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speed [spi:d] (pt & pp vi sense (a) sped [sped], intransitive verb sense (b) speeded, transitive verb sped [sped] or speeded)1 noun(a) (rate, pace → of car, progress, reaction, work) vitesse f;∎ I was driving or going at a speed of 65 mph je roulais à 100 km/h;∎ to do a speed of 100 km/h faire du 100 km/h;∎ at (a) great or high speed à toute vitesse, à grande vitesse;∎ at the speed of light/sound à la vitesse de la lumière/du son;∎ reading speed vitesse f de lecture;∎ typing/shorthand speed nombre m de mots-minute en dactylo/en sténo;∎ literary to make all speed faire diligence, se hâter;∎ familiar to be up to speed on sth être au courant de qch□ ;∎ familiar to bring sb up to speed on sth mettre qn au courant de qch□(b) (rapid rate) vitesse f, rapidité f;∎ the speed with which she learnt/the building was completed la vitesse à laquelle elle a appris/le bâtiment a été terminé;∎ he replied with speed (quickly) il a répondu rapidement; (promptly) il a répondu avec promptitude;∎ British I hate having to work at speed j'ai horreur de devoir travailler vite;∎ British the actress delivered her lines at speed l'actrice a débité son texte à toute allure;∎ to pick up/to lose speed prendre/perdre de la vitesse(c) (gear → of car, bicycle) vitesse f;∎ a 10-speed racer un vélo de course à 10 vitesses∎ 32 speed CD-ROM drive lecteur m de CD-ROM 32 x∎ we sped across the field nous avons traversé le champ à toute allure;∎ I saw her speeding down the street je l'ai vue descendre la rue à toute allure;∎ he sped away il est parti à toute vitesse, il a pris ses jambes à son cou;∎ time seems to speed by le temps passe comme un éclair;∎ the jet sped through the sky le jet traversa le ciel comme un éclair;∎ the torpedo sped through the water la torpille se déplaçait dans l'eau à toute vitesse∎ to be speeding (have taken amphetamines) être sous amphets, speeder∎ (person) to speed sb on his way souhaiter bon voyage à qn;∎ I gave him a drink to speed him on his way je lui ai offert quelque chose pour la route;∎ archaic God speed (you)! (que) Dieu vous garde!►► speed bump casse-vitesse m, ralentisseur m;speed camera radar m;speed chess échecs mpl rapides;Telecommunications speed dial numérotation f abrégée;American familiar speed freak (drug addict) drogué(e) m,f aux amphétamines□ ;speed gun radar m à main;speed limit limitation f de vitesse;∎ the speed limit is 60 la vitesse est limitée à 60;Sport speed skating patinage m de vitesse;speed trap contrôle m de vitesse∎ the work is speeding along le travail avance à bonne allure(work) faire avancer ou progresser en vitesse(on foot, in car) partir à toute allure∎ they sped him off to hospital ils l'ont transporté à l'hôpital à toute vitesse➲ speed up(gen) aller plus vite; (driver) rouler plus vite; (worker) travailler plus vite; (machine, film) accélérer;∎ can't you get him to speed up? (work harder) vous ne pouvez pas le faire travailler plus vite?; (hurry) vous ne pouvez pas le faire se dépêcher?(worker) faire travailler plus vite; (person) faire aller plus vite; (work) activer, accélérer; (pace) presser; (production) accélérer, augmenter; (reaction, film) accélérer -
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1.[spiːd]noun1) Geschwindigkeit, die2) (gear) Gang, der2. 3. transitive verb,[shutter] speed — Belichtungszeit, die
speed somebody on his/her way — jemanden verabschieden
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/91922/speed_off">speed off- speed up* * *[spi:d] 1. noun2) (quickness of moving.) die Schnelligkeit2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped [sped] speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) rasen2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) (zu)schnell fahren•- speeding- speedy
- speedily
- speediness
- speed bump
- speed trap
- speedometer
- speed up* * *[spi:d]I. nat a \speed of seventy kilometres per hour mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 70 km/hcruising \speed Reisegeschwindigkeit f\speed of light/sound Licht-/Schallgeschwindigkeit faverage traffic \speed durchschnittliche Verkehrsgeschwindigkeithigh \speed hohe Geschwindigkeitsteady \speed gleich bleibende Geschwindigkeitto gain [or gather] [or pick up] \speed an Geschwindigkeit gewinnen; vehicle beschleunigen; person schneller werdento lower [or reduce] one's \speed seine Geschwindigkeit verringern; vehicle langsamer fahren; person langsamer werdenat lightning \speed schnell wie der Blitzat full \speed mit Höchstgeschwindigkeitat supersonic \speed mit Überschallgeschwindigkeitup to \speed bis Höchstgeschwindigkeitwith \speed schnellwith all possible \speed so schnell wie möglichfull \speed ahead/astern! NAUT volle Kraft voraus/achteraus!I have a ten-\speed bicycle ich habe ein Fahrrad mit Zehngangschaltungshutter \speed Belichtungszeit fto be on \speed auf Speed sein8.▶ to bring [or get] sb/sth up to \speed esp BRIT (update) jdn/etw auf den neuesten Stand bringen; (repair) etw wieder zum Laufen bringen▶ to pick up \speed Ergebnisse verbessernII. vi<sped, sped>1. (rush) sausen, flitzenwe sped down the ski slopes wir sausten die Piste herunter▪ to \speed along vorbeisausen▪ to \speed off davonbrausen2. (drive too fast) die Geschwindigkeit überschreiten, rasenIII. vt<-ed or sped, -ed or sped>1. (quicken)▪ to \speed sth etw beschleunigen2. (transport)▪ to \speed sb somewhere jdn schnell irgendwo hinbringen3.▶ to \speed sb on his/her way jdn verabschieden* * *[spiːd] vb: pret, ptp sped or speeded1. n1) Geschwindigkeit f; (= esp fast speed) Schnelligkeit f; (of moving object or person) Tempo nt, Geschwindigkeit fat high/low speed — mit hoher/niedriger Geschwindigkeit
the speed of light/sound —
to pick up or gather speed — beschleunigen, schneller werden; ( fig, development ) sich beschleunigen; (person) schneller werden
to lose speed — (an) Geschwindigkeit verlieren
to bring a factory/system up to speed — eine Fabrik/ein System auf den neuesten Stand bringen
her typing/shorthand speed is good — sie kann schnell Maschine schreiben/stenografieren
what is her typing/shorthand speed? —
with all possible speed — so schnell wie möglich
with such speed — so schnell
three-speed bicycle —
2. vtto speed sb on his way (person) — jdn verabschieden; (iro) jdn hinauskomplimentieren; (good wishes etc)
if you fetch the visitors' coats it may speed them on their way God speed you! (old) — wenn du die Mäntel der Gäste holst, machen sie sich vielleicht auf den Weg Gott (sei) mit dir! (old)
3. vithe years sped by —
God speed (old) — Gott mit dir (old)
2) pret, ptp speeded (AUT: exceed speed limit) zu schnell fahren, die Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung überschreiten* * *speed [spiːd]A s1. Geschwindigkeit f, Tempo n, Schnelligkeit f:at speed mit hoher Geschwindigkeit;at a speed of mit einer Geschwindigkeit von;at full speed mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit;my car does 100 mph at full speed mein Wagen fährt 160, wenn ich ihn voll ausfahre;full speed ahead (astern)! SCHIFF volle Kraft voraus (zurück)!;he was running at full speed er lief so schnell er konnte;at the speed of light mit Lichtgeschwindigkeit;at twice the speed of sound mit zweifacher Schallgeschwindigkeit;speed of action schnelles Handeln;that’s not my speed US sl das ist nicht mein Fall2. TECHa) Drehzahl fb) AUTO etc Gang m:three-speed bicycle Fahrrad n mit Dreigangschaltung;five-speed gear(box) Fünfganggetriebe n3. FOTOa) Lichtempfindlichkeit f (des Objektivs)b) Verschlussgeschwindigkeit f, Öffnung f4. obs Glück n:good speed! viel Glück!5. sl Speed m (Aufputschmittel, z. B. Amphetamine)B v/t prät und pperf speeded, sped [sped]1. (an)treiben2. rasch befördernb) eine Maschine beschleunigen5. einen Pfeil abschießen6. jemanden verabschieden7. obs jemandem beistehen:God speed you! Gott sei mit dir!C v/i1. (dahin)eilen, rasen:the time sped by die Zeit verging wie im Flug2. AUTO zu schnell fahren, die Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung oder das Tempolimit überschreiten: → speeding3. speed up die Geschwindigkeit erhöhen* * *1.[spiːd]noun1) Geschwindigkeit, dieat full or top speed — mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit; mit Vollgas (ugs.)
2) (gear) Gang, der3) (Photog.) (of film etc.) Lichtempfindlichkeit, die; (of lens)2. 3. transitive verb,[shutter] speed — Belichtungszeit, die
speed somebody on his/her way — jemanden verabschieden
Phrasal Verbs:- speed up* * *(gearbox) n.Gang ¨-e m. n.Eile -n f.Geschwindigkeit f.Tempo -s n. v.(§ p.,p.p.: sped)= rasch fahren ausdr.rasen v. -
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Speed of road, rail, air etc. travelIn French, speed is measured in kilometres per hour:100 kph = approximately 63 mph100 mph = approximately 160 kph50 mph = approximately 80 kphX miles per hour= X miles à l’heureX kilometres per hour= X kilomètres à l’heure or X kilomètres-heure100 kph= 100 km/hwhat speed was the car going at?= à quelle vitesse la voiture roulait-elle?it was going at 150 kph= elle roulait à 150 km/h ( cent cinquante kilomètres-heure)it was going at fifty (mph)= elle roulait à quatre-vingts à l’heure (i.e. at 80 kph)the speed of the car was 200 kph= la vitesse de la voiture était de 200 km/hwhat was the car doing?= la voiture faisait du combien?it was doing ninety (mph)= elle faisait du 150 (du cent cinquante: i.e. 150 kph)it was going at more than 200 kph= elle roulait à plus de 200 km/hit was going at less than 40 kph= elle roulait à moins de 40 km/hA was going at the same speed as B= A roulait à la même vitesse que BA was going faster than B= A roulait plus vite que BB was going slower than A= B roulait moins vite que A or B roulait plus lentement que ASpeed of light and soundsound travels at 330 metres per second= le son se déplace à 330 m/s ( trois cent trente mètres-seconde or mètres à la seconde)the speed of light is 186,300 miles per second= la vitesse de la lumière est de 300 000 km/s ( trois cent mille kilomètres-seconde or kilomètres à la seconde) (note that the de must not be omitted here) -
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1. noun1) (rate of moving: a slow speed; The car was travelling at high speed.) velocidad2) (quickness of moving.) rapidez
2. verb1) ((past tense, past participles sped sped speeded) to (cause to) move or progress quickly; to hurry: The car sped/speeded along the motorway.) ir corriendo, ir a toda prisa, ir a toda velocidad2) ((past tense, past participle speeded) to drive very fast in a car etc, faster than is allowed by law: The policeman said that I had been speeding.) ir con exceso de velocidad•- speeding- speedy
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- speediness
- speed bump
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speed1 n velocidadthis car's top speed is 200 kilometres an hour la velocidad máxima de este coche es de 200 kilómetros por horaspeed2 vb ir a gran velocidad
speed m inv (tipo de droga sintética) speed ' speed' also found in these entries: Spanish: agilizar - aligerar - anfetamina - apresurar - AVE - caballo - caña - embalarse - ligereza - máquina - marcha - mecha - meter - obturación - punta - rapidez - rienda - tren - velocidad - vértigo - acelerar - activar - cambio - dar - grande - impulso - límite - lomo - media - patinaje - ritmo - sobrepasar - todo - tope English: accuracy - Arabian - breakneck - cruise speed - exceed - full - high - high-speed - pick up - speed - speed along - speed restriction - speed skater - speed trap - speed up - speed-skating - top - uniform - adjust - average - compare - constant - cruise - decrease - dizzy - estimate - fall - flat out - furious - gain - gather - get - give - high- - judge - knot - lightning - log - maintain - measure - momentum - pace - pick - rate - reduce - slacken - slow - spurt - steadytr[spiːd]■ what speed were you doing? ¿a qué velocidad ibas?■ our cruising speed will be around 600 mph nuestra velocidad de crucero será de unas 600 millas por hora2 (sensitivity of film) sensibilidad nombre femenino, velocidad nombre femenino; (time of shutter) tiempo de exposición, abertura3 (gear) marcha, velocidad nombre femenino■ a five-speed gearbox una caja de cambios de cinco marchas, una caja de cambios de cinco velocidades1 (go fast) ir corriendo, ir a toda prisa, ir a toda velocidad■ the car sped away/off el coche se alejó a toda prisa2 (break limit) ir a exceso de velocidad1 (hurry - process, matter) acelerar2 (take quickly) hacer llegar rápidamente\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat speed a gran velocidadat top speed / at full speed a toda velocidadGod speed vaya con Diosto pick up speed / gather speed ganar velocidad, coger velocidadto speed somebody on their way despedir a alguien, desearle buen viaje a alguienspeed limit velocidad máxima, límite nombre masculino de velocidadspeed trap control nombre masculino de velocidad1) : ir a toda velocidad, correr a toda prisahe sped off: se fue a toda velocidad2) : conducir a exceso de velocidada ticket for speeding: una multa por exceso de velocidadspeed vtto speed up : acelerarspeed n1) swiftness: rapidez f2) velocity: velocidad fn.• galope s.m.• prisa s.f.• rapidez s.f.• velocidad s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: sped) = apresurar v.• darse prisa v.• despachar v.• exceder la velocidad permitida v.spiːd
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1)a) c u (rate of movement, progress) velocidad fwhat speed were you doing? — ¿a qué velocidad ibas?
what is its top speed? — ¿cuál es la velocidad máxima (que da)?
they set off at top/high speed — salieron a toda/alta velocidad, salieron a todo lo que da
to pick up o gather speed — cobrar or ganar or (esp Esp) coger* velocidad
b) ( relative quickness) rapidez f2) c ( Phot)film speed — sensibilidad f de la película
shutter speed — tiempo m de exposición
3) c ( gear) velocidad f, marcha f4) u ( amphetamine) (sl) anfetas fpl (fam)
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a) (past & past p sped) (go, pass quickly) (+ adv compl)the car sped off o away around the corner — el coche se alejó doblando la esquina a toda velocidad
he sped by o past in his new sports car — nos pasó a toda velocidad con su nuevo coche deportivo
b) (past & past p speeded) ( drive too fast) \<\<car/motorist\>\> ir* a velocidad excesiva
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helicopters are being used to speed supplies to the area — están usando helicópteros para hacer llegar los suministros rápidamente a la zona
Phrasal Verbs:- speed up[spiːd] (vb: pt, pp sped or speeded)1. N1) (=rate of movement) velocidad f, rapidez f; (=rapidity, haste) rapidez f, prisa fshorthand/typing speed — velocidad f en taquigrafía/mecanografía
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at speed — a gran velocidadat a speed of 70km/h — a una velocidad de 70km por hora
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what speed were you doing? — (Aut) ¿a qué velocidad ibas?•
at full speed — a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidadfull speed ahead! — ¡avante toda! *
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to gather speed — acelerar, cobrar velocidad•
the maximum speed is 120km/h — la velocidad máxima es de 120km por hora•
to pick up speed — acelerar, cobrar velocidad•
at top speed — a toda velocidad, a máxima velocidad- be up to speed- bring sb up to speed- bring sth up to speedfull 1., 3)2) (Aut, Tech) (=gear) velocidad f3) (Phot) velocidad f4) (Drugs) ** speed m, anfetamina f2. VI1) (pt, pp sped) (=go fast) correr a toda prisa; (=hurry) darse prisa, apresurarse•
the years sped by — pasaron los años volando2) (pt, pp speeded) (Aut) (=exceed speed limit) conducir or (LAm) manejar por encima del límite de velocidad permitido3.VT(pt, pp speeded)to speed sb on his way — despedir a algn, desear un feliz viaje a algn
4.CPDspeed bump N — banda f sonora
speed camera N — cámara f de control de velocidad, radar m
speed dating N — speed dating m, citas fpl rápidas (para buscar pareja)
speed-dialspeed dial N — (=facility) marcación f rápida
speed limit N — velocidad f máxima, límite m de velocidad
a 50km/h speed limit — velocidad máxima (permitida) de 50km por hora
to exceed the speed limit — exceder la velocidad permitida or el límite de velocidad
speed limiter N — (Aut) limitador m de velocidad
speed merchant * N — corredor(a) m / f
speed restriction N — limitación f de velocidad
speed skater N — patinador(a) m / f de velocidad
speed skating N — patinaje m de velocidad
speed trap N — (Aut) sistema policial para detectar infracciones de velocidad
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1)a) c u (rate of movement, progress) velocidad fwhat speed were you doing? — ¿a qué velocidad ibas?
what is its top speed? — ¿cuál es la velocidad máxima (que da)?
they set off at top/high speed — salieron a toda/alta velocidad, salieron a todo lo que da
to pick up o gather speed — cobrar or ganar or (esp Esp) coger* velocidad
b) ( relative quickness) rapidez f2) c ( Phot)film speed — sensibilidad f de la película
shutter speed — tiempo m de exposición
3) c ( gear) velocidad f, marcha f4) u ( amphetamine) (sl) anfetas fpl (fam)
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a) (past & past p sped) (go, pass quickly) (+ adv compl)the car sped off o away around the corner — el coche se alejó doblando la esquina a toda velocidad
he sped by o past in his new sports car — nos pasó a toda velocidad con su nuevo coche deportivo
b) (past & past p speeded) ( drive too fast) \<\<car/motorist\>\> ir* a velocidad excesiva
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helicopters are being used to speed supplies to the area — están usando helicópteros para hacer llegar los suministros rápidamente a la zona
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< mvhcl> ■ elektronisch auf 250 km/h begrenzte Höchstgeschwindigkeit f ; Höchstgeschwindigkeit wird bei 250 km/h abgeregeltEnglish-german technical dictionary > top speed is electronically regulated to 250 km/h (155 mph)
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[br]b. 19 June 1876 Edinburgh, Scotlandd. 5 April 1941 Hertford, England[br]English mechanical engineer, designer of the A4-class 4–6–2 locomotive holding the world speed record for steam traction.[br]Gresley was the son of the Rector of Netherseale, Derbyshire; he was educated at Marlborough and by the age of 13 was skilled at making sketches of locomotives. In 1893 he became a pupil of F.W. Webb at Crewe works, London \& North Western Railway, and in 1898 he moved to Horwich works, Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway, to gain drawing-office experience under J.A.F.Aspinall, subsequently becoming Foreman of the locomotive running sheds at Blackpool. In 1900 he transferred to the carriage and wagon department, and in 1904 he had risen to become its Assistant Superintendent. In 1905 he moved to the Great Northern Railway, becoming Superintendent of its carriage and wagon department at Doncaster under H.A. Ivatt. In 1906 he designed and produced a bogie luggage van with steel underframe, teak body, elliptical roof, bowed ends and buckeye couplings: this became the prototype for East Coast main-line coaches built over the next thirty-five years. In 1911 Gresley succeeded Ivatt as Locomotive, Carriage \& Wagon Superintendent. His first locomotive was a mixed-traffic 2–6–0, his next a 2–8–0 for freight. From 1915 he worked on the design of a 4–6–2 locomotive for express passenger traffic: as with Ivatt's 4 4 2s, the trailing axle would allow the wide firebox needed for Yorkshire coal. He also devised a means by which two sets of valve gear could operate the valves on a three-cylinder locomotive and applied it for the first time on a 2–8–0 built in 1918. The system was complex, but a later simplified form was used on all subsequent Gresley three-cylinder locomotives, including his first 4–6–2 which appeared in 1922. In 1921, Gresley introduced the first British restaurant car with electric cooking facilities.With the grouping of 1923, the Great Northern Railway was absorbed into the London \& North Eastern Railway and Gresley was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer. More 4–6– 2s were built, the first British class of such wheel arrangement. Modifications to their valve gear, along lines developed by G.J. Churchward, reduced their coal consumption sufficiently to enable them to run non-stop between London and Edinburgh. So that enginemen might change over en route, some of the locomotives were equipped with corridor tenders from 1928. The design was steadily improved in detail, and by comparison an experimental 4–6–4 with a watertube boiler that Gresley produced in 1929 showed no overall benefit. A successful high-powered 2–8–2 was built in 1934, following the introduction of third-class sleeping cars, to haul 500-ton passenger trains between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.In 1932 the need to meet increasing road competition had resulted in the end of a long-standing agreement between East Coast and West Coast railways, that train journeys between London and Edinburgh by either route should be scheduled to take 8 1/4 hours. Seeking to accelerate train services, Gresley studied high-speed, diesel-electric railcars in Germany and petrol-electric railcars in France. He considered them for the London \& North Eastern Railway, but a test run by a train hauled by one of his 4–6–2s in 1934, which reached 108 mph (174 km/h), suggested that a steam train could better the railcar proposals while its accommodation would be more comfortable. To celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, a high-speed, streamlined train between London and Newcastle upon Tyne was proposed, the first such train in Britain. An improved 4–6–2, the A4 class, was designed with modifications to ensure free running and an ample reserve of power up hill. Its streamlined outline included a wedge-shaped front which reduced wind resistance and helped to lift the exhaust dear of the cab windows at speed. The first locomotive of the class, named Silver Link, ran at an average speed of 100 mph (161 km/h) for 43 miles (69 km), with a maximum speed of 112 1/2 mph (181 km/h), on a seven-coach test train on 27 September 1935: the locomotive went into service hauling the Silver Jubilee express single-handed (since others of the class had still to be completed) for the first three weeks, a round trip of 536 miles (863 km) daily, much of it at 90 mph (145 km/h), without any mechanical troubles at all. Coaches for the Silver Jubilee had teak-framed, steel-panelled bodies on all-steel, welded underframes; windows were double glazed; and there was a pressure ventilation/heating system. Comparable trains were introduced between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh in 1937 and to Leeds in 1938.Gresley did not hesitate to incorporate outstanding features from elsewhere into his locomotive designs and was well aware of the work of André Chapelon in France. Four A4s built in 1938 were equipped with Kylchap twin blast-pipes and double chimneys to improve performance still further. The first of these to be completed, no. 4468, Mallard, on 3 July 1938 ran a test train at over 120 mph (193 km/h) for 2 miles (3.2 km) and momentarily achieved 126 mph (203 km/h), the world speed record for steam traction. J.Duddington was the driver and T.Bray the fireman. The use of high-speed trains came to an end with the Second World War. The A4s were then demonstrated to be powerful as well as fast: one was noted hauling a 730-ton, 22-coach train at an average speed exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h) over 30 miles (48 km). The war also halted electrification of the Manchester-Sheffield line, on the 1,500 volt DC overhead system; however, anticipating eventual resumption, Gresley had a prototype main-line Bo-Bo electric locomotive built in 1941. Sadly, Gresley died from a heart attack while still in office.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1936. President, Institution of Locomotive Engineers 1927 and 1934. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1936.Further ReadingF.A.S.Brown, 1961, Nigel Gresley, Locomotive Engineer, Ian Allan (full-length biography).John Bellwood and David Jenkinson, Gresley and Stanier. A Centenary Tribute (a good comparative account).See also: Bulleid, Oliver Vaughan SnellPJGRBiographical history of technology > Gresley, Sir Herbert Nigel
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SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 1893 Co. Down, Northern Irelandd. 5 January 1981 England[br]Irish military aircraft engineer, inventor of the ejector seat.[br]Martin acquired a general knowledge of engineering as an industrial worker in Belfast. In 1929 he established the Martin Aircraft Company, which was merged five years later with another concern to form the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company at Denham, Buckinghamshire. They became known for designing and constructing efficient, lightweight military aircraft, and Martin supervised personally every aspect of the work of his factory. During the Second World War they developed a number of aircraft weapons, including an explosive device carried on a bomber's wings for cutting the cables of barrage balloons, the flat-feed system for the 20 mm Hispano cannon used on British fighter planes and the twelve-gun pack mounted in the nose of the Havoc night fighter. Martin began devising means of rapid escape from a disabled fighter plane. First came a quick-release canopy for the Spitfire, followed by an improved form sliding on guides set in the fuselage. Then came the Martin-Baker seat, which ejected the pilot from his plane by an explosive charge. Ground tests were made to determine the rates of acceleration that could be tolerated by the pilot, and the first test in the air with a pilot took place in July 1946 at a speed of 320 mph (515 km/h) and an altitude of 8,000 ft (2,400 m). Its first use in a genuine emergency was in May 1949.After the Second World War, the firm specialized in making components, particularly the ejector seat, rather than complete aircraft. The higher speeds and altitudes of supersonic jet aircraft made it necessary to modify the ejector seat: a device to hold the pilot's legs together, to prevent their being broken, was incorporated. In addition, with the Institute of Aviation Medicine, Martin developed a face blind to prevent skin damage at low temperatures. Another modification was to allow the seat to fall freely for the first 10,000 ft (3,000 m) to enable the pilot to reach breathable air more quickly; in October 1959 a successful demonstration took place at 1,250 mph (2,000 km/h) and 40,000 ft (12,000 m) altitude. During the inventor's lifetime, it is estimated that his ejector seat saved the lives of some 4,700 airmen.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1965. Barbour Air Safety Award 1958. Cumberbatch Air Safety Trophy 1959. Royal Aero Club Gold Medal 1964.Further ReadingObituary, 1981, The Times.LRD -
17 Phillips, Horatio Frederick
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 2 February 1845 London, Englandd. 15 July 1926 Hampshire, England[br]English aerodynamicist whose cambered two-surface wing sections provided the foundations for aerofoil design.[br]At the age of 19, Phillips developed an interest in flight and constructed models with lightweight engines. He spent a large amount of time and money over many years, carrying out practical research into the science of aerodynamics. In the early 1880s he built a wind tunnel with a working section of 15 in. by 10 in. (38 cm by 25 cm). Air was sucked through the working section by an adaptation of the steam injector used in boilers and invented by Henry Giffard, the airship pioneer. Phillips tested aerofoils based on the cross-section of bird's wings, with a greater curvature on the upper surface than the lower. He measured the lift and drag and showed that the major component of lift came from suction on the upper surface, rather than pressure on the lower. He took out patents for his aerofoil sections in 1884 and 1891. In addition to his wind-tunnel test, Phillips tested his wing sections on a whirling arm, as used earlier by Cayley, Wenham and Lilienthal. After a series of tests using an arm of 15 ft (4.57 m) radius, Phillips built a massive whirling arm driven by a steam engine. His test pieces were mounted on the end of the arm, which had a radius of 50 ft (15.24 m), giving them a linear speed of 70 mph (113 km/h). By 1893 Phillips was ready to put his theories to a more practical test, so he built a large model aircraft driven by a steam engine and tethered to run round a circular track. It had a wing span of 19 ft (5.79 m), but it had fifty wings, one above the other. These wings were only 10 in. (25 cm) wide and mounted in a frame, so it looked rather like a Venetian blind. At 40 mph (64 km/h) it lifted off the track. In 1904 Phillips built a full-size multi-wing aeroplane with twenty wings which just lifted off the ground but did not fly. He built another multi-wing machine in 1907, this time with four Venetian blind' frames in tandem, giving it two hundred wings! Phillips made a short flight of almost 500 ft (152 m) which could be claimed to be the first powered aeroplane flight in England by an Englishman. He retired from flying at the age of 62.[br]Bibliography1900, "Mechanical flight and matters relating thereto", Engineering (reprint).1891–3, "On the sustentation of weight by mechanical flight", Aeronautical Society of Great Britain 23rd Report.Further ReadingJ.Laurence Pritchard, 1957, "The dawn of aerodynamics", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (March) (good descriptions of Phillips's early work and his wind tunnel).J.E.Hodgson, 1924, The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain, London.F.W.Brearey, 1891–3, "Remarks on experiments made by Horatio Phillips", Aeronautical Society of Great Britain 23rd Report.JDSBiographical history of technology > Phillips, Horatio Frederick
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18 travel
travel ['trævəl] ( British pt & pp travelled, cont travelling, American pt & pp traveled, cont traveling)∎ to travel by air/car voyager en avion/en voiture;∎ they travelled to Greece by boat ils sont allés en Grèce en bateau;∎ they've travelled a lot together ils ont beaucoup voyagé ensemble;∎ to travel round the world faire le tour du monde;∎ she's travelling (about or around) somewhere in Asia elle est en voyage quelque part en Asie;∎ we travelled across France by train nous avons traversé la France en train;∎ they've travelled far and wide ils ont voyagé partout dans le monde;∎ to travel light voyager avec peu de bagages;∎ to travel back revenir, rentrer;∎ let's travel back in time to 1940 retournons en 1940∎ British he travels in confectionery il est représentant en confiserie(c) (go, move → person) aller; (→ vehicle, train) aller, rouler; (→ piston, shuttle) se déplacer; (→ light, sound) se propager;∎ the train travelled at high speed through the countryside le train roulait à toute vitesse à travers la campagne;∎ we were travelling at an average speed of 60 mph on faisait du 96 km/h de moyenne;∎ the signals travel along different routes les signaux suivent des trajets différents;∎ the components travel along a conveyor belt les pièces détachées sont transportées sur un tapis roulant∎ we were really travelling on roulait vraiment très vite;∎ this car certainly travels! elle bombe, cette voiture!∎ my mind travelled back to last June mes pensées m'ont ramené au mois de juin dernier(f) (news, rumour) se répandre, se propager, circuler;∎ news travels fast les nouvelles vont vite(h) (in basketball) marcher(a) (distance) faire, parcourir;∎ I travelled 50 miles to get here j'ai fait 80 km pour venir ici(b) (area, road) parcourir;∎ I've travelled these roads for years j'ai parcouru ces routes pendant des années;∎ we travelled the country from west to east on a parcouru ou traversé le pays d'ouest en est3 noun(UNCOUNT) (journeys) voyage m, voyages mpl;∎ travel broadens the mind les voyages ouvrent l'esprit;∎ I've done a lot of foreign travel j'ai beaucoup voyagé à l'étranger;∎ travel was slower in those days on voyageait plus lentement à cette époque;∎ what do you spend on travel? à combien vous reviennent vos déplacements?(guide, brochure) touristique; (writer) qui écrit des récits de voyage(journeys) voyages mpl; (comings and goings) allées et venues fpl;∎ I met them on my travels in China je les ai rencontrés au cours de mes voyages en Chine;∎ familiar did you see my glasses on your travels? tu n'as pas vu mes lunettes quelque part?□►► travel agency agence f de voyages;travel agent agent m de voyages;travel agent's agence f de voyages;travel allowance indemnité f de déplacement;travel book récit m de voyages;travel brochure dépliant m touristique;travel bureau agence f de voyages;travel company voyagiste mf;travel documents documents mpl de voyage;travel expenses frais mpl de déplacement;travel firm voyagiste mf;travel guide guide m touristique;travel insurance assurance-voyage f;∎ to take out travel insurance prendre une assurance-voyage;travel literature documentation f touristique;travel programme (travelogue) émission f sur les voyages;travel rug plaid m;British travel sickness mal m des transports;travel writer auteur m de récits de voyage -
19 Mikoyan, Artem Ivanovich
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 5 August 1905 Sanain, Armeniad. 9 December 1970 Moscow, Russia[br]Armenian aircraft designer.[br]Mikoyan graduated from the Zhukovsky Military Aircraft Academy in 1936. His first major design project was in response to an official requirement, issued in December 1940, for a single-engined fighter with performance equating to those then in service with the British, French and German air forces. In conjunction with M.L. Gurevich, a mathematician, and in a bare four months, he produced a flying prototype, with a top speed of 401 mph (645 km/h), that entered service as the MiG-1 in 1941. The Mikoyan and Gurevich MiG-3 and MiG-5 followed, and they then designed the MiG-7 high-altitude fighter; however, the latter never came into service on account of the decline of the German air force.The Second World War MiG fighters were characterized by high speed, good protection and armament, but they had poor manoeuvrability. In 1945, however, Mikoyan began to study Western developments in jet-powered aircraft. The result was a series of jet fighters, beginning with the MiG-9A, through the MiG-11, to the MiG-15 that gave the Allied air forces such a shock when it first appeared during the Korean War. The last in the series in which Mikoyan himself was involved was the MiG-23, which entered service in 1967. The MiG series lived on after both his and Gurevich's (1976) deaths, with one of the latest models being the MiG-31.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsDeputy to the Supreme Soviet 1950, 1954, 1958. Corresponding Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences 1953. Member of the Council of Nationalities 1962. Three Stalin Prizes and other decorations.CMBiographical history of technology > Mikoyan, Artem Ivanovich
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20 reach
1) простира́ться ( extend)2) доходи́ть, доезжа́тьhe reached the city in two hours — он дое́хал до го́рода за два часа́
3) достава́ть, дотя́гиватьсяcould you reach that book over there? — вы не могли́ бы доста́ть ту кни́гу?
4) связа́ться (с кем-л. по телефону)you can reach me by phone — вы мо́жете связа́ться со мной по телефо́ну
5) достига́тьreach a speed of 100 mph — дости́чь ско́рости в сто миль в час
your letter never reached me — я так и не получи́л ва́шего письма́
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