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1 step size selection
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2 size
1. размер; величина; объём, формат; доводить до требуемого размера2. кегль3. клей; проклеивать, пропитывать клеем4. масштабировать5. кегль шрифта основного текста6. высота ножки литерыbook size — книжный формат; объём книги
broad size — альбомный формат; формат, при котором ширина превышает высоту
7. формат набора8. кегли для стандартного набора текстаcontact size — размер изображения, равный размеру оригинала
dot size — размер растровой точки, размер растрового элемента
elite typewriter size — формат машинописной строки, содержащей 10 знаков на 1 дюйм
gold size — клеевая композиция для закрепления листового золота или порошка при бронзировании на поверхности
large size for driers — формат картона 60,9?91,4 см
legal size — формат 33?40,6 см
letter size — формат 25,4?40,6 см
matrix size — базовый кегль, проецируемый кегль
normal size — нормальный кегль ; недробный кегль
9. формат снимкаprint size selector — устройство, задающее формат копии
10. размер печатной формыsquare size — формат книги, ширина которой больше 3
standard trim size — стандартный формат после обрезки; стандартный обрезной формат
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3 method
1) метод; приём; способ2) методика3) технология4) система•- accelerated strength testing method-
benching method-
bullhead well control method-
electrical-surveying method-
electromagnetic surveying method-
long-wire transmitter method-
operational method-
rule of thumb method-
straight flange method of rolling beams-
symbolical method-
tee-test method-
testing method-
triangulation method-
value-iteration method -
4 unit
прибор
– activity unit
– actuating unit
– adjusted unit
– adjustment unit
– antigenic unit
– antitoxin unit
– arithmetic unit
– as a unit
– assembly unit
– associated unit
– base unit
– be a stand-alone unit
– bead-making unit
– binary unit
– blackout unit
– boiler unit
– box unit
– breaking unit
– buffer unit
– caloricity unit
– centimeter-gram-second unit
– change-gear unit
– charge unit
– charging unit
– cleaning unit
– clock unit
– cobalt unit
– cold-air unit
– combing unit
– combustion unit
– comparator unit
– complete unit
– complexity unit
– component unit
– computing unit
– control unit
– cord unit
– coupling unit
– crosstalk unit
– data unit
– data-processing unit
– data-transmitter unit
– defective unit
– delay unit
– derived unit
– digital unit
– dimensionless unit
– display unit
– driver unit
– drum-boiler unit
– electrical unit
– electromagnetic unit
– elementary unit
– estimation unit
– execution unit
– exhaust unit
– feed unit
– fodder unit
– fundamental unit
– furnace unit
– generating unit
– generator-transformer unit
– gyro unit
– harvesting unit
– haulage unit
– hauling unit
– hulling unit
– hydrogenation unit
– hysteresis unit
– imaginary unit
– inker unit
– inking unit
– input unit
– input-output unit
– insertion unit
– interlocking unit
– keying unit
– library unit
– lighting unit
– load-bearing unit
– lock unit
– logging unit
– mass unit
– memory unit
– message unit
– meter-kilogram-second unit
– middle unit
– milking unit
– modular unit
– monetary unit
– monitor unit
– multiple unit
– multiplication-division unit
– multiplier unit
– multiplier-divider unit
– non-redundant unit
– noncoherent unit
– nozzle-trim unit
– off-line unit
– off-system unit
– oil pressure unit
– on-line unit
– operated unit
– operational unit
– output unit
– pack unit
– per unit
– per unit length
– photometric unit
– physical unit
– plug-in unit
– power unit
– prediction unit
– premodularized unit
– primary unit
– processing unit
– production unit
– propulsion unit
– pump unit
– radio-frequency unit
– rail-conditioning unit
– reaction-propulsion unit
– read-out unit
– recording unit
– recource unit
– reduce unit
– reflow unit
– regulating unit
– relative unit
– relay unit
– reproduction unit
– sample unit
– selection unit
– self-contained unit
– self-destruct unit
– sensing unit
– set up unit
– sheet-separating unit
– shift unit
– shot-blast unit
– signalling unit
– single-order unit
– size of unit
– slave unit
– slitting unit
– sorting unit
– sound unit
– sowing unit
– spare unit
– sprayer unit
– spring unit
– stand-by unit
– standard unit
– standby unit
– starting unit
– strobe unit
– structural unit
– submultiple unit
– synchro unit
– tail unit
– take as a unit
– test unit
– throw-away unit
– tolerance unit
– tracking unit
– traction unit
– translator unit
– TV camera unit
– unit arrangement
– unit bicircle
– unit call
– unit charge
– unit circle
– unit cost
– unit cube
– unit digit
– unit element
– unit face
– unit fraction
– unit heater
– unit hydrograph
– unit impulse
– unit interval
– unit is rejected
– unit load
– unit of area
– unit of information
– unit of length
– unit of measurement
– unit of output
– unit of work
– unit pack
– unit point
– unit power
– unit pressure
– unit process
– unit strain
– unit stress
– unit time
– unit triangular
– unit vector
– unit vulcanizer
– voluentary unit
– volume unit
– washing unit
– X-ray unit
absolute electrostatic unit — единица электростатическая абсолютная
arriving unit is rejected — входящее требование получает отказ
automatic fuel-control unit — <engin.> агрегат командно-топливный
data storage unit — <comput.> блок хранения данных
engine is installed as a unit — двигатель устанавливается в сборе
flashing light unit — < railways> головка проблесковая
line-scan conversion unit — преобразователь строчного стандарта
load distribution unit — <engin.> блок распределения нагрузки
load following unit — <engin.> блок маневренный
natural unit of information — натуральная единица информации
nuclear propulsion unit — <cosm.> двигатель атомный
nuclear steam-raising unit — <constr.> установка паропроизводная ядерная
oscillator amplifier unit — < radio> блок генераторно-усилительный
power generating unit — <engin.> энергоблок
power supply unit — < radio> агрегат питания
separator pump unit — <energ.> станция компрессорная дожимная
servo control unit — <engin.> гидроусилитель
single-operator welding unit — однопостовая сварочная установка
thermal imaging unit — <math.> прибор тепловизионный, <tech.> тепловизор
threshold logic unit — <comput.> блок логический пороговый
two-operator welding unit — двухпостовая сварочная установка
unit power rating — <engin.> мощность удельная
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5 automatic
автоматический аппарат; II автоматический; самодействующий; автоматизированный- automatic acceleration control unit - automatic accumulator charging - automatic action - automatic adjustment - automatic adjustment mechanism - automatic advance control - automatic air regulator - automatic alarm - automatic alarm signal transmitter - automatic alternation - automatic amplitude control - automatic arc welding - automatic arc welding machine - automatic arc-welding machine - automatic assemblage - automatic assembly - automatic assembly machine - automatic backing-up - automatic backlash control - automatic backup - automatic balance control - automatic balancer - automatic balancing - automatic bar fed turning center - automatic bar feed - automatic bias control - automatic block - automatic bonding unit - automatic brake - automatic brake adjuster - automatic brake arrangement - automatic brake controller - automatic braking - automatic braking system - automatic brazing equipment - automatic buffing machine - automatic burette - automatic butt splicer - automatic calibration - automatic cam-controlled machine - automatic cathead - automatic centering - automatic chain-bending machine - automatic change of tools - automatic change-over - automatic change-over switch - automatic check - automatic check-out recording equipment - automatic checking balance - automatic checking machine - automatic checkout equipment - automatic checkout system - automatic checkout-and-readiness equipment - automatic choke - automatic chuck - automatic chuck extractor - automatic chuck-changing system - automatic chuck jaw changing - automatic chucker - automatic circuit - automatic circuit breaker - automatic circuit recloser - automatic climate control system - automatic closing system - automatic clutch - automatic cold upsetter - automatic come-along clamp - automatic compensation option - automatic compensator - automatic consistency checking - automatic constant tension mooring winch - automatic control - automatic control actuator - automatic control channel - automatic control circuit - automatic control engineering - automatic control equipment - automatic control halting instruction - automatic control installation - automatic control loop - automatic control rod - automatic control system - automatic controller - automatic conveying - automatic coupler - automatic coupling - automatic coupling device - automatic coupling screwing unit - automatic crab winch - automatic crimper - automatic crossover - automatic cut-out torque wrench - automatic cutout - automatic cycle - automatic cycle mechanism - automatic cycle working - automatic cycling equipment - automatic data analyzer - automatic data distribution - automatic data entry - automatic data processing - automatic data processing field branch - automatic data unit - automatic datum search - automatic deicing system - automatic device - automatic diagnosis - automatic diagnostic-and-recovery system - automatic discharging device - automatic disk changer - automatic door - automatic door closer - automatic door photoelectric relay - automatic drilling control - automatic drilling rig - automatic drinking bowl - automatic drive - automatic drive detection - automatic drive engagement - automatic dump - automatic-dump truck - automatic dust ejector - automatic dust unloading valve - automatic ejection - automatic electric drive - electrical drive - automatic electrode changer - automatic elevator - automatic emergency valve - automatic end stop - automatic error correction - automatic error detection - automatic exchange of tools - automatic expansion valve - automatic fault detection - automatic fault finding - automatic fault isolation - automatic fault isolation tester - automatic fault reporting - automatic fault signalling - automatic feature - automatic feed - automatic feed drill - automatic feed-off mechanism - automatic feeder - automatic feeding mechanism - automatic feedoff - automatic fire alarm - automatic fire alarm system - automatic fire annunciator - automatic fire detector - automatic fire sprinkler - automatic fixturing system - automatic flanger - automatic float-type pump-out unit - automatic flour meter - automatic flow tank - automatic focus correction servo-system - automatic forging machine - automatic front wheel drive engagement - automatic fuel economizing device - automatic fuel-control unit - automatic fuel saving device - automatic fuel shut-off - automatic fuse - automatic gage - automatic gaging-and-compensating system - automatic gain adjustment - automatic gain control - automatic gas-cutting machine - automatic gas-welding machine - automatic gate - automatic gate closer - automatic gate opener - automatic gauging - automatic gearbox - automatic generating plant - automatic generator - automatic grab - automatic gripper change - automatic gripper control - automatic guided vehicle - automatic half-hose machine - automatic heater - automatic hill holder - automatic hinged trip spider - automatic hitch - automatic holding - automatic holding device - automatic hopper-feed machine - automatic humidity regulator - automatic identification- Auto-ID- AIS - automatic idling control - automatic ignition - automatic ignition system - automatic ignition timing - automatic input - automatic insertion - automatic interlocking - automatic internal diagnosis - automatic jaw changer - automatic jaw shift device - automatic latching - automatic level - automatic level compensation - automatic level control - automatic level control system - automatic level gauge - automatic level setup - automatic leveling control system - automatic light - automatic light control - automatic light regulation - automatic line - automatic line disconnection - automatic line switching - ALS - automatic load control - automatic load sustaining brake - automatic load-gripping device - automatic loader - automatic loading - automatic lock - automatic locking - automatic locking holder - automatic locking hub - automatic locking spindle - automatic lockout - automatic lockout feature - automatic lubrication - automatic lubricator - automatic machine cycle - automatic magazine bar feed - automatic maintenance - automatic manipulator - automatic measurement-and-compensation system - automatic measuring facilities - automatic metal forming machine - automatic mixture control - automatic mode switching - automatic moisture regulator - automatic monitoring - automatic motor control gear - automatic movements starting - automatic multicam machine - automatic noise limiter - automatic noise-reduction system - automatic oil-flow controller - automatic oiling - automatic opening circuit breaker - automatic opening cover - automatic optimization - automatic overload control - automatic overload limiter - automatic overload stop - automatic packing - automatic pallet handler - automatic pallet storage-retrieval system - automatic part gaging - automatic part-loading conveyor - automatic photodetector - automatic pipe handling system - automatic pipe stabber - automatic placement - automatic plant - automatic polishing machine - automatic positioning - automatic power control - automatic power drawbar control - automatic power rotary scraper - automatic power slips - automatic press for cold pressing of nuts - automatic press for stamping electric motor stator and rotor notches - automatic pressure control - automatic pressure regulator - automatic probe changer - automatic probe changing - automatic probing cycle - automatic punch - automatic rack stacker - automatic radiator shutter - automatic ram pile driver - automatic reading - automatic reclosing circuit breaker - automatic recovery - automatic recovery program - automatic regulation - automatic regulation of belt tension - automatic regulation of drive chain tension - automatic regulation rod - automatic regulator - automatic release - automatic releaser - automatic repeat - automatic remote control - automatic reset - automatic reset-data circuit - automatic restart - automatic return - automatic return valve - automatic rotary line - automatic router - automatic routine - automatic rpm changer - automatic safety device - automatic sample changer - automatic sampler - automatic sampling - automatic sampling device - automatic sampling equipment - automatic sand-blasting machine - automatic scales - automatic screen - automatic selective overdrive - automatic sensitivity control - automatic set point - automatic shaft-position data encoder - automatic shaker bag - automatic shank spindle - automatic shift - automatic shut-off valve - automatic shutdown - automatic side-dumping - automatic signaling - automatic signalization - automatic size control tooling - automatic sorting machine - automatic spark advance - automatic spark advance governor - automatic spark advance magneto - automatic spark timer - automatic spectrometer - automatic spectrophotometer - automatic speed compensation - automatic speed control - automatic speed selection device - automatic spider - automatic spindle gear changing - automatic sprinkler fire control system - automatic stability - automatic stability controls - automatic stabilization and control system - automatic stabilizer - automatic stacker crane - automatic start - automatic starting - automatic starting motor - automatic start-up - automatic steel - automatic steering - automatic step selection - automatic stop - automatic stop switch - automatic straightening and cutting machine - automatic strip-straightening machine - automatic submerged-arc welder - automatic submerged-arc welding - automatic sucker rod spanner - automatic suction pump - automatic surveillance - automatic switch - automatic switchable redundance - automatic switchboard - automatic swivel spindle - automatic synchronization - automatic synchronizer - automatic takeup - automatic takeup mechanism - automatic temperature recording controller - automatic temperature regulator - automatic tensioning winch - automatic test analysis system - automatic test equipment - automatic test system - automatic thrust adjustment - automatic time switch - automatic time-delay switch - automatic timed magneto - automatic timer - automatic timing - automatic timing control - automatic timing device - automatic tipper - automatic tool changing apparatus - automatic tool transport mechanism - automatic tool wear-tool broken sensing system - automatic toolsetting - automatic tongs - automatic training idler - automatic transmission - automatic transmission fluid - automatic trip - automatic troubleshooting - automatic tuning - automatic two-speed geared head - automatic update - automatic vacuum deposition system - automatic valve - automatic valve adjustment - automatic viscosity controller - automatic voltage control - automatic voltage regulator - automatic warehousing - automatic warning - automatic washer - automatic water bowl - automatic water spray fire-fighting system - automatic weight controller - automatic weighing machine - automatic weigher - automatic weld - automatic welder - automatic welding - automatic welding machine - automatic wire feed - automatic workhandling - automatic workhandling device - automatic zero adjustment - automatic zero set -
6 PPS
1) Компьютерная техника: Parabolic Projection System, precise positioning service2) Авиация: power plant station3) Американизм: Partnership For Public Service, Post Postal Service4) Ботаника: Photosynthetic Pigment Systems5) Спорт: Prospect Payment System6) Военный термин: Post-Production Support, Precise Position Service, Precision and Positioning Service, partial pressure sensor, parts provisioning system, personnel processing squadron, personnel/payroll system, photovoltaic power supply, pilot's performance system, plant protection system, prepositioned stock, primary power source, primary power system, primary propulsion system, program planning system, programmable power supply, projected planning system, provisioning performance schedule7) Техника: Product Process And System, photopolarimeter subsystem, pictures per second, plutonium product storage, polyprocessor system, protons per second8) Шутливое выражение: Pray Patients Survive9) Математика: Pattern Probability Strategy, Provider Power Series10) Метеорология: Probability Proportionate To Size11) Бухгалтерия: Payment Processing Service, Prospective Payment System12) Автомобильный термин: accelerator pedal position sensor, ported pressure switch (Ford)13) Биржевой термин: Price Per Share14) Геодезия: Principal Point of Symmetry15) Ирландский язык: (Personal Public Service) Служба Государственного Обеспечения (Ирландия)16) Телекоммуникации: Packets Per Second, Система с предоплатой17) Сокращение: Patrulno-Postovaya Sluzhba (Moscow police force unit (Russia)), Photovoltaic Power System, PostPostScriptum, Precision Pointing System, Precision Positioning Service, Program Performance Specifications, Pulse/d Power Supply, Post PostScriptum18) Университет: Philosophy Paradigm Studies19) Физиология: Post Polio Syndrome, Preferred Provider Services, Purely Panic Stricken20) Школьное выражение: Pittsburgh Public School21) Электроника: Pied Piper Sampling, PolyPhenylene Sulfide (Plastic)22) Вычислительная техника: Parallel Processing System, personal publishing system, персональная издательская система, Public Packet Switching (network)23) Нефть: Produetion Parker Setting24) Банковское дело: привилегированная акция, имеющая преимущество перед другими акциями в случае ликвидации компании (США; prior preferred stock)25) Транспорт: Progressive Power Steering26) Фирменный знак: Palmers Pursuit Shop27) СМИ: Paul's Post Script, Post Post Script28) Деловая лексика: Please Pay Something, Practical Project Steering, Production Planning And Steering29) Образование: Pupil Personnel Services30) Инвестиции: prior preferred stock31) Сетевые технологии: Protocol And Parameter Selection, packet per second, выполненный шаг процедуры (performed procedure step)32) Полимеры: polyphenylene sulphide, porous by precipitator and solvent33) Автоматика: production planning system34) Пластмассы: Polyphenylene Sulfide35) Медицинская техника: proportional pressure support (ИВЛ)36) Макаров: positive phase-sequence37) Расширение файла: Microsoft Power Point Slide, Personal Producer Storyboard, Power Point Slide, Power Personal Systems (IBM)38) Нефть и газ: Porosity Permeability Saturation39) Общественная организация: Partnership for Public Services40) Должность: Parliamentary Private Secretary, Professional Personal Skills, Professional Protection Specialist41) NYSE. Post Propertys, Inc.42) Единицы измерений: Pages Per Side, Participants Per School, Pixels Per Second, Polygons Per Second, Pulses Per Second -
7 pps
1) Компьютерная техника: Parabolic Projection System, precise positioning service2) Авиация: power plant station3) Американизм: Partnership For Public Service, Post Postal Service4) Ботаника: Photosynthetic Pigment Systems5) Спорт: Prospect Payment System6) Военный термин: Post-Production Support, Precise Position Service, Precision and Positioning Service, partial pressure sensor, parts provisioning system, personnel processing squadron, personnel/payroll system, photovoltaic power supply, pilot's performance system, plant protection system, prepositioned stock, primary power source, primary power system, primary propulsion system, program planning system, programmable power supply, projected planning system, provisioning performance schedule7) Техника: Product Process And System, photopolarimeter subsystem, pictures per second, plutonium product storage, polyprocessor system, protons per second8) Шутливое выражение: Pray Patients Survive9) Математика: Pattern Probability Strategy, Provider Power Series10) Метеорология: Probability Proportionate To Size11) Бухгалтерия: Payment Processing Service, Prospective Payment System12) Автомобильный термин: accelerator pedal position sensor, ported pressure switch (Ford)13) Биржевой термин: Price Per Share14) Геодезия: Principal Point of Symmetry15) Ирландский язык: (Personal Public Service) Служба Государственного Обеспечения (Ирландия)16) Телекоммуникации: Packets Per Second, Система с предоплатой17) Сокращение: Patrulno-Postovaya Sluzhba (Moscow police force unit (Russia)), Photovoltaic Power System, PostPostScriptum, Precision Pointing System, Precision Positioning Service, Program Performance Specifications, Pulse/d Power Supply, Post PostScriptum18) Университет: Philosophy Paradigm Studies19) Физиология: Post Polio Syndrome, Preferred Provider Services, Purely Panic Stricken20) Школьное выражение: Pittsburgh Public School21) Электроника: Pied Piper Sampling, PolyPhenylene Sulfide (Plastic)22) Вычислительная техника: Parallel Processing System, personal publishing system, персональная издательская система, Public Packet Switching (network)23) Нефть: Produetion Parker Setting24) Банковское дело: привилегированная акция, имеющая преимущество перед другими акциями в случае ликвидации компании (США; prior preferred stock)25) Транспорт: Progressive Power Steering26) Фирменный знак: Palmers Pursuit Shop27) СМИ: Paul's Post Script, Post Post Script28) Деловая лексика: Please Pay Something, Practical Project Steering, Production Planning And Steering29) Образование: Pupil Personnel Services30) Инвестиции: prior preferred stock31) Сетевые технологии: Protocol And Parameter Selection, packet per second, выполненный шаг процедуры (performed procedure step)32) Полимеры: polyphenylene sulphide, porous by precipitator and solvent33) Автоматика: production planning system34) Пластмассы: Polyphenylene Sulfide35) Медицинская техника: proportional pressure support (ИВЛ)36) Макаров: positive phase-sequence37) Расширение файла: Microsoft Power Point Slide, Personal Producer Storyboard, Power Point Slide, Power Personal Systems (IBM)38) Нефть и газ: Porosity Permeability Saturation39) Общественная организация: Partnership for Public Services40) Должность: Parliamentary Private Secretary, Professional Personal Skills, Professional Protection Specialist41) NYSE. Post Propertys, Inc.42) Единицы измерений: Pages Per Side, Participants Per School, Pixels Per Second, Polygons Per Second, Pulses Per Second -
8 program
программа, программировать, составлять программу, программный, производственная программа, план
– program acceleration
– program block
– program check
– program control
– program control unit
– program controller
– program crash
– program dump
– program error
– program execution
– program execution time
– program failure
– program flow
– program fork
– program generator
– program halt
– program halting
– program interpreter
– program interrupt
– program kernel
– program length
– program library
– program line
– program listing
– program load
– program location
– program loop
– program material
– program medium
– program model
– program module
– program name
– program package
– program panel
– program pass
– program product
– program register
– program ring
– program section
– program segmentation
– program selection
– program servoing
– program sheet
– program size
– program specification
– program speed
– program start
– program statement
– program step
– program stepping
– program stop
– program string
– program support
– program suspension
– program switching
– program synthesis
– program system
– program tape
– program termination
– program test
– program tester
– program trace
– program trajectory
– program transformer
– program translation
– program transmitter
– program unit
– program verification
– program-controlled robot
– program-error interrupt
– program-sensitive malfunction
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