dipped headlights (pl);
poner las luces largas or altas to put the headlights on high (AmE) o (BrE) full beam;
luz de frenado stoplight, brake light (BrE);
luz de giro (Arg) indicator
luz sustantivo femenino
1 light
luz natural, sunlight
2 (foco) light: apaga las luces, por favor, put out the lights, please
3 (electricidad) me cortaron la luz, my electricity has been cut off
4 Auto light
luz larga, headlights pl; luces de cruce, dipped headlights
luces de posición, sidelights 5 luces, (entendimiento) intelligence sing; tener pocas luces, to be dim-witted 6 traje de luces, bullfighter's costume
♦ Locuciones: figurado dar a luz, (parir) to give birth to
figurado dar luz verde a, to give the green light to
a la luz de, in the light of
a todas luces, obviously
' luz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amortiguar
- ancha
- ancho
- año
- apagar
- apagada
- apagado
- aviso
- brillar
- brillo
- buena
- bueno
- cañón
- cegador
- cegadora
- cobrador
- cobradora
- contador
- corta
- cortar
- corto
- dar
- débil
- desconectar
- deslumbrar
- día
- divisar
- domiciliar
- encenderse
- enchufar
- enfocar
- escasa
- escaso
- gasto
- haz
- interruptor
- irradiar
- linterna
- oscilar
- oscuras
- oscuridad
- piloto
- precisa
- preciso
- proyectar
- proyector
- ráfaga
- rayo
- reflector
- reflectora
English:
beam
- birth
- blaze
- blind
- blink
- board
- bright
- brilliance
- brownout
- burn
- candlelight
- cast
- catch
- chink
- come through
- cut out
- dark
- day
- daylight
- deflect
- die
- diffuse
- dim
- disconnect
- dull
- electricity bill
- emit
- exposure
- fade
- flash
- flicker
- fluorescent light
- fuel
- give off
- glare
- glaring
- glimmer
- glow
- glowing
- go off
- go on
- go out
- go-ahead
- infrared
- lay on
- leave on
- light
- light year
- moonlight
- nod

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luz nf

1. [foco, energía, luminosidad] light;
[destello] flash (of light);
se veía una luz a lo lejos a light could be seen in the distance;

estas farolas dan poca luz these streetlights don't shine very brightly o aren't very bright;

esta habitación tiene mucha luz you get a lot of sunlight in this room;

ya no hay luz a esas horas it's no longer light at that time of day, the light has gone by that time of day;

apagar la luz to switch off the light;

encender o Esp [m5] dar o Am [m5] prender la luz to switch on the light;

la habitación estaba a media luz [con luz natural] it was almost dark in the room;
[con luz artificial] the room was dimly lit;
ponlo a la luz, que lo veamos mejor hold it up to the light so we can see it better;

con las primeras luces [al amanecer] at first light;

quitarle la luz a alguien [ponerse en medio] to block sb's light;

leer a la luz de una vela to read by the light of a candle;

una cena a la luz de las velas a candlelit dinner;
Fig
a la luz de [los hechos, los acontecimientos] in the light of;

a plena luz del día in the full light of day;

arrojar luz sobre to shed light on;

a todas luces whichever way you look at it;

dar a luz (un niño) to give birth (to a child);

Comp

con luz y taquígrafos with absolute transparency;

Comp

dar luz verde (a) to give the green light o the go-ahead (to);

Comp

entre dos luces Literario [entre el día y la noche] at twilight;
Literario [entre la noche y el día] at first light; Fam Fig [achispado] tipsy;
Comp

sacar algo a la luz [revelar] to bring sth to light;
[publicar] to bring sth out, to publish sth;
Comp

salir a la luz [descubrirse] to come to light;
[publicarse] to come out;
Comp
RP Fam
ser una luz to be a bright spark;

Comp

ver la luz [publicación, informe] to see the light of day;
[tras penalidades] to see the light at the end of the tunnel
Comp
luz blanca white light;
luz cenital light from above;

luz del día daylight;

luz de discoteca strobe light;

luz eléctrica electric light;

luz de luna moonlight;
RP luz mala will-o'-the-wisp;
luz natural [del sol] natural light;

luz de neón neon light;

luz del sol sunlight;

luz solar sunlight

2. [electricidad] electricity;

cortar la luz a alguien to cut off sb's electricity supply;

se ha ido la luz the lights have gone out;

pagar (el recibo de) la luz to pay the electricity (bill)

3.
luces [de automóvil] lights;

darle las luces a alguien to flash (one's lights) at sb;

dejarse las luces del coche puestas to leave one's lights on

Comp
Am luces altas:
poner las luces altas to put one's headlights on Br full o US high beam;
Am luces bajas Br dipped headlights, US low beams;
luces de carretera: [m5] poner las luces de carretera to put one's headlights on Br full o US high beam;

luces cortas Br dipped headlights, US low beams;

luces de cruce Br dipped headlights, US low beams;

luces de emergencia Br hazard (warning) lights, US emergency lights;

luces de frenado brake lights;

luces de freno brake lights;

luces de gálibo clearance lights;
Arg luz de giro Br indicator, US turn signal;
luces largas: [m5] poner las luces largas to put one's headlights on Br full o US high beam;

luz de marcha atrás reversing light;

luces de navegación navigation lights;

luces de niebla fog lamps o lights;

luces de posición sidelights;

luces de señalización traffic lights;

luces de situación sidelights;

luces de tráfico traffic lights;

luces traseras Br rear lights, US tail-lights

4.
luces [inteligencia] intelligence;

es de o [m5] tiene pocas luces he's not very bright

5. Hist
las Luces the Enlightenment

6. [modelo, ejemplo]
Alá es la luz que dirige nuestras vidas Allah is our guiding light

7. Arquit [ventana] window;
[ancho de ventana] span
* * *

luz

f light;

a la luz del día in daylight;

dar la luz turn on the light;

arrojar luz sobre algo fig shed light on s.th.;

ver la luz de publicación be published, see the light of day;

dar a luz give birth to;

sacar a la luz fig bring to light;

salir a la luz fig come to light;

a todas luces evidently, clearly;

de pocas luces fig fam dim fam, not very bright

* * *

luz nf, pl luces

1) : light

2) : lighting

3) fam : electricity

4) : window, opening

5) : light, lamp

6) : span, spread (between supports)

7)

a la luz de : in light of

8)

dar a luz : to give birth

9)

traje de luces : matador's costume

* * *

luz n

1. (en general) light

esta sala tiene mucha luz this room gets a lot of light

enciende la luz turn the light on

2. (electricidad) electricity

el recibo de la luz the electricity bill

a la luz del día in daylight

dar a luz to give birth [pt. gave; pp. given]

luces de posición sidelights

luz de luna moonlight

luz del sol sunlight

Spanish-English dictionary > luz
6 code

code [kɔd]

1. masculine noun

   a. (Law) code

• le code civil the civil code ≈ common law

• code pénal penal code

• code du travail labour regulations

• code de la route highway code

• il a eu le code, mais pas la conduite he passed the written test but failed on the driving

   b. ( = règles) code de la politesse/de l'honneur code of politeness/honour

   c. ( = écriture, message) code

• code secret secret code

   d. [de voiture] codes dipped headlights (Brit) low beams (US)

• mettre ses codes or ses phares en code(s)

• se mettre en code(s) to dip one's headlights (Brit) to put on the low beams (US)

2. compounds

► code d'accès (à un immeuble) entry code ; (à une base de données) access code

► code à barres bar code

► code confidentiel PIN number

► code génétique genetic code

► code personnel PIN number

► code postal postcode (Brit), zip code (US)

* * *
kɔd
1.

nom masculin

1) ( recueil) code

code de déontologie — code of practice

2) ( conventions) code

3) (écriture, message) code

code chiffré — number code

4) Informatique code

code de contrôle d'erreur — error-checking code

2.

codes nom masculin pluriel ( phares) dipped GB ou dimmed US (head)lights, low beam (sg)

se mettre en codes — to dip GB ou dim US one's headlights

Phrasal Verbs:

- code barres

- code civil

- code confidentiel

- code génétique

- code de la nationalité

- code pénal

- code postal

- code de la route

* * *
kɔd nm
1) (= langage secret) code, [digicode] code, [carte à puce] PIN number

2) (= recueil de lois ou règles) code

3) AUTOMOBILES

se mettre en code; se mettre en codes — to dip one's lights Grande-Bretagne to dim one's lights USA

* * *

code

A nm

1 ( recueil) code; code de déontologie code of practice;

2 ( conventions) code; code de conduite/de l'honneur code of conduct/of honour^GB; s'appuyer sur les codes du film noir to follow the conventions of film noir;

3 (écriture, message) code; code chiffré number code; message en code coded message; mettre qch en code to put sth in code, to encode sth;

4 Ordinat code; code de contrôle d'erreur error-checking code; code correcteur d'erreurs error-correcting code.

B codes nmpl ( phares) dipped GB ou dimmed US (head)lights, low beam (sg); rouler en codes to drive with dipped (head)lights GB ou on low beam; se mettre en codes to dip GB ou dim US one's headlights.

Composés

code (à) barres Comm bar code; code civil Jur civil code; code confidentiel (d'identification) Fin personal identification number, PIN; code génétique Biol genetic code; code Napoléon Napoleonic code; code de la nationalité Jur regulations (pl) as to nationality; code pénal Jur penal code; code postal Postes post code GB, zip code US; code de procédure civile Jur code of civil procedure; code de procédure pénale Jur code of criminal procedure; code de la route Aut highway code GB, rules (pl) of the road US; passer son code○ Aut to take the written part of a driving test; code secret secret code; code source Ordinat source code.

[kɔd] nom masculin

1. [ensemble de lois] code

le code (civil) the civil code

code de commerce commercial law

code maritime navigation laws

code pénal penal code

code de la route Highway Code (UK), rules of the road (US)

code du travail labour legislation

2. [normes] code

code de la politesse code of good manners

3. [ensemble de conventions] code

code international de signaux NAUTIQUE International Code

code télégraphique telegraphic code

code des transmissions signal ou signalling code

4. [groupe de symboles] code

code alphanumérique/binaire alphanumeric/binary code

code (à) barres bar code

code confidentiel [d'une carte de crédit] personal identification number, PIN

code d'entrée [sur une porte] door code

code postal post (UK) ou zip (US) code

5. [manuel] code-book

code de déchiffrement code-book

6. LINGUISTIQUE language

7. SCIENCES

code génétique genetic code

————————

codes nom masculin pluriel

AUTOMOBILE dipped headlights (UK), low beams (US)

————————

en code locution adverbiale

1. [sous forme chiffrée] in code

mettre quelque chose en code to cipher ou to code something

2. AUTOMOBILE

se mettre en code to dip one's headlights (UK), to put on the low beams (US)

CODE POSTAL

A sequence of five numbers used for the automatic sorting of mail. The first two digits of a French postcode correspond to the code number of the département.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > code
7 codé

code [kɔd]

1. masculine noun

   a. (Law) code

• le code civil the civil code ≈ common law

• code pénal penal code

• code du travail labour regulations

• code de la route highway code

• il a eu le code, mais pas la conduite he passed the written test but failed on the driving

   b. ( = règles) code de la politesse/de l'honneur code of politeness/honour

   c. ( = écriture, message) code

• code secret secret code

   d. [de voiture] codes dipped headlights (Brit) low beams (US)

• mettre ses codes or ses phares en code(s)

• se mettre en code(s) to dip one's headlights (Brit) to put on the low beams (US)

2. compounds

► code d'accès (à un immeuble) entry code ; (à une base de données) access code

► code à barres bar code

► code confidentiel PIN number

► code génétique genetic code

► code personnel PIN number

► code postal postcode (Brit), zip code (US)

* * *
kɔd
1.

nom masculin

1) ( recueil) code

code de déontologie — code of practice

2) ( conventions) code

3) (écriture, message) code

code chiffré — number code

4) Informatique code

code de contrôle d'erreur — error-checking code

2.

codes nom masculin pluriel ( phares) dipped GB ou dimmed US (head)lights, low beam (sg)

se mettre en codes — to dip GB ou dim US one's headlights

Phrasal Verbs:

- code barres

- code civil

- code confidentiel

- code génétique

- code de la nationalité

- code pénal

- code postal

- code de la route

* * *
kɔd nm
1) (= langage secret) code, [digicode] code, [carte à puce] PIN number

2) (= recueil de lois ou règles) code

3) AUTOMOBILES

se mettre en code; se mettre en codes — to dip one's lights Grande-Bretagne to dim one's lights USA

* * *

code

A nm

1 ( recueil) code; code de déontologie code of practice;

2 ( conventions) code; code de conduite/de l'honneur code of conduct/of honour^GB; s'appuyer sur les codes du film noir to follow the conventions of film noir;

3 (écriture, message) code; code chiffré number code; message en code coded message; mettre qch en code to put sth in code, to encode sth;

4 Ordinat code; code de contrôle d'erreur error-checking code; code correcteur d'erreurs error-correcting code.

B codes nmpl ( phares) dipped GB ou dimmed US (head)lights, low beam (sg); rouler en codes to drive with dipped (head)lights GB ou on low beam; se mettre en codes to dip GB ou dim US one's headlights.

Composés

code (à) barres Comm bar code; code civil Jur civil code; code confidentiel (d'identification) Fin personal identification number, PIN; code génétique Biol genetic code; code Napoléon Napoleonic code; code de la nationalité Jur regulations (pl) as to nationality; code pénal Jur penal code; code postal Postes post code GB, zip code US; code de procédure civile Jur code of civil procedure; code de procédure pénale Jur code of criminal procedure; code de la route Aut highway code GB, rules (pl) of the road US; passer son code○ Aut to take the written part of a driving test; code secret secret code; code source Ordinat source code.

( féminin codée) [kɔde] adjectif

encoded, coded

générateur d'impulsions codées pulse coder

message codé cryptogram

langage codé secret language

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > codé
8 къса светлина

авто.

low beam

авто.

low beams

авто.

lower beam

авто.

lower beams

авто.

passing light

авто.

passing lights

авто.

spread beam

авто.

spread beams

Български-Angleščina политехнически речник > къса светлина
9 feu

I.

feu¹ [fø]

━━━━━━━━━

1. masculine noun

2. invariable adjective

3. compounds

━━━━━━━━━

1. <

   a. ( = flammes, incendie) fire

• feu de bois wood fire

• allumer un feu to light a fire

• faire un feu to make a fire

• faire du feu to make a fire

• jeter qch au feu to throw sth on the fire

• avoir le feu au derrière (inf) to be in a hell of a hurry (inf)

• faire feu de tout bois to use all available means

• mettre le feu à qch to set fire to sth

• ça a mis le feu aux poudres it sparked things off

• prendre feu to catch fire

• au feu ! fire!

• il y a le feu there's a fire

• il n'y a pas le feu (au lac) ! (inf) no panic! (inf)

• avoir le feu sacré to burn with zeal

► à feu et à sang

• la région est à feu et à sang the region is being torn apart by war► en feu burning

• sa maison était en feu his house was on fire

• devant la maison en feu in front of the burning house

• il avait les joues en feu his cheeks were burning

   b. (pour un fumeur) light

• vous avez du feu ? have you got a light?

• donner du feu à qn to give sb a light

   c. ( = brûleur) burner ; ( = plaque électrique) ring (Brit), burner (US)

• cuisinière à trois feux stove with three rings

• faire cuire à feu doux to cook on a low heat ; (au four) to cook in a low oven

• faire cuire à feu vif to cook on a high heat ; (au four) to cook in a hot oven

• plat qui va au feu flameproof dish

► à petit feu [cuire] gently

• tuer qn à petit feu to kill sb by inches

   d. ( = sensation de brûlure) j'ai le feu aux joues my cheeks are burning

• le feu du rasoir shaving rash

   e. ( = ardeur) dans le feu de la discussion in the heat of the discussion

► tout feu tout flamme wildly enthusiastic

   f. ( = tir) fire

• faire feu to fire

• feu ! fire!

• sous le feu de l'ennemi under enemy fire

• être pris entre deux feux to be caught in the crossfire

• un feu roulant de questions a barrage of questions

► coup de feu shot

• c'est le coup de feu it's all go (inf)

   g. ( = signal lumineux) light

• le feu était au rouge the lights were on red

• s'arrêter aux feux to stop at the lights

   h. ( = éclairage) light

• les feux de la rampe the footlights

• pleins feux sur... spotlight on...

• être sous le feu des projecteurs to be in the limelight

• les feux de l'actualité sont braqués sur eux they are in the full glare of the media spotlight

   i. ► mise à feu [de fusée, moteur] firing ; [d'explosif, bombe] setting off

• au moment de la mise à feu de la fusée at blast-off

2. <

(couleur) flame-coloured

• rouge feu flame red

3. <

► feu antibrouillard fog light

► feu arrière tail light

► feu d'artifice firework display

► feu de camp campfire

► feu de cheminée ( = flambée) fire ; ( = incendie) chimney fire

► feu clignotant flashing light

► feux de croisement dipped headlights (Brit), low beams (US)

► feux de détresse hazard warning lights

► feu follet will-o'-the-wisp

► feu de forêt forest fire

► feu de joie bonfire

► feu orange amber light (Brit), yellow light (US)

► feu de paille (figurative) flash in the pan

► feu de position sidelight

► feux de recul reversing lights (Brit), back-up lights (US)

► feu rouge ( = couleur) red light ; ( = objet) traffic light

► feux de route headlights on full beam

► feux de la Saint-Jean bonfires lit to celebrate the summer solstice

► feux de signalisation traffic lights

► feu de stop brake light

► feux tricolores traffic lights

► feu vert green light

• donner le feu vert à qn to give sb the go-ahead

II.

feu², eadjective

(literary or humorous = décédé) feu ma tante my late aunt

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I

feue fø adjectif late

feu la reine, la feue reine — the late queen

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1.

pl feux fø adjectif invariable

(de couleur) feu — flame-coloured [BrE]

rouge feu — fiery red

2.

nom masculin

1) (combustion, incendie) fire

feu de braises — glowing embers (pl)

au feu! — fire!

mise à feu — ( de fusée) blast-off

au coin du feu — [s'asseoir, bavarder] by the fire; [causerie, rêverie] fireside (épith); huile, marron

2) ( lumière) light

les feux de la rampe — the footlights

sous le feu des projecteurs — lit under the glare of the spotlights; fig in the spotlight

3) ( éclat)

briller de mille feux — [chandelier, diamant] to sparkle brilliantly

les feux du couchant — the fiery glow of the setting sun

4) Automobile, Aviation, Nautisme ( signal) light

tous feux éteints — without lights

5) ( à un carrefour) traffic light

feu orange — amber GB ou yellow US light

j'ai le feu vert de mon patron — my boss has given me the go-ahead

6) Culinaire ( de cuisinière) ring GB, burner US; ( chaleur) heat

j'ai oublié la soupe sur le feu — I've left the soup on the stove

j'ai quelque chose sur le feu — I've got something cooking

7) (allumettes, briquet)

avez-vous du feu? — have you got a light?

8) ( sensation de brûlure)

épice qui met la bouche en feu — spice that burns your mouth

elle avait les joues en feu — her cheeks were burning ou on fire

pour apaiser le feu du rasoir — to soothe shaving burn

9) ( enthousiasme) passion

avoir un tempérament de feu — to have a fiery temperament

dans le feu de la discussion — in the heat of the discussion

10) ( tir)

feu! — fire!

faire feu — to fire ( sur at)

coup de feu — shot

le coup de feu de midi — ( dans un restaurant) the lunchtime rush

être pris entre deux feux — lit, fig to be caught in the crossfire

11) ( combat) action

aller au feu — to go into action

12) (colloq) ( pistolet) gun

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Phrasal Verbs:

- feu d'artifice

- feu de Bengale

- feu de camp

- feu de cheminée

- feu d'encombrement

- feu follet

- feu de gabarit

- feu de joie

- feu de paille

- feu de signalisation

- feu x de croisement

- feu x de détresse

- feu x de position

- feu x de recul

- feu x de route

- feu x de stationnement

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il n'y a pas le feu! — (colloq) there's no rush!

jouer avec le feu — to play with fire

faire long feu — [projectile, projet] to misfire

ne pas faire long feu — (colloq) not to last long

il n'y a vu que du feu — (colloq) he fell for it

mourir à petit feu — to die a slow death

avoir le feu au derrière (colloq) or aux fesses — (colloq) ( être pressé) to be in a rush

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fø feux pl
1. nm

1) (l'un des éléments) fire

en feu — on fire

prendre feu — to catch fire

mettre le feu à — to set fire to, to set on fire

avez-vous du feu? — have you got a light?

2) (incendie) fire

au feu! — fire!

feu de forêt — forest fire

3) (dans un foyer, une cheminée)

faire du feu — to make a fire

allumer un feu — to light a fire

Ils ont allumé un feu dans la cheminée. — They lit a fire in the fireplace.

feu de bois — wood fire

feu de tourbe — peat fire

4) (= signal) light

mon feu arrière droit — my right rear light

un feu rouge — a red light

le feu vert — the green light

5) [cuisinière] ring

une cuisinière à trois feux — a stove with three rings

à feu doux — over a slow heat

à feu vif — over a brisk heat

mijoter à feu doux — simmer over a gentle heat

à petit feu CUISINE — over a gentle heat, figslowly

6) (= sensation de brûlure) burning sensation

7) MILITAIRE (= tirs) fire

un feu nourri — sustained fire

commander le feu — to give the order to fire

tué au feu — killed in action

faire feu — to fire

ouvrir le feu — to open fire

pris entre deux feux — caught in the crossfire

8) (autres locutions)

mettre à feu [fusée] — to fire off

ne pas faire long feu fig — not to last long

être tout feu tout flamme (passion) — to be aflame with passion, (enthousiasme) to be fired with enthusiasm

dans le feu de l'action — in the heat of the moment

2. feux nmpl

1) AUTOMOBILES (sur un véhicule) lights

N'oubliez pas d'allumer vos feux. — Don't forget to put your lights on.

feux de croisement — dipped headlights Grande-Bretagne dimmed headlights USA

feux de route — headlights on full beam Grande-Bretagne headlights on high beam USA

tous feux éteints NAVIGATION, AUTOMOBILES — without lights

2) (de signalisation routière) lights, traffic lights

Tournez à gauche aux feux. — Turn left at the lights.

3) lit

les feux de... — the lights of...

On voyait briller les feux de la ville. — We could see the city lights shining.

les feux du couchant — the fiery colours of the sunset

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I.

feu, pl feux

A ⇒ Les couleurs adj inv (de couleur) feu flame-coloured^GB; rouge feu fiery red.

B nm

1 (combustion, incendie) fire; feu de bois/brousse/forêt wood/bush/forest fire; feu de braises glowing embers (pl); en feu on fire; au feu! fire!; j'ai entendu (quelqu'un) crier au feu I heard someone shout ‘fire!’; il y a le feu à l'étable the cowshed is on fire; il y a eu le feu chez elle she's had a fire; allumer un feu to light a fire; faire un or du feu to make a fire; prendre feu to catch fire; le feu a pris au sous-sol the fire started in the basement; le feu a pris/ne prend pas the fire is lit/won't light; mettre le feu à to set fire to; mettre or jeter qch au feu to throw sth on the fire; mise à feu ( de fusée) blast-off; au coin du feu [s'asseoir, bavarder] by the fire; [causerie, rêverie] fireside ( épith);

2 ( lumière) light; les feux de la ville the lights of the city; les feux de la rampe the footlights; sous le feu des projecteurs lit under the glare of the spotlights; fig in the spotlight; pleins feux sur… the spotlight is on…;

3 ( éclat) briller de mille feux [chandelier, diamant] to sparkle brilliantly; les feux du couchant the fiery glow of the setting sun;

4 Aut, Aviat, Gén Civ, Naut (signal, indicateur) light; tous feux éteints without lights;

5 ( à un carrefour) traffic light; feu vert/rouge green/red light; feu orange amber GB ou yellow US light; prenez à droite au feu (rouge) turn right at the (traffic) lights; le feu est au vert the lights are green; avoir/recevoir le feu vert de qn fig to have/get the green light ou the go-ahead from sb; donner son feu vert à qn fig to give sb the go-ahead;

6 Culin ( de cuisinière) ring GB, burner US; ( chaleur) heat; faire cuire à feu vif/moyen cook over a high/medium heat; faire cuire à petit feu or à feu doux cook over a gentle heat; retirez du feu au bout de 15 minutes remove from the heat after 15 minutes; j'ai oublié la soupe sur le feu I've left the soup on the stove; attends, j'ai quelque chose sur le feu just a minute, I've got something cooking;

7 ( allumette) avez-vous du feu? have you got a light?;

8 ( sensation de brûlure) épice qui met la bouche en feu spice that burns your mouth; elle avait les joues en feu her cheeks were burning ou on fire; pour apaiser le feu du rasoir to soothe shaving burn;

9 ( enthousiasme) passion; avec feu [parler, défendre] with passion; être plein de feu [personne] to be full of fire; avoir un tempérament de feu to have a fiery temperament; dans le feu de la discussion/de l'action in the heat of the discussion/of the moment; ⇒ action;

10 ( tir) feu! Mil fire!; feu nourri sustained fire; faire feu to fire (sur at); ouvrir le feu to open fire (sur on); sous le feu de l'ennemi under enemy fire; coup de feu shot; des coups de feu ont été tirés shots were fired; essuyer des coups de feu to be shot at; tirer un coup de feu to shoot into the air; échange de coups de feu shooting incident; le coup de feu de midi fig ( dans un restaurant) the lunchtime rush; être pris entre deux feux lit, fig to be caught in the crossfire; sous les feux croisés de X et de Y lit, fig under the crossfire of X and Y; un feu roulant de critiques a torrent of criticism;

11 ( combat) action; aller au feu to go into action ; envoyer qn au feu to send sb into action; baptême du feu baptism of fire;

12 †( foyer) un village de 30 feux a village of some 30 dwellings;

13 ○( pistolet) shooter○, piece○ US, gun.

Composés

feu arrière rear light GB, tail light US; feu d'artifice ( spectacle) fireworks display; ( un seul) firework; tirer un feu d'artifice ( un seul) to let off a firework; ( plusieurs) to have fireworks; feu bactérien fire blight; feu de Bengale Bengal light; feu de brouillard fog-light; feu de camp campfire; feu de cheminée chimney fire; feu clignotant indicator GB, blinker US; feu de croisement dipped GB ou dimmed US headlight; feu d'encombrement marker lamp ou light; feu follet will-o'-the-wisp; feu de gabarit = feu d'encombrement; feu de joie bonfire; feu de marche arrière = feu de recul; feu de paille flash in the pan; feu de recul reversing GB ou backup US light; feu de route main-beam headlight; passer or se mettre en feux de route to switch on to full beam GB, to put the high beams on; feu de signalisation traffic light; feu de stationnement sidelight GB, parking light US; feu stop Aut brake light, stop lamp; feu tricolore = feu de signalisation; feux de détresse warning lights, hazard lamps; feux de position Aut sidelights GB, parking lights US; Aviat, Naut navigation lights.

Idiomes

il n'y a pas le feu○! there's no rush!; jouer avec le feu to play with fire; faire long feu [projectile, projet] to misfire; ne pas faire long feu○ not to last long; il n'y a vu que du feu he fell for it; mourir à petit feu to die a slow death; faire mourir qn à petit feu to make sb die a slow death; avoir le feu au derrière○ or aux fesses○ or au cul◑ ( être pressé) to be in a rush; ( être salace) to be randy○; ⇒ main, lieu.

II.

feu, feue adj fml late; feu la reine, la feue reine the late queen.

I

( féminin feue) [fø] adjectif

(soutenu) (invariable avant l'article ou le possessif) late

feu la reine the late Queen

II

[fø] ( pluriel feux) nom masculin

1. [combustion] fire

faire du ou un feu to make a fire

allumer un feu to light a fire

feu de bois (wood) fire

feu de braises (glowing) embers

feu de cheminée chimney fire

mettre le feu à une maison to set a house on fire

au feu! fire!

feu de camp campfire

feu d'enfer blazing fire

feu de joie bonfire

feu de paille flash in the pan

les feux de la Saint-Jean bonfires lit to celebrate Midsummer's Day

le feu, l'épreuve du feu HISTOIRE ordeal by fire

prendre feu (sens propre) to catch fire

avoir le feu sacré to burn with enthusiasm

il n'y a pas le feu (au lac)! (humoristique) what's the big hurry?, where's the fire?

elle n'a pas fait long feu dans l'entreprise she didn't last long in the company

jouer avec le feu to play with fire

il n'y a vu que du feu he never saw a thing, he was completely taken in

il se jetterait dans le feu pour lui/eux he'd do anything for him/them

avoir le feu au derrière (familier) ou aux fesses (familier) ou au cul (vulgaire)

a. [être pressé] to be in a tearing hurry

b. [sexuellement] to be horny (très familier)

2. [brûleur] ring, burner

à feu doux

a. [plaque] on a gentle ou slow heat

b. [four] in a slow oven

mijoter ou faire cuire à petit feu to cook slowly

tuer ou faire mourir quelqu'un à petit feu (figuré) to kill somebody slowly ou by inches

à feu vif on a fierce heat

avoir quelque chose sur le feu to be (in the middle of) cooking something

j'ai laissé le lait sur le feu! I've left the milk on!

un plat/ramequin qui va sur le feu a fireproof dish/ramekin

3. [briquet]

avez-vous du feu? have you got a light?

il n'a jamais de feu he's never got a light

4. [en pyrotechnie]

feu d'artifice [spectacle] fireworks display

son récital, un vrai feu d'artifice! (figuré) his recital was a virtuoso performance!

des feux d'artifice fireworks

feu de Bengale Bengal light

5. MILITAIRE [tir] fire, shooting

[combats] action

ouvrir le feu (sur) to open fire (on), to start firing (at)

cesser le feu to cease fire

faire feu to fire, to shoot

feu! fire!

un feu croisé, des feux croisés (sens propre) crossfire

pris dans le feu croisé de leurs questions (figuré) caught in the crossfire of their questions

feu nourri (sens propre) sustained fire

un feu nourri de plaisanteries (figuré) a constant stream of jokes

feu roulant (sens propre) constant barrage

un feu roulant de commentaires (figuré) a running commentary

mettre le feu aux poudres

a. (sens propre) to spark off an explosion

b. (figuré) to spark things off

6. TRANSPORTS [signal]

feu (tricolore ou de signalisation) traffic lights

feu rouge/orange/vert red/amber/green light

à droite au troisième feu (rouge) right at the third set of (traffic) lights

donner le feu vert à quelqu'un/quelque chose (figuré) to give somebody/something the green light ou the go-ahead

7. AÉRONAUTIQUE & AUTOMOBILE & NAUTIQUE light

feu arrière taillight

feux de brouillard fog lamps

feu de position sidelight

feu de recul reversing light

feux de croisement headlights

feux de détresse warning lights

feux de navigation sailing lights

feux de route headlights on full beam

8. CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE

les feux de la rampe the footlights

être sous le feu des projecteurs

a. (sens propre) to be in front of the spotlights

b. (figuré) to be in the limelight

il est sous les feux de l'actualité he's very much in the news at the moment

9. (littéraire) [ardeur] fire, passion, ardour

10. (littéraire) [éclat, lumière] fire, light

le feu de son regard her fiery eyes

les feux de la ville the city lights

les cristaux brillaient de tous leurs feux the crystals sparkled brightly

le feu d'un diamant the blaze ou fire of a diamond

11. [sensation de brûlure] burn

le feu me monta au visage I went ou turned red, my face ou I flushed

le feu du rasoir razor burn

12. (archaïque) [maison] house, homestead

13. (familier) [pistolet] gun, rod (US)

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[fø] adjectif invariable

flame (modificateur), flame-coloured

à feu et à sang locution adverbiale

mettre un pays à feu et à sang to ransack and pillage a country

avec feu locution adverbiale

passionately

dans le feu de locution prépositionnelle

in the heat of

dans le feu de l'action in the heat of the moment

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en feu locution adjectivale

1. [incendié] on fire, burning

2. [brûlant]

j'ai la bouche/gorge en feu my mouth/throat is burning

il entra, les joues en feu he came in, cheeks ablaze

sans feu ni lieu locution adverbiale

(littéraire)

être sans feu ni lieu to have nowhere to lay one's head

tout feu tout flamme locution adjectivale

burning with enthusiasm

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feu follet nom masculin

will-o'-the-wisp

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > feu

10 Scheinwerfer

m floodlight; THEAT. spotlight; (Suchscheinwerfer) searchlight; MOT. headlight, headlamp

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der Scheinwerfer

spotlight; headlight; floodlight; searchlight; headlight; projector; reverberator; headlamp;

die Scheinwerfer

headlamps (Pl.)

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Schein|wer|fer
m
(zum Beleuchten) floodlight; (im Theater) spotlight; (= Suchscheinwerfer) searchlight; (AUT) (head)light, headlamp
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der

1) (a headlight.) headlamp

2) (a powerful light at or on the front of a car, lorry, train, ship, aeroplane etc: As it was getting dark, the driver switched on his headlights.) headlight

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Schein·wer·fer

m

1. (Strahler) spotlight; (Licht zum Suchen) searchlight

2. AUTO headlight

die \Scheinwerfer aufblenden to turn the headlights on full [or AM high beam]

die \Scheinwerfer kurz aufblenden to flash one's headlights

aufgeblendete \Scheinwerfer full headlights BRIT, high beams AM

die \Scheinwerfer abblenden to dip one's headlights BRIT, to click on one's low beams AM

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der floodlight; (am Auto) headlight; (im Theater, Museum usw.) spotlight

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Scheinwerfer m floodlight; THEAT spotlight; (Suchscheinwerfer) searchlight; AUTO headlight, headlamp

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der floodlight; (am Auto) headlight; (im Theater, Museum usw.) spotlight

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(Auto) m.

headlamp n.

headlight n. (Bühne) m.

spotlight n. m.

flood light n.

floodlight n.

searchlight n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Scheinwerfer

11 Scheinwerfer

Schein·wer·fer m

1) ( Strahler) spotlight;

( Licht zum Suchen) searchlight

2) auto headlight;

die \Scheinwerfer aufblenden to turn the headlights on full [or (Am) high beam];

die \Scheinwerfer kurz aufblenden to flash one's headlights;

aufgeblendete \Scheinwerfer full headlights ( Brit), high beams (Am)

die \Scheinwerfer abblenden to dip one's headlights ( Brit), to click on one's low beams (Am)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > Scheinwerfer

12 świ|atło

n 1. (jasność) light
- światło księżyca moonlight

- światło słoneczne sunlight

- światło dzienne daylight

- promień światła a ray a. beam of light

- snop światła a shaft of light
2. (oświetlenie) lighting
- górne światło overhead a. direct lighting

- boczne światło side lighting

- zapalić światło to put a. switch the light on

- zgasić światło to turn the light(s) out, to switch the light off
3. sgt pot. (elektryczność) electricity
- awaria światła an electricity a. a power cut a. failure

- rachunek za światło an electricity bill
4. zw. pl Techn. (pojazdu) light zw. pl
- światła mijania a. krótkie dipped headlights GB, low beams US

- światła drogowe a. długie full beam a. main beam headlights GB, high beams US

- światła odblaskowe reflectors

- światła postojowe parking lights

- światła pozycyjne running lights

- tylne światła rear lights GB, tail lights US
5. (regulujące ruch) traffic light(s)
- zatrzymać się na światłach to stop at the lights

- przejechał skrzyżowania na czerwonym świetle he went through a red light at the junction a. crossroads
6. (blask) flash, sparkle
- światła na wodzie sparkles on the water
7. Fiz. light
- strumień/wiązka światła a stream/beam of light
8. Techn. (średnica) inside diameter, bore
- światło lufy the bore of a barrel

- światło rury the inside diameter of a pipe
9 Fot., Szt. light 10 Druk. blank space 11 książk., przen. light
- □ światła nawigacyjne Żegl. navigation lights

- światło błyskowe Fot. flash

- światło kotwiczne Żegl. anchor light

- sztuczne światło artificial light

- światło wiekuiste Relig. perpetual light, light eternal

■ w pełnym świetle in full daylight, by the light of day

- zielone światło książk. green light

- dać komuś zielone światło to give sb the green light a. the go-ahead

- pod światło against the light

- sprawdziła pod światło, czy kieliszek jest czysty she checked the glass against the light to see if it was clean

- w pełnym świetle książk. in full light, in the clear light of day

- przedstawiać kogoś/coś w złym świetle książk. to present sb/sth in a bad light

- przedstawiać kogoś/coś w dobrym świetle to present a. show sth/sb in a favourable light

- przedstawić coś w innym świetle to show sth in a different light

- rzucić na coś światło to cast a. shed a. throw light on sth

- ujrzeć światło dzienne książk. (urodzić się) to see the light of day; (ukazać się drukiem) to come out; (zostać ujawnionym) to come a. be brought to light

- wydobywać a. wyciągać a. wywlekać coś na światło dzienne to bring sth to light

- wyjść a. wychodzić na światło dzienne to come to light, to surface

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > świ|atło

13 Abblendschalter

m <kfz.licht> (allg., hand- oder fußbetätigt) ■ headlight dimmer switch US ; headlight dimmer US ; dimmer switch US.pract ; dimmer US.pract ; high/low beam change-over switch US.rare ; headlamp dipper switch GB ; headlamp dipper GB.pract ; dipper switch GB.pract ; dipper GB.pract

m prakt <kfz.msr> (fußbetätigt, pedalförmig) ■ dimmer switch pedal; pedal-operated dip switch

m <kfz.msr> (für Scheinwerfer; an Lenksäule) ■ headlight dimmer [switch] US ; high low beams change-over switch US ; headlamp dipper [lever] GB

German-english technical dictionary > Abblendschalter

14 Abblendhebel

m <kfz.msr> (für Scheinwerfer; an Lenksäule) ■ headlight dimmer [switch] US ; high low beams change-over switch US ; headlamp dipper [lever] GB

m <kfz.msr> (an Innenspiegel) ■ day/night lever; anti-dazzle lever; anti-glare lever; tab coll

m < phot> (für Blende; an Kamera) ■ stop-down lever

German-english technical dictionary > Abblendhebel

15 mijanie

- nia; nt

światła mijania — ( MOT) dipped (BRIT) lub dimmed (US) (head)lights

włączyć perf światła mijania — to dip (BRIT) lub dim (US) one's (head)lights

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mijanie

n.

passage, lapse; światła mijania mot. low beams, dimmed headlights; Br. dipped headlights.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mijanie

16 corto

adj.

1 short, small-sized.

2 slow-witted.

3 short, shy.

4 short, brief, laconic, succinct.

5 brief, short.

6 short, non-talkative, reserved, unexpressive.

7 short, scant, wanting.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cortar.

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corto

► adjetivo

1 (extensión) short

■ distancia corta short distance

2 (duración) short, brief

■ una película corta a short film

3 (escaso) scant, meagre (US meager)

4 figurado (tonto) thick, dim

5 figurado (tímido) shy, timid

► nombre masculino corto

1 short film, short

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la corta o a la larga figurado sooner or later, in the long run

corto,-a de alcances familiar thick, dim

corto,-a de medios of scant means

corto,-a de miras familiar narrow-minded

corto,-a de vista short-sighted

ni corto,-a ni perezoso,-a familiar without thinking twice

quedarse corto,-a (ropa) to become too short

■ el pantalón se me ha quedado corto my trousers have become too short for me 2 (calcular mal) to underestimate, miscalculate

■ te quedaste corto con los bocadillos you didn't make enough sandwiches 3 (un tiro) to fall short 4 (no decir todo) to hold something back, not say enough

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corto

► nombre masculino

1 short film, short

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(f. - corta)

adj.

1) short

2) shy, timid

3) scarce

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1. ADJ

1) [longitud, distancia] short

llevaba el pelo muy corto — she had very short hair

una camisa de manga corta — a short-sleeved shirt

vinimos por el camino más corto — we came by the shortest route

un relato corto — a short story

el vestido se le ha quedado corto — the dress has got too short for her

el tiro se quedó corto — the shot fell short
pantalón 1)
2) [periodo, visita, reunión] short, brief

en un corto espacio de tiempo — in a short space of time

los días se van haciendo más cortos — the days are getting shorter

la película se me hizo muy corta — the film was over o went very quickly
plazo 1)
3) (=escaso) [ración] small

dos niñas de corta edad — two very young girls

• corto de algo, un café con leche, pero corto de café — a coffee with plenty of milk, a milky coffee

corto de oído — hard of hearing

ando o voy corto de dinero — I'm short of money

ando o voy muy corto de tiempo — I'm short of time, I'm pressed o pushed for time

corto de vista — shortsighted, nearsighted (EEUU)

• quedarse corto, costará unos tres millones, y seguro que me quedo corto — it will cost three million, and I'm probably underestimating

le dijo lo que pensaba de él, pero se quedó corto — she told him what she thought of him, but it still wasn't enough

nos quedamos cortos con la bebida en la fiesta — we didn't have enough drink for the party

esta ley se queda corta en sus pretensiones — this law does not go far enough

4) (=tímido) shy

- ni corto ni perezoso

5) (=torpe) dim *, thick *

- es más corto que las mangas de un chaleco

2. SM

1) (Cine) short, short film, short movie (EEUU)

2) [de cerveza, vino] small glass; [de café] black coffee

3.

SF

a la corta o a la larga — sooner or later

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) ( en longitud) <calle/río> short

el camino más corto — the shortest route

de manga corta — short-sleeved

el vestido le quedóha corto — the dress is too short for her now

iba vestida de corto — she was wearing a short dress/skirt

en corto — < pase> (Dep) short

b) ( en duración) <película/curso/viaje> short; <visita/conversación> short, brief

la semana se me hizo corta — I found that the week went very quickly

a la corta o a la larga — sooner or later

2) (escaso, insuficiente)

un niño de corta edad — a very young child

corto de algo: ando corto de dinero I'm a bit short of money; corto de vista near-sighted, shortsighted (BrE); ando muy corto de tiempo I'm really pressed for time; un café con leche corto de café a milky coffee; quedarse corto: costará más de un millón y seguro que me quedo corto it must cost at least a million, in fact it could well be more; lo llamé de todo y aun así me quedé corto I called him all the names under the sun and I could have said more; nos quedamos cortos con el pan — we didn't buy enough bread

3) < persona>

a) (fam) ( tímido) shy

ni corto ni perezoso — as bold as you like

ni corto ni perezoso fue y se lo dijo — he told him outright

b) (fam) ( poco inteligente) stupid

corto de entendederas or alcances — dim, dense (colloq)
II
masculino

1) (Cin)

a) ( cortometraje) short (movie o film)

b) cortos masculino plural (Col, Méx, Ven) ( de película) trailer

2) (de cerveza, vino) (Esp) small glass; ( de whisky etc) (Chi) shot

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) ( en longitud) <calle/río> short

el camino más corto — the shortest route

de manga corta — short-sleeved

el vestido le quedóha corto — the dress is too short for her now

iba vestida de corto — she was wearing a short dress/skirt

en corto — < pase> (Dep) short

b) ( en duración) <película/curso/viaje> short; <visita/conversación> short, brief

la semana se me hizo corta — I found that the week went very quickly

a la corta o a la larga — sooner or later

2) (escaso, insuficiente)

un niño de corta edad — a very young child

corto de algo: ando corto de dinero I'm a bit short of money; corto de vista near-sighted, shortsighted (BrE); ando muy corto de tiempo I'm really pressed for time; un café con leche corto de café a milky coffee; quedarse corto: costará más de un millón y seguro que me quedo corto it must cost at least a million, in fact it could well be more; lo llamé de todo y aun así me quedé corto I called him all the names under the sun and I could have said more; nos quedamos cortos con el pan — we didn't buy enough bread

3) < persona>

a) (fam) ( tímido) shy

ni corto ni perezoso — as bold as you like

ni corto ni perezoso fue y se lo dijo — he told him outright

b) (fam) ( poco inteligente) stupid

corto de entendederas or alcances — dim, dense (colloq)
II
masculino

1) (Cin)

a) ( cortometraje) short (movie o film)

b) cortos masculino plural (Col, Méx, Ven) ( de película) trailer

2) (de cerveza, vino) (Esp) small glass; ( de whisky etc) (Chi) shot

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corto¹

¹ = brief [briefer -comp., briefest -sup.], short [shorter -comp., shortest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

Ex: Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.

Ex: The 'in' analytic entry consist of two parts: the description of the part, and a short citation of the whole item in which the part is to be found.

Ex: Wimbledon organisers have imposed a ban on skimpy tennis outfits ahead of this year's tournament.

* a corto plazo = before very long, short term [short-term], in the short run, short-range, at short notice, in the short term, short-run.

* andar corto de dinero = be strapped for + cash, be strapped for + cash.

* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* arma corta = small arm.

* camiseta de mangas cortas = T-shirt [tee-shirt].

* con un plazo de tiempo muy corto = at (a) very short notice.

* con un plazo de tiempo tan corto = at such short notice.

* corta distancia de desplazamiento = easy travelling distance.

* cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* corto de dinero = strapped, cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money.

* corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].

* corto de vista = nearsighted [near-sighted].

* corto y grueso = stubby [stubbier -comp., stubbiest -sup.].

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de mangas cortas = short-sleeved.

* demasiado corto = all too short.

* edición de tiradas cortas = short run publishing.

* en un corto espacio de tiempo = in a short space of time.

* en un corto período de tiempo = in a short period of time.

* en un tiempo relativamente corto = in a relatively short time, in a relatively short span of time.

* hacerse más corto = grow + shorter.

* más bien corto = shortish.

* novela corta = novella, novelette.

* quedarse corto = stop + short of, fall + short, fall + short of.

* relato corto = short story.

* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.

* solución a corto plazo = short-term solution.

* tirada corta = short run.

* tirando a corto = shortish.

* vacación corta = short break.

corto²

² = dim-witted [dimwitted].

Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.

* corto de luces = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], dim-witted [dimwitted].

* más corto que las mangas de un chaleco = as thick as two (short) planks, as shy as shy can be, as thick as a brick, as daft as a brush, knucklehead.

corto³

³ = short film.

Ex: With an eclectic mix of high-end quality short films and a devoted audience it is little wonder the event has sold out ever year for the past six years.

* festival de cine corto = short film festival.

* festival de cortos = short film festival.

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corto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (en longitud) ‹calle/río› short

el camino más corto the shortest route

el niño dio unos pasos cortitos the baby took a few short steps

me voy a cortar el pelo bien corto I'm going to have my hair cut really short

un jersey de manga corta a short-sleeved pullover

el vestido (se) le ha quedado corto the dress has got(ten) too short for her, she's got(ten) too big for the dress

fue a la fiesta vestida de corto she went to the party wearing a short dress/skirt

en corto ( Dep) short

recibe un pase en corto de Chano he receives a short pass from Chano

tener a algn corto to keep sb on a tight rein

2 (en duración) ‹película/curso› short; ‹visita/conversación› short, brief; ‹viaje› short

los días se están haciendo más cortos the days are getting shorter

esta semana se me ha hecho muy corta this week has gone very quickly o has flown (by) for me

un corto período de auge económico a brief economic boom

a la corta o a la larga sooner or later

B

(escaso, insuficiente): tiene hijos de corta edad she has very young children

una ración muy corta a very small portion

corto DE algo:

un café con leche corto de café a weak white coffee, a milky coffee

para mí, un gin-tonic cortito de ginebra I'll have a gin and tonic, but not too much gin

ando corto de dinero I'm a bit short of money

es muy corto de ambiciones he lacks ambition

corto de vista near-sighted, shortsighted ( BrE)

ando muy corto de tiempo I'm really pressed o ( BrE) pushed for time, I'm very short of time

quedarse corto: deben haber gastado más de un millón y seguro que me quedo corto they must have spent at least a million, in fact it could well have been more

lo llamé de todo y aun así me quedé corto I called him all the names under the sun and I still felt I hadn't said enough o and I still didn't feel I'd said enough

nos quedamos cortos con el pan we didn't buy enough bread

el pase se quedó corto the pass fell short

C ‹persona›

1 ( fam) (tímido) shy

ni corto ni perezoso as bold as you like, as bold as brass

ni corto ni perezoso le dijo lo que pensaba he told him outright o in no uncertain terms what he thought

2 ( fam) (poco inteligente) stupid

corto de entendederas or alcances dim, dense ( colloq), thick ( BrE colloq)

corto²

masculine

A ( Cin)

1 (cortometraje) short, short movie o film

2 cortos mpl (Col, Ven) (de una película) trailer

B

1 ( Esp) (de cerveza, vino) small glass

2 ( Chi) (de whisky etc) shot

3 ( Esp) (de café) weak black coffee

C ( Elec) short circuit, short ( colloq)

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Del verbo cortar: ( conjugate cortar)

corto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cortó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
cortar
corto
cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
‹ asado› to carve;
‹leña/madera› to chop;
‹ baraja› to cut;
◊ corto algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

corto algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
corto algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
‹ flores› (CS) to pick;
◊ me cortó un trozo de melón she cut me a piece of melon

3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
‹césped/pasto› to mow;
‹ seto› to cut;
‹ rosal› to cut back;
‹ texto› to cut down
4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
5 ( interrumpir)
a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

‹película/programa› to interrupt
b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

[ manifestantes] to block;
◊ me cortó el paso he stood in my way

6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
7 [ frío]:
◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

verbo intransitivo
1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
2
a) (Cin):

◊ ¡corten! cut!

b) (CS) ( por teléfono) to hang up;

◊ no me cortes don't hang up on me

c) ( en naipes) to cut

cortarse verbo pronominal
1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
[llamada/gas] to get cut off;
◊ se cortó la luz there was a power cut;

se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
2
a) ( refl) ( hacerse un corte) to cut oneself;

‹brazo/cara› to cut;
◊ me corté un dedo I cut my finger

b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;

◊ se corta el pelo ella misma she cuts her own hair

c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;

◊ tengo que cortome el pelo I have to have my hair cut

d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
4 [ leche] to curdle;
[mayonesa/salsa] to separate
5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
corto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) ( en longitud) ‹calle/río› short;

◊ de manga corta short-sleeved;

el vestido le quedó corto the dress is too short for her now;
iba vestida de corto she was wearing a short dress/skirt
b) ( en duración) ‹película/curso/viaje› short;

‹visita/conversación› short, brief;
◊ a la corta o a la larga sooner or later

2 (escaso, insuficiente):
◊ un niño de corta edad a very young child;

corto de vista near-sighted, shortsighted (BrE);
andar corto de tiempo to be pressed for time
3 (fam) ( poco inteligente) stupid;
corto de entendederas or alcances dim, dense (colloq)
corto 2 sustantivo masculino (Cin)
a) ( cortometraje) short (movie o film)

b)

◊ cortos sustantivo masculino plural (Col, Méx, Ven) ( de película) trailer

cortar
I verbo transitivo
1 to cut
(un árbol) to cut down
(el césped) to mow
2 (amputar) to cut off
3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
4 (impedir el paso) to block
5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
II verbo intransitivo
1 (partir) to cut
2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
corto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (distancia, tiempo) short
2 fam (de poca inteligencia) corto,-a (de luces), dim-witted
3 (escaso) short: el guiso está corto de sal, the stew is short of salt
corto,-a de vista, short-sighted
4 (vergonzoso) shy
II sustantivo masculino
1 Cine short (film)
2 Auto luz corta, dipped headlights pl
♦ Locuciones: familiar quedarse corto, to fall short (of the mark), underestimate: y me quedo corto cuando digo que es la mejor película del siglo, and my saying that it's the best movie of the century is an understatement
' corto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atar
- carabina
- comunicación
- corta
- cortar
- cortarse
- literalmente
- pantalón
- pequeña
- pequeño
- remo
- salida
- short
- slip
- tachuela
- tres
- vista
- corriente
- cursillo
- espacio
- gabán
- llevar
- pelado
- plazo
English:
ankle
- block off
- bob
- coat
- cord
- crop
- dim
- dull
- have
- hop
- least
- short
- short-haired
- short-range
- short-term
- short-winded
- skimpy
- spell
- term
- themselves
- thick
- understatement
- clean
- cut
- draw
- herself
- himself
- jab
- nearsighted
- notice
- on
- over
- push
- sever
- side
- slash
- their
- under

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corto, -a

♦ adj

1. [de poca longitud] short;

las mangas me están cortas my sleeves are too short;

estos pantalones se me han quedado cortos these trousers are too short for me now;

hace varias semanas que no se viste de corto [futbolista] he hasn't been in the squad for several weeks;

luces cortas Br dipped headlights, US low beams

2. [de poca duración] short;

el paseo se me ha hecho muy corto the walk seemed to go very quickly

3. [escaso] [raciones] small, meagre;
[disparo] short of the target;
el lanzamiento se quedó corto the throw fell short;

estoy corto de dinero I'm short of money;

andamos muy cortos de tiempo we're very short of time, we haven't got very much time;
Fig
corto de miras short-sighted;

corto de vista short-sighted

4. [tonto]
corto (de alcances) dim, simple;

Comp
Fam Hum
ser más corto que las mangas de un chaleco to be as thick as two short planks

5. Comp

ni corto ni perezoso just like that;

quedarse corto [al calcular] to underestimate;

nos quedamos cortos al comprar pan we didn't buy enough bread;

decir que es bueno es quedarse corto it's an understatement to call it good;

este programa se queda corto para nuestras necesidades this program doesn't do all the things we need

♦ nm

1. [cortometraje] short (movie o Br film)

2. [bebida]
un corto de vino/cerveza a small wine/beer

3. Am
los cortos de una película [los avances] the trailer for a movie o Br film

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corto

adj short;

ir de corto be wearing a short dress;

corto de vista nearsighted;

de corta edad young;

ni corto ni perezoso as bold as brass;

quedarse corto fall short; ( calcular mal) underestimate;

a la corta o a la larga sooner or later

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corto, -ta adj

1) : short (in length or duration)

2) : scarce

3) : timid, shy

4)

corto de vista : nearsighted

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corto adj

1. (en general) short

lleva el pelo corto he's got short hair

una falda corta a short skirt

2. (poco inteligente) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest] / thick

corto de vista short sighted

de corta edad young

de manga corta short sleeved

quedarse corto (faltar) not to have enough (al hablar) to be an understatement

Spanish-English dictionary > corto

17 headlights

n (BrE) (cf low beams AmE )

VEH faros inclinables m pl

English-Spanish technical dictionary > headlights

18 дърво

1. tree

иглолистно дърво conifer, a coniferous tree

широколистно дърво a broad-leaved/deciduous tree

плодно дърво fruit-tree

горски дървеса forest-trees

по дърветата in the trees

2. (отсечено стъбло) trunk, log, piece of timber

сьбир. timber

дялани дървета за греди timber/trunks hewn for beams

3. (отсечен клон) stick, branch

4. (за горене) log. piece of wood

вж. дърва

5. (само ед. ч.-материал) wood, timber, lumber

от дърво wooden

подобен на дърво woody

гравюра на дърво wood-cut

облицован с дърво panelled, wainscotted lined with wooden panelling, ( отвън) timbered, shingled

6. прен. (за човек) clod, lump, woodenhead; blockhead

търся под дърво и камък look for s.th. high and low; look under log. leaf and nettle; leave no stone unturned

дърво и камък се пукат от студ it is ringing/bitter cold

ще играе дървото разг. you'll be getting a taste of the stick

като взема едно дърво just you wait

дървото е излязло от рая spare the rod and spoil the child

от дърветата не виждам гората not see the wood for the trees

родословно дърво a family tree

коледно дърво a Christmas tree

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дърво̀,

ср., дървѐта, дървеса̀ или дърва̀ 1. tree; букови дървета beech; горски дървеса forest-trees; иглолистно \дърво conifer, a coniferous tree; палисандрово \дърво бот. rose-wood; плодно \дърво fruit-tree; по дърветата in the trees; широколистно \дърво a broad-leaved/deciduous tree;

2. ( отсечено стъбло) trunk, log, piece of timber; събират. timber; дялани дървета за греди timber/trunks hewn for beams;

3. ( отсечен клон) stick, branch;

4. (за горене) log, piece of wood;

5. (само ед. материал) wood, timber; гравюра на \дърво wood-cut; облицован с \дърво panelled, wainscotted, lined with wooden panelling, ( отвън) timbered, shingled; от \дърво wooden; подобен на \дърво woody;

6. прен. (за човек) clod, lump, woodenhead; blockhead; • \дърво и камък се пукат от студ it is ringing/bitter cold; като взема едно \дърво just you wait; коледно \дърво Christmas tree; от дърветата не виждам гората not see the wood for the trees; родословно \дърво family tree; търся под \дърво и камък look for s.th. high and low; look under log, leaf and nettle; leave no stone unturned; ще играе \дървото разг. you’ll be getting a taste of the stick.

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billet ; stemma (родословно); sweetwood (лаврово); tree: a coniferous дърво - иглолистно дърво

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1. (за горене) log. piece of wood 2. (отсечен клон) stick, branch 3. (отсечено стъбло) trunk, log, piece of timber 4. (само ед. ч. - материал) wood, timber, lumber 5. tree 6. ДЪРВО и камък се пукат от студ it is ringing/bitter cold 7. ДЪРВОто е излязло от рая spare the rod and spoil the child 8. вж. дърва 9. горски дървеса forest-trees 10. гравюра на ДЪРВО wood-cut 11. дялани дървета за греди timber/trunks hewn for beams 12. иглолистно ДЪРВО conifer, a coniferous tree 13. като взема едно ДЪРВО just you wait 14. коледно ДЪРВО a Christmas tree 15. облицован с ДЪРВО panelled, wainscotted lined with wooden panelling, (отвън) timbered, shingled 16. от ДЪРВО wooden 17. от дърветата не виждам гората not see the wood for the trees 18. плодно ДЪРВО fruit-tree 19. по дърветата in the trees 20. подобен на ДЪРВО woody 21. прен. (за човек) clod, lump, woodenhead;blockhead 22. родословно ДЪРВО a family tree 23. сьбир. timber 24. търся под ДЪРВО и камък look for s.th. high and low;look under log. leaf and nettle;leave no stone unturned 25. широколистно ДЪРВО a broad-leaved/deciduous tree 26. ще играе ДЪРВОто разг. you'll be getting a taste of the stick

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19 beam

1) балка, брус, прогон

2) машиностр. поперечина; траверса

3) коромысло ( весов)

4) машиностр. балансир

5) горн. верхняк

6) возд. лонжерон

7) мор. бимс

8) ширина судна

9) траверз ( направление)

10) луч, пучок || излучать, испускать (лучи, частицы)

11) наводить по лучу

12) главный лепесток ( диаграммы направленности антенны), радиолуч

13) навой ( основовязальной машины)

14) швейн. ударник ( вырубочного пресса)

15) грядиль ( плуга)

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beam for sheet piles — насадка шпунтовой стенки,

beam is 25 m long between supports — пролет балки составляет 25 м;

beam on waterline — ширина судна по ватерлинии,

beam overall — габаритная ширина судна,

beam over deck — ширина судна по палубе,

beam over foils — ширина судна по крыльям,

to approach the beam — приближаться (подходить) к лучу ( курсового маяка),

to built in a beam at one end — заделывать балку одним концов,

to capture the beam — захватывать луч ( курсового маяка);

to clamp a beam — закреплять коромысло,

to embed a beam in concrete — заделывать балку в бетон,

to fly the beam — лететь по лучу ( курсового маяка),

to follow the beam — выдерживать направление по лучу ( курсового маяка),

to hinge a beam to support — опирать балку шарнирно;

to intercept the beam — выходить на ось луча ( курсового маяка),

to steady a beam — арретировать (останавливать) коромысло,

to steer a beam — управлять диаграммой направленности

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accelerated beam
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accelerator beam
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aiming beam
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anchorage beam
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angle beam
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angular beam
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annular beam
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antiparallel beams
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arched beam
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astigmatic beam
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asymmetrical beams
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asymmetrical beam
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asymmetrical lower beam
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asymmetrically flared beam
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axle beam
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back beam
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beam of variable cross section
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beavertail beam
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betlehem beam
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bidirectional beam
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binding beam
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body bolster beam
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bogie beam
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bond beam
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bottom beam
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box-section beam
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box beam
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brake beam
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breast beam
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brick beam
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bridge beam
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bridle beam
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broad-flanged beam
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broad-radiation pattern beam
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bucket beam
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buffer beam
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built-in beam
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built-up beam
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bumper beam
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bunched electron beam
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bunched beam
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camber beam
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cambered beam
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cantilever beam
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cased beam
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cathode beam
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channel beam
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channeled beam
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charged beam
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city beam
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Clarke beam
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coherent light beam
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collapsible beam
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collimated beam
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combination beam
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composite beam
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compound beam
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concentrated beam
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conically scanned beam
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constrained beam
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continuous beam
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continuous wing beam
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contour beam
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convergent beam
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cosecant-squared beam
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counter propagating beams
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crane runway beam
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crane beam
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crownblock beam
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dam beam
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deck beam
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deep beam
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defocused beam
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density-modulated beam
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diffraction-limited beam
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diffuse beam
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directed beam
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directional beam
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directive beam
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divergent beam
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doubly reinforced beam
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downward beam
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dragon beam
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drop beam
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E beam
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edge beam
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electron beam
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elevating beam
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emergent beam
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engine mount beam
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erasing beam
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even-arm beam
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extreme beam
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false beam
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fanning beam
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fan-shaped beam
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fascia beam
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fender beam
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fiber spinning beam
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fiberglass beam
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fish-bellied beam
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fixed beam
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fixed tie beam
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fixed-ended beam
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flat-top beam
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flitched beam
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floor beam
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focused beam
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folding beam
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fork beam
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framing beam
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free-ended beam
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free beam
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front-axle beam
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gantry beam
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glide slope beam
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glued laminated beam
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graduated beam
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grating beam
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grillage beam
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guidance beam
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hammer beam
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hatch way beam
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hatch-end beam
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haunched beam
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H-beam
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high beam
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high-directivity beam
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highly bunched beam
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high-velocity beam
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hinged beam
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hold beam
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hold-down beam
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hollow beam
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homogeneous beam
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I-beam
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illuminating beam
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image beam
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incident beam
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injected beam
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intensity-modulated beam
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intermediate beam
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ion beam
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jesting beam
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joggle beam
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junior beam
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keyed beam
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king-posted beam
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laced beam
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laser beam
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L-beam
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lifting beam
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light beam
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load beam
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locked-on beam
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longitudinal beam
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loom beam
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low-altitude beam
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lower beam
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low-velocity beam
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main beam
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main landing gear beam
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marginal beam
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midship beam
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modulated beam
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molded beam
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molecular beam
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monochromatic beam
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monoenergetic beam
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monorail beam
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multilobed beam
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multispan beam
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needle beam
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negative beam
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neutral beam
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nonreentrant beam
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nonuniform beam
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object-bearing beam
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object beam
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off-axis beam
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off-path beam
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on-axis beam
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optical beam
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O-type beam
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outermost beam
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overhanging beam
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panting beam
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parallel flange beam
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paraxial beam
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passing beam
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pencil beam
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photon beam
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pile beam
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pin-ended beam
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plane-polarized beam
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play-off beam
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polarized beam
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port beam
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portable beam
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positive beam
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pressure beam
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prestressed concrete beam
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primary beam
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probe beam
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propped cantilever beam
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propped beam
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pulsed guidance beam
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pumping beam
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pump beam
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pusher beam
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quasi-monochromatic beam
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queen-trussed beam
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radar beam
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radio beam
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reading beam
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recording beam
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reentrant beam
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reference beam
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reflected beam
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refracted beam
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register beam
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relativistic beam
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restrained beam
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return beam
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rigid beam
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ring beam
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ripper beam
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riveted beam
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roof beam
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rotary support beam
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rotary beam
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sandwich beam
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scanning beam
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scattered beam
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scene beam
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secondary beam
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section beam
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sector-shaped beam
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shallow beam
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sharp beam
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sheet beam
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shifting beam
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simple beam
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single beam
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skeleton-form triangular beam
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slasher beam
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slay beam
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sliding batch beam
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soldier beam
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space-coherent beam
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spandrel beam
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spatially coherent beam
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spent beam
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spider beam
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spinning beam
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split beam
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spot beam
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spreader beam
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spring beam
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squinted beam
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stanchion beam
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standard beam
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starboard beam
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statically determinate beam
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statically indeterminate beam
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steered beam
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stiffening beam
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stop beam
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straining beam
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strut-framed beam
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supporting beam
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swing beam
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tamping beam
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T-beam
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tee-beam
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temporal coherent beam
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test beam
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thermal beam
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through beam
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tie beam
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top-trolley beam
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toroidal beam
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torque divider installation beam
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towing beam
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transverse beam
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traveling hatchway beam
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traveling hatch beam
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trussed beam
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ultrasonic beam
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undecked beam
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unidirectional beam
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uniform beam
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uniform-strength beam
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universal beam
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variable-elevation beam
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variable-shape beam
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walking beam
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wall beam
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wave beam
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way beam
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wear beam
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web beam
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welded beam
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wide-angle beam
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wide beam
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wide-flange beam
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wooden beam
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writing beam
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X-ray beam
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zee beam

Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > beam

20 high

1 adj

MECH ENG elevado, máximo
high-density
high-fibre
high-grade
high in line
high-order
high-performance
high-pressure
high-protein
high-speed
high-tensile
high-torque
high-vacuum
high-voltage

2 n

GEOL área anticiclónica f

METEO alta f, área anticiclónica f
high-altitude low-opening
high-amplitude pulse
high-angle dip
high-angle shot
high band
high barrier
high bit-rate ATM network mixer
high-brightness screen
high-bulk spun yarn
high-clearance tractor
very high cliff
high-conductance diode
high-contrast film
high-cube container
high-current diode
high-current transistor
high-definition television
high degree of protection
high-density integrated circuit
high-density logic
high-density pick-up baler
high-density polyethylene
high-density bipolar of order 3 code
high-discharge temperature cut-out
high-dose implant
high-energy beam
high-energy beam experiment
high-energy electron
high-energy electron diffraction
high-energy electron-positron beams
high-energy elemental particle
high-energy environment
high-energy fusion
high-energy ion
high-energy kaon beams
high-energy laser
high-energy muon beams
high-energy particle
high-energy physics
high-energy proton
high-energy radiation
high-energy tape
high explosive
high explosive anti-tank
high flow rate
high-flux reactor
high frequency
very high frequency
high-frequency amplification
high-frequency amplifier
high-frequency cable
high-frequency component
high-frequency current
high-frequency discharge
high-frequency distribution frame
high-frequency furnace
high-frequency generator
high-frequency heating
high-frequency image
high-frequency induction brazing
high-frequency line
high-frequency network analysis
very high-frequency omnirange
high-frequency printed circuit
high-frequency printed-circuit board
high-frequency signal
high-frequency spectrum
high-frequency switching
high-frequency thawing
high-frequency transformer
high-frequency transistor
high-frequency welding
high-frequency welding equipment
high-gain amplifier
high-gain power amplifier
high-gamma camera tube
high gear
high gloss
high-gloss foil
high grade
high grade heat
high-grade metamorphism
high-grade ore
high gradient
high-gravity gasoline
high-gravity petrol
high hat
high head
high impedance state
high-intensity discharge lamp
high-intensity electric arc
high-intensity ion beams
high-intensity operation
high-irradiance laser beam
high key
high key document
high-level data link control
high level dosimetry
high-level injection
high-level language
high-level logic
high-level modulation
high-level radioactive waste
high-level signal
high-level waste
high lift device
high lift lock
high-logic level
high loss
high modulus furnace carbon black
high-moisture corn
high-moisture maize
high-order bit
high-order cyclic pitch
high-order delay
high-order filter
high-order harmonic
high-order network
high-pass filter
high-pass filtering
high-pass image
high-performance battery
high-performance fan
high-performance night vision goggles
high picture level
high pitch
high-power amplifier
high-power bipolar transistor
high-power field glasses
high-power laser
high-power linear motor
high-power load
high-power microscope
high-power rectifier
high-power SCR
high-power transformer
high-power transmission
high-power tube
high pressure
high-pressure area
high-pressure blowpipe
high-pressure compressor
high-pressure controller
high-pressure float valve
high-pressure flushing
high-pressure gage
high-pressure gauge
high-pressure heating system
high-pressure hot-water system
high-pressure liquid chromatography
high-pressure mercury lamp
high-pressure nerve syndrome
high-pressure nervous syndrome
high-pressure piston compressor
high-pressure safety cut-out
high-pressure shearer pump
high-pressure tank
high-pressure tire
high-pressure tyre
high-pressure vacuum pump
high-pressure washing
high-pressure zone
high purity pigment
high-residue crops
high resistance
high resolution
high-resolution scan
high-resolution study of line profiles
high Reynolds number
high-rise cold store
high-risk area of work
high seas
high-sensitivity tachometer
high side lobe
high-solid mud
high-solid sludge
high specific speed wheel
high speed
high-speed auxiliary jet
high-speed buffeting
high-speed camera
high-speed drill
high-speed duplication
high-speed engine
high-speed exit taxiway
high-speed facsimile
high-speed film
high-speed film processing
high-speed grinding machine
high-speed ground transportation
high-speed inspection
high-speed lens
high-speed line
high-speed logic
high-speed mesh
high-speed modem
high-speed motor
high-speed multirack counting system
high-speed particle
high-speed passenger conveyor
high-speed printer
high-speed relay
high-speed rotary tablet compression machine
high-speed small tools
high-speed steel
high-speed steel small tools
high-speed switching diode
high-speed switching transistor
high-stop filter
high sulfur content
high sulphur content
high-tackpressure sensitive adhesive
high temperature
high-temperature
high-temperature alloy
high-temperature creep
high-temperature fuel cell
high-temperature gas radiant panel
high-temperature grease
high-temperature insulation
high-temperature molten salts fuel battery
high temperature short time
high-temperature solid electrolyte cell
high-temperature superconductivity
high-tenacity fiber
high-tenacity fibre
high-tensile steel
high tension
high-tension detonator
high-tension power supply
high-tension terminal
high-test gasoline
high-test petrol
high tide
high-torque motor
high-usage circuit group
high vacuum
high-vacuum cathode ray tube
high-vacuum furnace
high-vacuum tube
high-velocity scanning
high voltage
high-voltage bus
high-voltage cable
high-voltage circuit breaker
high-voltage electron microscope
high-voltage equipment
high-voltage grid
high-voltage impulse generator
high-voltage insulation
high-voltage motor
high-voltage porcelain
high-voltage power supply
high-voltage rectifier
high-voltage switch gear
high-voltage system
high-voltage tester
high-voltage transformer
high-voltage transmission line
high-voltage winding
high water
high-water level
high-water line
high-water mark
high-water ordinary spring tide
high-water overflow
high wind
high-yield pulp
higher high water

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