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  • 21 Heinkel, Ernst

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    b. 24 January 1888 Grünbach, Remstal, Germany
    d. 30 January 1958 Stuttgart, Germany
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    German aeroplane designer who was responsible for the first jet aeroplane to fly.
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    The son of a coppersmith, as a young man Ernst Heinkel was much affected by seeing the Zeppelin LZ 4 crash and burn out at Echterdringen, near Stuttgart. After studying engineering, in 1910 he designed his first aeroplane, but it crashed; he was more successful the following year when he made a flight in it, with an engine on hire from the Daimler company. After a period working for a firm near Munich and for LVG at Johannisthal, near Berlin, he moved to the Albatros Company of Berlin with a monthly salary of 425 marks. In May 1913 he moved to Lake Constance to work on the design of sea-planes and in May 1914 he moved again, this time to the Brandenburg Company, where he remained as a designer until 1922, when he founded his own company, Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke. Following the First World War, German companies were not allowed to build military aircraft, which was frustrating for Heinkel whose main interest was high-speed aircraft. His sleek He 70 airliner, built for Lufthansa, was designed to carry four passengers at high speeds: indeed it broke many records in 1933. Lufthansa decided it needed a larger version capable of carrying ten passengers, so Heinkel produced his most famous aeroplane, the He 111. Although it was designed as a twin-engined airliner on the surface, secretly Heinkel was producing a bomber. The airliner version first flew on Lufthansa routes in 1936, and by 1939 almost 1,000 bombers were in service with the Luftwaffe. A larger four-engined bomber, the He 177, ran into development problems and it did not see service until late in the Second World War. Heinkel's quest for speed led to the He 176 rocket-powered research aeroplane which flew on 20 June 1939, but Hitler and Goering were not impressed. The He 178, with Dr Hans von Ohain's jet engine, made its historic first flight a few weeks later on 27 August 1939; this was almost two years before the maiden flight in Britain of the Gloster E 28/39, powered by Whittle's jet engine. This project was a private venture by Heinkel and was carried out in great secrecy, so the world's first jet aircraft went almost unnoticed. Heinkel's jet fighters, the He 280 and the He 162, were never fully operational. After the war, Heinkel in 1950 set up a new company which made bicycles, motor cycles and "bubble" cars.
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    Bibliography
    1956, He 1000, trans. M.Savill, London: Hutchinson (the English edition of his autobiography).
    Further Reading
    Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, London: Jane's; reprinted 1989.
    P. St J.Turner, 1970, Heinkel: An Aircraft Album, London.
    H.J.Nowarra, 1975, Heinkel und seine Flugzeuge, Munich (a comprehensive record of his aircraft).
    JDS / IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Heinkel, Ernst

  • 22 fly

    1. I
    a bird (an insect, a moth, an aeroplane, an airship, a spaceship, etc.) flies птица и т. д. летает; when man learnt to fly когда человек научился летать; when bullets fly когда свистят пули; how did you get here? fly I flew как Вы сюда добрались? fly Самолетом
    2)
    flags (banners, etc.) fly флаги и т. д. развеваются; with flags flying а) с реющими знаменами; б) победоносно
    3)
    coll. it is getting late, I must fly уже поздно, я должен бежать /лететь/; how time flies! как летит /мчится/ врёмя!
    2. II
    fly in some manner fly fast (high, low, far. downward. with great speed, etc.) летать быстро и т. д., they flew nonstop они летели без посадок, они совершили беспосадочный перелет; fly to some place fly home (south, east, etc.) лететь домой и т. д., sparks fly upward искры летят вверх
    3. III
    1) fly smth., smb. fly an airship (an aeroplane, a helicopter, a spaceship, etc.) веста /пилотировать/ самолет и т. д., he was the first man to fly that type of aircraft он первым летал на самолете такого типа; fly goods (passengers, etc.) перевозить самолетом /по воздуху товары и т.д., fly pigeons гонять голубей; fly a kite запускать змея
    2) fly smth. (past и past participle fled) fly the country бежать из страны; fly a peril спасаться бегством от опасности
    4. IV
    fly smb., smth. at some time how many passengers does this airline fly weekly? сколько пассажиров перевозит эта авиалиния за неделю?; he flies great distances every month он каждый месяц совершает большие перелеты
    5. XI
    be flown to some place 5000 passengers were flown to Paris в Париж перевезли /переправили/ по воздуху пять тысяч пассажиров; be flown by smb. they are to be flown by the Aeroflot from Moscow to Berlin Аэрофлот перевезет их /доставит их по воздуху/ из Москвы в Берлин
    6. XIII
    fly to do smth. fly to meet smb. (to greet them, etc.) спешить /мчаться, лететь/ навстречу кому-л. и т. д.
    7. XV
    fly to some state fly high летать высоко /на большой высоте/; fly low летать низко || fly open распахиваться, открываться; he pressed the knob and the lid flew open он нажал на кнопку, и крышка. сразу открылась
    8. XVI
    1) fly in /through/ (otter, from, etc.) smth. fly in /through/ the air летать по воздуху; fly over hills and fields (over the mountains, over a city, etc.) летать над горами и полями и т. д. fly to the south лететь на юг; fly across the sea (across the ocean, across the Atlantic, etc.) летать через море и т. д., fly across the country from coast to coast пролететь над всей страной от побережья до побережья: the airship flew to Paris самолет.летел в Париж; the ambassador flew from London to Paris посол летел из Лондона в Париж самолетом; the damaged aircraft was flying on only one engine поврежденный самолет летел только на одном моторе; insects fly to the flame насекомые летят на свет; fly at smth. fly at an altitude of 1000 metres летать на высоте в тысячу метров; fly at the speed of... лететь со скоростью...
    2) fly into (out of, from, to, over, etc.) smth. fly into a room влететь в комнату; fly out of the house броситься [вон] из дома; his remarks sent her flying from the room от его замечаний она нулей вылетела из комнаты; fly to smb.'s arms броситься в чьи-л. объятия; fly to their rescue (to the boy's help, etc.) броситься им на помощь и т. д., the ship was flying before the wind гонимый ветром корабль летел на всех парусах the train flew past the station поезд промчался мимо станции; he flew over the fence at a bound он одним прыжком перемахнул через забор; fly at smth. they flew at his approach при его приближении они бросились бежать; fly at smb., smth. ' at an enemy (at a stranger, at a tramp, at a burglar, at each other, etc.) набрасываться на врага и т. д., fly at smb.'s throat вцепиться кому-л. в глотку; she flew at me like a wild cat она кинулась на меня, как дикая кошка
    3) fly from smb., smth. fly from the pursuers (from the master, from smb.'s home, from the heat of the plains, from the cold of the north, from boredom, etc.) убегать /спасаться бегством/ от преследователей и т. д.; the thief was flying from justice вор бежал /скрывался/ oт правосудия; fly for smth. fly for refuge бежать в поисках убежища; you must fly for safety! чтобы спастись, ты должен бежать!
    4) fly over (on, from, in, etc.) smth. flags were flying all over the town no всему городу развевались флаги; flags were flying on /from/ every mast на всех мачтах реяли вымпелы; loose pieces of paper were flying in the air в воздухе носились /кружились/ обрывки бумаги; dust was flying in clouds пыль носилась тучами; her hair was flying in the wind ее волосы развевались на ветру
    5) fly into a state fly into a rage /into a fit, into a passion/ впадать в ярость, разразиться гневом; she flew into a temper она вспылила; she flew into raptures over the baby при виде ребенка ее охватил необычайный восторг
    9. XIX1
    fly like smth. fly like lightning лететь /пролетать/ стрелой
    10. XXI1
    1) fly smb., smth. to some place fly passengers (goods, etc.) to Paris самолетом /по воздуху/ перевозить /перебрасывать/ пассажиров и т. д. в Париж
    2) fly smth. from (over, on, etc.) smth. fly a flag from a building (on a mast, over the tower, etc.) вывешивать флаг на здании и т. д.

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > fly

  • 23 إلى

    إلى \ to: showing possession or position: It belongs to them. It was stuck to the wall, in expressions of place and time; showing where sb. or sth. goes; showing an aim or limit; showing a point that is reached: We walked to school. He jumped on to the table. I was away from June to October. against: touching (usually sth. upright): He pressed his nose against the glass. for: towards: We set off for home. into: showing a change of condition: The castle was turned into a hotel. till, until: up to (a certain time): We waited from 6.30 till midnight. \ إلى \ there: in or to that place: Let’s go there; we line there. \ See Also في ذلك المكان \ إلى \ somewhere: in or to some place (but usu. anywhere in negative sentences and questions): I’ve met him somewhere before. Let’s go somewhere peaceful (to some peaceful place). \ See Also أو في مَكانٍ ما \ إلى الأبَد \ forever: (also two words: (for ever) for always; endlessly: I can’t wait forever. \ إلى أَبْعَد حَدّ \ exceedingly: very: He’s exceedingly clever. extremely: very: You’re extremely kind. \ إلى أَبْعَد الحُدود \ ever so: very: It’s ever so easy. \ إلى أَبْعَد مِن \ farther: at or to a greater distance: I was too tired to go farther. \ إلى اتّجاه آخر \ round: so as to face in a different or opposite direction: The wind went round from east to north. He turned the car round and went back. \ إلى الاتّجاه المُضادّ \ round: so as to face in a different or opposite direction: The wind went round from east to north. He turned the car round and went back. \ إلى الآخِر \ right: all the way: Go right to the end of the road. Go right back to the beginning. \ إلى أَسْفَل \ down: from a higher level to a lower one: The aeroplane came down slowly, from a higher level to a lower one: I climbed down the tree. The rope hung down the wall. downward, downwards: in a downward direction: He lay, face downwards, on the grass. over: to from an upright (or straight) position to a flat (or bent) position: I fell over. He knocked me over. \ إلى أَعْلَى \ up: towards the top of: We climbed up the hill, in or to higher position: She lives up in the hills. She looked up at the stars. He got up from his chair. Prices often go up. uphill: up a slope: The road winds uphill for a mile. upward: in an upward direction: The aeroplane flew upwards. \ إلى أَعْلَى وإلى أسفل \ up and down: off the ground and back to it; higher and lower: He was jumping up and down. He waved his stick up and down. \ إلى أَقْصَى ما أعرِفه عنه \ to the best of sb.’s knowledge: as far as I know: To the best of my knowledge, he is honest (I have no reason to doubt his honesty). \ إلى الأَمام \ along: on; forward: She hurried along. forth: old use forwards; onwards. forward: also forwards towards the front: He stepped forward(s) to greet me. \ إلى أَن \ (prep. fml.) pending: until: I put his letter in a drawer, pending his arrival. till: up to the time when: I waited till he was ready. until: up to the time that: She stayed until I returned. \ إلى الآن \ hitherto: up to now: Hitherto, he had never been absent from work. \ إلى أو بارتفاع الرُّكبة \ knee-deep: up to the knees: The river was only knee-deep. \ إلى أو في الاتِّجاه المُعَاكِس \ about: facing the opposite way: The ship turned about and came back to harbour. \ إلى أو في داخِل \ into: (showing direction) in: He fell into a hole. She came into the house. \ إلى أو نحو الأرض \ down: on to the ground: I fell down. He knocked me down. \ إلى أو نَحْوَ الدّاخِل \ inwards: towards the inside: The door opened inwards. \ إلى أيّ حَدّ \ any: (with comparative words) at all; in any way: Do you feel any better?He’s too old to go any faster. \ إلى أَيْنَ؟ \ where: in or to what place: Where do you live? Where are you going?. \ إلى الجانِب الآخر \ over: across, from one side to the other: The gate was locked, so he climbed over. \ إلى الجهة الأخرى \ the other way round: in the opposite direction; happening in another order or relationship: Turn the chair the other way round so that you can see out of the window. George didn’t hit John - it was the other way round (John hit George). \ إلى الجهة أو الناحية الأخرى \ over: so that a different side is upwards: Turn the page over. Roll the body over. \ إلى حَدّ أنّهُ \ so: showing an effect: It was so cold that the water froze. He’s not so ill as to need a doctor. \ إلى حَدٍّ بعيد \ by far: by a long way or very much: He is by far the better player of the two. He plays better by far. largely: mostly: The accident was largely his own fault. quite: (often followed by but) not very, but reasonably; fairly: She’s quite tall, but not as tall as you. He’s quite a nice boy, but he’s lazy. stiff: (with the verbs bore, scare, worry) to a state of tiredness; nearly to death: Long speeches bore me stiff. \ إلى حَدٍّ كبير \ enormously: very greatly: I enjoyed myself enormously. madly: in a mad way; very much: He’s madly keen on football. much: greatly: I don’t much like it. such: of a kind that produces a certain result: It was such a heavy box that I could not lift it. Its weight was such that I could not lift it. \ إلى حَدٍّ ما \ fairly: (with an adj. or adv.) slightly; not completely: a fairly easy job; fairly well done. moderately: reasonably; quite, but not very: I’m moderately sure about it. It was a moderately warm day. more or less: about, but not exactly: She’s more or less ready, but she can’t find her handbag. partially: not wholly; not completely: He’s partially blind. partly: not completely; in regard to a part: It was partly my fault, and partly his. rather: not very, but fairly: I was rather sorry to miss that meeting. We arrived rather (slightly) earlier than we expected. reasonably: fairly; enough, but not completely: I’m reasonably certain of success. slightly: a little: He’s slightly taller than I am. somewhat: rather: He’s somewhat older than you are. to a certain degree: not completely: To a certain degree, it was my fault. pretty: fairly; comparatively: a pretty cheap car (cheaper than most cars). \ See Also جزئيا (جزئيًّا)، باعتدال، تقريبا (تقريبًا)‏ \ إلى حَيْثُ \ where: in or to the place in which: I’m going where I always go. Leave him where he is. \ See Also حيث (حَيْثُ)‏ \ إلى الخَارج \ abroad: in or to another country: I spent my holiday abroad. out: from inside: The door opened and a man came out. \ See Also في الخَارِج \ إلى الخَلْف \ back: away from the front: Stand back from the fire. backward(s): towards the back: He fell over backwards. \ إلى داخِل \ in: showing entrance or direction: He looked in through the window. He came in. He threw a stone in. inside: on (or to) the inside of: Please wait inside the room. \ See Also في داخِل \ إلى درجة أَقَلّ \ down: less; to a weaker or lower state: First heat the metal up, then cool it down. We must cut down our costs. \ إلى الطَّابق الأَسْفَل \ down: downstairs: He’s out of bed and he’ll be down in a minute. downstairs: down the stairs: He hurried downstairs. \ إلى غير رَجْعَة \ for good: for ever: I’ve stopped smoking for good. \ إلى فَوْق \ up: towards the top of: We climbed up the hill. \ See Also فوق (فَوْق)‏ \ إلى قِطع صغيرة \ to bits: (after verbs like come, go, fall, blow, cut, tear) into little pieces: My glasses fell to bits on the floor. \ إلى ما قبلَ (وقت محدد)‏ \ hitherto: up to now; up to the past time already spoken of: Hitherto, he had never been absent from work. \ إلى النِّهاية \ out: completely: I was tired out. right: all the way: Go right to the end of the road. up: (with verbs) completely; to the end: Finish up your food. \ إلى هذا الحَدّ \ so far: until now: We’ve won six games so far. this: so: I didn’t expect him to be this late (so late as he is) The fish was only this big (the size that I’m showing you). \ See Also حتّى الآن \ إلى هُنا \ here: at, in or to this place: I live here. Come here! He lives near here. Is the hospital far from here?. \ See Also هنا (هُنا)‏ \ إلى هُناك \ there: to that place: Let’s go there. \ See Also هناك (هُناك)‏ \ إلى اليَمين \ clockwise: in the direction taken by the hands of a clock: To open this lock, turn the key clockwise (or in a clockwise direction).

    Arabic-English dictionary > إلى

  • 24 tierra

    f.
    1 land (terrenos, continentes).
    en tierras mexicanas/del rey on Mexican soil/the King's land
    por estas tierras round these parts, down this way
    tierra de nadie no-man's-land
    tierra prometida Promised Land
    tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego
    tierra Santa the Holy Land
    tierra virgen virgin land
    2 land.
    cultivar la tierra to farm the land
    3 earth.
    se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth in my shoes
    un camino de tierra a dirt track
    4 ground (suelo).
    bajo tierra underground
    caer a tierra to fall to the ground
    tomar tierra to land
    5 homeland, native land (lugar de origen) (país).
    vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheese
    tierra natal homeland, native land
    7 soil, dirt.
    8 country, homeland.
    9 plot of land, territory, estate, soil.
    * * *
    1 (planeta) earth
    3 (terreno cultivado) soil, land
    4 (país) country, land
    5 (suelo) ground
    6 ELECTRICIDAD earth, US ground
    1 land sing
    \
    dar en tierra con algo to drop something on the ground, throw something on the ground
    echar a tierra to demolish
    echar por tierra figurado to crush, destroy
    poner tierra por medio figurado to make oneself scarce
    por estas tierras in these parts
    por tierra overland, by land
    ¡tierra a la vista! land ahoy!
    ¡tierra trágame! figurado I wish I was somewhere else, I could curl up and die
    tirar por tierra figurado to crush, destroy
    tocar tierra MARÍTIMO to reach harbour (US harbor) 2 AVIACIÓN to touch down
    vivir de la tierra to make a living from the land
    tierra de nadie no-man's-land
    Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego
    tierra firme terra firma, dry land
    tierra natal homeland
    Tierra Santa the Holy Land
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) land
    3) soil
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1)

    • la Tierra — the earth, the Earth

    2) (=superficie)
    a) [fuera del agua] land

    ¡tierra a la vista! — land ahoy!

    la industria pesquera genera unos 400.000 empleos en tierra — the fishing industry provides 400,000 jobs on land

    • tierra adentro — inland

    • por tierra — overland, by land

    atravesar un país por tierra — to go overland o by land across a country

    • tomar tierra — to reach port, get in

    b) (=no aire) [desde el aire] ground; [desde el espacio] earth

    • tocar tierra — to touch down

    • tomar tierra — to land

    tierra firme — (=no aire) solid ground; (=no agua) land

    3) (=suelo) ground

    • caer a tierra — to fall down

    • caer por tierra — [persona] to fall to the ground; [argumento, teoría] to fall apart

    • dar con algo en tierra — to knock sth over

    • echar a tierra — [+ construcción, rival] to knock down

    • echarse a tierra — to throw o.s. on o to the ground

    - venirse a o por tierra
    4) (=material) [gen] earth; (=polvo) dust; (=barro) mud; [para jardinería, cultivo] soil

    con los zapatos llenos de tierra — (=polvo) with his shoes covered in dust; (=barro) with his shoes covered in mud

    • sacudir la tierra — Cono Sur, Méx to dust

    tierra caliente — LAm land below 1000m approximately

    tierra fría — LAm land above 2000m approximately

    tierra quemada — (Pol) scorched earth

    tierra templada — LAm land between 1000m and 2000m approximately

    pista 3), política 2)
    5) (Agr) land

    tierra de secano — dry land, unirrigated land

    6) (=división territorial)
    a) (=lugar de origen)

    • de la tierra — [vino, queso] local, locally produced; [fruta, verduras] locally grown

    b) [en plural]

    sus viajes por tierras de Castilla, su largo exilio en tierras australianas — her lengthy exile in Australia

    no es de estas tierras — he's not from these parts, he's not from this part of the world

    - ver tierras
    7) (Elec) earth, ground (EEUU)

    conectar un aparato a tierra — to earth o (EEUU) ground an appliance

    toma 1., 1)
    * * *
    1) (campo, terreno) land

    tierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land

    tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

    2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earth

    echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

    echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

    echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

    tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

    3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust
    4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)

    estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

    5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) land

    tocar tierra — to land, put into port

    tomar tierra — to land, touch down

    6)
    a) (país, lugar)
    b) ( territorio) soil
    7) ( planeta) la Tierra (the) Earth o earth
    * * *
    1) (campo, terreno) land

    tierras fértiles/áridas — fertile/arid land

    tierra labrantía or de cultivo — arable o cultivated land

    2) (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earth

    echar algo por tierra — <edificio/monumento> to pull o knock down; < planes> to wreck, ruin; < argumentos> to demolish, destroy; < esperanzas> to dash

    echarle tierra a algo/alguien — (Col fam) to put something/somebody to shame, make something/somebody look bad

    echar tierra a or sobre algo — ( ocultarlo) to cover o hush something up; ( olvidarlo) to forget about something

    tragarse la tierra a alguien: como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth; deseé que me tragara la tierra — I just wanted the earth to open and swallow me up

    3) (AmL) ( polvo) dust
    4) (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE)

    estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra — to be grounded o earthed

    5) (por oposición al mar, al aire) land

    tocar tierra — to land, put into port

    tomar tierra — to land, touch down

    6)
    a) (país, lugar)
    b) ( territorio) soil
    7) ( planeta) la Tierra (the) Earth o earth
    * * *
    tierra2
    2 = land, ground, soil, earth, dry land [dryland].

    Ex: Until recently all libraries and some architects have maintained that an academic library should be capable of extension and that land should be reserved for future expansion.

    Ex: A profile is a scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with the surface of the ground.
    Ex: This article diagnoses the information needs of those who work in the area of pollution of air, soil and earth.
    Ex: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.
    Ex: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
    * aprovechamiento de la tierra = land use.
    * asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.
    * bajo tierra = underground, below surface.
    * buena tierra = good soil.
    * camino de tierra = dirt track, dirt road.
    * como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.
    * con el suelo de tierra = dirt-floored.
    * confinado a la tierra = land-bound [landbound].
    * con los pies sobre la tierra = down-to-earth.
    * contaminación de la tierra = soil pollution.
    * corrimiento de tierra = landslide.
    * cultivar la tierra = farm + land, grow + crops.
    * dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.
    * desaprovechamiento de la tierra = land misuse.
    * desprendimiento de tierra = landslide.
    * de tierra = onshore, earthen.
    * echar Algo por tierra = blow + Nombre + out of the water.
    * echarlo todo por tierra = upset + the applecart.
    * echar por tierra = scupper, blight, cast + a blight on.
    * echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * echar por tierra los planes de Alguien = spike + Posesivo + guns.
    * echar por tierra una idea = crush + idea.
    * ejército de tierra, el = army, the [armies, pl.].
    * en la tierra = on the ground.
    * en la tierra de = in the land of.
    * en tierra = onshore, ashore.
    * en tierra firme = on dry land.
    * en tierras lejanas = outranged.
    * fertilidad de la tierra = soil fertility.
    * gestión de tierras = land management.
    * gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pas = rangeland.
    * mala tierra = poor soil.
    * movimiento de tierra = earthwork.
    * nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land.
    * pequeño propietario de tierras = yeoman farmer.
    * pies sobre la tierra = feet on the ground.
    * pista de tierra batida = clay tennis court.
    * poner los pies sobre la tierra = come down + to earth.
    * por encima de la tierra = aboveground.
    * rodeado de tierra = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin tierras, sin propiedad rural = landless.
    * sobre la tierra = on the ground.
    * temblor de tierra = quake, earth tremor.
    * tenis sobre tierra batida = clay tennis, clay court tennis.
    * ¡Tierra a la vista! = Land ahoy!, Land ho!.
    * tierra arenosa = sandy soil.
    * tierra baldía = wasteland, moor, barren land.
    * tierra buena = good soil.
    * tierra cenagosa = loamy soil.
    * tierra cultivable = arable land.
    * tierra de cultivo = soil, farmland [farm land].
    * Tierra de Israel, la = Land of Israel, the.
    * tierra de labranza = farmland [farm land].
    * tierra de nadie = twilight zone, wilderness, no-man's land.
    * tierra de pastoreo = pasture land.
    * tierra de pastos = pasture land.
    * tierra desconocida = terra incognita.
    * tierra en barbecho = fallow land.
    * tierra fértil = sod, loam.
    * tierra firme = dry land [dryland], land mass [landmass], firm ground, solid ground.
    * tierra lejana = far off land.
    * tierra mala = poor soil.
    * tierra margosa = loamy soil.
    * tierra natal = homeland.
    * tierra prometida, la = land of cream and honey, the, promised land, the, land of milk and honey, the.
    * tierras = landed estate.
    * tierras altas = highland.
    * tierras altas escocesas = Highland.
    * tierra salvaje = wilderness.
    * Tierra Santa = Holy Land, the.
    * tierras bajas = lowlands.
    * tierras celtas, las = Celtic fringe, the.
    * tierras del sur = southland.
    * tierras mejores = greener pastures.
    * tierras movedizas = shifting sands.
    * tierras perdidas = lost lands.
    * tierra virgen = uncharted territory, uncharted waters, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.
    * toma de tierra = earthing.
    * transporte por tierra = land transport.
    * tropa de tierra = ground troop.
    * uso de la tierra = land use.
    * vasallo propietario de sus tierras = yeoman [yeomen, -pl.].
    * vehículo de tierra a motor = motor land vehicle.
    * vivir de la tierra = live off + the land.

    * * *
    A (campo, terreno) land
    una distribución más justa de la tierra a fairer distribution of land
    tierras comunales common land
    compró unas tierras en Durango he bought some land in Durango
    tierras fértiles/áridas fertile/arid land
    tierra labrantía or de cultivo or de labranza or de labor or de labrantío arable o cultivated land
    tierras baldías wasteland
    los que trabajan la tierra those who work the land
    poner tierra de por medio to make oneself scarce, get out quick ( colloq)
    B
    1 (suelo, superficie) ground; (materia, arena) earth
    clavó la estaca en la tierra he drove the stake into the ground
    ésta es muy buena tierra this is very good land o soil
    cavaba la tierra he was digging the ground
    un camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earth
    no juegues con la tierra, que te vas a manchar don't play in the dirt, you'll get filthy
    un camino de tierra a dirt road o track
    ¡cuerpo a tierra! get down!, hit the ground! ( colloq)
    ya lleva un año bajo tierra she's been dead and buried for a year now
    echar algo por tierra ‹edificio/monumento› to demolish, pull o knock down;
    ‹planes› to wreck, ruin, put paid to; ‹argumentos› to demolish, destroy; ‹esperanzas› to dash
    echarle tierra a algo/algn ( Col fam); to put sth/sb to shame, make sth/sb look bad
    echarse tierra encima to do oneself down, cry stinking fish ( BrE)
    echar tierra a or sobre algo (ocultarlo) to cover o hush sth up; (olvidarlo) to forget about sth, put sth behind one
    tragarse la tierra a algn: parecía que se lo hubiera tragado la tierra it was as if he'd vanished off the face of the earth
    en aquel momento deseé que me tragara la tierra at that moment I just wanted the earth o the ground to open and swallow me up
    2 ( AmL) (polvo) dust
    Compuesto:
    ( Esp) clay
    C ( Elec) ground ( AmE), earth ( BrE)
    el cable que va a tierra the ground o earth lead
    necesita una conexión a tierra or debe estar conectado a tierra or ( AmL) debe hacer tierra it needs to be connected to ground o earth, it needs to be grounded o earthed
    D (por oposición al mar, al aire) land
    ¡tierra a la vista! land ho! o land ahoy!
    viajar por tierra to travel overland o by land
    iniciaron las expediciones tierra adentro they started expeditions into the interior
    gentes de tierra adentro people from the interior, people from inland
    misiles aire-tierra air-to-ground missiles
    tierra firme solid ground, terra firma
    quedarse en tierra to be left behind, miss one's train ( o boat etc)
    tocar tierra to land, put into port
    tomar tierra to land, touch down
    E
    1
    (país, región, lugar): después de tantos años de exilio decidió volver a su tierra after all those years in exile he decided to return to his homeland o to his native land
    las cosas que pasan por aquellas tierras the things that happen in those places o countries
    partió a tierras lejanas para buscar fortuna he set out for foreign parts o for distant lands to seek his fortune
    vino de la tierra local wine, locally produced wine
    fruta de la tierra locally grown fruit
    en el instante que pisó tierra francesa the moment he set foot on French soil
    Compuestos:
    : from Mexico to Peru, land below approx. 1,200m
    Tierra del Fuego
    no-man's-land
    the cold lands (pl), (from Mexico to Peru, land above approx. 2,200m)
    native land, land of one's birth
    Promised Land
    Holy Land
    the temperate lands (pl) (from Mexico to Peru, land between approx. 1,200m and 2,200m)
    F
    (planeta) la Tierra (the) Earth o earth
    la composición de la atmósfera de la Tierra the composition of the Earth's atmosphere
    ¿cúal es el planeta más cercano a la Tierra? what is the closest planet to (the) Earth?
    para proteger la vida en la Tierra to protect life on earth
    Creador del Cielo y de la Tierra Creator of Heaven and Earth
    * * *

     

    tierra sustantivo femenino
    1 (campo, terreno) land;

    tierra de cultivo arable land
    2 (suelo, superficie) ground;
    (materia, arena) earth;

    un camión de tierra a truckload of soil o earth;
    no juegues con tierra don't play in the dirt;
    un camino de tierra a dirt road o track;
    echar algo por tierra ‹ planes› to wreck, ruin;

    ‹ argumentos› to demolish, destroy;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash
    3 (AmL) ( polvo) dust
    4 (Elec) ground (AmE), earth (BrE);
    estar conectado a tierra or (AmL) hacer tierra to be grounded o earthed
    5 (por oposición al mar, al aire) land;
    ◊ viajar por tierra to travel overland o by land;

    tierra firme solid ground;
    tomar tierra to land, touch down
    6 (país, lugar):

    costumbres de aquellas tierras customs in those places o countries;
    la Ttierra Santa the Holy Land
    7 ( planeta)

    tierra sustantivo femenino
    1 (planeta) la Tierra, (the) Earth o earth
    2 (medio terrestre, terreno) land
    viajar por tierra, to travel by land
    tierra adentro, inland
    tierra de nadie, no-man's-land
    (un avión) tomar tierra, to land
    Agr land
    tiene tierras de cultivo, he has cultivated land
    tierra baldía, wasteland
    3 (país, lugar de origen) homeland
    (territorio) nació en tierra inglesa, she was born on English soil
    4 (superficie terrestre, suelo) ground
    bajo tierra, below ground
    (materia) soil, earth
    un puñado de tierra, a handful of earth o soil
    un camino de tierra, a dirt track
    5 Elec earth
    toma de tierra, earth wire, US ground
    ♦ Locuciones: echar por tierra, to ruin, spoil
    echar tierra sobre, to hush up
    familiar de la tierra, (producto del país) son tomates de la tierra, they are home-grown tomatoes
    familiar (alejarse, escapar) poner alguien tierra por medio, to get as far away as possible
    familiar (para expresar vergüenza) ¡tierra trágame! I wish the earth would swallow me up
    (perder un medio de transporte) quedarse alguien en tierra, to miss a plane/train or any other form of transport
    ' tierra' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adentro
    - baja
    - bajo
    - barro
    - batida
    - batido
    - campo
    - construcción
    - criar
    - desaparecer
    - entrañas
    - escarbar
    - esquilmar
    - explotar
    - franja
    - fructífera
    - fructífero
    - global
    - globo
    - gua
    - horizonte
    - hoyo
    - hundimiento
    - langosta
    - palada
    - parcela
    - perforar
    - pista
    - polvo
    - ras
    - redondez
    - remover
    - ribera
    - rica
    - rico
    - seísmo
    - sementera
    - señorío
    - soñar
    - suelo
    - surco
    - temblar
    - terráquea
    - terráqueo
    - terrena
    - terreno
    - terrestre
    - terrón
    - terruño
    - tocar
    English:
    adjacent
    - adjoining
    - allotment
    - ashore
    - clump
    - crack
    - crumble
    - crunch
    - cultivated
    - cultivation
    - demolish
    - dig
    - dirt road
    - earth
    - earthworm
    - earthy
    - encroach
    - explode
    - face
    - fairyland
    - fall
    - farming
    - feel
    - ground
    - hedgehog
    - Holy Land
    - homeland
    - inland
    - land
    - level
    - lump
    - no man's land
    - orbit
    - overland
    - parched
    - portage
    - pull apart
    - quake
    - reclaim
    - rich
    - richness
    - rig
    - rock
    - roll
    - rough
    - sandy
    - seed
    - set down
    - shatter
    - shock
    * * *
    tierra nf
    1. [planeta]
    la Tierra (the) Earth
    2. [superficie] land;
    viajar por tierra to travel by land;
    poner tierra (de) por medio to make oneself scarce
    Am tierra caliente = in Latin America, climate zone up to an altitude of approximately 1,000 metres;
    tierra firme [por oposición al mar] land, dry land;
    [terreno sólido] hard ground; Am tierra fría = in Latin America, climate zone above the altitude of approximately 2,000 metres;
    Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego;
    tierra de nadie no-man's-land;
    tierra prometida Promised Land;
    Tierra de Promisión Promised Land;
    Tierra Santa the Holy Land;
    la tierra del Sol Naciente the land of the Rising Sun;
    Am tierra templada = in Latin America, climate zone between the altitudes of approximately 1,000 and 2,000 metres;
    tierra virgen virgin land
    3. [suelo] ground;
    trabajan bajo tierra they work underground;
    caer a tierra to fall to the ground;
    dar en tierra con algo [tirar] to knock sth down o to the ground;
    quedarse en tierra [viajero] to miss the boat/train/plane/ etc;
    muchos aviones se han quedado en tierra por la niebla many planes have been grounded because of the fog;
    tocar tierra [avión] to touch down;
    tomar tierra: tomó tierra en un campo he landed in a field;
    tomaremos tierra en el aeropuerto de Barajas en diez minutos we will be landing at Barajas airport in ten minutes;
    besar la tierra to fall flat on one's face;
    echar o [m5] tirar algo por tierra [esperanzas, planes, carrera] to ruin sth;
    [argumentos, teoría] to demolish sth; Fam
    ¡tierra, trágame!, ¡trágame tierra! I wish the earth would swallow me up!;
    era como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra he had vanished without a trace;
    venir o [m5] venirse a tierra to come to nothing
    4. [materia] earth;
    [para nutrir plantas] soil;
    se me ha metido tierra en los zapatos I've got some earth o dirt in my shoes;
    esta tierra no es buena para cultivar this soil isn't good for growing things;
    un camino de tierra a dirt track;
    política de tierra quemada scorched earth policy;
    Formal
    echar tierra a o [m5] sobre un asunto to hush up an affair
    tierra batida [en tenis] clay;
    tierra vegetal topsoil, loam
    5. [en agricultura] land;
    cultivar la tierra to farm the land
    tierra cultivable arable land;
    tierra de cultivo arable land;
    tierra de labor arable land;
    tierra de labranza arable land
    6. [lugar de origen] [país] homeland, native land;
    [región] home o native region;
    este chico es de mi tierra this lad is from where I come from;
    vino/queso de la tierra local wine/cheese
    tierra natal homeland, native land
    7. [terrenos, países]
    es el dueño de estas tierras he's the owner of this land;
    en tierras del rey on the King's land;
    en tierras mexicanas on Mexican soil;
    por estas tierras round these parts, down this way;
    ver otras tierras to travel, to see the world
    8. Elec
    (toma de) tierra Br earth, US ground;
    estar conectado a tierra, tener toma de tierra to be Br earthed o US grounded
    9. Quím tierra rara rare earth
    10. Am [polvo] dust
    * * *
    f
    1 land;
    tierra de labor, tierra cultivable arable land, farmland;
    tierras altas highlands;
    tierras bajas lowlands;
    poner tierra de por medio flee, make o.s. scarce fam ;
    por tierra viajar by land;
    2 materia soil, earth;
    echar tierra a algo fig hush sth up;
    echar por tierra ruin, wreck;
    como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra as if he had vanished off the face of the earth
    3 ( patria) native land, homeland;
    de la tierra locally produced, local
    4 EL ground, Br
    earth
    5
    :
    la Tierra the Earth
    * * *
    tierra nf
    1) : land
    2) suelo: ground, earth
    3) : country, homeland, soil
    4)
    tierra natal : native land
    5)
    la Tierra : the Earth
    * * *
    1. (terreno) land
    2. (materia) earth / soil
    3. (suelo) ground
    echar por tierra to ruin / to spoil
    Cuando se refiere al planeta Tierra, se escribe con mayúscula: Earth

    Spanish-English dictionary > tierra

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    في \ a; an; each; every: twice a day; 80 miles an hour. at: (showing where): at home; at the office, (showing a point of time) at midday; at 4 o’clock; He was married at 18, (after an adj) good at English; quick at sums. by: during: We travelled by night. in: showing where: In bed; in London; in the box; in his speech, showing condition In a hurry; in trouble, showing a direction; into He fell in the river. He put his hand in his pocket, showing when; during In the past; in January 1980; in the evening, showing what sth. contains or includes There are 60 minutes in an hour. Is he in your team?, showing what sb. wears He was in his best suit, showing a shape or arrangement They stood in a row, showing employment or activity or an event He’s in the navy. She was killed in the accident. on: showing when: on Monday; on May the 6th. showing the state of sb.:: Are you here on business or on holiday?. per: for each: He earns $8000 per annum (for each year). \ في (أيّ مَكَان)‏ \ anywhere: in or to any place: Are you going anywhere?. \ See Also إلى( إلى)‏ \ في \ home: to or at one’s house: Go home! Is your son home yet?. \ See Also إلى البيت \ في \ inside: on (or to) the inside. \ See Also إلى الداخل \ في \ inland: away from the sea: We crossed the coast and flew inland. \ See Also إلى داخل البلاد \ في \ indoors: into (or in) a building: He went (or He stayed) indoors because of the rain. \ See Also إلى داخل البيت \ في \ on board: on (or onto) a ship or aeroplane: There are 70 men on board. Can I go on board the aircraft?. \ See Also إلى دَاخِل الطَّائِرَة \ في \ upstairs: on, at or to a higher floor; up the stairs; at the top of the stairs: She went upstairs because her room is upstairs. She has an upstairs bedroom. \ See Also إلى الدَّور الأَعْلى \ في \ low: to or in a low position: The sun had sunk low in the sky. \ See Also إلى وَضْع مُنْخفِض \ في \ whereabouts: in or near which place: Whereabouts did you find this ring?. \ See Also قرب أيّ مكان؟ \ في \ upstream: against the flow of the stream; up the river: They rowed (the boat) upstream. \ See Also نَحْوَ أعلى النَّهر \ في الاتجاه المعاكس \ backward(s): towards the back: He fell over backwards. \ في أَثَر \ after: following, in search of: I ran after him but could not catch him. The police are after him. \ في أثناء الخِدْمَة (خارج أوقات الخِدمة)‏ \ on duty, (off duty): at work (not at work): The night nurse has 12 hours on duty, then 12 hours off duty. She went on duty at 18.00 and came off duty at 06.00. \ في أثناء ذلك \ meanwhile, meantime: (in) the time between: You’ll have to wait till he’s ready; but you can read this (in the) meanwhile. \ في إجازة \ off: free from work: My employer gave me the afternoon off. \ See Also عطلة (عُطْلَة)‏ \ في أَحْسَن الأَحْوَال \ at best: in the most hopeful conditions: At best, we can’t be ready till Tuesday. \ في آخر \ eventually: in the end: The car kept stopping, but we got home eventually. ultimately: in the end: We must all, ultimately, die. \ See Also نهاية الأمر \ في آخر رَمَق \ on one’s last legs: (of a person or thing) not expected to last much longer; worn out; almost in ruins: That company is on its last legs. \ في آخر لحظة \ in the nick of time: just in time; almost too late: She saved him in the nick of time from falling over the cliff. \ في أَرْجَاء \ about: from place to place in: We wandered about the town. round: (also around) from place to place: He wandered (a)round (the town). We travelled (a)round (the country). \ في أَسْفَل \ under: (also underneath), in a lower position. underneath: (of position) below: It was hidden underneath the floor boards. \ See Also الأسفل (الأَسْفَل)‏ \ في الأَصْل \ originally: in the beginning: This school was originally a rich man’s home. \ في الأَعْلَى \ up: in or to higher position: She lives up in the hills. \ في أغلب الظَّنّ \ doubtless: probably: It will doubtless rain on the day of the garden party. \ في أَفْضَل حَالَة \ at one’s best: in one’s best state: My garden is at its best in spring. \ في أقلّ مِن \ within: in less than: He will arrive within an hour. I live within a mile of the sea. \ في الأمام \ in front: at the front: You go in front and I’ll follow. \ في أَوَاخِر \ late: near the end of a period of time: Late in the year; in the late afternoon. \ في الأوْج \ in full swing: (of an activity) at its highest point; very busy: The party was in full swing when I arrived. \ في أوجِ الإزْهَار \ in bloom: flowering: The roses are in bloom now. \ في أيّ مَكَان \ anywhere: in no matter what place: Put it down anywhere. \ في أيّ وقت \ ever: (esp. in a negative sentence or a question) at any time: Nobody ever writes to me. Have you ever been to Rome? If you ever go there, you must see St. Peter’s cathedral. \ في أيّ وقت مَضَى \ ever: (in a comparative sentence) at any time: He’s working harder than ever. This is the best book I’ve ever read. \ في بادئ الأمر \ at first: at the beginning: At first the new school seemed strange, but then we got used to it. \ في البَدْء \ primarily: mainly; in the first place: This book is written primarily for foreigners. \ See Also أصلا (أَصْلاً)، أساسا (أساسًا)‏ \ في بعض الوقت \ part-time: for only part of the usual working time: She’s a part-time teacher. \ في البيت \ at home: in one’s house: He’s at home in the evenings. \ في البيت المُجَاوِر \ next, next door: in the next house: He lives next door. He is my nextdoor neighbour. \ في تَحَسُّن (من النّاحية الصحّية)‏ \ on the mend: getting better in health (after an illness). \ في تِلْكَ الحالةِ \ in that case: if that happens, or has happened: He may be late. In that case, we shall go without him, if that happens, or has happened He may be late. In that case, we shall go without him. \ في تِلْكَ اللَّحظة \ just: (with continuous tenses; always directly before the present participle) at this moment; at that moment: We’re just starting dinner. We were just starting dinner when he arrived. \ في التَّوّ \ straight away: at once. \ في جانب \ in favour of: supporting: I’m in favour of your plans. \ في الجَانِب الآخَر مِن \ across: on the other side of: My home is across the river. \ في جانب \ for: in favour of: Are you for this idea or against it?. \ See Also صف (صَفّ)‏ \ في جزء أدنى مِن \ down: at a lower level: My house is a little way down the hill. \ في الجِوَار \ about: around; near: There’s a lot of illness about. I went out early, when no one was about (when no one else was out). \ في الحَال \ at once: without delay: Stop that at once!. away: right away; straight away. immediately: at once. instantly: at once. on the spot: in that place and at that moment: He gave me the bill and I paid it on the spot. readily: without delay: The book you need is not readily obtainable. straight away: at once. \ في حَالَةِ \ at: (showing a state): at war; at play. on: showing the state of sth.: The house is on fire. \ في حَالَة حَسَنَة \ well, (better, best): the opposite of ill and unwell; in good health: Don’t you feel well? You’ll soon get better if you drink this medicine. How are you? Very well, thank you. I feel best in the early morning (better than at any other time). \ في حَالَة سَيِّئَة \ in a bad way: in a bad state. \ في حَالَة عَدَم توفُّر \ failing: giving a second choice of action, if the first choice fails: Ask John to do it. Failing him, ask Michael. \ في حَالَة فَوْضَى \ chaotic: in a state of chaos: The young teacher had a chaotic classroom. \ في حَالَةِ وُجُود \ in case of: in the event of; if there is: In case of fire, ring the bell. \ في حَالَةِ ما إِذَا \ in case: because of the possibility of sth. happening: Take a stick, in case you meet a snake. \ في حركة دائِمة \ on the move: moving; travelling: He’s always on the move and never settles for long. \ في الحَقِيقَة \ as a matter of fact, in fact: really; in truth: The dog seemed dead but in fact it was only asleep. As a matter of fact, I don’t like Michael. in point of fact: actually, in fact. in reality: in fact. really: truly; in fact: Is he really your son? He does not look like you!. \ في حَيْرَة من أَمْره \ at one’s wits’ end: too worried by difficulties to know what to do. \ في حين \ whereas: but: They are looking for a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat. \ في حينه \ round: following a regular course: Wait till your turn comes round. \ في الخَارِج \ abroad: in or to another country: I spent my holiday abroad. out: in (or into) the open; away from shelter; in (or into) view: Don’t stand out in the rain. The ship was far out at sea. out of door, outdoors: in the open air; not in a house: I like sleeping out of doors under the stars. outside: not within; in the open air; on the outer side: It’s raining outside. The cup is blue outside, and white inside. overseas: across the sea; (to the British, the mainland of Europe is abroad but it is not overseas): She is working overseas, in South America. \ في خِدمَة... \ at one’s service: ready to fulfil one’s needs: The hotel car is at your service if you want to go anywhere. \ في خَريف العُمر \ middle-aged: neither young nor old; aged between about 40 and 65. \ في خطٍّ مُستقيم \ as the crow flies: in a straight line: It is 5 miles away by road, but only 2 miles as the crow flies. \ فِي الخَفَاء \ stealth: by stealth using secret and quiet action: He got into the house by stealth, not by force. \ في خِلال \ in: showing a space of time before sth. will happen; after: I’ll come in a few days (or in a minute). in the course of: during: In the course of the morning I had seven visitors. \ في الدّاخل \ in: in a building, esp. at home, work or where one is expected to be: Is anyone in? I’m afraid Mr. Jones is out, but he’ll be in at 5 o’clock. \ في داخِل \ in: showing a direction; into: He fell in the river. He put his hand in his pocket. inside: on (or to) the inside of: Please wait inside the room. \ في داخِل النَّفْس \ inwardly: secretly; as regards one’s inner feelings: I was inwardly delighted, but I pretended not to care. \ في دَرَجَة الغَلَيان \ on the boil: boiling; at this heat. \ في ذلك المكان \ there: at that place: I live there. \ في رأيي \ to my mind: in my opinion: To my mind, this is most dishonest. \ في سَبِيل \ in the process of: to be doing: I am in the process of painting my house. sake, for the sake, of, for sb.’s sake: for the good of; so as to help: Soldiers die for the sake of their county (or for their country’s sake). Don’t take any risks for my sake, for the desire of Why ruin your health for the sake of a little pleasure?. \ في سِنّ المُرَاهَقَة \ teenage: in one’s teens: a teenage girl. \ في شكّ \ in doubt: uncertain: When in doubt, ask your father. \ في صحَّة جيِّدة \ fit: healthy: We take exercise so as to keep fit. \ في صَفّ \ in single file: in one line, one behind the other: We had to ride in single file down the narrow path. \ في الطّابِق الأَسْفل \ downstairs: at the bottom of the stairs; in a room at that level: I’ll wait for you downstairs. \ في الطّابِق الفوقانيّ \ overhead: above one’s head: a noise in the room overhead; clouds in the sky overhead. \ في طَرَف \ up: along (up and down are both used like this, although the course may be quite level): He lives just up the road. \ في طريق النُّور \ in sb.’s light: preventing light from reaching him: I can’t read if you stand in my light. \ في الظّاهر \ outwardly: as regards the appearance (compared with the hidden facts or inner feelings): She was outwardly calm but inwardly full of anger. \ في العَام \ annual: happening every year; of a year: an annual feast; the annual production of oil. \ في عَجلة من أمره \ in a hurry: Ants are always in a hurry. \ في العَرَاء \ in the open: outside in the air: I like to sleep out in the open, under she stars. outdoors, out of doors: the open air; not in a building: Go outdoors and play football. \ في (عُرض) البَحْر \ at sea: on the sea; far from land: a storm at sea. \ في عُطلة \ on holiday, on vacation: having a holiday: The schools are on holiday. We’re going on vacation to the sea. \ See Also إجازة( إجازة)‏ \ في غابر الأزمان (كان يا ما كان...)‏ \ once upon a time: (used at the beginning of stories). \ في الغَالِب \ mainly: chiefly; mostly. \ في غالِب الظنّ \ probably: almost certainly; with little doubt: You’re probably right. \ في غاية الجُنون \ raving mad: noisily and violently mad. \ في غَمْضَة عَيْن \ in no time: very quickly; very soon: If you follow this path, you’ll get there in no time. \ في غِيَابِه \ behind sb.’s back: when someone is not present: He tells untrue stories about me behind my back. \ في كُلٍّ \ a; an; each; every: twice a day. 80 miles an hour. ten pence a packet. \ في كل مكان \ everywhere: in all places: I’ve looked for it everywhere. \ في كل وقت \ ever: at all times; always: I shall stay there for ever. \ في لحظة خاطفة \ in a flash: very quickly and suddenly: He seized the money and was gone in a flash. \ في اللحظة المناسبة \ in the nick of time: just in time; almost too late: She saved him in the nick of time from falling over the cliff. \ في اللَّيْل \ at night: during the night. overnight: for the night: I shall stay at a hotel overnight and come back tomorrow, on the night before; during the night I packed my suitcase overnight, so as to be ready to leave at sunrise. His car was stolen overnight. \ في المائَة \ per cent: for, out, of, each hundred: Six per cent of the boys failed the exam, (one part) of each hundred I’m a 100 per cent in agreement with you. About 70 per cent (written as 70%) of the people are farmers. \ في المُتَنَاوَل \ forthcoming: supplied when needed: We wanted a new school clock, but the money was not forthcoming. \ في مُتَناوَل \ within: inside; not beyond; within reach; within one’s powers. \ في متناول اليَد \ at hand: near; within reach: Help was at hand. handy: near; easily reached when wanted: Keep that book handy so that you can look at it often. \ في مَجْمُوعَة بين \ among(st): in the middle of; mixed with; surrounded by: I found this letter among my books. There is a secret enemy amongst us. \ في مِحْنة خَطَر \ in distress: (of a ship or aeroplane) in dangerous trouble; needing help. \ في المُدّة الأخيرة \ lately: not long ago; in the near past: Have you seen her lately?. \ في المرَّة التالية \ next: the next time: I’ll give it to you when I next see you. \ See Also القادمة \ في مُقَابِل \ for: showing that something is as a return or in place of: I gave him $5 for his help. Will you change this old car for a new one?. in return (for): in exchange or payment for: Give her some flowers in return for her kindness. \ في المقام الأوّل \ firstly: as the first reason, fact, etc: I need a hot drink. Firstly, because I’m cold; secondly, because I’m thirsty. \ في المقدمة \ in front: at the front: You go in front and I’ll follow. \ في مَكَان \ in sb,’s stead: in sb.’s place; instead of sb.. \ See Also بدلا من (بدلاً من)‏ \ في مَكَان آخَر \ elsewhere: in some other place. \ في المَكَان \ in position: in the correct position. \ See Also المَوضِع الصَّحيح \ في مَكَان قَريب \ by: near: He stood by and watched them. \ في مَكَانٍ ما \ somewhere: in or to some place (but usu. anywhere in negative sentences and questions): I’ve met him somewhere before. Let’s go somewhere peaceful (to some peaceful place). \ في المكان والزّمان المذكورين \ on the spot: in that place and at that moment: Fortunately a doctor was on the spot when she broke her leg. \ في مكانه \ belong: to be in the right place: This book belongs on the top shelf. \ See Also موضِعِه المناسب \ في مَلْعَبِه \ at home: (of a match) on one’s own field: Our team are playing at home tomorrow. \ في مُنْتَصَف الطَّريق \ midway: halfway; in the middle: The station is midway between the two villages. \ في مَوعِد لاَ يَتَجَاوَز \ by: before; not later than: Can you finish this by Tuesday? They ought to be here by now. \ في المَوْعِد المحدَّد \ on time: exactly at the appointed moment: The bus always leaves on time. \ في مياه أعمق من قَامَته \ out of one’s depth: in water that is too deep to stand up in: Don’t go out of your depth unless you can swim. \ في النّادِر \ rarely: not often; hardly at all: She rarely smokes. \ في نظر \ in the eyes of: in the opinion of: In his mother’s eyes he can do no wrong. \ في نَظَري \ to my mind: in my opinion: To my mind, this is most dishonest. \ في النّهايَة \ at last: in the end, after much delay: The train was very slow, but we got there at last. at length: at last; in the end: He waited two hours. At length he went home. finally: lastly; in the end. \ في نِهايَة الأمْر \ in the long run: after a period of time; in the end: It’ll be cheaper in the long run to buy good quality shoes. \ See Also عَلَى المدى الطويل \ في هذا الوقت \ now: (in a written account) at the time that is being described: The war was now over. \ في هَذا المَكَان \ about: here: Is anyone about?. \ في هذه الأَثْنَاء \ meanwhile, meantime: (in) the time between: You’ll have to wait till he’s ready; but you can read this (in the) meanwhile. \ في هذه الأَيَّام \ nowadays: in these times (compared with the past): Travel is much easier nowadays. today: the present time: the scientists of today. \ في هذه الحالة \ all right: (also alright), in that case: You don’t want it? All right, I’ll give it to someone else. \ في هذه اللَّحْظَة \ just: (with continuous tenses; always directly before the present participle) at this moment; at that moment: We’re just starting dinner. We were just starting dinner when he arrived. just now: at this moment: I’m busy just now. \ في الهواء الطَّلْق \ in the open: outside in the air: I like to sleep out in the open, under the stars. out of doors, outdoors: in the open air; not in a house: I like sleeping out of doors under the stars. outdoors, out of doors: the open air; not in a building: Go outdoors and play football. \ في الوَاقِع \ in reality: in fact. \ في الوَاقِع \ actually: in fact; really: She looks about thirty, but actually she’s thirty-nine. as a matter of fact, in fact: really; in truth: The dog seemed dead but in fact it was only asleep. As a matter of fact, I don’t like Michael. in point of fact: actually, in fact. truly: really: Are you truly sorry for your crimes?. virtually: actually but not officially: He was virtually a prisoner in his home, as he did not dare to go out while the police were watching. \ في الوَسَط \ halfway: between two places and at an equal distance from them: His house is halfway between yours and mine. \ في وَسْط المسافة \ halfway: between two places and at an equal distance from them: His house is halfway between yours and mine. \ في وَضَح (النهار)‏ \ broad: (of daylight) full; complete: The bank was robbed in broad daylight. \ في وَضع لا يجوز فيه رَكْل الكُرة \ offside: (of a player in football, etc.) breaking a rule by being in a position in which play is not allowed. \ في الوَقْت الحَاضِر \ at present: now; at the present time: At present I have no job, but I shall get one soon. for the time being: for the present: I have no job, but I’m helping my father for the time being. now: at the present time: Where are you working now? Now is the time to plant those seeds. today: the present time: the scientists of today. \ في وَقْتٍ لاَحِق \ after: later: She came first and he arrived soon after. \ في وقتٍ ما \ sometime: (often two words, some time) at a time not exactly known or stated: Come again sometime. He left sometime after dinner. \ في وقتٍ متأخر \ late: after the proper or usual time; not early: We always go to bed very late. He arrived too late for dinner. \ في وقتٍ متأخر مِن \ late: near the end of a period of time: Late in the year; in the late afternoon. \ في الوَقْتِ المُقَرَّر \ round: following a regular course: Wait till your turn comes round. \ في وَقْتٍ من الأوقات \ ever: (esp. in a negative sentence or a question) at any time: Nobody ever writes to me. Have you ever been to Rome? If you ever go there, you must see St. Peter’s cathedral. \ في الوَقْتِ المناسب \ early: in good time for one’s purpose; before the fixed time: We arrived early and got the best seats. in due course: later; after a reasonable delay: He will get better in due course. in good time: slightly early: He came in good time for the meeting. \ في وقت واحد \ at a time: together: They arrived three at a time (in groups of three). \ في يوم من الأيام \ once upon a time: (used at the beginning of stories). \ See Also كان يا ما كان

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  • 26 Cayley, Sir George

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
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    b. 27 December 1773 Scarborough, England
    d. 15 December 1857 Brompton Hall, Yorkshire, England
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    English pioneer who laid down the basic principles of the aeroplane in 1799 and built a manned glider in 1853.
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    Cayley was born into a well-to-do Yorkshire family living at Brompton Hall. He was encouraged to study mathematics, navigation and mechanics, particularly by his mother. In 1792 he succeeded to the baronetcy and took over the daunting task of revitalizing the run-down family estate.
    The first aeronautical device made by Cayley was a copy of the toy helicopter invented by the Frenchmen Launoy and Bienvenu in 1784. Cayley's version, made in 1796, convinced him that a machine could "rise in the air by mechanical means", as he later wrote. He studied the aerodynamics of flight and broke away from the unsuccessful ornithopters of his predecessors. In 1799 he scratched two sketches on a silver disc: one side of the disc showed the aerodynamic force on a wing resolved into lift and drag, and on the other side he illustrated his idea for a fixed-wing aeroplane; this disc is preserved in the Science Museum in London. In 1804 he tested a small wing on the end of a whirling arm to measure its lifting power. This led to the world's first model glider, which consisted of a simple kite (the wing) mounted on a pole with an adjustable cruciform tail. A full-size glider followed in 1809 and this flew successfully unmanned. By 1809 Cayley had also investigated the lifting properties of cambered wings and produced a low-drag aerofoil section. His aim was to produce a powered aeroplane, but no suitable engines were available. Steam-engines were too heavy, but he experimented with a gunpowder motor and invented the hot-air engine in 1807. He published details of some of his aeronautical researches in 1809–10 and in 1816 he wrote a paper on airships. Then for a period of some twenty-five years he was so busy with other activities that he largely neglected his aeronautical researches. It was not until 1843, at the age of 70, that he really had time to pursue his quest for flight. The Mechanics' Magazine of 8 April 1843 published drawings of "Sir George Cayley's Aerial Carriage", which consisted of a helicopter design with four circular lifting rotors—which could be adjusted to become wings—and two pusher propellers. In 1849 he built a full-size triplane glider which lifted a boy off the ground for a brief hop. Then in 1852 he proposed a monoplane glider which could be launched from a balloon. Late in 1853 Cayley built his "new flyer", another monoplane glider, which carried his coachman as a reluctant passenger across a dale at Brompton, Cayley became involved in public affairs and was MP for Scarborough in 1832. He also took a leading part in local scientific activities and was co-founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1831 and of the Regent Street Polytechnic Institution in 1838.
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    Bibliography
    Cayley wrote a number of articles and papers, the most significant being "On aerial navigation", Nicholson's Journal of Natural Philosophy (November 1809—March 1810) (published in three numbers); and two further papers with the same title in Philosophical Magazine (1816 and 1817) (both describe semi-rigid airships).
    Further Reading
    L.Pritchard, 1961, Sir George Cayley, London (the standard work on the life of Cayley).
    C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1962, Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics 1796–1855, London (covers his aeronautical achievements in more detail).
    —1974, "Sir George Cayley, father of aerial navigation (1773–1857)", Aeronautical Journal (Royal Aeronautical Society) (April) (an updating paper).
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  • 27 abspringen

    v/i (unreg., trennb., ist -ge-)
    1. jump off ( oder down); SPORT take ( oder jump) off; FLUG. jump; im Notfall: bale out; vom Pferd abspringen jump off one’s horse
    2. (abprallen) bounce off (von etw. s.th.)
    3. Knopf: fall ( oder come) off; Farbe, Fahrradkette etc.: come off; Splitter: auch chip off ( beide von etw. s.th.)
    4. fig. von einem Kurs etc.: drop out ( von of); von einer Verpflichtung: back out (of); abspringen von einer Partei etc.: leave
    * * *
    (nicht mehr teilnehmen) to opt out (ugs.)
    * * *
    ạb|sprin|gen
    vi sep irreg aux sein
    1) (= herunterspringen) to jump down (von from); (= herausspringen) to jump out (von of); (AVIAT) to jump (von from); (bei Gefahr) to bale out; (SPORT) to dismount; (= losspringen) to take off
    2) (= sich lösen) to come off; (esp Farbe, Lack) to flake or peel off; (= abprallen) to bounce off (von etw sth)
    3) (fig inf = sich zurückziehen) to get out; (von Partei, Kurs etc) to back out
    * * *
    ab|sprin·gen
    vi irreg Hilfsverb: sein
    ▪ [von etw dat] \abspringen to bale out [of sth] fam, to extricate oneself [from sth] form
    ▪ [aus etw dat/von etw dat] \abspringen to jump [or leap] from sth
    mit dem Fallschirm \abspringen to parachute
    3. (von etw hoch springen)
    mit dem rechten Fuß \abspringen to take off on the right foot
    4. (sich lösen)
    ▪ [an etw dat/von etw dat] \abspringen to come away [from sth], to come off [sth]
    ▪ [an etw dat/von etw dat] \abspringen to rebound [from sth], to bounce [off sth]
    von einer Mauer \abspringen to bounce back from a wall
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

    [mit dem rechten/linken Bein] abspringen — take off [on the right/ left leg]

    2) (herunterspringen) jump down

    vom Fahrrad/Pferd abspringen — jump off one's bicycle/horse

    3) (abplatzen) come off; < paint> flake off
    * * *
    abspringen v/i (irr, trennb, ist -ge-)
    1. jump off ( oder down); SPORT take ( oder jump) off; FLUG jump; im Notfall: bale out;
    vom Pferd abspringen jump off one’s horse
    2. (abprallen) bounce off (
    von etwas sth)
    3. Knopf: fall ( oder come) off; Farbe, Fahrradkette etc: come off; Splitter: auch chip off ( beide
    von etwas sth)
    4. fig von einem Kurs etc: drop out (
    von of); von einer Verpflichtung: back out (of);
    abspringen von einer Partei etc: leave
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

    [mit dem rechten/linken Bein] abspringen — take off [on the right/ left leg]

    2) (herunterspringen) jump down

    vom Fahrrad/Pferd abspringen — jump off one's bicycle/horse

    3) (abplatzen) come off; < paint> flake off
    * * *
    v.
    to jump off v.

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  • 28 spin

    1. transitive verb,
    -nn-, spun

    spin a yarn — (fig.) ein Garn spinnen (bes. Seemannsspr.); fabulieren

    2) (in washing machine etc.) schleudern
    3) (cause to whirl round) [schnell] drehen; wirbeln [lassen]

    spin a coin — eine Münze kreiseln lassen; (toss) eine Münze werfen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, spun sich drehen

    my head is spinning — (fig.) (from noise) mir brummt der Schädel (ugs.); (from many impressions) mir schwirrt der Kopf

    3. noun
    1) (whirl)

    give something a spin — etwas in Drehung versetzen

    2) (Aeronaut.) Trudeln, das
    3) (Sport): (revolving motion) Effet, der; Spin, der
    4) (outing)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/91936/spin_out">spin out
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    [spin] 1. present participle - spinning; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go round and round rapidly: She spun round in surprise; He spun the revolving door round and round.) herumwirbeln
    2) (to form threads from (wool, cotton etc) by drawing out and twisting: The old woman was spinning (wool) in the corner of the room.) spinnen
    2. noun
    1) (a whirling or turning motion: The patch of mud sent the car into a spin.) der Drall
    2) (a ride, especially on wheels: After lunch we went for a spin in my new car.) die Spritztour
    •
    - spinner
    - spin-drier
    - spin out
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    [spɪn]
    I. n
    1. (rotation) Drehung f
    we made the decision on the basis of a \spin of the coin wir ließen die Münze entscheiden
    to put \spin on a ball einem Ball Drall geben
    to send a car into a \spin ein Auto zum Schleudern bringen
    to go into a [BRIT, AUS flat] \spin car ins Schleudern geraten; aeroplane ins Trudeln geraten
    to throw sb into a [flat] \spin ( fig fam) jdn in Panik versetzen
    2. (in washing machine) Schleudern nt kein pl
    to give the clothes/wash a \spin die Kleidung/Wäsche schleudern
    3. (sharp decrease) Absturz m
    to send a price into a \spin einen Preis abstürzen lassen
    to go into a \spin abstürzen
    to put a \spin on sth etw ins rechte Licht rücken [o setzen
    5. (drive) Spritztour f fam
    to go for a \spin eine Spritztour machen fam
    6. no pl ( fam: nonsense) Erfindung f
    that's pure \spin das ist völliger Blödsinn
    II. vi
    <-nn-, spun or BRIT also span, spun>
    1. (rotate) earth, wheel rotieren; washing machine schleudern; aeroplane trudeln
    the wheels just spun in the snow die Reifen drehten im Schnee einfach durch
    his car spun off the road sein Auto kam von der Straße ab
    to \spin out of control außer Kontrolle geraten
    2. ( fig: be dizzy)
    my head is \spinning mir dreht sich alles fam
    these new computers will make your head \spin von diesen neuen Computern schwirrt einem der Kopf fam
    3. ( fam: drive)
    ▪ to \spin along dahinsausen
    4. (make thread) spinnen
    III. vt
    <-nn-, spun or BRIT also span, spun>
    ▪ to \spin sth etw drehen
    to \spin a ball einem Ball einen Drall geben
    to \spin clothes Wäsche schleudern
    to \spin a coin eine Münze werfen
    to \spin records Platten spielen
    2. (give positive slant)
    ▪ to \spin sth etw ins rechte Licht rücken
    to \spin a cocoon/web einen Kokon/ein Netz spinnen
    to \spin cotton/silk/wool Baumwolle/Seide/Wolle spinnen
    4.
    ▶ to \spin a story [or tale] [or yarn] eine Geschichte spinnen
    ▶ to \spin one's wheels AM ( fam: waste time) seine Zeit verplempern fam; (waste efforts and energy) seine Energie verplempern fam
    * * *
    [spɪn] vb: pret spun or ( old) span, ptp spun
    1. n
    1) (= revolution) Drehung f; (= washing machine programme) Schleudern nt no pl

    to give sth a spin — etw (schnell) drehen; spinning top etw treiben; (in washing machine etc) etw schleudern

    to be in a ( flat) spin ( Brit fig inf ) — am Rotieren or Durchdrehen sein (inf) (about wegen)

    to send sb/sth into a (flat) spin ( Brit fig inf ) — jdn/etw zum Rotieren bringen (inf)

    2) (on ball) Dreh m, Drall m; (BILLIARDS) Effet m

    to put spin on the ball — dem Ball einen Drall/Effet geben; (with racquet) den Ball anschneiden

    3) (inf

    = interpretation) to put a new/different etc spin on sth — etw neu/anders etc interpretieren

    4) (AVIAT) Trudeln nt no pl

    = trip) to go for a spin — eine Spritztour machen

    2. vt
    1) (person, spider) spinnen
    See:
    → yarn
    2) (= turn) wheel drehen; (fast) herumwirbeln; top tanzen lassen, treiben; (in washing machine) schleudern; (= toss) ball, coin (hoch)werfen; (SPORT) ball einen Drall/Effet geben (+dat); (with racquet) (an)schneiden

    he's just spinning his wheels ( US fig inf ) — er tritt nur Wasser (inf)

    3. vi
    1) (person) spinnen
    2) (= revolve) sich drehen; (fast) (herum)wirbeln; (plane etc) trudeln; (in washing machine) schleudern

    to spin round and round — sich im Kreis drehen; (dancer)

    the ball spun into the air/past him — der Ball flog wirbelnd in die Luft/an ihm vorbei

    the car spun out of control — der Wagen begann, sich unkontrollierbar zu drehen

    to send sb/sth spinning — jdn/etw umwerfen

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    spin [spın]
    A v/t prät spun [spʌn], obs span [spæn], pperf spun
    1. besonders TECH Flachs, Wolle etc (zu Fäden) spinnen
    2. Garn, einen Faden spinnen
    3. TECH Kunstfaser (durch eine Düse) spinnen
    4. TECH (meist im pperf) Gold, Glas etc fadendünn ausziehen:
    5. schnell drehen, (herum)wirbeln, einen Kreisel drehen
    6. FLUG ein Flugzeug trudeln lassen
    7. Wäsche schleudern
    8. eine Schallplatte laufen lassen umg
    9. eine Münze hochwerfen
    10. fig sich etwas ausdenken, erzählen: → yarn A 3
    11. meist;
    spin out eine Geschichte etc in die Länge ziehen, ausspinnen, strecken
    12. spin out eine Suppe etc strecken
    13. SPORT Ball mit Effet schlagen
    14. mit künstlichem Köder angeln
    15. Br sl einen Kandidaten durchrasseln lassen
    B v/i
    1. spinnen
    2. auch spin round herumwirbeln:
    send sb spinning jemanden zu Boden schleudern;
    my head is spinning mir dreht sich alles
    3. auch spin along dahinsausen
    4. auch spin away fig schnell oder wie im Flug vergehen
    5. FLUG trudeln
    6. schleudern (Waschmaschine)
    7. AUTO durchdrehen (Räder)
    C s
    1. (das) Herumwirbeln
    2. schnelle Drehung, Drall m
    3. PHYS Spin m, Drall m (des Elektrons)
    4. umg Spritztour f:
    go for a spin eine Spritztour machen
    5. FLUG
    a) (Ab)Trudeln n:
    flat spin flaches Trudeln, Flachtrudeln;
    go into a spin abtrudeln;
    be in a (flat) spin bes Br umg am Rotieren sein;
    send sb into a (flat) spin bes Br umg jemanden zum Rotieren bringen,
    b) Sturzspirale f;
    6. Schleudern n (der Wäsche)
    7. SPORT Effet m:
    give (a) spin to the ball dem Ball Effet geben
    8. fig besonders US Anstrich m:
    give a report a positive spin einen Bericht positiv darstellen
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    -nn-, spun

    spin a yarn — (fig.) ein Garn spinnen (bes. Seemannsspr.); fabulieren

    2) (in washing machine etc.) schleudern
    3) (cause to whirl round) [schnell] drehen; wirbeln [lassen]

    spin a coin — eine Münze kreiseln lassen; (toss) eine Münze werfen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, spun sich drehen

    my head is spinning — (fig.) (from noise) mir brummt der Schädel (ugs.); (from many impressions) mir schwirrt der Kopf

    3. noun
    2) (Aeronaut.) Trudeln, das
    3) (Sport): (revolving motion) Effet, der; Spin, der
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: spun)
    = drehen v.
    durchdrehen v.

    English-german dictionary > spin

  • 29 bird's-eye view

    (a general view from above: a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane.) fugleperspektiv
    * * *
    (a general view from above: a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane.) fugleperspektiv

    English-Danish dictionary > bird's-eye view

  • 30 hijack

    1. verb
    1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) kapre
    2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) kapre
    3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) kapre
    2. noun
    (the act of hijacking.) kapring
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) kapre
    2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) kapre
    3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) kapre
    2. noun
    (the act of hijacking.) kapring

    English-Danish dictionary > hijack

  • 31 sol

    I.
    sol1 [sɔl]
    masculine noun
    ground ; ( = plancher) floor ; ( = revêtement) flooring uncount ; ( = territoire, terrain) soil
    • posé au sol or à même le sol on the ground (or floor)
    • sol carrelé/cimenté tiled/concrete floor
    II.
    sol2 [sɔl]
    invariable masculine noun
    * * *
    sɔl
    nom masculin
    1) ( à l'extérieur) ground; ( dans une maison) floor

    sentir le sol se dérober sous ses pieds — lit to feel the ground giving way; fig to feel as if one is about to faint

    2) ( territoire) soil
    3) ( terrain) soil
    4) Musique ( note) G; ( en solfiant) soh
    5) ( monnaie) sol
    * * *
    sɔl nm
    1) (dehors) ground
    2) [logement] floor
    3) (= revêtement) flooring no pl
    4) (= territoire) soil
    5) AGRICULTURE, GÉOGRAPHIE (= terre) soil

    do, ré, mi, fa, sol... — do, re, mi, fa, so...

    * * *
    sol nm
    1 ( à l'extérieur) ground; ( dans une maison) floor; la télévision est posée à même le sol the television is on the floor; l'avion a tué 5 personnes au sol the aeroplane GB ou airplane US killed 5 people on the ground; une maison au sol en terre battue a house with a trodden earth floor; son adversaire l'a plaqué au sol his opponent knocked him to the floor ou ground; sentir le sol se dérober sous ses pieds lit to feel the ground giving way; fig to feel the ground giving way beneath one; vitesse au sol d'un avion ground speed of an aeroplane; la surface au sol d'un bâtiment the floor surface of a building; exercices au sol Sport floor exercises;
    2 ( territoire) soil; le sol africain/américain African/American soil; revenir sur son sol natal to come back to one's native soil;
    3 ( terrain) soil; sol fertile/argileux fertile/clay soil; sol lunaire lunar soil;
    4 Mus ( note) G; ( en solfiant) soh;
    5 ( monnaie) sol.
    [sɔl] nom masculin invariable
    [chanté] sol, so, soh
    voir aussi link=fa fa
    voir aussi link=clef clef
    ————————
    [sɔl] nom masculin
    1. AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE [terre] soil
    2. [surface - de la Terre] ground ; [ - d'une planète] surface
    3. [surface aménagée - à l'intérieur] floor
    4. (littéraire) [patrie] soil
    ————————
    au sol locution adjectivale
    1. SPORT [exercice] floor (modificateur)
    2. AÉRONAUTIQUE [vitesse, ravitaillement] ground (modificateur)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > sol

  • 32 место

    (в поезде, на пароходе) accommodation, habitat, place, point, position, room, site, spot, station
    * * *
    ме́сто с.
    location; site, position
    име́ть ме́сто мат. — obtain, subsist, hold, occur, take place
    испо́льзовать производи́мую проду́кцию на ме́сте (для, …) — use the product captively (in …)
    на ви́дном ме́сте — in plain view; prominently
    предупреди́тельные на́дписи должны́ быть вы́ставлены на ви́дном ме́сте — have caution signs posted in plain view
    установи́ть предупреди́тельную на́дпись на ви́дном ме́сте — display the caution sign prominently
    положи́ть, напр. инструме́нт стро́го на своё́ ме́сто — return, e. g., a tool to its appropriate place
    поменя́ть места́ми — exchange, change position
    поменя́в места́ми индукти́вности и ё́мкости в схе́ме, полу́чим ё́мкостную трёхто́чку — if the inductances and capacitances are exchanged in the circuit the result is a Colpitts oscillator
    сопротивле́ния R1 и R2 в уравне́нии поменя́лись места́ми — the resistors R1 and R2 change position in the equation
    по ме́сту — suit job [requirements]
    сверли́ть отве́рстия по ме́сту — drill the holes to suit job [requirements]
    асимптоти́ческое ме́сто мат. — asymptotic spot
    вака́нтное ме́сто
    1. lattice vacancy (in solids)
    2. shell vacancy (in atoms)
    ви́димое ме́сто астр. — apparent place
    ме́сто включе́ния эл. — point of connection
    ме́сто води́теля — driver seat
    ме́сто в решё́тке крист. — lattice site
    ме́сто вы́хода ла́вы на штрек — gatehead
    географи́ческое ме́сто ( светила) — geographical position
    геометри́ческое ме́сто то́чек — locus
    геометри́ческое ме́сто то́чек прикоснове́ния — tac-locus
    действи́тельное ме́сто навиг. — true position
    ме́сто для ног — foot [leg] space, foot room, legroom
    ме́сто для стоя́нки трансп. — standing place, standing room
    ме́сто изги́ба прок. — bent section
    ме́сто изображе́ния, све́тлое тлв., кфт. — highlight
    ме́сто изображе́ния, тё́мное тлв., кфт. — low light
    и́стинное ме́сто астр. — true place
    ме́сто крепле́ния — attaching point
    ме́сто назначе́ния — destination
    непрогре́тое ме́сто ( в слитке) — cold spot
    ме́сто, неудо́бное для рабо́ты — awkward position
    ме́сто остано́ва програ́ммы вчт. — breakpoint
    ме́сто отпа́йки — tap (point)
    ме́сто отправле́ния — point of departure
    ме́сто перегре́ва ( в слитке) — hot spot
    ме́сто переда́чи свз. — sending end
    ме́сто пересече́ния — point of intersection
    подсто́пное ме́сто лес. — pile bottom
    поса́дочное ме́сто маш., мех. — location; ( в сборке деталей) mounting face, mounting seat; ( в уплотнительном устройстве) seal housing
    заштифтова́ть поса́дочное ме́сто — control a location by dowels
    ме́сто приё́ма свз. — receiving end
    пряди́льное ме́сто ( в прядильной машине) — spinning position
    ме́сто пу́ска косм. — launching site
    ме́сто пути́, пучи́нное — soft spot of a track
    рабо́чее, входя́щее ме́сто тлф. — position A
    рабо́чее, ночно́е ме́сто тлф. — night [concentration] position
    рабо́чее ме́сто опера́тора тлф. — (operators) position
    рабо́чее, свобо́дное ме́сто тлф. — closed position
    рабо́чее ме́сто с указа́телем номеро́в тлф. — call indicator position
    рабо́чее, тастату́рное ме́сто тлф. — key pulser position
    рабо́чее, уче́бное ме́сто тлф. — practice [learner's] position
    ме́сто самолё́та [МС] — the position of an aeroplane, a fix
    определя́ть ме́сто самолё́та — obtain [establish] a fix
    определя́ть ме́сто самолё́та по наблюде́нию, напр. двух звёзд или свети́л — obtain a fix from, e. g., two selected stars or celestial bodies
    определя́ть ме́сто самолё́та счисле́нием пути́ — obtain the position of an aeroplane [a fix] by dead reckoning
    предвычисля́ть ме́сто самолё́та — advance the position (of an aeroplane)
    теку́щее ме́сто самолё́та изобража́ется неподви́жным и́ндексом — the position of the airplane is continuosly given by the airplane symbol
    ме́сто самолё́та, действи́тельное — ground position
    сидя́чее ме́сто трансп. — seat, place
    спа́льное ме́сто мор. — (sleeping) berth
    сре́днее ме́сто астр. — mean place
    ме́сто стоя́нки самолё́тов — parking area
    ме́сто схожде́ния путе́й — bottleneck
    счисли́мое ме́сто навиг. — dead reckoned [DR] position
    труднодосту́пное ме́сто — out-of-the-way place, hard-to-reach place
    ме́сто устано́вки изоли́рующих сты́ков за крестови́ной свз. — fouling point

    Русско-английский политехнический словарь > место

  • 33 расчётная для типа самолёта длина лётного поля

    Минимальная длина лётного поля, необходимая для взлёта при максимальной сертифицированной взлётной массе, на уровне моря, при стандартных атмосферных условиях, безветрии и нулевом уклоне ВПП, указанная в соответствующем руководстве по лётной эксплуатации самолёта, предписанном полномочным органом по сертификации, или в аналогичном документе, полученном от изготовителя самолёта. Длина лётного поля означает, в соответствующих случаях, сбалансированную длину лётного поля для самолётов или, в других случаях, - взлётную дистанцию.
    Примечание. В разделе 2 дополнения А приводится информация о понятии сбалансированной длины лётного поля, а в Техническом руководстве по лётной годности (Doc 9760) содержатся подробные инструктивные указания по вопросам, относящимся к взлётной дистанции.
    The minimum field length required for take-off at maximum certificated take-off mass, sea level, standard atmospheric conditions, still air and zero runway slope, as shown in the appropriate aeroplane flight manual prescribed by the certificating authority or equivalent data from the aeroplane manufacturer. Field length means balanced field length for aeroplanes, if applicable, or take-off distance in other cases.
    Note.— Attachment A, Section 2 [Annex 14, Volume I] provides information on the concept of balanced field length and the Airworthiness Manual (Doc 9760) contains detailed guidance on matters related to take-off distance.
    (AN 14/I)

    Русско-английский словарь международной организации гражданской авиации > расчётная для типа самолёта длина лётного поля

  • 34 Ader, Clément

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 2 April 1841 Muret, France
    d. 3 May 1925 Toulouse, France
    [br]
    French engineer who made a short "hop" in a powered aeroplane in 1890.
    [br]
    Ader was a distinguished engineer and versatile inventor who was involved with electrical developments, including the telephone and air-cushion vehicles. In the field of aeronautics he became the centre of a long-lasting controversy: did he, or did he not, fly before the Wright brothers' flight of 1903? In 1882 Ader started work on his first aeroplane, the Eole (god of the winds), which was bat-like in appearance and powered by a very well-designed lightweight steam engine developing about 15 kW (20 hp). On 9 October 1890 the Eole was ready, and with Ader as pilot it increased speed over a level surface and lifted off the ground. It was airborne for about 5 seconds and covered some 50 m (164 ft), reaching a height of 20 cm (8 in.). Whether such a short hop constituted a flight has caused much discussion and argument over the years. An even greater controversy followed Ader's claim in 1906 that his third aeroplane (Avion III) had made a flight of 300 m (328 yd) in 1897. He repeated this claim in his book written in 1907, and many historians accepted his account of the "flight". C.H.Gibbs-Smith, an eminent aviation historian, investigated the Ader controversy and in his book published in 1966 came to the conclusion that the Avion III did not fly at all. Avion III was donated to the Museum of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris, and still survives. From 1906 onwards Ader concentrated his inventive efforts elsewhere, but he did mount a successful campaign to persuade the French War Ministry to create an air force.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    In 1990 the French Government accepted him as the "Father of Aviation who gave wings to the world".
    Bibliography
    1890, patent no. 205, 155 (included a description of the Eole).
    1907, La Première étape de l'aviation militaire en France, Paris (the most significant of his published books and articles).
    Further Reading
    C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1968, Clément Ader: His Flight Claims and His Place in History, London.
    The centenary of Ader's 1890 flight resulted in several French publications, including: C.Carlier, 1990, L'Affaire Clément Ader: la vérité rétablie, Paris; Pierre Lissarrague, 1990, Clément Ader: inventeur d'avions, Toulouse.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Ader, Clément

  • 35 Blériot, Louis

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 1 July 1872 Cambrai, France
    d. 2 August 1936 Paris, France
    [br]
    French aircraft manufacturer and pilot who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel in an aeroplane.
    [br]
    Having made a fortune with his patented automobile lamp, Blériot started experimenting with model aircraft in about 1900. He tried a flapping-wing layout which, surprisingly, did fly, but a full-size version was a failure. Blériot tried out a wide variety of designs: a biplane float-glider built with Gabriel Voisin; a powered float-plane with ellipsoidal biplane wings; a canard (tail-first) monoplane; a tandem monoplane; and in 1907 a monoplane of conventional layout. This last was not an immediate success, but it led to the Type XI in which Blériot made history by flying from France to England on 25 July 1909.
    Without a doubt, Blériot was an accomplished pilot and a successful manufacturer of aircraft, but he sometimes employed others as designers (a fact not made known at the time). It is now accepted that much of the credit for the design of the Type XI should go to Raymond Saulnier, who later made his name with the Morane-Saulnier Company.
    Blériot-Aéronautique became one of the leading manufacturers of aircraft and by the outbreak of war in 1914 some eight hundred aircraft had been produced. By 1918, aircraft were being built at the rate of eighteen per day. The Blériot company continued to produce aircraft until it was nationalized in 1937.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur. Daily Mail £1,000 prize for the first cross-Channel aeroplane flight.
    Further Reading
    C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1965, The Invention of the Aeroplane 1799–1909, London (contains a list of all Blériot's early aircraft).
    J.Stroud, 1966, European Transport Aircraft since 1920, London (for information about Blériot's later aircraft).
    For information relating to the cross-Channel flight, see: C.Fontaine, 1913, Comment Blériota traversé la, Manche, Paris.
    T.D.Crouch, 1982, Blériot XI, the Story of a Classic Aircraft, Washington, DC: National Air \& Space Museum.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Blériot, Louis

  • 36 Focke, E.H.Heinrich

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. October 1890 Bremen, Germany
    d. February 1979 Bremen, Germany
    [br]
    German aircraft designer who was responsible for the first practical helicopter, in 1936.
    [br]
    Between 1911 and 1914 Heinrich Focke and Georg Wulf built a monoplane and some years later, in 1924, they founded the Focke-Wulf company. They designed and built a variety of civil and military aircraft including the F 19Ente, a tail-first design of 1927. This canard layout was thought to be safer than conventional designs but, unfortunately, it crashed, killing Wulf. Around 1930 Focke became interested in rotary-wing aircraft, and in 1931 he set up a company with Gerd Achgelis to conduct research in this field. The Focke-Wulf company took out a licence to build Cierva autogiros. Focke designed an improved autogiro, the Fw 186, which flew in 1938; it was entered for a military competition, but it was beaten by a fixed-wing aircraft, the Fieseler Storch. In May 1935 Focke resigned from Focke-Wulf to concentrate on helicopter development with the Focke-Achgelis company. His first design was the Fa 61 helicopter, which utilized the fuselage and engine of a conventional aeroplane but instead of wings had two out-riggers, each carrying a rotor. The engine drove these rotors in opposite directions to counteract the adverse torque effect (with a single rotor the fuselage tends to rotate in the opposite direction to the rotor). Following its first flight on 26 June 1936, the Fa 61 went on to break several world records. However, it attracted more public attention when it was flown inside the huge Deutschlandhalle in Berlin by the famous female test pilot Hanna Reitsch in February 1938. Focke continued to develop his helicopter projects for the Focke-Achgelis company and produced the Fa 223 Drache in 1940. This used twin contra-rotating rotors, like the Fa 61, but could carry six people. Its production was hampered by allied bombing of the factory. During the Second World War Focke- Achgelis also produced a rotor kite which could be towed behind a U-boat to provide a flying "crow's nest", as well as designs for an advanced convertiplane (part aeroplane, part helicopter). After the war, Focke worked in France, the Netherlands and Brazil, then in 1954 he became Professor of Aeroplane and Helicopter Design at the University of Stuttgart.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Wissenschaftliche, Gesellschaft für Luftfahrt Lilienthal Medal, Prandtl-Ring.
    Bibliography
    1965, "German thinking on rotary-wing development", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, (May).
    Further Reading
    W.Gunston and J.Batchelor, 1977, Helicopters 1900–1960, London.
    J.R.Smith, 1973, Focke-Wulf: An Aircraft Album, London (primarily a picture book). R.N.Liptrot, 1948, Rotating Wing Activities in Germany during the Period 1939–45, London.
    K.von Gersdorff and K.Knobling, 1982, Hubschrauber und Tragschrauber, Munich (a more recent publication, in German).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Focke, E.H.Heinrich

  • 37 Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

    [br]
    b. 5 February 1840 Brockway's Mills, Maine, USA
    d. 24 November 1916 Streatham, London, England
    [br]
    American (naturalized British) inventor; designer of the first fully automatic machine gun and of an experimental steam-powered aircraft.
    [br]
    Maxim was born the son of a pioneer farmer who later became a wood turner. Young Maxim was first apprenticed to a carriage maker and then embarked on a succession of jobs before joining his uncle in his engineering firm in Massachusetts in 1864. As a young man he gained a reputation as a boxer, but it was his uncle who first identified and encouraged Hiram's latent talent for invention.
    It was not, however, until 1878, when Maxim joined the first electric-light company to be established in the USA, as its Chief Engineer, that he began to make a name for himself. He developed an improved light filament and his electric pressure regulator not only won a prize at the first International Electrical Exhibition, held in Paris in 1881, but also resulted in his being made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. While in Europe he was advised that weapons development was a more lucrative field than electricity; consequently, he moved to England and established a small laboratory at Hatton Garden, London. He began by investigating improvements to the Gatling gun in order to produce a weapon with a faster rate of fire and which was more accurate. In 1883, by adapting a Winchester carbine, he successfully produced a semi-automatic weapon, which used the recoil to cock the gun automatically after firing. The following year he took this concept a stage further and produced a fully automatic belt-fed weapon. The recoil drove barrel and breechblock to the vent. The barrel then halted, while the breechblock, now unlocked from the former, continued rearwards, extracting the spent case and recocking the firing mechanism. The return spring, which it had been compressing, then drove the breechblock forward again, chambering the next round, which had been fed from the belt, as it did so. Keeping the trigger pressed enabled the gun to continue firing until the belt was expended. The Maxim gun, as it became known, was adopted by almost every army within the decade, and was to remain in service for nearly fifty years. Maxim himself joined forces with the large British armaments firm of Vickers, and the Vickers machine gun, which served the British Army during two world wars, was merely a refined version of the Maxim gun.
    Maxim's interests continued to occupy several fields of technology, including flight. In 1891 he took out a patent for a steam-powered aeroplane fitted with a pendulous gyroscopic stabilizer which would maintain the pitch of the aeroplane at any desired inclination (basically, a simple autopilot). Maxim decided to test the relationship between power, thrust and lift before moving on to stability and control. He designed a lightweight steam-engine which developed 180 hp (135 kW) and drove a propeller measuring 17 ft 10 in. (5.44 m) in diameter. He fitted two of these engines into his huge flying machine testrig, which needed a wing span of 104 ft (31.7 m) to generate enough lift to overcome a total weight of 4 tons. The machine was not designed for free flight, but ran on one set of rails with a second set to prevent it rising more than about 2 ft (61 cm). At Baldwyn's Park in Kent on 31 July 1894 the huge machine, carrying Maxim and his crew, reached a speed of 42 mph (67.6 km/h) and lifted off its rails. Unfortunately, one of the restraining axles broke and the machine was extensively damaged. Although it was subsequently repaired and further trials carried out, these experiments were very expensive. Maxim eventually abandoned the flying machine and did not develop his idea for a stabilizer, turning instead to other projects. At the age of almost 70 he returned to the problems of flight and designed a biplane with a petrol engine: it was built in 1910 but never left the ground.
    In all, Maxim registered 122 US and 149 British patents on objects ranging from mousetraps to automatic spindles. Included among them was a 1901 patent for a foot-operated suction cleaner. In 1900 he became a British subject and he was knighted the following year. He remained a larger-than-life figure, both physically and in character, until the end of his life.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 1881. Knighted 1901.
    Bibliography
    1908, Natural and Artificial Flight, London. 1915, My Life, London: Methuen (autobiography).
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1916, Engineer (1 December).
    Obituary, 1916, Engineering (1 December).
    P.F.Mottelay, 1920, The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, London and New York: John Lane.
    Dictionary of National Biography, 1912–1921, 1927, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    CM / JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

  • 38 Voisin, Gabriel

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 5 February 1880 Belleville-sur-Saône, France
    d. 25 December 1973 Ozenay, France
    [br]
    French manufacturer of aeroplanes in the early years of aviation.
    [br]
    Gabriel Voisin was one of a group of aviation pioneers working in France c. 1905. One of the leaders of this group was a rich lawyer-sportsman, Ernest Archdeacon. For a number of years they had been building gliders based on those of the Wright brothers. Archdeacon's glider of 1904 was flown by Voisin, who went on to assist in the design and manufacture of gliders for Archdeacon and Louis Blériot, including successful float-gliders. Gabriel Voisin was joined by his brother Charles in 1905 and they set up the first commercial aircraft factory. As the Voisins had limited funds, they had to seek customers who could afford to indulge in the fashionable hobby of flying. One was Santos- Dumont, who commissioned Voisin to build his "14 bis" aeroplane in 1906.
    Early in 1907 the Voisins built their first powered aeroplane, but it was not a success.
    Later that year they completed a biplane for a Paris sculptor, Léon Delagrange, and another for Henri Farman. The basic Voisin was a biplane with the engine behind the pilot and a "pusher" propeller. Pitching was controlled by biplane elevators forward of the pilot and rudders were fitted to the box kite tail, but there was no control of roll.
    Improvements were gradually introduced by the Voisins and their customers, such as Farman. Incidentally, to flatter their clients the Voisins often named the aircraft after them, thus causing some confusion to historians. Many Voisins were built up until 1910, when the company's fortunes sank. Competition was growing, the factory was flooded, and Charles left. Gabriel started again, building robust biplanes of steel construction. Voisin bombers were widely used during the First World War, and a subsidiary factory was built in Russia.
    In August 1917, Voisin sold his business when the French Air Ministry decided that Voisin aeroplanes were obsolete and that the factory should be turned over to the building of engines. After the war he started another business making prefabricated houses, and then turned to manufacturing motor cars. From 1919 to 1939 his company produced various models, mainly for the luxury end of the market but also including a few sports and racing cars. In the early 1950s he designed a small two-seater, which was built by the Biscuter company in Spain. The Voisin company finally closed in 1958.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur 1909. Académie des Sciences Gold Medal 1909.
    Bibliography
    1961, Mes dix milles cerfs-volants, France; repub. 1963 as Men, Women and 10,000 Kites, London (autobiography; an eminent reviewer said, "it contains so many demonstrable absurdities, untruths and misleading statements, that one does not know how much of the rest one can believe").
    1962, Mes Mille et un voitures, France (covers his cars).
    Further Reading
    C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1965, The Invention of the Aeroplane 1799–1909, London (includes an account of Voisin's contribution to aviation and a list of his early aircraft).
    Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I, London; reprinted 1990 (provides details of Voisin's 1914–18 aircraft).
    E.Chadeau, 1987, L'Industrie aéronautique en France 1900–1950, de Blériot à Dassault, Paris.
    G.N.Georgano, 1968, Encyclopedia of Motor Cars 1885 to the Present, New York (includes brief descriptions of Voisin's cars).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Voisin, Gabriel

  • 39 Wright, Wilbur

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 16 April 1867 Millville, Indiana, USA
    d. 30 May 1912 Dayton, Ohio, USA
    [br]
    American co-inventor, with his brother Orville Wright (b. 19 August 1871 Dayton, Ohio, USA; d. 30 January 1948 Dayton, Ohio, USA), of the first powered aeroplane capable of sustained, controlled flight.
    [br]
    Wilbur and Orville designed and built bicycles in Dayton, Ohio. In the 1890s they developed an interest in flying which led them to study the experiments of gliding pioneers such as Otto Lilienthal in Germany, and their fellow American Octave Chanute. The Wrights were very methodical and tackled the many problems stage by stage. First, they developed a method of controlling a glider using movable control surfaces, instead of weight-shifting as used in the early hand-gliders. They built a wind tunnel to test their wing sections and by 1902 they had produced a controllable glider. Next they needed a petrol engine, and when they could not find one to suit their needs they designed and built one themselves.
    On 17 December 1903 their Flyer was ready and Orville made the first short flight of 12 seconds; Wilbur followed with a 59-second flight covering 853 ft (260 m). An improved design, Flyer II, followed in 1904 and made about eighty flights, including circuits and simple ma-noeuvres. In 1905 Flyer III made several long flights, including one of 38 minutes covering 24½ miles (39 km). Most of the Wrights' flying was carried out in secret to protect their patents, so their achievements received little publicity. For a period of two and a half years they did not fly, but they worked to improve their Flyer and to negotiate terms for the sale of their invention to various governments and commercial syndi-cates.
    In 1908 the Wright Model A appeared, and when Wilbur demonstrated it in France he astounded the European aviators by making several flights lasting more than one hour and one of 2 hours 20 minutes. Considerable numbers of the Model A were built, but the European designers rapidly caught up and overtook the Wrights. The Wright brothers became involved in several legal battles to protect their patents: one of these, with Glenn Curtiss, went on for many years. Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912. Orville sold his interest in the Wright Company in 1915, but retained an interest in aeronautical research and lived on to see an aeroplane fly faster than the speed of sound.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Royal Aeronautical Society (London) Gold Medal (awarded to both Wilbur and Orville) May 1909. Medals from the Aero Club of America, Congress, Ohio State and the City of Dayton.
    Bibliography
    1951, Miracle at Kitty Hawk. The Letters of Wilbur \& Orville Wright, ed. F.C.Kelly, New York.
    1953, The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, ed. Marvin W.McFarland, 2 vols, New York.
    Orville Wright, 1953, How We Invented the Aeroplane, ed. F.C.Kelly, New York.
    Further Reading
    A.G.Renstrom, 1968, Wilbur \& Orville Wright. A Bibliography, Washington, DC (with 2,055 entries).
    C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1963, The Wright Brothers, London (reprint) (a concise account).
    J.L.Pritchard, 1953, The Wright Brothers', Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (December) (includes much documentary material).
    F.C.Kelly, 1943, The Wright Brothers, New York (reprint) (authorized by Orville Wright).
    H.B.Combs with M.Caidin, 1980, Kill Devil Hill, London (contains more technical information).
    T.D.Crouch, 1989, The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur \& Orville Wright, New York (perhaps the best of various subsequent biographies).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Wright, Wilbur

  • 40 aircraft

    طَائِرَة \ aeroplane; airplane: a flying machine with wings and at least one engine. aircraft: aeroplane or other flying machine. plane: shortened from of [b]aeroplane[b].

    Arabic-English glossary > aircraft

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