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  • 21 de varios autores

    (adj.) = multi-author
    Ex. The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.
    * * *
    (adj.) = multi-author

    Ex: The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de varios autores

  • 22 distante

    adj.
    1 far away.
    2 distant.
    estaba distante, con la mirada perdida he was distant, staring into space
    3 remote, distant, far.
    * * *
    1 (en el espacio) distant, far; (en el tiempo) distant, remote
    2 figurado distant
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [lugar] (=lejano) distant; (=remoto) far-off, remote
    2) [persona, actitud] distant
    * * *
    adjetivo < lugar> distant, remote; <recuerdos/imágenes> distant; < persona> distant, aloof; < actitud> distant
    * * *
    = distal, remote, distant, from afar, detached, far off, arm's length, at arm's length, aloof, distanced.
    Ex. The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex. Libraries and vendors must move away from arm's length relationships that involve giving one thing in return for another to strong and close relationships that involve collaboration.
    Ex. Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.
    Ex. The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.
    Ex. The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    ----
    * actitud distante = aloofness.
    * en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.
    * en un pasado no muy distante = in the not too distant past.
    * permanecer distante = remain + aloof.
    * * *
    adjetivo < lugar> distant, remote; <recuerdos/imágenes> distant; < persona> distant, aloof; < actitud> distant
    * * *
    = distal, remote, distant, from afar, detached, far off, arm's length, at arm's length, aloof, distanced.

    Ex: The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.

    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex: Libraries and vendors must move away from arm's length relationships that involve giving one thing in return for another to strong and close relationships that involve collaboration.
    Ex: Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.
    Ex: The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.
    Ex: The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    * actitud distante = aloofness.
    * en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.
    * en un pasado no muy distante = in the not too distant past.
    * permanecer distante = remain + aloof.

    * * *
    1 ‹lugar› distant, remote, far-off
    2 ‹recuerdos/imágenes› distant
    3 ‹persona› distant, aloof; ‹actitud› distant
    * * *

    distante adjetivo
    distant
    distante adjetivo distant, far-off
    ' distante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fría
    - frío
    - gélida
    - gélido
    English:
    aloof
    - approachable
    - distant
    - far
    - standoffish
    - detached
    * * *
    1. [en el espacio] far away (de from)
    2. [en el trato] [persona, comportamiento] distant, aloof;
    estaba distante, con la mirada perdida he was distant, staring into space
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    distant
    * * *
    1) : distant, far-off
    2) : aloof
    * * *
    distante adj distant

    Spanish-English dictionary > distante

  • 23 según

    prep.
    1 according to, as per, in accordance with, in pursuance of.
    2 after the fashion of.
    * * *
    1 (conforme) according to
    2 (dependiendo) depending on
    ■ según lo que digan, tomaremos una decisión depending on what they say, we'll make a decision
    3 (como) just as
    5 (tal vez) it depends
    ■ iré o me quedaré, según I'll either go or I'll stay, it depends
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. PREP
    1) (=de acuerdo con) according to

    según lo que dice — from what he says, going by what he says

    según parece — seemingly, apparently

    2) (=depende de) depending on
    2. CONJ
    1) (=depende de) depending on
    2) [indicando manera] as

    según están las cosas, es mejor no intervenir — the way things are, it's better not to get involved

    según se entra, a la izquierda — to the left as you go in

    3) [indicando simultaneidad] as
    3.
    ADV *

    -¿lo vas a comprar? -según — "are you going to buy it?" - "it all depends"

    según y como, según y conforme — it all depends

    * * *
    I
    1) ( de acuerdo con) according to

    según parece... — it would appear o seem (that)...

    según me dijo, piensa quedarse — from what he told me, he intends to stay

    según + subj: según te parezca as you think best; obtendrás distintos resultados según cómo lo hagas you will get different results depending (on) how you do it; ¿me llevas a casa? - según dónde vivas — will you take me home? - (it) depends where you live

    II
    adverbio it depends

    este método puede resultar o no, según — this method may or may not work, it depends

    III
    a) ( a medida que) as
    b) ( en cuanto)

    según llegamos a la ventanilla, pusieron el cartel de cerrado — just as we reached the window they put up the closed sign

    * * *
    = as, as, in the form that, in terms of, in the manner, by, based on, in the words of, along the lines of, judging by, to judge by, in the opinion of, judging from, according to.
    Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. The edition statement is given if stated in the document, in the form that is given in the document.
    Ex. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex. One might, for example, speak to a microphone, in the manner described in connection with the speech-controlled typewriter, and thus make his selections.
    Ex. The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.
    Ex. Libraries will make judgements based on criteria such as better information resources, quicker answers, and more cost-effective services = Las bibliotecas tomarán decisiones de acuerdo con criterios tales como mejores recursos informativos, rapidez de respuesta y servicios más rentables.
    Ex. The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.
    Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.
    Ex. The number of titles is expected to double within a relatively short period, judging by the enthusiasm expressed by the publishers.
    Ex. To judge by some of the comments presented here, weeding may function as a homogenizing agent in many public libraries, creating a situation where the product lines (books) offered show little variation from library to library.
    Ex. These bureaucratic organisations contribute to a social malaise, symptomatic, in the opinion of many workers, of a general social crisis which will accelerate in the decades ahead.
    Ex. Judging from the history of warfare and skirmish between the British and the French, I am surprised you are so civil towards each other.
    Ex. The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).
    ----
    * actuar según = act on/upon.
    * de pago según el uso = on a pay as you go basis.
    * edificio construido según un plan cúbico = deep building.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.
    * salir según lo planeado = go off + as planned.
    * salir según lo previsto = go off + as planned.
    * según cabe suponer = presumably, presumably, supposedly, allegedly.
    * según convenga = as appropriate.
    * según corresponda = as appropriate.
    * según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * según el color del cristal con que se mire = in the eye of the beholder.
    * según el contexto = contextually.
    * según el huso horario de Europa Central = CET (Central European Time).
    * según el testimonio de = on the evidence of.
    * según la aplicación de reglas = rule-governed.
    * según la costumbre = according to normal practice.
    * según la estación del año = seasonally.
    * según la información obtenida = output-oriented.
    * según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.
    * según la opinión de = in the opinion of.
    * según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.
    * según lo cual = where.
    * según lo planeado = as planned.
    * según lo previsto = on schedule, as planned.
    * según lo que + Pronombre Personal + saber = to + Posesivo + knowledge.
    * según los ingresos = means-tested.
    * según los intereses personales de cada uno = interest-based.
    * según lo ve + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.
    * según mi opinión = to the best of my knowledge.
    * según + Nombre = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, as per + Nombre, going on + Nombre.
    * según nuestro entender = as far as we know.
    * según parece = apparently, apparently, by the looks of it.
    * según + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.
    * según + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Pronombre = Pronombre + understanding + be, in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.
    * según + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.
    * según quedó indicado en = as was pointed out in.
    * según sea conveniente = to suit.
    * según sea necesario = as required.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * según se cree = reputedly.
    * según se desee = at will.
    * según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.
    * según se necesite = on demand, on request, at need, as required, as the occasion arises, pro re nata.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * según sus propias condiciones = on + Posesivo + own terms, in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según una secuencia ordinal = ordinally.
    * según un método prescrito = clerically.
    * según vayan llegando = on a first come first served basis.
    * según yo = in my books.
    * según yo sé = to the best of my knowledge, AFAIK (as far as I know), to my knowledge.
    * * *
    I
    1) ( de acuerdo con) according to

    según parece... — it would appear o seem (that)...

    según me dijo, piensa quedarse — from what he told me, he intends to stay

    según + subj: según te parezca as you think best; obtendrás distintos resultados según cómo lo hagas you will get different results depending (on) how you do it; ¿me llevas a casa? - según dónde vivas — will you take me home? - (it) depends where you live

    II
    adverbio it depends

    este método puede resultar o no, según — this method may or may not work, it depends

    III
    a) ( a medida que) as
    b) ( en cuanto)

    según llegamos a la ventanilla, pusieron el cartel de cerrado — just as we reached the window they put up the closed sign

    * * *
    = as, as, in the form that, in terms of, in the manner, by, based on, in the words of, along the lines of, judging by, to judge by, in the opinion of, judging from, according to.

    Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: The edition statement is given if stated in the document, in the form that is given in the document.
    Ex: And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex: One might, for example, speak to a microphone, in the manner described in connection with the speech-controlled typewriter, and thus make his selections.
    Ex: The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.
    Ex: Libraries will make judgements based on criteria such as better information resources, quicker answers, and more cost-effective services = Las bibliotecas tomarán decisiones de acuerdo con criterios tales como mejores recursos informativos, rapidez de respuesta y servicios más rentables.
    Ex: The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.
    Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.
    Ex: The number of titles is expected to double within a relatively short period, judging by the enthusiasm expressed by the publishers.
    Ex: To judge by some of the comments presented here, weeding may function as a homogenizing agent in many public libraries, creating a situation where the product lines (books) offered show little variation from library to library.
    Ex: These bureaucratic organisations contribute to a social malaise, symptomatic, in the opinion of many workers, of a general social crisis which will accelerate in the decades ahead.
    Ex: Judging from the history of warfare and skirmish between the British and the French, I am surprised you are so civil towards each other.
    Ex: The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).
    * actuar según = act on/upon.
    * de pago según el uso = on a pay as you go basis.
    * edificio construido según un plan cúbico = deep building.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.
    * salir según lo planeado = go off + as planned.
    * salir según lo previsto = go off + as planned.
    * según cabe suponer = presumably, presumably, supposedly, allegedly.
    * según convenga = as appropriate.
    * según corresponda = as appropriate.
    * según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * según el color del cristal con que se mire = in the eye of the beholder.
    * según el contexto = contextually.
    * según el huso horario de Europa Central = CET (Central European Time).
    * según el testimonio de = on the evidence of.
    * según la aplicación de reglas = rule-governed.
    * según la costumbre = according to normal practice.
    * según la estación del año = seasonally.
    * según la información obtenida = output-oriented.
    * según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.
    * según la opinión de = in the opinion of.
    * según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.
    * según lo cual = where.
    * según lo planeado = as planned.
    * según lo previsto = on schedule, as planned.
    * según lo que + Pronombre Personal + saber = to + Posesivo + knowledge.
    * según los ingresos = means-tested.
    * según los intereses personales de cada uno = interest-based.
    * según lo ve + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.
    * según mi opinión = to the best of my knowledge.
    * según + Nombre = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, as per + Nombre, going on + Nombre.
    * según nuestro entender = as far as we know.
    * según parece = apparently, apparently, by the looks of it.
    * según + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.
    * según + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Pronombre = Pronombre + understanding + be, in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.
    * según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.
    * según + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.
    * según quedó indicado en = as was pointed out in.
    * según sea conveniente = to suit.
    * según sea necesario = as required.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * según se cree = reputedly.
    * según se desee = at will.
    * según se dice = reportedly, so the argument goes, reputedly.
    * según se necesite = on demand, on request, at need, as required, as the occasion arises, pro re nata.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * según sus propias condiciones = on + Posesivo + own terms, in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.
    * según una secuencia ordinal = ordinally.
    * según un método prescrito = clerically.
    * según vayan llegando = on a first come first served basis.
    * según yo = in my books.
    * según yo sé = to the best of my knowledge, AFAIK (as far as I know), to my knowledge.

    * * *
    A (de acuerdo con) according to
    según Elena/él according to Elena/him
    el evangelio según San Mateo the Gospel according to St Matthew
    según fuentes autorizadas/nuestros cálculos according to official sources/our calculations
    lo hice según tus indicaciones I did it according to o following your instructions, I followed your instructions
    según parece sus días están contados apparently, its days are numbered o it would appear o seem its days are numbered
    así que está en la India … — según parece … so he's in India … — so it seems o apparently
    según las órdenes que me dieron in accordance with the orders I was given
    según me dijo, piensa quedarse from what he told me, he intends to stay
    B (dependiendo de) según + SUBJ:
    según te parezca as you think best
    obtendrás distintos resultados según cómo lo hagas you will get different results depending (on) how you do it
    ¿me llevas a casa? — según dónde vivas will you take me home? — (it) depends where you live
    iré según y cómo or según y conforme me sienta whether I go or not depends on how I feel
    it depends
    este método puede resultar o no, según this method may or may not work, it depends
    según van entrando as they come in
    2
    (en cuanto): según llegamos a la ventanilla, pusieron el cartel de cerrado just as we reached the window they put up the closed sign
    según llegues sube a verme come up and see me as soon as you arrive
    * * *

     

    según preposición
    1 ( de acuerdo con) according to;

    según parece apparently
    2 ( dependiendo de):

    ¿me llevas a casa? — según dónde vivas will you take me home? — (it) depends where you live
    ■ adverbio
    it depends;
    ◊ puede resultar o no, según it may or may not work, it depends

    ■ conjunción ( a medida que) as;
    según van entrando as they come in
    según
    I preposición
    1 (de acuerdo con) according to
    según mis cálculos, according to my calculations
    2 (en la opinión de) según los metodistas, according to the Methodists
    según tú, María es la mejor, according to you, Maria is the best
    3 (dependiendo de) depending on: el precio varía según el peso, the price varies according to the weight
    4 (por el modo en que) según lo dijo, parecía preocupada, by the way she was speaking, she seemed worried
    II adverbio
    1 (tal como) just as: cóselo según indica el patrón, sew it just as the pattern shows
    2 (a medida que) as: según nos íbamos acercando..., as we were coming closer...

    ' según' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acuerdo
    - cálculo
    - conforme
    - cuchara
    - dispuesta
    - dispuesto
    - previsión
    - tesis
    - última
    - último
    - caso
    - corresponder
    - cual
    - desarrollo
    - dizque
    - entendido
    English:
    according
    - account
    - by
    - customize
    - depend
    - eye
    - from
    - Greenwich Mean Time
    - law
    - merit
    - on
    - performance-related pay
    - plan
    - point
    - pursuant
    - reportedly
    - reputedly
    - seasonally
    - to
    - under
    - wear on
    - accordance
    - apparently
    - comprehensive
    - custom
    - evidently
    - halal
    - record
    - stream
    - whereby
    * * *
    ♦ prep
    1. [de acuerdo con] according to;
    según el ministro, fue un accidente according to the minister, it was an accident;
    según su opinión, ha sido un éxito in her opinion o according to her, it was a success;
    según pone aquí, ahora hay que apretar la tecla de retorno according to what it says here, now you have to press the return key;
    según Nietzsche,… according to Nietzsche,…;
    el Evangelio según San Juan the Gospel according to St John
    2. [dependiendo de] depending on;
    según la hora que sea depending on the time;
    según el tiempo que haga iremos a la montaña depending on what the weather's like, we may go to the mountains;
    según como te vaya en el examen, podemos ir a celebrarlo depending on how you do in the exam, we could go out for a celebration
    ♦ adv
    1. [como] (just) as;
    todo permanecía según lo recordaba everything was just as she remembered it;
    actuó según se le recomendó he did as he had been advised;
    hazlo según creas do as you see fit;
    lo hice según y como o [m5] según y conforme me dijiste I did it exactly o just like you told me;
    según parece, no van a poder venir apparently, they're not going to be able to come
    2. [a medida que] as;
    entrarás en forma según vayas entrenando you'll get fit as you train
    3. [dependiendo]
    según se mire depending on how you look at it;
    ¿te gusta la pasta? – según do you like pasta? – it depends;
    lo intentaré según esté de tiempo I'll try to do it, depending on how much time I have;
    según qué días la clase es muy aburrida some days the class is really boring
    * * *
    I prp according to;
    según él according to him;
    según eso which means;
    según el tiempo depending on the weather;
    según y como, según y conforme vaya depending on how things pan out
    II adv
    1 it depends;
    aceptaré o no, según I might accept, it all depends
    III conj (a medida que)
    :
    la tensión crecía según se acercaba el final the tension mounted as the end approached
    * * *
    según adv
    : it depends
    según y como: it all depends on
    según conj
    1) como, conforme: as, just as
    según lo dejé: just as I left it
    2) : depending on how
    según se vea: depending on how one sees it
    según prep
    1) : according to
    según los rumores: according to the rumors
    2) : depending on
    según los resultados: depending on the results
    * * *
    según1 adv
    1. (dependiendo de) depending on
    2. it depends
    no sé si iré o me quedaré, según I don't know if I'll go or stay, it depends
    según iban entrando, se les daba una copa de cava as they came in, they were given a glass of cava
    según2 prep according to
    según lo previsto according to plan / just as planned

    Spanish-English dictionary > según

  • 24 autocomprobación

    f.
    self-test, self-check.
    * * *
    * * *
    = self-checking, self-test, self-testing.
    Ex. This paper discusses the features of the EDLIN program and its use for creating the computer's automatic self-checking sequence when the machine is started.
    Ex. The author offers a self-test to help users choose the model that best suits their needs.
    Ex. This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.
    * * *
    = self-checking, self-test, self-testing.

    Ex: This paper discusses the features of the EDLIN program and its use for creating the computer's automatic self-checking sequence when the machine is started.

    Ex: The author offers a self-test to help users choose the model that best suits their needs.
    Ex: This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > autocomprobación

  • 25 catálogo diccionario

    (n.) = dictionary catalogue, dictionary file, dictionary cataloguing
    Ex. A dictionary catalogue is a catalogue with only one sequence which contains author, title and alphabetical subject entries interfiled.
    Ex. Every time a term was employed in a search expression, a count in the dictionary file was updated.
    Ex. Cutter has had an immense influence, especially on dictionary cataloguing in the US, and many of its rulings on subject headings still remain almost unquestioned = Cutter ha ejercido una inmensa influencia, especialmente sobre el catálogo diccionario en los Estados Unidos y muchas de sus reglas sobre los encabezamientos de materia aún siguen siendo casi sin ponerse en duda.
    * * *
    (n.) = dictionary catalogue, dictionary file, dictionary cataloguing

    Ex: A dictionary catalogue is a catalogue with only one sequence which contains author, title and alphabetical subject entries interfiled.

    Ex: Every time a term was employed in a search expression, a count in the dictionary file was updated.
    Ex: Cutter has had an immense influence, especially on dictionary cataloguing in the US, and many of its rulings on subject headings still remain almost unquestioned = Cutter ha ejercido una inmensa influencia, especialmente sobre el catálogo diccionario en los Estados Unidos y muchas de sus reglas sobre los encabezamientos de materia aún siguen siendo casi sin ponerse en duda.

    Spanish-English dictionary > catálogo diccionario

  • 26 colección

    f.
    1 collection, set, array, assemblage.
    2 collection.
    3 collection, array, panoply.
    * * *
    1 collection
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex. It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex. Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex. Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex. While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex. It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex. In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex. The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex. Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    ----
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.
    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex: It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex: The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex: Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex: Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex: While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex: In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex: The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex: Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.

    * * *
    1 (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    hace colección de mariposas she collects butterflies
    2 ( fam)
    (gran cantidad): no sé cómo quiere otro hijo, si ya tiene una colección I can't imagine why she wants another child, she already has a whole brood ( hum)
    tiene una colección de pulseras she has a huge collection of bracelets
    3 ( Lit) collection
    4 (de modas) collection
    colecciones infantiles children's fashions o wear
    * * *

     

    colección sustantivo femenino
    collection
    colección sustantivo femenino collection
    ' colección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antológica
    - antológico
    - discoteca
    - engrosar
    - exhibir
    - herbolaria
    - herbolario
    - panoplia
    - adquirir
    - biblioteca
    - línea
    - presentar
    English:
    array
    - body
    - collection
    - invaluable
    - model
    - put together
    - set
    - stamp collection
    - swap for
    - collector
    - large
    - menagerie
    - round
    * * *
    1. [de sellos, objetos] collection
    la colección permanente [de museo] the permanent collection
    2. Fam [gran cantidad]
    tiene una colección de primos he has loads of cousins;
    cometió una colección de errores he made a whole series of mistakes;
    no dijo más que una colección de tonterías he talked a load of nonsense
    3. [de moda] collection;
    la colección de primavera the spring collection
    * * *
    f collection
    * * *
    colección nf, pl - ciones : collection
    * * *
    colección n collection

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección

  • 27 distal

    adj.
    1 distal, far from the center, far from the torso.
    2 distal, located outside the Central Nervous System, the heart and the pulmonary circulation, peripheral.
    * * *
    = distal.
    Ex. The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.
    ----
    * colón distal = distal colon.
    * * *

    Ex: The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.

    * colón distal = distal colon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > distal

  • 28 entrada alfabética de materia

    Ex. A dictionary catalogue is a catalogue with only one sequence which contains author, title and alphabetical subject entries interfiled.
    * * *

    Ex: A dictionary catalogue is a catalogue with only one sequence which contains author, title and alphabetical subject entries interfiled.

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrada alfabética de materia

  • 29 horario de apertura

    (n.) = opening hours, opening time, opening day, shopping hours, office hours, hours of operation
    Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex. On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex. Most of their libraries offer 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. opening on weekdays, and a somewhat curtailed opening day on Saturdays.
    Ex. The author discusses the effects of the reform of the Sunday shopping hours on national shopping habits.
    Ex. They are open normal office hours, though some have experimented with late evening opening and some now open on Saturday mornings.
    Ex. Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.
    * * *
    (n.) = opening hours, opening time, opening day, shopping hours, office hours, hours of operation

    Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.

    Ex: On the final screen in the sequence, the default values for today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time may be overridden.
    Ex: Most of their libraries offer 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. opening on weekdays, and a somewhat curtailed opening day on Saturdays.
    Ex: The author discusses the effects of the reform of the Sunday shopping hours on national shopping habits.
    Ex: They are open normal office hours, though some have experimented with late evening opening and some now open on Saturday mornings.
    Ex: Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.

    * * *
    hours (of business) pl, opening hours pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > horario de apertura

  • 30 improvisado

    adj.
    improvised, ad-libbed, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: improvisar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) improvised; (discurso) impromptu
    * * *
    ADJ [discurso] improvised; [reparación] makeshift; [música] impromptu
    * * *
    = ad hoc, improvised, off-hand [offhand], off-the-cuff, impromptu, makeshift, unscripted, off the top of + Posesivo + head, rough and ready.
    Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
    Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex. They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex. Unfortunately for any student of the process, the sequence and direction of these steps is often more impromptu than premeditated.
    Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex. Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex. Pricing trends for periodicals are discussed with reference to charts not reproduced in the article 'Publishing policies, off the top of my head' but shown at the conference session.
    Ex. The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    ----
    * carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.
    * de un modo improvisado = right off the bat.
    * orador improvisado = soapbox orator.
    * * *
    = ad hoc, improvised, off-hand [offhand], off-the-cuff, impromptu, makeshift, unscripted, off the top of + Posesivo + head, rough and ready.

    Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

    Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex: They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex: Unfortunately for any student of the process, the sequence and direction of these steps is often more impromptu than premeditated.
    Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex: Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex: Pricing trends for periodicals are discussed with reference to charts not reproduced in the article 'Publishing policies, off the top of my head' but shown at the conference session.
    Ex: The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    * carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.
    * de un modo improvisado = right off the bat.
    * orador improvisado = soapbox orator.

    * * *

    Del verbo improvisar: ( conjugate improvisar)

    improvisado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    improvisado    
    improvisar
    improvisar ( conjugate improvisar) verbo transitivo
    to improvise;

    verbo intransitivo [actor/músico] to improvise
    improvisado,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin ensayo previo) improvised
    (discurso) impromptu
    2 (realizado con los medios disponibles) improvised
    un refugio improvisado, a improvised refuge
    improvisar verbo transitivo to improvise
    Mús to extemporize

    ' improvisado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    improvisada
    - pichanga
    English:
    extemporaneous
    - impromptu
    - makeshift
    - rough
    - unprepared
    - cuff
    - make
    - role
    * * *
    improvisado, -a adj
    [comida, plan, actuación artística] improvised; [discurso] impromptu; [comentario] ad-lib; [cama, refugio] makeshift
    * * *
    adj improvised
    * * *
    improvisado, -da adj
    : improvised, ad-lib

    Spanish-English dictionary > improvisado

  • 31 indicador

    adj.
    indicating, indicative.
    m.
    1 indicator, pointer, arrow, gauge.
    2 indicator, marker, predictor.
    3 flag, tag.
    4 indicant.
    5 puntero.
    * * *
    1 (gen) which indicates, indicating
    1 (gen) indicator; (señal de tráfico) sign, traffic sign, road sign; (con aguja, escala) gauge
    \
    indicador económico economic indicator
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ
    papel 1)
    2. SM
    1) (=señal) sign
    2) (Téc) (=aparato) gauge, gage (EEUU); (=aguja) pointer

    indicador de dirección — (Aut) indicator

    indicador del nivel de gasolina — (Aut) fuel gauge

    indicador del nivel del aceite — (Aut) oil gauge

    indicador de velocidad — (Aut) speedometer

    3) (Econ) indicator; (Bolsa) index
    4) (Inform) flag
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo warning
    II
    1) (Auto)
    b) ( dispositivo) gauge

    indicador del aceite/de la gasolina — oil pressure/fuel gauge

    2) (Inf) flag
    * * *
    = guide card, indicator, measure, pointer, predictor, sign, tell-tale [telltale], tracing, marker, metric, indicant, tracer, bellwether.
    Ex. Guide cards help to break up the classified sequence and direct the user to the required class.
    Ex. To indicate from which field a given work was Cuttered, these second indicators could be further redefined = Para indicar de qué campo se le había asignado la marca de Cutter a una obra, se podían delimitar aún más estos segundos indicadores.
    Ex. One measure of a library's market is the number of reference questions dealt with at the reference desk or through electronic reference.
    Ex. Seven pointers follow which are useful for discriminating between documents to be abstracted and those not worth abstracting.
    Ex. If I'm not mistaken the military decided some time ago that IQ tests were a poor predictor of leadership qualities.
    Ex. Standard advertising mechanisms, such as spots on radio and television, signs in buses and on billboards, and widely disseminated leaflets are used if money is available.
    Ex. The tell-tale signs that mark a KWOC index include in a KWOC index all of the words that appear as headings have been extracted from titles.
    Ex. The word tracing is used to denote the identification within an authority entry of all variant and related headings from which references have been made to the authority heading itself.
    Ex. Extraction is carried out with the help of a dictionary of formal text characteristics ( markers, connectors, indicators).
    Ex. The author outlines quantitative metrics that measure information technology productivity from the perspective of the overall rate of return to the organization.
    Ex. Productivity, it is speculated, may be a good indicant of academic socialization.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Drivers and tracers of business process changes'.
    Ex. Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.
    ----
    * indicador bibliométrico = bibliometric indicator.
    * indicador cientométrico = scientometric indicator.
    * indicador cualitativo = qualitative indicator.
    * indicador cuantitativo = quantitative indicator.
    * indicador de campo = field indicator.
    * indicador de citas = citation indicator.
    * indicador de clasificación = classificatory indicator.
    * indicador de comienzo de subcampo = delimiter sign.
    * indicador de contenido = content designator.
    * indicador de dirección = signpost.
    * indicador de eficacia = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator.
    * indicador de estar listo = screen prompt.
    * indicador de faceta = facet indicator.
    * indicador de función = operator, role indicator.
    * indicador de impacto = impact indicator.
    * indicador de la eficiencia = efficiency indicator.
    * indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.
    * indicador de producción = output indicator.
    * indicador de relación = relation indicator, relational operator, role operator.
    * indicador de rendimiento = benchmark, performance indicator, performance measure, output measure.
    * indicador de resultados = outcome indicator.
    * indicadores de eficacia = performance criteria.
    * indicadores de rendimiento = performance criteria, benchmark figures.
    * número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.
    * señal indicadora = signpost.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo warning
    II
    1) (Auto)
    b) ( dispositivo) gauge

    indicador del aceite/de la gasolina — oil pressure/fuel gauge

    2) (Inf) flag
    * * *
    = guide card, indicator, measure, pointer, predictor, sign, tell-tale [telltale], tracing, marker, metric, indicant, tracer, bellwether.

    Ex: Guide cards help to break up the classified sequence and direct the user to the required class.

    Ex: To indicate from which field a given work was Cuttered, these second indicators could be further redefined = Para indicar de qué campo se le había asignado la marca de Cutter a una obra, se podían delimitar aún más estos segundos indicadores.
    Ex: One measure of a library's market is the number of reference questions dealt with at the reference desk or through electronic reference.
    Ex: Seven pointers follow which are useful for discriminating between documents to be abstracted and those not worth abstracting.
    Ex: If I'm not mistaken the military decided some time ago that IQ tests were a poor predictor of leadership qualities.
    Ex: Standard advertising mechanisms, such as spots on radio and television, signs in buses and on billboards, and widely disseminated leaflets are used if money is available.
    Ex: The tell-tale signs that mark a KWOC index include in a KWOC index all of the words that appear as headings have been extracted from titles.
    Ex: The word tracing is used to denote the identification within an authority entry of all variant and related headings from which references have been made to the authority heading itself.
    Ex: Extraction is carried out with the help of a dictionary of formal text characteristics ( markers, connectors, indicators).
    Ex: The author outlines quantitative metrics that measure information technology productivity from the perspective of the overall rate of return to the organization.
    Ex: Productivity, it is speculated, may be a good indicant of academic socialization.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Drivers and tracers of business process changes'.
    Ex: Scientists have long suspected amphibians are good bellwethers for impending alterations in biodiversity during rapid climate change.
    * indicador bibliométrico = bibliometric indicator.
    * indicador cientométrico = scientometric indicator.
    * indicador cualitativo = qualitative indicator.
    * indicador cuantitativo = quantitative indicator.
    * indicador de campo = field indicator.
    * indicador de citas = citation indicator.
    * indicador de clasificación = classificatory indicator.
    * indicador de comienzo de subcampo = delimiter sign.
    * indicador de contenido = content designator.
    * indicador de dirección = signpost.
    * indicador de eficacia = performance indicator, effectiveness indicator.
    * indicador de estar listo = screen prompt.
    * indicador de faceta = facet indicator.
    * indicador de función = operator, role indicator.
    * indicador de impacto = impact indicator.
    * indicador de la eficiencia = efficiency indicator.
    * indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.
    * indicador de producción = output indicator.
    * indicador de relación = relation indicator, relational operator, role operator.
    * indicador de rendimiento = benchmark, performance indicator, performance measure, output measure.
    * indicador de resultados = outcome indicator.
    * indicadores de eficacia = performance criteria.
    * indicadores de rendimiento = performance criteria, benchmark figures.
    * número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.
    * señal indicadora = signpost.

    * * *
    warning
    señal indicadora de peligro danger o warning sign
    A ( Auto)
    indicador del aceite oil pressure gauge
    Compuestos:
    indicator
    speedometer
    B ( Econ) indicator
    C ( Inf) flag
    * * *

    indicador sustantivo masculino (Auto)
    a) tb



    c) (del aceite, la gasolina) gauge;


    indicador,-ora sustantivo masculino
    1 indicator
    2 Téc gauge, dial, meter
    Auto indicador del nivel de gasolina, petrol gauge
    Auto indicador de velocidad, speedometer
    ' indicador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indicadora
    English:
    gauge
    - indicator
    - oil gauge
    - read
    - reading
    - register
    - signpost
    - telltale
    - M
    - marker
    - pointer
    - speedometer
    * * *
    indicador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    indicating;
    siga las flechas indicadoras follow the arrows;
    encontrarás un cartel indicador you'll find a sign showing the way
    ♦ nm
    1. [signo] indicator;
    los principales indicadores bursátiles the main stock market indicators;
    ese fallo es un indicador de la poca calidad del producto that fault shows the poor quality of the product
    indicador económico economic indicator
    2.
    indicador (de dirección) [intermitente] Br indicator, US turn signal
    3. Tec gauge, meter
    indicador del nivel de aceite oil gauge;
    indicador de nivel de gasolina fuel gauge, Br petrol gauge;
    * * *
    m indicator
    * * *
    1) : gauge, dial, meter
    2) : indicator
    indicadores económicos: economic indicators
    * * *
    indicador n (indicio) indicator

    Spanish-English dictionary > indicador

  • 32 mitigar el efecto de Algo

    (v.) = minimise + effect
    Ex. The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.
    * * *
    (v.) = minimise + effect

    Ex: The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mitigar el efecto de Algo

  • 33 punto de referencia

    point of reference
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point
    Ex. Benchmarks are the times taken to carry out a set of standard operations and they are comparable to the government fuel consumption figures for cars.
    Ex. However well a network may function, if the people communicating are not in the same frame of reference, the resulting problems will inpinge upon the benefits of office automation.
    Ex. The cooperative approach in evidence in the Moorlands Information scheme is one signpost for the future.
    Ex. The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.
    Ex. This article uses the example of the needs of library service of Pretoria University as a point of reference.
    Ex. This format can provide an anchor for instructional designers attempting to come to terms with the vast potential of hypertext and hypermedia.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.
    Ex. There is a wider objective of establishing referral points as 'a place to go when you don't know where to go'.
    Ex. With the help of a central 'switching point' the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme.
    Ex. Behaviour of patrons who could choose between a person sitting at a computer and one sitting at a desk at each of 2 reference points was observed.
    Ex. The list was prepared to be used as a reference point by professionals wishing to further their knowledge about the Turkish library and information scene.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point

    Ex: Benchmarks are the times taken to carry out a set of standard operations and they are comparable to the government fuel consumption figures for cars.

    Ex: However well a network may function, if the people communicating are not in the same frame of reference, the resulting problems will inpinge upon the benefits of office automation.
    Ex: The cooperative approach in evidence in the Moorlands Information scheme is one signpost for the future.
    Ex: The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.
    Ex: This article uses the example of the needs of library service of Pretoria University as a point of reference.
    Ex: This format can provide an anchor for instructional designers attempting to come to terms with the vast potential of hypertext and hypermedia.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.
    Ex: There is a wider objective of establishing referral points as 'a place to go when you don't know where to go'.
    Ex: With the help of a central 'switching point' the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme.
    Ex: Behaviour of patrons who could choose between a person sitting at a computer and one sitting at a desk at each of 2 reference points was observed.
    Ex: The list was prepared to be used as a reference point by professionals wishing to further their knowledge about the Turkish library and information scene.

    * * *
    reference point

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto de referencia

  • 34 responsabilidad secundaria

    f.
    secondary liability.
    * * *
    Ex. It permits the collocation, in one sequence, of all items which partake of a particular organizational attribute, e g., all works for which an author has secondary or tertiary responsibility, etc.
    * * *

    Ex: It permits the collocation, in one sequence, of all items which partake of a particular organizational attribute, e g., all works for which an author has secondary or tertiary responsibility, etc.

    Spanish-English dictionary > responsabilidad secundaria

  • 35 responsabilidad terciaria

    Ex. It permits the collocation, in one sequence, of all items which partake of a particular organizational attribute, e g., all works for which an author has secondary or tertiary responsibility, etc.
    * * *

    Ex: It permits the collocation, in one sequence, of all items which partake of a particular organizational attribute, e g., all works for which an author has secondary or tertiary responsibility, etc.

    Spanish-English dictionary > responsabilidad terciaria

  • 36 sencillo

    adj.
    1 simple, uncomplicated, easy, with no frills.
    2 simple, simplehearted, naive, simpleminded.
    3 simple, unadorned, with no frills.
    4 single, simple.
    5 one-way, single-track, unidirectional.
    m.
    1 small change, change, small coins.
    2 one way ticket.
    * * *
    1 (sin adornos) simple, plain
    2 (fácil) simple, easy
    4 figurado (persona - natural) natural, unaffected, unpretentious; (- ingenua) naive, gullible
    * * *
    (f. - sencilla)
    adj.
    1) simple, easy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [costumbre, estilo, ropa] simple
    2) [asunto, problema] simple, straightforward

    es un plato sencillo de hacer pero apetitoso — it's a simple but tasty dish, the dish is straightforward to make, but tasty

    3) (=no afectado) natural, unaffected

    es muy rico pero muy sencillo en el trato — he's very rich, but nevertheless very natural o unaffected

    4) [billete] single
    5) LAm (=necio) foolish
    2. SM
    1) (=disco) single
    2) LAm (=cambio) small change
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    1)
    a) <ejercicio/problema> simple, straightforward
    b) < persona> modest, unassuming; <vestido/estilo> simple, plain; <casa/comida> simple, modest

    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras — they are simple, hardworking people

    2) (Esp, Méx) < billete> one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    II
    1) ( disco) single
    2) (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3) (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    * * *
    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, bald, unobtrusive, low-key [low key], uncluttered, unsophisticated, unpretentious, unassuming, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, no-frills, hassle-free.
    Ex. In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex. Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex. There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.
    Ex. The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex. The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex. It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex. Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex. This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    ----
    * codificación directa de fila sencilla = single row direct coding.
    * de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * habitación sencilla = single room.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo
    1)
    a) <ejercicio/problema> simple, straightforward
    b) < persona> modest, unassuming; <vestido/estilo> simple, plain; <casa/comida> simple, modest

    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras — they are simple, hardworking people

    2) (Esp, Méx) < billete> one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    II
    1) ( disco) single
    2) (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3) (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    * * *
    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, bald, unobtrusive, low-key [low key], uncluttered, unsophisticated, unpretentious, unassuming, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, no-frills, hassle-free.

    Ex: In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.

    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex: There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.
    Ex: The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    * codificación directa de fila sencilla = single row direct coding.
    * de una manera más sencilla = in digestible form.
    * disco sencillo = single.
    * habitación sencilla = single room.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹ejercicio/problema› simple, straightforward
    no era sencillo hacerlos entrar it wasn't easy o it was no simple task getting them in
    2 ‹persona› modest, unassuming; ‹vestido/estilo› simple, plain; ‹casa/comida› simple, modest
    son gentes sencillas y trabajadoras they are simple, hardworking people
    el disco es sencillote y comercial the record is unsophisticated o crude and commercial
    B
    1 ‹flor› single
    2 (único) single
    una escopeta de cañón sencilla a single-barreled gun
    coser con hilo sencillo to sew with single thread
    3 (Esp, Méx) ‹billete› one-way ( AmE), single ( BrE)
    A (disco) single
    B ( AmL) (dinero suelto) change
    C (Esp, Méx) (billete de ida) one-way ticket ( AmE), single ( BrE), single ticket ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    sencillo 1
    ◊ - lla adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹ejercicio/problema› simple, straightforward;



    ‹vestido/estilo› simple, plain;
    ‹casa/comida› simple, modest
    2 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way (AmE), single (BrE)
    sencillo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( disco) single
    2 (AmL) ( dinero suelto) change
    3 (Esp, Méx) (Transp) one-way ticket (AmE), single (ticket) (BrE)
    sencillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (una solución, un problema) simple, easy
    2 (un vestido, diseño) simple, plain
    3 (persona) natural, unassuming
    4 (habitación, billete) single
    II sustantivo masculino (billete, disco) single
    ' sencillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    billete
    - elemental
    - fácil
    - manejo
    - sencilla
    - simple
    - sobria
    - sobrio
    - tirada
    - tirado
    English:
    basic
    - down-home
    - easy
    - neat
    - plain
    - simple
    - single
    - single-space
    - straightforward
    - change
    - fool
    - low
    - painless
    - small
    - straight
    - unaffected
    - unassuming
    - unsophisticated
    * * *
    sencillo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [fácil] simple;
    no fue sencillo convencerla it was not easy to convince her
    2. [sin lujo] [decoración, vestido] simple
    3. [claro, natural] [lenguaje, estilo] simple
    4. [campechano] natural, unaffected;
    es muy sencillo en el trato he's very natural o unaffected
    5. [billete] Br single, US one-way
    6. [no múltiple] single;
    ♦ nm
    1. [disco] single
    2. Andes, CAm, Méx Fam [cambio] loose change
    * * *
    I adj simple;
    gente(s) sencilla(s) simple people
    II m
    1 L.Am.
    small change
    2 en béisbol base hit
    * * *
    sencillo, - lla adj
    1) : simple, easy
    2) : plain, unaffected
    3) : single
    1) : single (recording)
    2) : small change (coins)
    3) : one-way ticket
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > sencillo

  • 37 señalización

    f.
    signposting, signaling, signals, signage.
    * * *
    1 (señales) road signs plural; (de aeropuerto, estación) signposting, signs plural
    2 (colocación) signposting
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) (Aut) signposting, signing (EEUU); (Ferro) signalling, signaling (EEUU)
    2) (=conjunto de señales) [en carretera] road signs pl ; [en edificio] signposting
    * * *
    a) (en carretera, calle) signposting; (en edificio, centro comercial) signs (pl)
    b) (Ferr) signaling*
    * * *
    = marking, signing, signposting, signage, directional signs, signalling [signaling].
    Ex. Marking manuscripts should be undertaken only for security reasons having duly considered the etchical and technical implications of such a course of action.
    Ex. A major aspect in the library interior is the signing.
    Ex. The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.
    Ex. The concept of signage as a system of information graphics is to guide people to an understanding of the physical layout and utilisation of library service.
    Ex. This was demonstrated by the wide use of library literature, subject bibliographies, directional signs, and special reference services.
    Ex. Fireflies are the classic example of organisms that use light signalling for sexual communication.
    ----
    * dispositivo de señalización = pointing device.
    * letrero de señalización = signpost.
    * señalización de carreteras = road signage.
    * señalización de circulación = road signage.
    * señalización del tráfico ferroviario = railway signalling.
    * señalización de tráfico = road signage.
    * señalización vial = road signage.
    * * *
    a) (en carretera, calle) signposting; (en edificio, centro comercial) signs (pl)
    b) (Ferr) signaling*
    * * *
    = marking, signing, signposting, signage, directional signs, signalling [signaling].

    Ex: Marking manuscripts should be undertaken only for security reasons having duly considered the etchical and technical implications of such a course of action.

    Ex: A major aspect in the library interior is the signing.
    Ex: The sequence in the book is chosen for us by the author and we cannot alter it, though we may to a large extent minimize the effect by adequate signposting in the form of indexes and guiding.
    Ex: The concept of signage as a system of information graphics is to guide people to an understanding of the physical layout and utilisation of library service.
    Ex: This was demonstrated by the wide use of library literature, subject bibliographies, directional signs, and special reference services.
    Ex: Fireflies are the classic example of organisms that use light signalling for sexual communication.
    * dispositivo de señalización = pointing device.
    * letrero de señalización = signpost.
    * señalización de carreteras = road signage.
    * señalización de circulación = road signage.
    * señalización del tráfico ferroviario = railway signalling.
    * señalización de tráfico = road signage.
    * señalización vial = road signage.

    * * *
    1 (en una carretera, una calle) signposting; (en un edificio, un centro comercial) signs (pl)
    2 ( Ferr) signaling*
    Compuesto:
    roadsigns (pl)
    * * *

    señalización sustantivo femenino
    a) (en carretera, calle) signposting;

    (en edificio, centro comercial) signs (pl)
    b) (Ferr) signaling( conjugate signaling)

    ' señalización' also found in these entries:
    English:
    marking
    * * *
    1. [conjunto de señales] signs
    señalización vial o viaria road signs
    2. Ferroc signals
    3. [colocación de señales] signposting
    * * *
    f
    1 signposting
    2 ( señales) signs pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > señalización

  • 38 simple

    adj.
    2 simple (sencillo, tonto).
    3 simple, easy.
    es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin
    4 mere (mero).
    por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity
    nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself
    no le pedí más que un simple favor all I asked him for was a favor
    5 prime (Mat).
    f. & m.
    simpleton (person).
    * * *
    1 (gen) simple
    2 (único) single, just one
    3 (mero) mere
    4 (persona) simple, simple-minded
    1 simpleton
    1 (tenis) singles plural
    \
    por simple descuido through sheer carelessness
    * * *
    adj.
    1) mere
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sin adornos) [peinado, objeto] simple; [vestido, decoración] plain
    2) [método] simple, easy, straightforward
    3) [antes de sustantivo] (=mero) mere
    4) [antes de sustantivo] (=corriente) ordinary

    es un simple abogado — he's only o just a solicitor

    5) [persona] (=sin complicaciones) simple; (=crédulo) gullible; pey (=de pocas luces) simple-minded
    6) (Ling, Quím) simple
    7) (Bot) single
    2.
    SMF (=persona) simpleton
    3.
    SMPL pl simples (Tenis) singles; (Bot) simples
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple
    b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple
    c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple
    2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple
    3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
    II
    masculino y femenino simpleton
    * * *
    = mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.
    Ex. Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.
    Ex. The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.
    Ex. The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.
    Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.
    Ex. Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex. Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.
    Ex. Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.
    Ex. Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.
    Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex. Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.
    Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex. It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex. Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    Ex. Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.
    ----
    * a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * de una forma simple = in a simple manner.
    * de una manera simple = in a simple manner.
    * hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.
    * interés simple = simple interest.
    * las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.
    * simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.
    * simple mortal = lesser mortal.
    * simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.
    * tan simple como = with as little ado as.
    * unidad simple = singleton.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple
    b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple
    c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple
    2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple
    3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
    II
    masculino y femenino simpleton
    * * *
    = mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.

    Ex: Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

    Ex: The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.
    Ex: The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.
    Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.
    Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.
    Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.
    Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.
    Ex: Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.
    Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.
    Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex: Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.
    Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.
    Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.
    * a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * de una forma simple = in a simple manner.
    * de una manera simple = in a simple manner.
    * hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.
    * interés simple = simple interest.
    * las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.
    * simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.
    * simple mortal = lesser mortal.
    * simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.
    * tan simple como = with as little ado as.
    * unidad simple = singleton.

    * * *
    A
    1 (sencillo, fácil) ‹sistema/procedimiento› simple
    el mecanismo no puede ser más simple the mechanism couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward
    la solución es muy simple the solution is very simple
    es una dieta simple pero completa it's a simple but complete diet
    2 ( Quím) ‹sustancia› simple
    3 ( Ling) ‹tiempo› simple
    B ( delante del n) (mero) simple
    un simple error puede causar un accidente a simple mistake can cause an accident
    no es más que un simple resfriado it's just a common cold
    era un simple soldado he was an ordinary soldier
    vista2 (↑ vista (2))
    C (tonto, bobo) simple, simple-minded
    es muy simple, pero buena persona he's rather simple o simple-minded, but he's a nice person
    no seas simple ¿no ves que así no haces nada? don't be silly o ( BrE colloq) daft, can't you see you won't get anywhere like that?
    simpleton
    * * *

     

    simple adjetivo
    1 (sencillo, fácil) simple;
    See also→ llanamente
    2 ( delante del n) ( mero) simple;
    ◊ el simple hecho de … the simple fact of …;

    es un simple resfriado it's just a common cold;
    un simple soldado an ordinary soldier
    3 ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    simpleton
    simple
    I adjetivo
    1 (sencillo) simple: estos ejercicios son muy simples, these exercises are very easy
    una cámara de simple manejo, an easy-to-use camera
    2 Ling Quím (no complejo, no compuesto) simple
    oración simple, simple sentence
    3 (mero, tan solo) mere, pure: somos simples espectadores, we are mere observers
    fue simple casualidad, it was pure coincidence
    pey es un simple secretario, he's just a secretary
    4 (cándido, sin malicia) naive, innocent
    pey (tonto) simple-minded, half-witted, foolish
    II m (ingenuo, inocente) innocent, naive person
    pey (simplón, tonto) simpleton, half-wit
    ' simple' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    babosa
    - baboso
    - bendita
    - bendito
    - boba
    - bobalicón
    - bobalicona
    - bobo
    - borrica
    - borrico
    - clavar
    - compuesta
    - compuesto
    - hincapié
    - idea
    - lila
    - llaneza
    - mayoría
    - pánfila
    - pánfilo
    - pardilla
    - pardillo
    - preferir
    - sencilla
    - sencillo
    - simpleza
    - triste
    - vista
    - hechura
    - llanamente
    - mero
    - pretérito
    - puro
    - ya
    English:
    ago
    - arithmetic
    - dowdy
    - gravestone
    - mere
    - naked
    - plain
    - simple
    - simple interest
    - simple-minded
    - simple-mindedness
    - single-spacing
    - basic
    - simply
    - unsophisticated
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sencillo, tonto] simple
    2. [fácil] easy, simple;
    es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin
    3. [sin complicación] simple;
    una decoración simple a simple decoration
    4. [único, sin componentes] single;
    dame una simple razón give me one single reason
    5. [mero]
    es un simple trabajador he's a simple o an ordinary worker;
    no le pedí más que un simple favor I merely asked her a favour;
    nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself;
    por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity
    6. Mat prime
    7. Quím simple
    8. Ling [verbo] simple
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] simpleton
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( fácil) simple
    2 ( mero) ordinary
    II m/f simpleton
    * * *
    simple adj
    1) sencillo: plain, simple, easy
    2) : pure, mere
    por simple vanidad: out of pure vanity
    3) : simpleminded, foolish
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    simple adj
    1. (sencillo) simple
    2. (solamente) just

    Spanish-English dictionary > simple

  • 39 cadena

    f.
    1 chain.
    reacción en cadena chain reaction
    tirar de la cadena to flush the toilet, to pull the chain (de lavabo)
    cadena alimentaria o alimenticia food chain
    cadena hotelera hotel chain
    cadena montañosa mountain range
    cadena perpetua life imprisonment
    cadena de tiendas chain of stores
    2 channel (television).
    ¿en qué cadena dan la película? what channel is the movie on?
    3 line.
    cadena de montaje assembly line
    cadena de producción production line
    4 series, chain.
    5 group, business group.
    6 concatenation, train, catena.
    * * *
    1 (gen) chain; (de perro) leash, lead
    4 (montañosa) range
    5 (musical) music centre (US center)
    6 TELEVISIÓN channel
    7 RADIO chain of stations
    8 figurado (serie) series, sequence
    1 AUTOMÓVIL tyre (US tire) chains
    \
    tirar de la cadena (del wáter) to flush the toilet
    trabajar en cadena to work on the production line
    cadena de fabricación production line
    cadena de montaje assembly line
    cadena montañosa mountain range
    cadena perpetua life imprisonment
    cadena trófica food chain
    reacción en cadena chain reaction
    trabajo en cadena assembly-line work
    * * *
    noun f.
    •
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de eslabones, joyería] chain

    se me salió la cadena de la bici — the chain came off my bike, my bike chain came off

    tirar de la cadena (del wáter) — to flush the toilet, pull the chain

    2) (Radio, TV) (=canal) channel
    3) (Audio)

    cadena musical — music centre, sound system

    4) (Com) [de hoteles, tiendas, restaurantes] chain
    5)
    6) (=sucesión) [de acontecimientos, átomos] chain; [de atentados] string, series

    en cadena: colisión en cadena — multiple collision, (multiple) pile-up

    cadena de caracteres — (Inform) character string

    7)

    cadena perpetua — (Jur) life imprisonment, life

    8) pl cadenas (Aut) tyre o (EEUU) tire chains
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de eslabones) chain

    es necesario el uso de cadenas — (Auto) (snow) chains should be used

    b) ( del wáter) chain
    2)
    a) (de hechos, fenómenos) chain
    b) (Geog) tb

    cadena montañosa or de montañas — mountain range, chain of mountains

    c) (Inf) string
    3) (Com) chain
    4) (TV) channel
    5) (Audio) tb
    * * *
    = chain, string, chain.
    Ex. Pre-co-ordinate indexing is conventional indexing of the type commonly found in printed indexes, where a document is represented in the index by a heading or headings consisting of a chain of terms.
    Ex. Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.
    Ex. The author describes various insignia (seals, maces, medals and chains) used by Zagreb University in the 19th and 20th cs.
    ----
    * atar con cadenas = chain.
    * cadena alimenticia = food chain.
    * cadena comercial = shop chain.
    * cadena de caracteres = character string.
    * cadena de comercios = retail chain.
    * cadena de conceptos = chain.
    * cadena de distribución = timing chain.
    * cadena de fabricación = production line.
    * cadena de hoteles = hotel chain, hotel chain, hotel chain.
    * cadena de impresión = print chain.
    * cadena de indización = index string, indexing string.
    * cadena de la comercialización = value chain.
    * cadena de la información = information chain, the, information provision chain, the.
    * cadena del enfriamiento, la = cold chain, the.
    * cadena de(l) frío, la = cold chain, the.
    * cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.
    * cadena de llavero = key chain.
    * cadena del libro, la = book chain, the.
    * cadena de mando = chain of command, line of command, scalar chain of authority, scalar chain of command, scalar chain.
    * cadena de montaje = assembly line.
    * cadena de montañas = mountain range.
    * cadena de música = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * cadena de órdenes = command chain.
    * cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.
    * cadena de producción = production chain, production line.
    * cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.
    * cadena de reloj = fob.
    * cadena de restaurantes = restaurant chain.
    * cadena de supermercados = superstore chain, supermarket chain, discount store.
    * cadena de texto = text string.
    * cadena de tiendas = discount store.
    * cadena de tracción = chaindrive.
    * cadena de valores = value chain.
    * cadena documental, la = information chain, the.
    * cadena jerárquica = hierarchy.
    * cadena musical = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * cadena perpetua = life imprisonment.
    * choque en cadena = pile-up.
    * colisión en cadena = pile-up.
    * condena a cadena perpetua = life term, life sentence.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * estafa de la venta en cadena = pyramid scam.
    * fabricado en cadena = manufactured.
    * grilletes y cadenas = balls and chains.
    * indización en cadena = chain indexing.
    * indizar en cadena = chain index.
    * método de indización en cadena = chain procedure.
    * penado con la cadena perpetua = punishable by life, punishable by life imprisonment.
    * preso condenado a cadena perpetua = lifer.
    * reacción en cadena = chain reaction, knock-on effect.
    * reacción nuclear en cadena = nuclear chain reaction.
    * romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.
    * tienda de una cadena = chain store.
    * tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.
    * una cadena de = a necklace of.
    * una cadena de + Montañas = a range of + Montañas.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de eslabones) chain

    es necesario el uso de cadenas — (Auto) (snow) chains should be used

    b) ( del wáter) chain
    2)
    a) (de hechos, fenómenos) chain
    b) (Geog) tb

    cadena montañosa or de montañas — mountain range, chain of mountains

    c) (Inf) string
    3) (Com) chain
    4) (TV) channel
    5) (Audio) tb
    * * *
    = chain, string, chain.

    Ex: Pre-co-ordinate indexing is conventional indexing of the type commonly found in printed indexes, where a document is represented in the index by a heading or headings consisting of a chain of terms.

    Ex: Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.
    Ex: The author describes various insignia (seals, maces, medals and chains) used by Zagreb University in the 19th and 20th cs.
    * atar con cadenas = chain.
    * cadena alimenticia = food chain.
    * cadena comercial = shop chain.
    * cadena de caracteres = character string.
    * cadena de comercios = retail chain.
    * cadena de conceptos = chain.
    * cadena de distribución = timing chain.
    * cadena de fabricación = production line.
    * cadena de hoteles = hotel chain, hotel chain, hotel chain.
    * cadena de impresión = print chain.
    * cadena de indización = index string, indexing string.
    * cadena de la comercialización = value chain.
    * cadena de la información = information chain, the, information provision chain, the.
    * cadena del enfriamiento, la = cold chain, the.
    * cadena de(l) frío, la = cold chain, the.
    * cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.
    * cadena de llavero = key chain.
    * cadena del libro, la = book chain, the.
    * cadena de mando = chain of command, line of command, scalar chain of authority, scalar chain of command, scalar chain.
    * cadena de montaje = assembly line.
    * cadena de montañas = mountain range.
    * cadena de música = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * cadena de órdenes = command chain.
    * cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.
    * cadena de producción = production chain, production line.
    * cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.
    * cadena de reloj = fob.
    * cadena de restaurantes = restaurant chain.
    * cadena de supermercados = superstore chain, supermarket chain, discount store.
    * cadena de texto = text string.
    * cadena de tiendas = discount store.
    * cadena de tracción = chaindrive.
    * cadena de valores = value chain.
    * cadena documental, la = information chain, the.
    * cadena jerárquica = hierarchy.
    * cadena musical = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * cadena perpetua = life imprisonment.
    * choque en cadena = pile-up.
    * colisión en cadena = pile-up.
    * condena a cadena perpetua = life term, life sentence.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * estafa de la venta en cadena = pyramid scam.
    * fabricado en cadena = manufactured.
    * grilletes y cadenas = balls and chains.
    * indización en cadena = chain indexing.
    * indizar en cadena = chain index.
    * método de indización en cadena = chain procedure.
    * penado con la cadena perpetua = punishable by life, punishable by life imprisonment.
    * preso condenado a cadena perpetua = lifer.
    * reacción en cadena = chain reaction, knock-on effect.
    * reacción nuclear en cadena = nuclear chain reaction.
    * romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.
    * tienda de una cadena = chain store.
    * tirar de la cadena = flush + the toilet.
    * una cadena de = a necklace of.
    * una cadena de + Montañas = a range of + Montañas.

    * * *
    cadena Cadena SER (↑ cadena a1)
    A
    una cadena de oro a gold chain
    me olvidé de echar or poner la cadena I forgot to put the chain on (the door)
    los prisioneros iban atados con cadenas the prisoners were chained up
    cuando el pueblo rompa las cadenas when the people throw off their chains
    es necesario el uso de cadenas ( Auto) (snow) chains should be used
    una cadena humana a human chain
    2 (del wáter) chain
    tirar de or ( Col) soltar la cadena to pull the chain, flush the toilet
    3 (de cartas) chain
    Compuestos:
    bicycle lock
    ( Auto) chain drive, timing chain
    safety chain
    drive chain
    life imprisonment
    fue condenado a cadena perpetua he was sentenced to life imprisonment, he was given a life sentence
    endless chain
    B
    1 (de hechos, fenómenos) chain
    una larga cadena de atentados a long series of attacks
    una colisión en cadena a (multiple) pile-up
    trabajo en cadena assembly-line work
    producción en cadena mass production
    transmisión en cadena ( Rad, TV) simultaneous transmission o broadcast
    2 ( Geog) tb
    cadena montañosa or de montañas mountain range, chain of mountains
    3 ( Inf) string
    4 (figura de baile) grand chain
    Compuestos:
    ● cadena alimentaria or alimenticia
    food chain
    ● cadena de fabricación or producción
    production line
    chain of command
    ● cadena de montaje or ( Méx) de ensamblaje
    assembly line
    chain of speech
    food chain
    C ( Com) chain
    una cadena de supermercados a chain of supermarkets
    cadena hotelera hotel chain
    Compuestos:
    distribution chain
    supply chain
    D (TV) channel
    E ( Audio)
    tb cadena de sonido stack system
    F (carta) chain letter
    * * *

     

    cadena sustantivo femenino
    1

    ( para la nieve) (snow) chain;

    cadena perpetua life imprisonment


    2
    a) (de hechos, fenómenos) chain;


    cadena de fabricación or producción production line;
    cadena de montañas mountain range o chain;
    en cadena ‹ transmisión› simultaneous;
    una choque en cadena a pileup
    b) (de hoteles, supermercados) chain;


    3 (TV) channel
    cadena sustantivo femenino
    1 chain
    2 (de una mascota, etc) lead, leash
    3 TV channel
    4 (de trabajo) line
    5 Com (red de establecimientos) chain
    6 cadena de montaje, assembly line
    cadena de música, hi-fi system
    Geography cadena montañosa, mountain range
    Jur cadena perpetua, life imprisonment
    7 cadenas pl, Auto tyre o US tire chains
    ♦ Locuciones: accidente en cadena, pile-up
    reacción en cadena, chain reaction
    ' cadena' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amuleto
    - choque
    - conmutar
    - eslabón
    - perpetua
    - perpetuo
    - reacción
    - sierra
    - tener
    - colisión
    - enganchar
    - enrollar
    - fabricar
    - montañoso
    - producción
    - tirar
    - tirón
    English:
    assembly line
    - chain
    - chain letter
    - chain store
    - channel
    - dangle
    - flush
    - food chain
    - gold
    - imprisonment
    - life sentence
    - mountain range
    - of
    - production line
    - range
    - rattle
    - ridge
    - wireless station
    - assembly
    - hook
    - life
    - network
    - production
    - sentence
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [de eslabones, piezas] chain;
    una cadena de oro/de plata a gold/silver chain;
    Aut
    cadenas [para el hielo] (tyre) chains, snow chains;
    Fig
    rompió sus cadenas he broke out of his chains
    cadena alimentaria food chain;
    cadena alimenticia food chain;
    cadena antirrobo anti-theft chain;
    cadena humana human chain;
    Fisiol cadena respiratoria respiratory chain; Biol cadena trófica food chain
    2. [de lavabo] chain;
    tirar de la cadena to pull the chain, to flush the toilet
    3. [de establecimientos] chain
    cadena hotelera hotel chain;
    cadena de supermercados supermarket chain;
    cadena de tiendas chain of stores
    4. [de emisoras] network
    cadena radiofónica radio station;
    cadena de televisión television channel;
    cadena televisiva television channel
    5. [canal televisivo] channel;
    ¿en qué cadena dan la película? what channel is the movie on?
    6. [de montañas] range
    cadena de montañas mountain range;
    cadena montañosa mountain range
    7. [de proceso industrial] line
    Méx cadena de ensamblaje assembly line;
    cadena de montaje assembly line;
    cadena de producción production line
    8. Informát string
    cadena de bits bit chain;
    cadena de caracteres character string;
    cadena SCSI SCSI chain
    9. Quím chain
    10. [de presidiarios] chain gang
    11. [musical]
    cadena (de música o [m5] musical) sound system
    12. Ling string
    13. cadena perpetua life imprisonment;
    condenar a alguien a cadena perpetua to sentence sb to life imprisonment
    ♦ en cadena loc adj
    reacción en cadena chain reaction;
    trabajo en cadena assembly-line working
    * * *
    f
    1 chain;
    cadena humana human chain;
    cadena de tiendas chain of stores;
    cadena hotelera hotel chain
    2 de perro leash, Br tb
    lead
    3 TV channel
    4
    :
    cadenas pl AUTO snow chains
    * * *
    cadena nf
    1) : chain
    2) : network, channel
    3)
    cadena de montaje : assembly line
    4)
    cadena perpetua : life sentence
    * * *
    1. (en general) chain
    2. (de televisión) channel
    3. (de radio) station

    Spanish-English dictionary > cadena

  • 40 separación

    f.
    1 separation, distance, span, stretch.
    2 separation, division, isolation, divorcement.
    3 separation, dissociation, break-up, breakup.
    4 separation, disunion, estrangement.
    5 partition.
    6 abrus, dissepiment.
    * * *
    1 separation
    2 (espacio) space, gap
    \
    separación matrimonial / separación conyugal legal separation
    * * *
    noun f.
    3) gap
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=división) division
    2) [entre cónyuges, amigos] separation

    separación legal, separación matrimonial — legal separation

    3) (=distancia) gap, space
    4) [de un cargo] removal, dismissal

    tras su separación del cargo — after his removal o dismissal from the post

    separación del servicio — (Mil) discharge

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( división) division

    mamparas de separación — dividing o partition screens

    b) ( espacio) space, gap
    2)
    a) ( ausencia)
    b) ( del matrimonio) separation
    3) (frml) ( de un cargo) dismissal
    * * *
    = departure, displacement, divide, split, disjunction, segregation, separation, shift away from, breakup [break-up], splitting, severance, dismemberment, detachment, balkanization.
    Ex. Accounting for his departures from Panizzi's rules, Jewett explained that some of them 'conform more to rules advocated by Mr. Panizzi than to those finally sanctioned by the Trustees of the Museum'.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex. The information note may consist of a brief history of a corporate body, highlighting changes in the body's name, mergers with other bodies, splits within or between bodies, etc.
    Ex. Digital technology has ushered us into a ceaseless spiral of change which represents, not so much an evolution, but a formidable disjunction with the analog world.
    Ex. The argument advanced for this segregation is that it facilitates a search for a title, especially when the author is not known.
    Ex. This wide separation of related subject areas is one of the major criticisms of the Dewey scheme.
    Ex. This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.
    Ex. This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex. The most obvious threat is the splitting of the media sector into separate information and entertainment sectors.
    Ex. Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.
    Ex. This dismemberment of the whole educational process is akin to isolating the atom; in so doing, the true state of the atom is altered.
    Ex. This is the method used in the detachment of graphic art items form albums.
    Ex. This shifts in emphasis mirror the general balkanization of modern American society.
    ----
    * carácter de separación = delimiter, separating character.
    * con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].
    * separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * separación de los continentes = continental breakup.
    * separación de servicios = unbundling.
    * separación legal = separation from bed and board, a mensa et thoro.
    * separación mediante papel = paper splitting.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( división) division

    mamparas de separación — dividing o partition screens

    b) ( espacio) space, gap
    2)
    a) ( ausencia)
    b) ( del matrimonio) separation
    3) (frml) ( de un cargo) dismissal
    * * *
    = departure, displacement, divide, split, disjunction, segregation, separation, shift away from, breakup [break-up], splitting, severance, dismemberment, detachment, balkanization.

    Ex: Accounting for his departures from Panizzi's rules, Jewett explained that some of them 'conform more to rules advocated by Mr. Panizzi than to those finally sanctioned by the Trustees of the Museum'.

    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex: Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex: The information note may consist of a brief history of a corporate body, highlighting changes in the body's name, mergers with other bodies, splits within or between bodies, etc.
    Ex: Digital technology has ushered us into a ceaseless spiral of change which represents, not so much an evolution, but a formidable disjunction with the analog world.
    Ex: The argument advanced for this segregation is that it facilitates a search for a title, especially when the author is not known.
    Ex: This wide separation of related subject areas is one of the major criticisms of the Dewey scheme.
    Ex: This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.
    Ex: This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex: The most obvious threat is the splitting of the media sector into separate information and entertainment sectors.
    Ex: Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.
    Ex: This dismemberment of the whole educational process is akin to isolating the atom; in so doing, the true state of the atom is altered.
    Ex: This is the method used in the detachment of graphic art items form albums.
    Ex: This shifts in emphasis mirror the general balkanization of modern American society.
    * carácter de separación = delimiter, separating character.
    * con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].
    * separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * separación de los continentes = continental breakup.
    * separación de servicios = unbundling.
    * separación legal = separation from bed and board, a mensa et thoro.
    * separación mediante papel = paper splitting.

    * * *
    A
    1 (división) division
    el río sirve de separación entre las dos fincas the river marks the division between the two estates
    mamparas de separación dividing o partition screens
    la separación de palabras por sílabas the division of words into syllables
    la separación de la Iglesia y del Estado the separation of the Church and the State
    2 (distancia, espacio) space, gap
    Compuesto:
    separation of powers
    B
    1
    (ausencia): se reunieron después de dos meses de separación they met up again after not seeing each other o after being apart for two months o after a two-month period of separation
    2 (del matrimonio) separation
    están tramitando la separación (matrimonial) they are negotiating the separation
    Compuestos:
    division o separation of property
    legal separation
    C (de un cargo) dismissal
    la junta directiva decidió su separación del cargo the board of directors decided to dismiss him from the post
    * * *

    separación sustantivo femenino
    1



    2 ( del matrimonio) separation
    separación sustantivo femenino
    1 separation
    2 (distancia, espacio) space
    una separación de dos centímetros, a gap of two centimeters
    ' separación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    llevar
    - segregación
    - doloroso
    English:
    apart
    - off
    - parting
    - separation
    - sequence
    - break
    - split
    - wrench
    * * *
    1. [de elementos] separation;
    es conveniente la separación entre el poder judicial y el ejecutivo it's best for the judiciary to be independent from the government
    Imprenta separación de colores colour separation;
    separación de poderes separation o division of powers
    2. [en el tiempo] separation;
    se reunieron tras una separación de tres meses they were reunited after a three month separation;
    se le hizo muy difícil la separación de su compañera durante tanto tiempo he found it very hard being apart from his partner for so long
    3. [matrimonial] separation
    Der separación de bienes separate estates [in matrimony];
    4. [distancia] space, distance;
    deja más separación entre los coches leave more space between the cars;
    hay demasiada separación entre las plantas the plants are too far apart
    5. [de cargo] dismissal;
    fue anunciada su separación del cargo de presidente his removal from presidential office was announced
    * * *
    f separation
    * * *
    1) : separation, division
    2) : gap, space
    * * *
    1. (en general) separation
    tras la separación, él se fue a vivir con sus padres after the separation, he went to live with his parents
    2. (espacio) gap

    Spanish-English dictionary > separación

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