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Effectiveness

  • 1 valor ejecutivo

    • effectiveness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > valor ejecutivo

  • 2 vigencia de la ley

    • effectiveness of the law
    • effectiveness of the statute

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > vigencia de la ley

  • 3 efectividad

    • effectiveness
    • efficiency

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > efectividad

  • 4 eficacia

    • effectiveness
    • efficacy
    • efficiency

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > eficacia

  • 5 eficacia

    f.
    1 efficiency.
    2 efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency.
    * * *
    1 (persona) efficiency, effectiveness; (cosas) efficacy, effectiveness
    2 (rendimiento) efficiency
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF [de ley, remedio, producto, sanción] effectiveness; [de persona, método] efficiency
    * * *
    a) (de acción, remedio) effectiveness, efficacy (frml)
    b) ( eficiencia) efficiency
    * * *
    = effectivity, efficacity, efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency.
    Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.
    Ex. The article 'Can a repository enhance reuse effectivity?' explores whether the use of multimedia fosters the reuse of artifacts from a repository.
    Ex. Efficacity, efficiency and productivity will be the new parameters for universities and their libraries.
    Ex. I would suspect that this has a very beneficial effect on cataloging speed and productivity and efficacy.
    Ex. Effectiveness is the extent to whith the libary is achieving its goals and objectives.
    Ex. Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
    ----
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * con eficacia = ably.
    * confianza en la eficacia de uno mismo = self-efficacy.
    * costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness.
    * eficacia de consumo de combustible = fuel efficiency.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * eficacia de la recuperación = retrieval effectiveness.
    * eficacia económica = economic efficiency.
    * eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.
    * evaluar la eficacia de Algo = gauge + the effectiveness of.
    * indicador de eficacia = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator.
    * indicadores de eficacia = performance criteria.
    * medición de la eficacia = performance evaluation, performance measurement.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * perder eficacia = lose + clout.
    * * *
    a) (de acción, remedio) effectiveness, efficacy (frml)
    b) ( eficiencia) efficiency
    * * *
    = effectivity, efficacity, efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency.
    Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.

    Ex: The article 'Can a repository enhance reuse effectivity?' explores whether the use of multimedia fosters the reuse of artifacts from a repository.

    Ex: Efficacity, efficiency and productivity will be the new parameters for universities and their libraries.
    Ex: I would suspect that this has a very beneficial effect on cataloging speed and productivity and efficacy.
    Ex: Effectiveness is the extent to whith the libary is achieving its goals and objectives.
    Ex: Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * con eficacia = ably.
    * confianza en la eficacia de uno mismo = self-efficacy.
    * costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness.
    * eficacia de consumo de combustible = fuel efficiency.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * eficacia de la recuperación = retrieval effectiveness.
    * eficacia económica = economic efficiency.
    * eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.
    * evaluar la eficacia de Algo = gauge + the effectiveness of.
    * indicador de eficacia = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator.
    * indicadores de eficacia = performance criteria.
    * medición de la eficacia = performance evaluation, performance measurement.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * perder eficacia = lose + clout.

    * * *
    1 (de una acción, un remedio) effectiveness, efficacy ( frml)
    todavía está por verse la eficacia de estas gestiones it remains to be seen how effective these actions will be
    2 (eficiencia) efficiency
    * * *

     

    eficacia sustantivo femenino
    a) (de acción, remedio) effectiveness, efficacy (frml)


    eficacia sustantivo femenino
    1 (de una medida, un medicamento) effectiveness
    2 (de una persona) efficiency: resolvió el problema con gran eficacia, he resolved the problem efficiently
    ' eficacia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diligencia
    - efectividad
    English:
    efficacy
    - efficiency
    - swear by
    - effectively
    - proven
    * * *
    1. [de persona] efficiency
    2. [de medicamento, medida, gestión] effectiveness
    * * *
    f efficiency
    * * *
    1) : effectiveness, efficacy
    2) : efficiency

    Spanish-English dictionary > eficacia

  • 6 efectividad

    f.
    effectiveness.
    * * *
    1 effectiveness
    \
    con efectividad desde (ley etc) with effect from
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino ( eficacia) effectiveness; (validez, vigencia)
    * * *
    Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.
    Ex. Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
    * * *
    femenino ( eficacia) effectiveness; (validez, vigencia)
    * * *
    Nota: En evaluación de servicios, relación entre los recursos usados y los resultados obtenidos.

    Ex: Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.

    * * *
    1 (eficacia) effectiveness
    2
    (de una ley, disposición): un nombramiento con efectividad desde el 5 de julio an appointment which becomes effective o takes effect from July 5th
    * * *

     

    efectividad sustantivo femenino ( eficacia) effectiveness
    efectividad sustantivo femenino effectiveness: el equipo perdió efectividad en los últimos minutos, the team lacked strength in the last minutes
    efectividad sustantivo femenino
    1 (de una medida, un medicamento) effectiveness
    2 (validez) validity
    ' efectividad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mutar
    - mutarse
    English:
    effectiveness
    * * *
    1. [eficacia] effectiveness
    2. [validez]
    la ordenanza municipal tendrá efectividad desde el próximo lunes the by-law will take effect as from next Monday
    * * *
    f effectiveness;
    tener efectividad be effective
    * * *
    : effectiveness

    Spanish-English dictionary > efectividad

  • 7 rentabilidad

    f.
    profitability.
    * * *
    1 profitability
    \
    tasa de rentabilidad rate of return
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino profitability
    * * *
    = cost-effectiveness, profitability, cost-efficiency, efficiency, payoff [pay-off], rate of return, value for money.
    Ex. Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.
    Ex. The use of agents is necessary but not ideal, because an agent often represents rival concerns, and aims for a quick turnover rather than long-term profitability.
    Ex. This study intended to determine the cost-efficiency of using the CD-ROM Bibliofile system to convert a shelf list file into a machine-readable data base in MARC format.
    Ex. Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
    Ex. Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex. The author outlines quantitative metrics that measure information technology productivity from the perspective of the overall rate of return to the organization.
    Ex. Libraries are being expected to justify their services in terms of value for money.
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    * rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.
    * umbral de rentabilidad = break-even, break-even point.
    * * *
    femenino profitability
    * * *
    = cost-effectiveness, profitability, cost-efficiency, efficiency, payoff [pay-off], rate of return, value for money.

    Ex: Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.

    Ex: The use of agents is necessary but not ideal, because an agent often represents rival concerns, and aims for a quick turnover rather than long-term profitability.
    Ex: This study intended to determine the cost-efficiency of using the CD-ROM Bibliofile system to convert a shelf list file into a machine-readable data base in MARC format.
    Ex: Efficiency is the relation between resources input and resulting outputs.
    Ex: Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex: The author outlines quantitative metrics that measure information technology productivity from the perspective of the overall rate of return to the organization.
    Ex: Libraries are being expected to justify their services in terms of value for money.
    * rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.
    * umbral de rentabilidad = break-even, break-even point.

    * * *
    profitability
    la rentabilidad de una inversión the profitability of o return on an investment
    certificados de alta rentabilidad a corto plazo certificates offering a high short-term return o yield
    * * *

     

    rentabilidad sustantivo femenino
    profitability
    rentabilidad sustantivo femenino profitability, cost-effectiveness: te ofrecen una rentabilidad del 6%, they're offering a 6% return on your money
    aunque trabajes mucho, nada te garantiza la rentabilidad, no matter how hard you work nothing can guarantee a decent profit
    ' rentabilidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blue-chip
    - profitability
    - return
    * * *
    profitability;
    el negocio tiene muy poca rentabilidad the business is not very profitable;
    un bono de alta rentabilidad a bond offering a high yield o return
    * * *
    f profitability

    Spanish-English dictionary > rentabilidad

  • 8 afectar

    v.
    1 to affect.
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    La conversación afecta sus ideas The conversation affects his ideas.
    2 to upset, to affect badly.
    le afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3 to damage.
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4 to affect, to feign.
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    María afecta interés pero no es así Mary feigns interest but it is not so.
    5 to pretend to.
    El chico afecta saber mucho The boy pretends to know a lot.
    * * *
    1 (aparentar) to affect
    2 (impresionar) to move
    3 (dañar) to damage
    4 (concernir) to concern
    1 (impresionarse) to be affected, be moved
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=repercutir sobre) to affect
    2) (=entristecer) to sadden; (=conmover) to move
    3) frm (=fingir) to affect, feign

    afectar ignorancia — to affect o feign ignorance

    4) (Jur) to tie up, encumber
    5) LAm [+ forma] to take, assume
    6) LAm (=destinar) to allocate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.
    Ex. Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.
    Ex. Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex. The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex. Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex. There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex. The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex. Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex. Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex. The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex. Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex. With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex. An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    ----
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.

    Ex: Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.

    Ex: Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex: The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex: The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex: There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex: The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex: Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex: Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex: The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex: Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex: With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex: An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.

    * * *
    afectar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (tener efecto en) to affect
    la nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario the new law doesn't affect the small businessman
    está afectado de una grave enfermedad pulmonar ( frml); he is suffering from a serious lung disease
    la enfermedad le afectó el cerebro the illness affected her brain
    las zonas afectadas por las inundaciones the areas hit o affected by the floods
    2 (afligir) to affect ( frml)
    lo que dijiste lo afectó mucho what you said upset him terribly
    3 ( Der) ‹bienes› to encumber
    B (fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign afectar + INF to pretend to + INF
    * * *

     

    afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
    1


    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml);


    2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
    afectar verbo transitivo
    1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
    2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
    ' afectar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmune
    - tocar
    - afligir
    - impresionar
    - repercutir
    - sacudir
    English:
    affect
    - damage
    - get
    - hit
    - tell
    - upset
    - dent
    - difference
    - disrupt
    - impair
    - interfere
    - touch
    - whole
    * * *
    1. [incumbir] to affect;
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    2. [afligir] to upset, to affect badly;
    todo lo afecta he's very sensitive;
    lo afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3. [producir perjuicios en] to damage;
    la sequía que afectó a la región the drought which hit the region;
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4. [simular] to affect, to feign;
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    5. RP [destinar, asignar] to assign
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( producir efecto en) affect
    2 ( conmover) upset, affect
    3 ( fingir) feign
    * * *
    1) : to affect
    2) : to upset
    3) : to feign, to pretend
    * * *
    1. to affect
    2. (conmover) to affect / to upset [pt. & pp. upset]

    Spanish-English dictionary > afectar

  • 9 afectar a la eficacia de Algo

    (v.) = prejudice + effectiveness
    Ex. Some potential volunteers declined to be associated with the scheme since they felt that 'official' recognition might prejudice the effectiveness of the informal service they provided.
    * * *
    (v.) = prejudice + effectiveness

    Ex: Some potential volunteers declined to be associated with the scheme since they felt that 'official' recognition might prejudice the effectiveness of the informal service they provided.

    Spanish-English dictionary > afectar a la eficacia de Algo

  • 10 anular

    adj.
    1 ring-shaped.
    dedo anular ring finger
    2 annular, ring-shaped.
    Ricardo compró un artefacto anular Richard bought a ring-shaped artifact.
    m.
    1 ring finger (dedo).
    Elsa se quebró el anular Elsa fractured her ring finger.
    2 annular, annular ligament.
    v.
    1 to annul, to leave without effect, to abolish, to invalidate.
    El juez anuló la decisión The judge annulled the decision.
    2 to belittle, to annul, to underrate.
    Dorotea anula a su hijo Dorothy belittles her son.
    3 to chalk off.
    * * *
    1 ring-shaped
    1 ring finger
    ————————
    1 (matrimonio) to annul; (una ley) to repeal; (una sentencia) to quash
    2 (un pedido, viaje) to cancel; (un contrato) to invalidate, cancel
    3 DEPORTE (un gol) to disallow
    4 figurado (desautorizar) to deprive of authority
    1 to lose one's authority
    * * *
    verb
    1) to cancel, annul, rescind
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ contrato] to cancel, rescind; [+ ley] to repeal; [+ decisión] to override; [+ matrimonio] to annul
    2) [+ elecciones, resultado] to declare null and void; [+ gol, tanto] to disallow
    3) [+ cita, viaje, evento] to cancel
    4) [+ cheque] to cancel
    5) [+ efecto] to cancel out, destroy
    6) (Mat) to cancel out
    7) [+ persona] to overshadow
    8) frm (=incapacitar) to deprive of authority, remove from office
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.
    Ex. Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex. To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex. On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex. The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex. We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex. Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    ----
    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < forma> ring-shaped
    II 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <contrato/viaje> to cancel; < matrimonio> to annul; <fallo/sentencia> to quash, overturn; < resultado> to declare... null and void; <tanto/gol> to disallow
    b) < cheque> ( destruir) to cancel; ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    2) < persona> to destroy
    2.
    anularse v pron (recípr)
    III
    masculino ring finger
    * * *
    = negate, nullify, override, overtake, overturn, render + valueless, render + wrong, repeal, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, dope, gainsay, eviscerate, wipe out, obliterate, preempt [pre-empt], revoke, undo, waive, quash, block off, write off, blot out, overrule, void.

    Ex: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.

    Ex: To adopt terms or names in various languages, which are probably unfamiliar in a certain other language, would be to nullify the usefulness of that catalog to all of these users in the interest of cooperation.
    Ex: On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex: The immense cultural differences facing the professions tends to render comparisons valueless.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: I was one of the cosigners of a resolution which tried to have the ISBD repealed.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.
    Ex: We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex: Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.
    Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    * anular las posibilidades = close off + possibilities.
    * anular la validez de un concepto = sterilise + idea.
    * anular una posibilidad = block off + alley.

    * * *
    ‹forma› ring-shaped dedo
    anular2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹contrato› to cancel, rescind; ‹matrimonio› to annul; ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn; ‹resultado› to declare … null and void; ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    2 ‹cheque› (destruir) to cancel; (dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    3 ‹viaje/compromiso› to cancel
    B ‹persona› to destroy
    las dos fuerzas se anulan the two forces cancel each other out
    ring finger
    * * *

     

    anular verbo transitivo
    a) ‹contrato/viaje› to cancel;

    ‹ matrimonio› to annul;
    ‹fallo/sentencia› to quash, overturn;
    ‹ resultado› to declare … null and void;
    ‹tanto/gol› to disallow
    b) ‹ cheque› ( destruir) to cancel;

    ( dar orden de no pagar) to stop
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    finger ring
    anular 1 sustantivo masculino ring finger
    anular 2 verbo transitivo
    1 Com (un pedido) to cancel
    Dep (un gol) to disallow
    (un matrimonio) to annul
    Jur (una ley) to repeal
    2 Inform to delete
    3 (desautorizar, ignorar a una persona) to destroy
    ' anular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dedo
    English:
    annul
    - cancel out
    - disallow
    - invalidate
    - negate
    - nullify
    - off
    - override
    - quash
    - rescind
    - ring finger
    - scrub
    - cancel
    - finger
    - over
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [en forma de anillo] ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    ♦ nm
    [dedo] ring finger
    ♦ vt
    1. [cancelar] to cancel;
    [ley] to repeal; [matrimonio, contrato] to annul
    2. Dep [partido] to call off;
    [gol] to disallow; [resultado] to declare void
    3. [restar iniciativa]
    su marido la anula totalmente she's totally dominated by her husband;
    el defensa anuló a la estrella del equipo contrario the defender marked the opposing team's star out of the game
    * * *
    1 v/t cancel; matrimonio annul; gol disallow; ley repeal
    2 adj ring-shaped;
    dedo anular ring finger
    * * *
    anular vt
    : to annul, to cancel
    * * *
    anular vb
    1. (cita, viaje, etc) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]
    2. (matrimonio) to annul [pt. & pp. annulled]
    3. (gol, tanto) to disallow

    Spanish-English dictionary > anular

  • 11 clase magistral

    f.
    master class.
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. This article compares the effectiveness of three interactive videodisc courses to the effectiveness of regular, traditional lecture classes.
    * * *
    * * *

    Ex: This article compares the effectiveness of three interactive videodisc courses to the effectiveness of regular, traditional lecture classes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > clase magistral

  • 12 coste

    m.
    cost (de producción). (peninsular Spanish)
    coste de distribución distribution cost
    costes de explotación operating costs
    costes fijos fixed costs
    costes indirectos indirect costs
    coste de sustitución replacement cost
    coste de la vida cost of living
    coste unitario unit cost
    costes variables variable costs
    * * *
    1 cost, price, expense
    \
    coste de la vida cost of living
    precio de coste cost price
    * * *
    SM Esp cost

    a precio de coste — at cost, at cost price

    coste de mantenimiento — upkeep, maintenance cost

    coste, seguros y flete — cost, insurance and freight, C.I.F.

    costes laborales unitarios — unitary labour o (EEUU) labor costs

    * * *
    masculino (Esp) costo 1)
    * * *
    = cost, cost price.
    Ex. If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.
    Ex. However, it was still not possible to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the service or to calculate the cost prices and to compare these with the average national cost price.
    ----
    * a bajo coste = low-cost.
    * abaratar costes = lower + costs.
    * ahorro en los costes = savings in costs.
    * análisis de costes = cost analysis.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * a precio de coste = at cost.
    * a precios de coste = at cost price.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.
    * a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.
    * a un coste que = at costs which.
    * a un coste total = at a total cost.
    * a un gran coste = at (a) great expense.
    * bajo coste = low cost.
    * basado en los costes = cost-based [cost based].
    * calcular los costes = cost out.
    * con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.
    * coste alternativo = opportunity cost.
    * coste de fabricación = manufacturing cost.
    * coste de la inversión = investment cost.
    * coste de la unidad = unit cost.
    * coste de la vida = cost of living.
    * coste de oportunidad = opportunity cost.
    * coste de sustitución = opportunity cost.
    * coste de vidas humanas = human cost.
    * coste disparado = escalating cost.
    * coste marginal = marginal cost.
    * coste máximo = maximum cost.
    * coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.
    * costes = cost factors, cost structure, cost price structure.
    * costes de funcionamiento = running costs.
    * costes de mano de obra = labour costs.
    * costes de mantenimiento = maintenance costs, running costs.
    * costes de mantenimiento energético = energy costs.
    * costes de personal = staff costs.
    * costes de producción = production costs.
    * costes descontrolados = runaway costs.
    * costes directos = direct costs.
    * costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costs.
    * costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.
    * costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency.
    * costes en metálico = cash costs.
    * costes indirectos = indirect costs.
    * costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.
    * costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * de coste cero = zero-cost.
    * estimación de costes = costing, cost estimates.
    * estimar los costes = cost out.
    * financiar los costes = underwrite + costs.
    * índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.
    * modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].
    * preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.
    * recuperación de costes = cost recovery.
    * reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.
    * sin ningún coste = without charge, without cost, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.
    * sufragar los costes = underwrite + costs.
    * * *
    masculino (Esp) costo 1)
    * * *
    = cost, cost price.

    Ex: If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.

    Ex: However, it was still not possible to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the service or to calculate the cost prices and to compare these with the average national cost price.
    * a bajo coste = low-cost.
    * abaratar costes = lower + costs.
    * ahorro en los costes = savings in costs.
    * análisis de costes = cost analysis.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * a precio de coste = at cost.
    * a precios de coste = at cost price.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.
    * a un coste mínimo = at (a) minimum cost.
    * a un coste que = at costs which.
    * a un coste total = at a total cost.
    * a un gran coste = at (a) great expense.
    * bajo coste = low cost.
    * basado en los costes = cost-based [cost based].
    * calcular los costes = cost out.
    * con unos costes mínimos = with minimum costs.
    * coste alternativo = opportunity cost.
    * coste de fabricación = manufacturing cost.
    * coste de la inversión = investment cost.
    * coste de la unidad = unit cost.
    * coste de la vida = cost of living.
    * coste de oportunidad = opportunity cost.
    * coste de sustitución = opportunity cost.
    * coste de vidas humanas = human cost.
    * coste disparado = escalating cost.
    * coste marginal = marginal cost.
    * coste máximo = maximum cost.
    * coste mínimo = minimal cost, minimum cost.
    * costes = cost factors, cost structure, cost price structure.
    * costes de funcionamiento = running costs.
    * costes de mano de obra = labour costs.
    * costes de mantenimiento = maintenance costs, running costs.
    * costes de mantenimiento energético = energy costs.
    * costes de personal = staff costs.
    * costes de producción = production costs.
    * costes descontrolados = runaway costs.
    * costes directos = direct costs.
    * costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costs.
    * costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.
    * costes-eficacia = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency.
    * costes en metálico = cash costs.
    * costes indirectos = indirect costs.
    * costes + ponerse por las nubes = costs + spiral.
    * costes por las nubes = soaring cost, spiralling costs.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * de coste cero = zero-cost.
    * estimación de costes = costing, cost estimates.
    * estimar los costes = cost out.
    * financiar los costes = underwrite + costs.
    * índice del coste de (la) vida = cost of living index.
    * modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].
    * preocuparse del coste de = be cost conscious.
    * recuperación de costes = cost recovery.
    * reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.
    * sin ningún coste = without charge, without cost, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.
    * sufragar los costes = underwrite + costs.

    * * *
    ( Esp)
    costo m A. (↑ costo)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo costar: ( conjugate costar)

    costé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    costar    
    coste
    costar ( conjugate costar) verbo transitivo

    ◊ ¿cuánto me costeá arreglarlo? how much will it cost to fix it?



    le costó el puesto it cost him his job


    cuesta abrirlo it's hard to open;
    me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard o difficult to believe
    verbo intransitivo






    no te cuesta nada intentarlo it won't do you any harm to give it a try;
    la física le cuesta he finds physics difficult;
    me costó dormirme I had trouble getting to sleep
    coste sustantivo masculino (Esp) See Also→
    ◊ costo

    costar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener un precio) to cost: ¿cuánto dinero te costó?, how much did it cost you?
    2 (llevar tiempo) to take
    3 (ser trabajoso) me cuesta hablar alemán, I find it difficult to speak German
    nos costó mucho conseguir el empleo, it was really hard to get the job
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado te va a costar caro, you'll pay dearly for this
    cueste lo que cueste, cost what it may
    coste sustantivo masculino cost
    ♦ Locuciones: a precio de coste, (at) cost price

    ' coste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    precio
    English:
    cost
    - cost of living
    - deduction
    - estimate
    - index-linked
    - low-cost
    - manufacturing costs
    - replacement cost
    - run into
    - spiral up
    - high
    * * *
    coste nm
    Esp [de producción] cost; [de un objeto] price;
    cuatro semanas de prueba sin coste alguno four weeks on approval free of charge;
    la relación coste-beneficio the cost-benefit ratio;
    el coste humano de la guerra the human cost of the war;
    Com
    al coste at cost
    Com coste diferencial marginal cost; Com coste directo direct cost; Com coste de distribución distribution cost; Com coste efectivo actual cost; Com costes de explotación operating costs; Com coste de fabricación manufacturing cost; Com coste fijo fixed cost; Com coste financiero financial cost; Com coste indirecto indirect cost; Com coste de mano de obra labour cost; Com coste de mantenimiento running cost; Com coste marginal marginal cost; Econ coste de oportunidad opportunity cost; Com coste de producción cost of production; Com coste de reposición replacement cost; Com coste, seguro y flete cost, insurance and freight; Com coste unitario unit cost;
    coste de la vida cost of living
    * * *
    m → costo
    * * *
    * * *
    coste n cost

    Spanish-English dictionary > coste

  • 13 costes-eficacia

    (n.) = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency
    Ex. Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.
    Ex. This study intended to determine the cost-efficiency of using the CD-ROM Bibliofile system to convert a shelf list file into a machine-readable data base in MARC format.
    * * *
    (n.) = cost-effectiveness, cost-efficiency

    Ex: Cost-benefit analysis is often confused with cost-effectiveness but, as Lancaster points out, there is a subtle difference.

    Ex: This study intended to determine the cost-efficiency of using the CD-ROM Bibliofile system to convert a shelf list file into a machine-readable data base in MARC format.

    Spanish-English dictionary > costes-eficacia

  • 14 eficacia de la recuperación

    Ex. Traditional measures of retrieval effectiveness, of which the recall ratio is an outstanding example, are strongly influence by the relevance properties of unexamined documents -- documents with which the system user has no direct contact.
    * * *

    Ex: Traditional measures of retrieval effectiveness, of which the recall ratio is an outstanding example, are strongly influence by the relevance properties of unexamined documents -- documents with which the system user has no direct contact.

    Spanish-English dictionary > eficacia de la recuperación

  • 15 evaluar la eficacia de Algo

    (v.) = gauge + the effectiveness of
    Ex. This section considers a few devices with which it is possible to gauge the effectiveness of an index or set of search keys.
    * * *
    (v.) = gauge + the effectiveness of

    Ex: This section considers a few devices with which it is possible to gauge the effectiveness of an index or set of search keys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > evaluar la eficacia de Algo

  • 16 indicador de eficacia

    (n.) = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator
    Ex. A performance indicator is the formula which management uses to measure the progress of a programme towards achieving the organization's goals and objectives.
    Ex. Effectiveness indicators measure the extent to which programmes achieve objectives.
    * * *
    (n.) = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator

    Ex: A performance indicator is the formula which management uses to measure the progress of a programme towards achieving the organization's goals and objectives.

    Ex: Effectiveness indicators measure the extent to which programmes achieve objectives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > indicador de eficacia

  • 17 invalidar

    v.
    to invalidate.
    * * *
    1 to invalidate
    * * *
    VT [+ certificado, resultado] to invalidate, nullify; [+ decisión] to reverse; [+ leyes] to repeal
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < documento> to invalidate, nullify; <premisa/argumento> to invalidate
    * * *
    = negate, override, overturn, render + redundant, render + suspect, render + wrong, rule out, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, eviscerate, deflate, invalidate, preempt [pre-empt], pull + the plug on, overrule, void, make + redundant.
    Ex. Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex. On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex. However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex. We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.
    Ex. Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex. Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex. These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.
    Ex. However, in November 1976, with the eighth edition still hot from the press, the decision to revert wholly to indirect subdivision was implemented, thus invalidating a substantial part of the Introduction to the eighth edition.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    Ex. In one breath you say it's not very valuable and technologies will soon be here to make it redundant and in the next breath boast of its capabilities - you just can't have it both ways!.
    ----
    * invalidar las críticas = disarm + criticism.
    * invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < documento> to invalidate, nullify; <premisa/argumento> to invalidate
    * * *
    = negate, override, overturn, render + redundant, render + suspect, render + wrong, rule out, rule out, short-circuit [shortcircuit], stultify, eviscerate, deflate, invalidate, preempt [pre-empt], pull + the plug on, overrule, void, make + redundant.

    Ex: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.

    Ex: On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex: However, any refinement involves greater human intervention, and this in turn can easily overturn the arguments in favour of subject indexes based upon titles.
    Ex: We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.
    Ex: Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex: Also, to become emotionally wedded to a particular view is to eviscerate one's effectiveness in achieving a workable solution.
    Ex: These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.
    Ex: However, in November 1976, with the eighth edition still hot from the press, the decision to revert wholly to indirect subdivision was implemented, thus invalidating a substantial part of the Introduction to the eighth edition.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: However, in the case when the user's input fails, we would like to void the reserved funds.
    Ex: In one breath you say it's not very valuable and technologies will soon be here to make it redundant and in the next breath boast of its capabilities - you just can't have it both ways!.
    * invalidar las críticas = disarm + criticism.
    * invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.

    * * *
    invalidar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹documento› to invalidate, nullify; ‹premisa/argumento› to invalidate
    * * *

    invalidar verbo transitivo to invalidate
    ' invalidar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    invalidate
    - negate
    - overrule
    - over
    * * *
    [sujeto: circunstancias] to invalidate; [sujeto: juez] to declare invalid;
    les invalidaron dos goles they had two goals disallowed
    * * *
    v/t invalidate
    * * *
    : to nullify, to invalidate

    Spanish-English dictionary > invalidar

  • 18 mejorar la eficacia

    (v.) = enhance + effectiveness
    Ex. Relevance feedback is a well known technique used to enhance the effectiveness of information retrieval.
    * * *
    (v.) = enhance + effectiveness

    Ex: Relevance feedback is a well known technique used to enhance the effectiveness of information retrieval.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejorar la eficacia

  • 19 videodisco interactivo

    Ex. This article compares the effectiveness of three interactive videodisc courses to the effectiveness of regular, traditional lecture classes.
    * * *

    Ex: This article compares the effectiveness of three interactive videodisc courses to the effectiveness of regular, traditional lecture classes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > videodisco interactivo

  • 20 ¡pulverízalos!

    = Nuke 'em!, Nuke 'em!
    Ex. The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.
    Ex. The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.
    * * *
    = Nuke 'em!, Nuke 'em!

    Ex: The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.

    Ex: The article 'Nuke 'em! Library pest control' describes tests carried out to determine the effectiveness of microwaves (in the form of a domestic microwave oven) as a means of destroying insect pests in books and other library materials.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ¡pulverízalos!

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