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asymmetry

  • 1 asimetría

    • asymmetry
    • disproportion
    • dissymmetry

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > asimetría

  • 2 desproporción

    • asymmetry
    • disproportion
    • dissymmetry
    • lack of proof
    • lack of protection

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desproporción

  • 3 disimetría

    • asymmetry
    • disproportion
    • dissymmetry

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > disimetría

  • 4 excentricidad

    • asymmetry
    • eccentric act
    • eccentricity
    • extravagance
    • freakishness
    • idiosyncrasy
    • oddity
    • oddness
    • peculiarity
    • quirk
    • whimsicality

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > excentricidad

  • 5 improporción

    • asymmetry
    • disproportion
    • dissymmetry

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > improporción

  • 6 disimetría de relieve

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > disimetría de relieve

  • 7 asimetría

    f.
    1 asymmetry, skewness, disproportion, dissymmetry.
    2 asymmetry, skew, ametria.
    * * *
    1 asymmetry
    * * *
    SF (=falta de simetría) asymmetry; (=desequilibrio) imbalance
    * * *
    femenino asymmetry
    * * *
    = chirality, asymmetry.
    Ex. The author proposes a measure of chirality within the environment of atoms in molecules: where chirality is defined both by the geometry of the closest atoms and by a property of these atoms.
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    * * *
    femenino asymmetry
    * * *
    = chirality, asymmetry.

    Ex: The author proposes a measure of chirality within the environment of atoms in molecules: where chirality is defined both by the geometry of the closest atoms and by a property of these atoms.

    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.

    * * *
    asymmetry
    * * *
    asymmetry
    * * *
    f assymetry
    * * *
    : asymmetry

    Spanish-English dictionary > asimetría

  • 8 desproporción

    f.
    disproportion, dissymmetry, asymmetry, lack of proportion.
    * * *
    1 disproportion, lack of proportion
    * * *
    SF disproportion, lack of proportion
    * * *
    femenino disparity, disproportion
    * * *
    = spree, binge, asymmetry, disproportion.
    Ex. Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.
    Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex. Israel is indeed guilty of gross disproportion in its response to the challenges facing the state.
    * * *
    femenino disparity, disproportion
    * * *
    = spree, binge, asymmetry, disproportion.

    Ex: Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.

    Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex: Israel is indeed guilty of gross disproportion in its response to the challenges facing the state.

    * * *
    disparity, disproportion
    * * *

    desproporción sustantivo femenino
    disparity, disproportion
    ' desproporción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desnivel
    * * *
    disproportion
    * * *
    f disproportion
    * * *
    desproporción nf, pl - ciones : disproportion, disparity

    Spanish-English dictionary > desproporción

  • 9 desequilibrio

    m.
    1 lack of balance.
    2 mental instability (mental).
    3 imbalance.
    4 unbalance, unsteadiness, upset, imbalance.
    5 disequilibrium, dysequilibrium.
    * * *
    1 lack of balance, imbalance
    2 figurado (mental) unbalanced state of mind
    \
    desequilibrio mental mental imbalance
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de mente] unbalance
    2) [entre cantidades] imbalance
    3) (Med) unbalanced mental condition
    * * *
    a) ( desigualdad) imbalance

    el desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos — the balance of payments deficit/surplus

    b) (Psic) unbalanced state of mind
    * * *
    = imbalance, unfixing, asymmetry, unbalance.
    Ex. This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.
    Ex. There has been a dramatic ' unfixing' of gender identities in British society over the past fifteen years.
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex. Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.
    ----
    * desequilibrio hormonal = hormone imbalance, hormone unbalance.
    * que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.
    * * *
    a) ( desigualdad) imbalance

    el desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos — the balance of payments deficit/surplus

    b) (Psic) unbalanced state of mind
    * * *
    = imbalance, unfixing, asymmetry, unbalance.

    Ex: This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.

    Ex: There has been a dramatic ' unfixing' of gender identities in British society over the past fifteen years.
    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex: Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.
    * desequilibrio hormonal = hormone imbalance, hormone unbalance.
    * que demuestra desequilibrio de carácter = off-balance.

    * * *
    1 (desigualdad) imbalance
    el desequilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda the imbalance between supply and demand
    el desequilibrio de la balanza de pagos the balance of payments deficit/surplus
    2 ( Psic) unbalanced state of mind
    * * *

    desequilibrio sustantivo masculino

    s

    desequilibrio sustantivo masculino imbalance
    desequilibrio mental, mental disorder/imbalance
    ' desequilibrio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desigualdad
    English:
    imbalance
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    1. [mental] mental instability
    2. [mecánico, en la dieta] lack of balance
    3. [en la economía] imbalance;
    el fuerte desequilibrio entre inflación y salarios the marked imbalance between inflation and wages
    * * *
    m imbalance;
    desequilibrio Norte-Sur North-South divide
    * * *
    : imbalance

    Spanish-English dictionary > desequilibrio

  • 10 desigualdad

    f.
    1 inequality.
    acabar con las desigualdades regionales to put an end to inequalities between the regions
    2 difference, inequality, big difference, disparity.
    3 inequity.
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    1 (gen) inequality, difference
    2 (irregularidad) unevenness
    3 (terreno) unevenness, roughness
    4 (inconstancia) changeability
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Econ, Pol) inequality
    2) [de carácter, tiempo] unpredictability
    3) (=desnivel) [de terreno] roughness; [de escritura] unevenness
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diferencia) inequality
    b) ( desequilibrio) inequality, disparity
    2) ( de superficie) unevenness
    3) (Mat) inequality
    * * *
    = inequality, inequitability, asymmetry, unevenness, imbalance, unbalance.
    Ex. The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
    Ex. The Bradford distribution is found to provide information of the degree of scientific-technological inequitability between advanced and developing nations.
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex. Database suppliers argue that the present unevenness of the European legal protection setting creates an uncertain and risky environment which is not conductiveto investment.
    Ex. This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.
    Ex. Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.
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    * desigualdad de género = gender inequality.
    * desigualdad de ingresos = income inequality.
    * desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.
    * erradicar una desigualdad = eradicate + inequality.
    * estar en desigualdad = be under par.
    * sentido de desigualdad = sense of inequality.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diferencia) inequality
    b) ( desequilibrio) inequality, disparity
    2) ( de superficie) unevenness
    3) (Mat) inequality
    * * *
    = inequality, inequitability, asymmetry, unevenness, imbalance, unbalance.

    Ex: The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.

    Ex: The Bradford distribution is found to provide information of the degree of scientific-technological inequitability between advanced and developing nations.
    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex: Database suppliers argue that the present unevenness of the European legal protection setting creates an uncertain and risky environment which is not conductiveto investment.
    Ex: This results in an imbalance of error tolerance.
    Ex: Unbalance occurs when the center of gravity of a rotating object is not aligned with its center of rotation.
    * desigualdad de género = gender inequality.
    * desigualdad de ingresos = income inequality.
    * desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.
    * erradicar una desigualdad = eradicate + inequality.
    * estar en desigualdad = be under par.
    * sentido de desigualdad = sense of inequality.

    * * *
    A
    1 (diferencia) inequality
    no debería existir desigualdad ante la ley everyone should be equal in the eyes of the law
    2 (desequilibrio) inequality, disparity
    la desigualdad de fuerzas the inequality of o disparity in forces
    B (de una superficie) unevenness
    C ( Mat) inequality
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    desigualdad sustantivo femenino
    1


    2 ( de superficie) unevenness
    desigualdad sustantivo femenino
    1 inequality
    2 (del suelo) unevenness
    ' desigualdad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desventaja
    - desequilibrio
    English:
    inequality
    * * *
    1. [diferencia] difference;
    trataba a sus hijos con desigualdad he didn't treat all his children in the same way
    2. [de carácter] changeability;
    [de actuación, rendimiento] inconsistency, erratic nature; [del terreno] unevenness
    3. [económica, social, racial] inequality;
    acabar con las desigualdades regionales to put an end to inequalities between the regions
    4. Mat inequality
    * * *
    f inequality
    * * *
    1) : inequality
    2) : unevenness
    * * *
    1. (en general) difference
    2. (social) inequality [pl. inequalities]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desigualdad

  • 11 abominable

    adj.
    abominable.
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    1 abominable, loathsome
    \
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo abominable
    * * *
    = repulsive, unspeakable, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

    Ex: The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    abominable
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the Abominable Snowman
    * * *

    abominable adjetivo
    abominable
    abominable adjetivo abominable: el abominable hombre de las nieves, the Abominable Snowman
    su concepto de las mujeres es absolutamente abominable, he has an absolutely abominable concept of women
    ' abominable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    execrable
    - nefanda
    - nefando
    English:
    abominable
    - hideous
    * * *
    abominable;
    el abominable hombre de las nieves the abominable snowman
    * * *
    adj abominable
    * * *
    aborrecible: abominable

    Spanish-English dictionary > abominable

  • 12 asqueroso

    adj.
    loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.
    m.
    creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, filthy
    2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul
    3 (que siente asco) squeamish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person
    2 (que siente asco) squeamish person
    * * *
    (f. - asquerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy
    2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    asqueroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy
    2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible
    el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy
    ¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)
    préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible
    asqueroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)
    es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike
    * * *

     

    asqueroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

    b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting


    2 ( lascivo):
    ◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

    asqueroso,-a
    I adj (sucio) filthy
    (repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
    ' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - asquiento
    English:
    creepy
    - disgusting
    - filthy
    - foul
    - gross
    - icky
    - nasty
    - revolting
    - scummy
    - sickening
    - squalid
    - vile
    - yukky
    - creep
    - lousy
    - sickly
    * * *
    asqueroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;
    una película asquerosa a revolting film;
    tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;
    es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig
    2. [malo] mean;
    no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;
    es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting
    2. [mala persona] mean person;
    es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( sucio) filthy
    2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    II m, asquerosa f creep
    * * *
    asqueroso, -sa adj
    : disgusting, sickening, repulsive
    * * *
    1. (repugnante) disgusting
    ¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso

  • 13 biomecánico

    adj.
    biomechanical.
    * * *
    Ex. Environmental stress was favored over a biomechanic explanation as the cause for asymmetry.
    * * *

    Ex: Environmental stress was favored over a biomechanic explanation as the cause for asymmetry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biomecánico

  • 14 empeoramiento

    m.
    worsening, deterioration.
    * * *
    1 deterioration, worsening
    * * *
    SM deterioration, worsening
    * * *
    masculino ( de la salud) deterioration, worsening; (del tiempo, de una situación) worsening
    * * *
    = exacerbation, escalation, worsening.
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    Ex. We find that mediators also caucus with disputants when they are hostile to each other or have a prior history of escalation.
    Ex. We have also considered other possible mechanisms to explain the worsening of hypokalemia in this patient.
    ----
    * empeoramiento de la vista = failing eyesight.
    * * *
    masculino ( de la salud) deterioration, worsening; (del tiempo, de una situación) worsening
    * * *
    = exacerbation, escalation, worsening.

    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.

    Ex: We find that mediators also caucus with disputants when they are hostile to each other or have a prior history of escalation.
    Ex: We have also considered other possible mechanisms to explain the worsening of hypokalemia in this patient.
    * empeoramiento de la vista = failing eyesight.

    * * *
    (de la salud) deterioration, worsening; (del tiempo, de una situación) worsening
    * * *

    empeoramiento sustantivo masculino ( de la salud) deterioration, worsening;
    (del tiempo, de una situación) worsening
    empeoramiento sustantivo masculino worsening
    ' empeoramiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deterioro
    English:
    aggravation
    - decline
    - deterioration
    - worsening
    * * *
    [de tiempo] deterioration; [de conflicto] worsening;
    el enfermo sufrió un empeoramiento the patient's condition deteriorated
    * * *
    m deterioration, worsening
    * * *
    : worsening, deterioration

    Spanish-English dictionary > empeoramiento

  • 15 exacerbación

    f.
    1 exacerbation, aggravation.
    2 exacerbation, worsening.
    * * *
    1 (agravamiento) exacerbation, aggravation
    2 (irritación) exacerbation, exasperation
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino aggravation, exacerbation
    * * *
    Ex. Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.
    * * *
    femenino aggravation, exacerbation
    * * *

    Ex: Information asymmetry has been aggravated and information technology use has played a role in this exacerbation.

    * * *
    aggravation, exacerbation
    * * *
    exacerbation, aggravation

    Spanish-English dictionary > exacerbación

  • 16 repelente

    adj.
    1 repulsive (desagradable, repugnante).
    2 repellent.
    m.
    insect repellent.
    * * *
    1 repellent, repulsive
    \
    niño,-a repelente irónico little know-all
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repulsivo) repellent, repulsive
    2) * (=sabelotodo)
    2.
    SM repellent, insect repellent
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    ----
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.

    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.

    * * *
    A
    (que ahuyenta): una loción repelente a repellent
    B ‹persona› repulsive, repellent, horrible; ‹niño› horrible, obnoxious
    insect repellent
    * * *

    repelente adjetivo ‹ persona› repulsive, repellent;
    ‹ niño› obnoxious
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    insect repellent
    repelente
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 (para insectos) repellent
    2 fam (persona redicha) affected person
    (sabelotodo) know-all
    II adjetivo
    1 (repugnante) repulsive, repellent
    2 fam (insoportable, intratable) unbearable, obnoxious
    (redicho) affected: es la niña repelente de la clase, she's the class know-all
    ' repelente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    icky
    - repellent
    - repellant
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. Fam [niño]
    es un niño repelente he's a disgusting little goody-goody
    2. [odioso] disgusting
    3. [de insectos] repellent
    ♦ nm
    repelente (contra insectos) insect repellent
    * * *
    I adj
    1 fig
    repellent, repulsive
    2 fam
    niño horrible
    II m repellent
    * * *
    : repellent, repulsive
    : repellent
    repelente de insectos: insect repellent
    * * *
    repelente1 adj
    1. (sabelotodo) know all
    2. (repulsivo) revolting
    1. (para insectos) repellent
    2. (persona) know all

    Spanish-English dictionary > repelente

  • 17 repugnante

    adj.
    disgusting.
    f. & m.
    loathsome person, repulsive person.
    * * *
    1 repugnant, repulsive, disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adj.
    repugnant, disgusting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    1 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    2 ‹crimen› abhorrent, repugnant
    3 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant
    * * *

    repugnante adjetivo ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting;
    ‹ crimen› abhorrent, repugnant;
    ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;
    ( moralmente) repugnant
    repugnante adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, revolting, repulsive
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repugnante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repelente
    - asco
    English:
    abhorrent
    - disgusting
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - offensive
    - repugnant
    - revolting
    - foul
    - nauseating
    - repulsive
    * * *
    1. [sabor, olor] disgusting, revolting
    2. [acción, comportamiento] disgusting
    * * *
    adj disgusting, repugnant
    * * *
    : repulsive, repugnant, revolting
    * * *
    repugnante adj revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnante

  • 18 repulsivo

    adj.
    repulsive, disgusting, abominable, nauseating.
    m.
    1 repulsive person, scuzz, creep, unpleasant person.
    2 repellent, repulsive factor.
    * * *
    1 repulsive, revolting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant; < olor> disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    = repulsive, rebarbative, icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant; < olor> disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    = repulsive, rebarbative, icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.

    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant, repellent
    2 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    * * *

    repulsivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;


    ( moralmente) repugnant;
    ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting
    repulsivo,-a adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, repulsive, revolting
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repulsivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - repulsiva
    - vomitiva
    - vomitivo
    - inmundo
    English:
    repellent
    - repulsive
    * * *
    repulsivo, -a adj
    1. [asqueroso] repulsive
    2. Fís repulsive
    * * *
    adj repulsive, disgusting
    * * *
    repulsivo, -va adj
    : repulsive
    * * *
    repulsivo adj repulsive / revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repulsivo

  • 19 tensión medioambiental

    Ex. Environmental stress was favored over a biomechanic explanation as the cause for asymmetry.
    * * *

    Ex: Environmental stress was favored over a biomechanic explanation as the cause for asymmetry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tensión medioambiental

  • 20 asimetría cromática

    f.
    chromatic asymmetry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asimetría cromática

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