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81 Clarke, Arthur Charles
[br]b. 16 December 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England[br]English writer of science fiction who correctly predicted the use of geo-stationary earth satellites for worldwide communications.[br]Whilst still at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, Clarke became interested in both space science and science fiction. Unable to afford a scientific education at the time (he later obtained a BSc at King's College, London), he pursued both interests in his spare time while working in the Government Exchequer and Audit Department between 1936 and 1941. He was a founder member of the British Interplanetary Society, subsequently serving as its Chairman in 1946–7 and 1950–3. From 1941 to 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force, becoming a technical officer in the first GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar unit. There he began to produce the first of many science-fiction stories. In 1949–50 he was an assistant editor of Science Abstracts at the Institution of Electrical Engineers.As a result of his two interests, he realized during the Second World War that an artificial earth satellite in an equatorial orbital with a radius of 35,000 km (22,000 miles) would appear to be stationary, and that three such geo-stationary, or synchronous, satellites could be used for worldwide broadcast or communications. He described these ideas in a paper published in Wireless World in 1945. Initially there was little response, but within a few years the idea was taken up by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in 1965 the first synchronous satellite, Early Bird, was launched into orbit.In the 1950s he moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to pursue an interest in underwater exploration, but he continued to write science fiction, being known in particular for his contribution to the making of the classic Stanley Kubrick science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on his book of the same title.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsClarke received many honours for both his scientific and science-fiction writings. For his satellite communication ideas his awards include the Franklin Institute Gold Medal 1963 and Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1976. For his science-fiction writing he received the UNESCO Kalinga Prize (1961) and many others. In 1979 he became Chancellor of Moratuwa University in Sri Lanka and in 1980 Vikran Scrabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory of the University of Ahmedabad.Bibliography1945. "Extra-terrestrial relays: can rocket stations give world wide coverage?", Wireless World L1: 305 (puts forward his ideas for geo-stationary communication satellites).1946. "Astronomical radar: some future possibilities", Wireless World 52:321.1948, "Electronics and space flight", Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 7:49. Other publications, mainly science-fiction novels, include: 1955, Earthlight, 1956, TheCoast of Coral; 1958, Voice Across the Sea; 1961, Fall of Moondust; 1965, Voicesfrom the Sky, 1977, The View from Serendip; 1979, Fountain of Paradise; 1984, Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography, and 1984, 2010: Odyssey Two (a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey that was also made into a film).Further Reading1986, Encyclopaedia Britannica.1991, Who's Who, London: A. \& C.Black.See also: Pierce, John RobinsonKF -
82 Field, Cyrus West
SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications[br]b. 30 November 1819 Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USAd. 12 July 1892 New York City, New York, USA[br]American financier and entrepreneur noted for his successful promotion of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.[br]At the age of 15 Field left home to seek his fortune in New York, starting work on Broadway as an errand boy for $1 per week. Returning to Massachusetts, in 1838 he became an assistant to his brother Matthew, a paper-maker, leaving to set up his own business two years later. By the age of 21 he was also a partner in a New York firm of paper wholesalers, but this firm collapsed because of large debts. Out of the wreckage he set up Cyrus W.Field \& Co., and by 1852 he had paid off all the debts. With $250,000 in the bank he therefore retired and travelled in South America. Returning to the USA, he then became involved with the construction of a telegraph line in Newfoundland by an English engineer, F.N. Osborne. Although the company collapsed, he had been fired by the dream of a transatlantic cable and in 1854 was one of the founders of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company. He began to promote surveys and hold discussions with British telegraph pioneers and with Isambard Brunel, who was then building the Great Eastern steamship. In 1856 he helped to set up the Atlantic Telegraph Company in Britain and, as a result of his efforts and those of the British physicist and inventor Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), work began in 1857 on the laying of the first transatlantic cable from Newfoundland to Ireland. After many tribulations the cable was completed on 5 August 1857, but it failed after barely a month. Following several unsuccessful attempts to repair and replace it, the cable was finally completed on 27 July 1866. Building upon his success, Field expanded his business interests. In 1877 he bought a controlling interest in and was President of the New York Elevated Railroad Company. He also helped develop the Wabash Railroad and became owner of the New York Mail and Express newspaper; however, he subsequently suffered large financial losses.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCongressional Gold Medal.Further ReadingA.C.Clarke, 1958, Voice Across the Sea, London: Frederick Muller (describes the development of the transatlantic telegraph).H.M.Field, 1893, Story of the Atlantic Telegraph (also describes the transatlantic telegraph development).L.J.Judson (ed.), 1893, Cyrus W.Field: His Life and Work (a complete biography).KF -
83 Paul, Robert William
[br]b. 3 October 1869 Highbury, London, Englandd. 28 March 1943 London, England[br]English scientific instrument maker, inventor of the Unipivot electrical measuring instrument, and pioneer of cinematography.[br]Paul was educated at the City of London School and Finsbury Technical College. He worked first for a short time in the Bell Telephone Works in Antwerp, Belgium, and then in the electrical instrument shop of Elliott Brothers in the Strand until 1891, when he opened an instrument-making business at 44 Hatton Garden, London. He specialized in the design and manufacture of electrical instruments, including the Ayrton Mather galvanometer. In 1902, with a purpose-built factory, he began large batch production of his instruments. He also opened a factory in New York, where uncalibrated instruments from England were calibrated for American customers. In 1903 Paul introduced the Unipivot galvanometer, in which the coil was supported at the centre of gravity of the moving system on a single pivot. The pivotal friction was less than in a conventional instrument and could be used without accurate levelling, the sensitivity being far beyond that of any pivoted galvanometer then in existence.In 1894 Paul was asked by two entrepreneurs to make copies of Edison's kinetoscope, the pioneering peep-show moving-picture viewer, which had just arrived in London. Discovering that Edison had omitted to patent the machine in England, and observing that there was considerable demand for the machine from show-people, he began production, making six before the end of the year. Altogether, he made about sixty-six units, some of which were exported. Although Edison's machine was not patented, his films were certainly copyrighted, so Paul now needed a cinematographic camera to make new subjects for his customers. Early in 1895 he came into contact with Birt Acres, who was also working on the design of a movie camera. Acres's design was somewhat impractical, but Paul constructed a working model with which Acres filmed the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on 30 March, and the Derby at Epsom on 29 May. Paul was unhappy with the inefficient design, and developed a new intermittent mechanism based on the principle of the Maltese cross. Despite having signed a ten-year agreement with Paul, Acres split with him on 12 July 1895, after having unilaterally patented their original camera design on 27 May. By the early weeks of 1896, Paul had developed a projector mechanism that also used the Maltese cross and which he demonstrated at the Finsbury Technical College on 20 February 1896. His Theatrograph was intended for sale, and was shown in a number of venues in London during March, notably at the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square. There the renamed Animatographe was used to show, among other subjects, the Derby of 1896, which was won by the Prince of Wales's horse "Persimmon" and the film of which was shown the next day to enthusiastic crowds. The production of films turned out to be quite profitable: in the first year of the business, from March 1896, Paul made a net profit of £12,838 on a capital outlay of about £1,000. By the end of the year there were at least five shows running in London that were using Paul's projectors and screening films made by him or his staff.Paul played a major part in establishing the film business in England through his readiness to sell apparatus at a time when most of his rivals reserved their equipment for sole exploitation. He went on to become a leading producer of films, specializing in trick effects, many of which he pioneered. He was affectionately known in the trade as "Daddy Paul", truly considered to be the "father" of the British film industry. He continued to appreciate fully the possibilities of cinematography for scientific work, and in collaboration with Professor Silvanus P.Thompson films were made to illustrate various phenomena to students.Paul ended his involvement with film making in 1910 to concentrate on his instrument business; on his retirement in 1920, this was amalgamated with the Cambridge Instrument Company. In his will he left shares valued at over £100,000 to form the R.W.Paul Instrument Fund, to be administered by the Institution of Electrical Engineers, of which he had been a member since 1887. The fund was to provide instruments of an unusual nature to assist physical research.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFellow of the Physical Society 1920. Institution of Electrical Engineers Duddell Medal 1938.Bibliography17 March 1903, British patent no. 6,113 (the Unipivot instrument).1931, "Some electrical instruments at the Faraday Centenary Exhibition 1931", Journal of Scientific Instruments 8:337–48.Further ReadingObituary, 1943, Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers 90(1):540–1. P.Dunsheath, 1962, A History of Electrical Engineering, London: Faber \& Faber, pp.308–9 (for a brief account of the Unipivot instrument).John Barnes, 1976, The Beginnings of Cinema in Britain, London. Brian Coe, 1981, The History of Movie Photography, London.BC / GW -
84 ABC
[lang name="English"]ABC, advanced basing concept————————[lang name="English"]ABC, advanced biomedical capsule————————[lang name="English"]ABC, Air Bridge to Canada"воздушный мост" в Канаду————————[lang name="English"]ABC, air bubble craftкорабль на подводных крыльях, КПК————————[lang name="English"]ABC, airborne cigarразг "воздушная сигара" (передатчик помех в сигарообразном подвесном контейнере)————————[lang name="English"]ABC, Airborne Command————————[lang name="English"]ABC, airborne control————————[lang name="English"]ABC, Allied Baltic Command————————[lang name="English"]ABC, American-British-Canadian————————[lang name="English"]ABC, assistant beach commander————————[lang name="English"]ABC, atomic, biological and chemical (weapon)ядерное, биологическое и химическое оружие, оружие массового поражения, ОМПEnglish-Russian dictionary of planing, cross-planing and slotting machines > ABC
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85 Biro, Laszlo Joszef (Ladislao José)
SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing[br]b. 29 September 1899 Budapest, Hungaryd. 24 October 1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina[br]Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint pen.[br]Details of Biro's early life are obscure, but by 1939 he had been active as a painter, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and an inventor, patenting over thirty minor inventions. During the 1930s he edited a cultural magazine and noticed in the printing shop the advantages of quick-drying ink. He began experimenting with crude ballpoint pens. The idea was not new, for an American, John Loud, had patented a cumbersome form of pen for marking rough surfaces in 1888; it had failed commercially. Biro and his brother Georg patented a ballpoint pen in 1938, although they had not yet perfected a suitable ink or a reservoir to hold it.In 1940 Biro fled the Nazi occupation of Hungary and settled in Argentina. Two years later, he had developed his pen to the point where he could seek backers for a company to exploit it commercially. His principal backer appears to have been an English accountant, Henry George Martin. In 1944 Martin offered the invention to the US Army Air Force and the British Royal Air Force to overcome the problems aircrews were experiencing at high altitudes with leaking fountain pens. Some 10,000 ballpoints were made for the RAF. Licences were granted in the USA for the manufacture of the "biro", and in 1944 the Miles-Martin Pen Company was formed in Britain and began making them on a large scale at a factory near Reading, Berkshire; by 1951 its workforce had grown to over 1,000. Other companies followed suit; by varying details of the pen, they avoided infringing the original patents. One such entrepreneur, Miles Reynolds, was the first to put the pen on sale to the public in New York; it is reputed that 10,000 were sold on the first day.Biro had little taste for commercial exploitation, and by 1947 he had withdrawn from the Argentine company, mainly to resume his painting, in the surrealist style. Examples of his work are exhibited in the Fine Arts Museum in Budapest. He created an instrument that had a greater impact on written communication than any other single invention.[br]Further Reading"Nachruf: Ladislao José Biro (1899–1985)", HistorischeBurowelt (1988) 21:5–8 (with English summary).J.Jewkes, The Sources of Invention, pp. 234–5.LRDBiographical history of technology > Biro, Laszlo Joszef (Ladislao José)
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86 Daft, Leo
[br]b. 13 November 1843 Birmingham, Englandd. 28 March 1922[br]English electrical engineer, pioneer of electric-power generation and electric railways in the USA.[br]Leo Daft, son of a British civil engineer, studied electricity and emigrated to the USA in 1866. After various occupations including running a photographic studio, he joined in 1879 the New York Electric Light Company, which was soon merged into the Daft Electric Company. This company developed electrically powered machinery and built electric-power plants. In 1883 Daft built an electric locomotive called Ampere for the Saratoga \& Mount McGregor Railroad. This is said to have been the first electric main-line locomotive for standard gauge. It collected current from a central rail, had an output of 12 hp (9 kW) and hauled 10 tons at speeds up to 9 mph (14.5 km/h). Two years later Daft made a much improved locomotive for the New York Elevated Railway, the Benjamin Franklin, which drew current at 250 volts from a central rail and had two 48 in. (122 cm)-diameter driving wheels and two 33 in. (84 cm)-diameter trailing wheels. Re-equipped in 1888 with four driving wheels and a 125 hp (93 kW) motor, this could haul an eight-car train at 10 mph (16 km/h). Meanwhile, in 1884, Daft's company had manufactured all the electrical apparatus for the Massachusetts Electric Power Company, the first instance of a complete central station to generate and distribute electricity for power on a commercial scale. In 1885 it electrified a branch of the Baltimore Union Passenger Railway, the first electrically operated railway in the USA. Subsequently Daft invented a process for vulcanizing rubber onto metal that came into general use. He never became an American citizen.[br]Further ReadingDictionary of American Biography.F.J.G.Haut, 1969, The History of the Electric Locomotive, London: George Allen \& Unwin.See also: Siemens, Dr Ernst Werner vonPJGR -
87 Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 28 August 1919 Newark, Nottinghamshire, England[br]English scientist, inventor and developer of computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanning technique of radiographic examination.[br]After an education in Newark and London in radiocommunications and radar, Hounsfield volunteered and served in the RAF during 1939–45. He was a lecturer at Cranwell Radar School from c.1942 to 1945. From 1947 to 1951 he undertook further study in electrical and mechanical engineering, and in 1951 he joined Electrical and Musical Instruments (EMI) Ltd, where he led the design team for the first British all-transistor computer (EMIDEC, 1959). In 1969–72 he invented and developed the EMI computerized transverse axial tomography scanner system of X-ray examination; this, while applicable to other areas of the body, particularly permitted the elimination of difficulties presented since the earliest days of X-ray examination in the examination of the cranial contents.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1981. CBE 1976. FRS 1975. Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology (jointly with A.M.Cormack) 1979.Bibliography1973, "Computerized transverse axial scanning (Tomography)", British Journal of Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology.MGBiographical history of technology > Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold
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88 Weston, Edward
SUBJECT AREA: Electricity[br]b. 9 May 1850 Oswestry, Englandd. 20 August 1936 Montclair, New Jersey, USA[br]English (naturalized American) inventor noted for his contribution to the technology of electrical measurements.[br]Although he developed dynamos for electroplating and lighting, Weston's major contribution to technology was his invention of a moving-coil voltmeter and the standard cell which bears his name. After some years as a medical student, during which he gained a knowledge of chemistry, he abandoned his studies. Emigrating to New York in 1870, he was employed by a manufacturer of photographic chemicals. There followed a period with an electroplating company during which he built his first dynamo. In 1877 some business associates financed a company to build these machines and, later, arc-lighting equipment. By 1882 the Weston Company had been absorbed into the United States Electric Lighting Company, which had a counterpart in Britain, the Maxim Weston Company. By the time Weston resigned from the company, in 1886, he had been granted 186 patents. He then began the work in which he made his greatest contribution, the science of electrical measurement.The Weston meter, the first successful portable measuring instrument with a pivoted coil, was made in 1886. By careful arrangement of the magnet, coil and control springs, he achieved a design with a well-damped movement, which retained its calibration. These instruments were produced commercially on a large scale and the moving-coil principle was soon adopted by many manufacturers. In 1892 he invented manganin, an alloy with a small negative temperature coefficient, for use as resistances in his voltmeters.The Weston standard cell was invented in 1892. Using his chemical knowledge he produced a cell, based on mercury and cadmium, which replaced the Clark cell as a voltage reference source. The Weston cell became the recognized standard at the International Conference on Electrical Units and Standards held in London in 1908.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, AIEE 1888–9. Franklin Institute Elliott Cresson Medal 1910, Franklin medal 1924.Bibliography29 April 1890, British patent no. 6,569 (the Weston moving-coil instrument). 6 February 1892, British patent no. 22,482 (the Weston standard cell).Further ReadingD.O.Woodbury, 1949, A Measure of Greatness. A Short Biography of Edward Weston, New York (a detailed account).C.N.Brown, 1988, in Proceedings of the Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering, IEE, 17–21 (describes Weston's meter).H.C.Passer, 1953, The Electrical Manufacturers: 1875–1900, Cambridge, Mass.GW -
89 country
plural - countries; noun1) (any of the nations of the world; the land occupied by a nation: Canada is a larger country than Spain.)2) (the people of a country: The whole country is in agreement with your views.)3) ((usually with the) districts where there are fields, moors etc as opposed to towns and areas with many buildings: a quiet holiday in the country; ( also adjective) country districts.)4) (an area or stretch of land: hilly country.)•- countryman
- countryside* * *I [kʌntri]noundežela, domovina, pokrajina; podeželje, vasfiguratively področje; parliament British English to appeal to the country — razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve; British English parliament raziti sein the country — na deželi, na vasiAmerican God's own country — ZDAII [kʌntri]adjectivepodeželski, pokrajinski; domovinskicountry cousin humorously podeželan, ki je ves zgubljen v mestnem vrvežu -
90 hot
[hot]1) (having or causing a great deal of heat: a hot oven; That water is hot.) vroč2) (very warm: a hot day; Running makes me feel hot.) vroč3) ((of food) having a sharp, burning taste: a hot curry.) pekoč4) (easily made angry: a hot temper.) vroč5) (recent; fresh: hot news.) svež•- hotly- hot air
- hot-blooded
- hot dog
- hotfoot
- hothead
- hotheaded
- hothouse
- hot-plate
- be in
- get into hot water
- hot up
- in hot pursuit
- like hot cakes* * *I [hɔt]adjective ( hotly adverb)vroč; oster, pekoč, začinjen (jed); razgret, razvnet, strasten; figuratively oster, živ, kričeč (barva); razburjen, jezen; pohoten, vročekrven, ki se goni (žival); najnovejši (novica), svež (sled); slang odličen, izvrsten; opolzek (npr. gledališka igra); colloquially nevaren, neprijeten; American slang ukraden ali pretihotapljen; zasledovan (policijsko); radioaktiven; electrical pod električno napetostjo (žica); music ognjevit, hiterhot and hot — zelo vroč, naravnost s štedilnikalike a cat on hot bricks — nestrpen, kakor na trnjuin hot blood — v afektu, v hudem razburjenjuto be hot for ( —ali on) — biti zagledan v kaj, goreče kaj želeticolloquially hot under the collar — besen, razjarjento drop s.th. like a hot potato — naglo kaj izpustitia hot favourite — velik favorit, verjeten zmagovalecto get into hot water with s.o. — imeti s kom opravkafiguratively hot water — nesreča, težava, škripecto get hot over s.th. — razburiti se, razvneti seyou are getting hot — si blizu cilja, "vroče" (v igri)to make it hot for s.o. — podkuriti komuto strike while the iron is hot — kovati železo, dokler je vročeslang hot stuff — odličen, izvrsten, primahot on the track of — na sveži sledi, za petamihot temper — ognjevit temperament, vročekrvnostII [hɔt]adverbvroče, silno, močnoto give it s.o. hot — strogo koga kaznovati ali ozmerjatiIII [hɔt]transitive verb(zlasti British English) pogreti; American slang pognati v tek -
91 hump
1. noun1) (a large lump on the back of an animal, person etc: a camel's hump.) grba2) (part of a road etc which rises and falls in the shape of a hump.) grbina•- humpback2. adjective(rising and falling in the shape of a hump: a humpback bridge.) grebenast* * *I [hʌmp]noungrba, grbina, griček, izboklina, holmecBritish English slang slaba volja, pobitost; American slang tempo; humorously the Hump — Himalaja, AlpeII [hʌmp]transitive verbzgrbiti (često z up); potreti, spraviti v slabo voljo; American slang potruditi se; Australian nositi na hrbtu, na ramah -
92 pitch
I 1. [pi ] verb1) (to set up (a tent or camp): They pitched their tent in the field.) postaviti2) (to throw: He pitched the stone into the river.) vreči3) (to (cause to) fall heavily: He pitched forward.) pasti4) ((of a ship) to rise and fall violently: The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.) zibati se5) (to set (a note or tune) at a particular level: He pitched the tune too high for my voice.) intonirati2. noun1) (the field or ground for certain games: a cricket-pitch; a football pitch.) igrišče2) (the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc.) višina tona3) (an extreme point or intensity: His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.) stopnja4) (the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works: He has a pitch on the High Street.) stojnica5) (the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched: That was a long pitch.) met6) ((of a ship) the act of pitching.) zibanje (ladje)•- - pitched- pitcher
- pitched battle
- pitchfork II [pi ] noun(a thick black substance obtained from tar: as black as pitch.) katran- pitch-dark* * *I [pič]nounmineralogy smola (zemeljska), katran; botany drevesna smolaII [pič]transitive verbsmoliti, namazati s smolo, katraniziratiIII [pič]nounmet (žoge), lučaj (balinske krogle), metanje; nautical zibanje ladje; nagnjenost, strmec, strmina (strehe); višina, stopnja; music višina tona, uglašenost (glasbila); figuratively (najvišja ali najnižja) točka, najvišja stopnja, vrh, vrhunec; British English stojnica (uličnega prodajalca); economy ponudba blaga na tržišču; American slang hvalisanje blaga, reklamni oglas; American slang čenče, blebetanje; sport igrišče, (kriket) polje med vrati; razmak med luknjicami (na filmu), razmak med žlebiči (na gramofonski plošči)pitch level — višina tona, glasuto queer s.o.'s pitch — prekrižati komu načrteAmerican slang I get the pitch — razumemslang what's the pitch? — kaj se godi?IV [pič]1.transitive verbpostaviti (tabor, šotor, stojnico); zabiti, zasaditi (kole itd.); metati, vreči, zalučati (žogo, kovance itd.); naložiti (seno z vilami); postaviti v bojni red; določiti (po višini, vrednosti); (govor itd.) uglasiti, prilagoditi (on čemu); izraziti na poseben način, s posebnim stilom; music uglasiti (glasbilo), intonirati (pesem); sport meriti na cilj, zamahniti; figuratively usmeriti (misli; toward k); nasuti (cesto), tlakovati, asfaltirati; določiti adut (pri začetku igre); ponuditi, razstaviti, hvaliti blago; slang pripovedovati, izblebetati;2.intransitive verbpasti kakor dolg in širok; nautical zibati se (ladja); sport podati žogo metalcu, metati; nagniti se (streha); utaboriti seto pitch a story — pripovedovati laži, debele tvesti, izmisliti si zgodbofiguratively to pitch one's tent — naseliti seto pitch a yarn — debele tvesti, pripovedovati neverjetno zgodbo -
93 pop
I 1. [pop] noun1) (a sharp, quick, explosive noise, such as that made by a cork as it comes out of a bottle: The paper bag burst with a loud pop.) pok2) (fizzy drink: a bottle of pop.) peneča pijača2. verb1) (to (cause to) make a pop: He popped the balloon; My balloon has popped.) počiti2) (to spring upwards or outwards: His eyes nearly popped out of his head in amazement.) izskočiti3) (to go quickly and briefly somewhere: He popped out to buy a newspaper.) skočiti ven4) (put quickly: He popped the letter into his pocket.) hitro spraviti•- popcorn- pop-gun
- pop up II [pop] adjective1) ((of music) written, played etc in a modern style.) pop(ularen)2) (of, or related to, pop music: a pop group; a pop singer; pop records.) pop* * *I [pɔp]nounpok, treskcolloquially strel; colloquially peneča pijača, pokalica; British English slang zastava, zalog (v zastavljalnici); slang in pop — zastavljeno, v zastavljalnicito take a pop at — streljati na; figuratively poskusiti s, zII [pɔp]1.intransitive verbpočiti (zamašek), odpreti se (kostanj, koruza itd.); sprožiti, ustreliti (at); nenadoma se pojaviti; izbuljiti (oči);2.transitive verbhitro odpreti, izvleči (zamašek), sprožiti, izstreliti (naboj); American peči koruzo; hitro vtakniti (kaj kam), pomoliti (glavo); British English slang zastavitito pop in — oglasiti se pri kom, priti na kratek skokcolloquially to pop off — izginiti, pobrisati jo; zadremati; umreti (tudi to pop off the hooks)to pop out — pomoliti ven; ugasniti luč; pobrisati joto pop up — pojaviti se (tudi figuratively, npr. težave)colloquially to pop the question — zasnubitiIII [pɔp]adverbs pokom; nenadoma, nepričakovanoto go pop — počiti; umretiIV [pɔp]interjectiontresk!, pok!V [pɔp]adjectivecolloquially popularenVI [pɔp]nounsee poppa -
94 right
1. adjective1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) desni2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) pravilen3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) pošten4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) primeren2. noun1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) pravica2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) prav3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) desno4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) desnica3. adverb1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) točno2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) takoj3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) povsem4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) popolnoma5) (to the right: Turn right.) desno6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) pravilno4. verb1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) zravnati (se)2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) popraviti (krivico)5. interjection(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') prav!- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing 6. adjective((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) desničarski- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right* * *I [ráit]nounpravica, pravo, pravičnost; veljavna (upravičena) zahteva; izključna pravica (to do, na); desna stran; desnica; prava stran, sprednja stran; plural pravo (normalno, dejansko, resnično) stanje stvari, resnica; redby right, of right — po zakonu, zakonito, pravzapravby right of — zaradi; na temeljuin right of (her husband) — v imenu (svojega soproga); s strani (svojega soproga)by right(s) — po pravici, z vso pravicoright and wrong — prav in neprav, pravica in krivicaright of redemption (repurchase) — pravica, prodano zopet nazaj kupitiright of way — prednost v cestnem prometu; pravica do prehoda (čez zasebno posest)the Right parliament desnica, konservativna strankathe rights and wrongs of a case — pravilna (resnična, dejanska) in napačna dejstva (stanje) primerawomen's rights — pravica žena, ženska enakopravnostto be in the right — imeti prav, imeti pravico na svoji strani, biti upravičento bring s.th. to rights — spraviti nekaj v red, ureditiit is my right to know — imam pravico, da vemto do s.o. right — ravnati s kom pravično (pravilno, korektno, dostojno)to give s.o. his right — dati komu njegovo pravicoto keep to the right — držati se desne, iti (voziti) po desni stranito put (to set) to rights — urediti, spraviti v redto stand on (to assert) one's rights — ne odstopiti od svojih pravic, vztrajati pri svojih pravicahto turn to the right — kreniti, zaviti na desnoII [ráit]adjectivepravi, pravilen; desni; točen, korekten, avtentičen, resničen; pravičen, pošten; primeren, umesten; zakonit; zdrav; normalen; mathematics pravi; politics ki pripada desnici, simpatizira s konservativno stranko; archaic prem, raven (le v: right line — premica, ravna črta)at right angles — pod pravimi koti, pravokotnoout of one's right mind, not right in one's head — ne čisto pri pravi (pameti)right back sport desni branilecright arm, right hand — desna roka (tudi figuratively)right side — prava stran, lice (blaga)a right turn — obrat na desno (za 90°)the right way — prava pot, pravi načinright oh! colloquially v redu! prav! dobro! prav tako! točno! seveda! se strinjam!right you are! — tako je! prav imate!all right! — (vse) v redu! prav! nimam nič proti!that's right! — tako je! pravilno!are you all right up there? — ste dobro nameščeni tam gori?are we on the right way? — ali smo na pravi poti?see if the brakes are all right — poglej, če so zavore v reduI was quite right in supposing... — čisto prav sem imel, ko sem domneval...is he quite right in his head (mind, senses)? — je on čisto pri pravi (pameti)?he is one of the right sort colloquially on je dečko na mestuto be as right as rain (as ninepence, as a trivet, as nails) — dobro se počutiti, biti zdrav ko riba; biti v najlepšem reduall came right — vse se je izvršilo, kot je bilo trebahave you got the right time? — imate točen čas? veste, koliko je točna ura?to get on the right side of s.o. — pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebeto get it right — spraviti v red; pojasnitiI'll do him to rights — dal mu bom, kar mu greto know the right people — poznati prave ljudi, imeti (dobre) zvezeto put oneself right with s.o. — opravičiti se pri komI think it right that you should share the profits — smatram za pravilno (pravično), da ste deležni dobičkaIII [ráit]adverbprav, pravilno; premo, naravnost, direktno; desno; dobro, kot treba, zadovoljivo; popolnoma, čisto, zelo, temeljito; takojright off, right away American takoj, na mesturight ahead, right on — ravno, premo, naravnost (naprej)right turn! military na desno!right eyes! military pogled na desno!right well — zelo (dobro), celóRight Honourable British English ekscelenca (plemiški naslov za plemiče nižje od markiza)to come right in American iti naravnost noterto get s.th. right — pravilno, popolnoma razumetinothing goes right with me — vse mi gre narobe, nič mi ne uspehe hit right and left — udrihal je desno in levo, na vse stranito put (to set) right — spraviti v red, ureditito turn right — obrniti se, zasukati seIV [ráit]transitive verb & intransitive verbznova postaviti; vzravnati (se); popraviti (se); urediti (se); uravnati (se), spraviti (se) v ravnotežje; poravnati, popraviti (krivico, škodo); pomagati (komu) do njegove pravice, rehabilitirati (koga); nautical priti v pravi položajV [ráit]interjectionpravilno! tako je!right oh! colloquially prav! v redu! prav tako! točno! seveda! se strinjam! -
95 Worsdell, Thomas William
[br]b. 14 January 1838 Liverpool, Englandd. 28 June 1916 Arnside, Westmorland, England[br]English locomotive engineer, pioneer of the use of two-cylinder compound locomotives in Britain.[br]T.W.Worsdell was the son of Nathaniel Worsdell. After varied training, which included some time in the drawing office of the London \& North Western Railway's Crewe Works, he moved to the Pennsylvania Railroad, USA, in 1865 and shortly became Master Mechanic in charge of its locomotive workshops in Altoona. In 1871, however, he accepted an invitation from F.W. Webb to return to Crewe as Works Manager: it was while he was there that Webb produced his first compound locomotive by rebuilding an earlier simple.In 1881 T.W.Worsdell was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway. Working with August von Borries, who was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Hannover Division of the Prussian State Railways, he developed a two-cylinder compound derived from the work of J.T.A. Mallet. Von Borries produced his compound 2–4–0 in 1880, Worsdell followed with a 4–4–0 in 1884; the restricted British loading gauge necessitated substitution of inside cylinders for the outside cylinders used by von Borries, particularly the large low-pressure one. T.W.Worsdell's compounds were on the whole successful and many were built, particularly on the North Eastern Railway, to which he moved as Locomotive Superintendent in 1885. There, in 1888, he started to build, uniquely, two-cylinder compound "single driver" 4–2–2s: one of them was recorded as reaching 86 mph (138 km/h). He also equipped his locomotives with a large side-window cab, which gave enginemen more protection from the elements than was usual in Britain at that time and was no doubt appreciated in the harsh winter climate of northeast England. The idea for the cab probably originated from his American experience. When T.W.Worsdell retired from the North Eastern Railway in 1890 he was succeeded by his younger brother, Wilson Worsdell, who in 1899 introduced the first 4– 6–0s intended for passenger trains in England.[br]Further ReadingC.Hamilton Ellis, 1958, Twenty Locomotive Men, Shepperton: Ian Allan, Ch. 15 (biography).E.L.Ahrons, 1927, The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1825–1925, London: The Locomotive Publishing Co., pp. 253–5 (describes his locomotives). C.Fryer, 1990, Experiments with Steam, Patrick Stephens, Ch. 7.PJGRBiographical history of technology > Worsdell, Thomas William
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96 depot
'depəu, ]( American) 'di:-1) (a central warehouse where large amount of food, goods or equipment are stored: freight depot; oil storage depot.) cochera2) ( (British) a place where vehicles are kept and repaired) almacén3) ((American) a small station where buses, or trains stop.) cuarteldepot n1. depósito / almacén2. cocheratr['depəʊ]1 (storehouse) almacén nombre masculino2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL depósito3 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (railway station) estación nombre femenino de ferrocarriles; (bus station) estación nombre femenino de autobuses, terminal nombre femenino de autobuses1) storehouse: almacén m, depósito m2) station, terminal: terminal mf, estación f (de autobuses, ferrocarriles, etc.)n.• almacén s.m.• depósito s.m.• despacho s.m.• estación s.f.'diːpəʊ, 'depəʊ1)a) ( storehouse) depósito m, almacén mb) ( Mil) depósito m2) (esp AmE) ( bus station) terminal f or (Chi) m, estación f de autobuses; ( train station) estación f3) (esp BrE) ( storage area)a) ( for buses) garage m (esp AmL), cochera f (Esp), depósito m (Chi)b) ( for trains) depósito m de locomotoras['depǝʊ]1.N (=storehouse) almacén m, depósito m ; (for vehicles) parque m, cochera f ; (=bus station) terminal f ; (US) (Rail) estación f ; (Mil) depósito m2.CPDdepot ship N — buque m nodriza
* * *['diːpəʊ, 'depəʊ]1)a) ( storehouse) depósito m, almacén mb) ( Mil) depósito m2) (esp AmE) ( bus station) terminal f or (Chi) m, estación f de autobuses; ( train station) estación f3) (esp BrE) ( storage area)a) ( for buses) garage m (esp AmL), cochera f (Esp), depósito m (Chi)b) ( for trains) depósito m de locomotoras -
97 hack
[hæk] 1. verb1) (to cut or chop up roughly: The butcher hacked the beef into large pieces.) razsekati2) (to cut (a path etc) roughly: He hacked his way through the jungle; He hacked (out) a path through the jungle.) izsekati (si)2. noun1) (a rough cut made in something: He marked the tree by making a few hacks on the trunk.) vsek2) (a horse, or in the United States, a car, for hire.) jezdni konj; taksi•- hacker- hacking
- hacksaw* * *I [hæk]nounkramp, rovača; vsek, zarezanje, ranasport udarec v nogo (nogomet), osebna napaka (košarka); pokašljevanje; American jecljanje, zatikanje pri govorenju; American colloquially to take a hack at — poskusiti kajII [hæk]transitive verb & intransitive verbsekati, vsekati, zasekati, razsekati; sport brcniti v nogo (nogomet); pokašljevati; American prenašati, trpeti kajhacking cough — suh kašelj, pokašljevanjeAmerican slang to hack around — pohajkovatiIII [hæk]nounsušilno stojalo (za opeko); rešetkasta vrata; deska za sokoljo hrano; pičnicaIV [hæk]nounnajemni konj, fijakarski konj, tovorni konj; kljuse; American vozilo v najem; colloquially taksi; ječar; dninar, garač; slang pocestnicaV [hæk]1.transitive verbdajati konje v najem; obrabiti;2.transitive verb British Englishpočasi jahati; hoditi po dninah -
98 jump
1. verb1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) skočiti; pripraviti k skoku2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) skočiti3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) poskočiti4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) preskočiti2. noun1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) skok2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) preskok3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) skok4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) poskok5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) skok•- jumpy- jump at
- jump for joy
- jump on
- jump the gun
- jump the queue
- jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that
- jump to it* * *I [džʌmp]nounskok, preskok, skok s padalom; skok (cen itd.); nagel prehod na daljinsko snemanje (film); zdrzljaj; udarec nazaj (strelno orožje)American colloquially prednost, uspešen začetek; slang the jumps — delirium tremenssport high jump — skok v višinosport pole jump — skok s palicoAmerican slang (always) on the jump — (vedno) v naglici, v razburjenjuto keep s.o. on the jump — imeti koga na vajetihto give s.o. a jump — prestrašiti koga (da se zdrzne, poskoči)to get the jump on s.o. — imeti prednost pred kom, prehiteti kogaAmerican from the jump — od začetkaII [džʌmp]1.intransitive verbskočiti (tudi cene), skakati, poskakovati, skakljati, poskočiti, odskočiti, skočiti na noge; vskočiti (in), skočiti mimo ( past), priskočiti (to); figuratively trzniti, zdrzniti se, kvišku planiti, prestrašiti se (at); figuratively preskočiti (to na), preskočiti vrsto pri branju; tresti, zibati se (voz); izskočiti, iztiriti se (vlak); figuratively razbijati (srce);2.transitive verbpreskočiti (across, over), pomagati komu skočiti, pripraviti konja k skoku; s silo vzeti, prisvojiti si; zibati, ujčkati; zviševati ceneto jump clear of s.th. — odskočiti od česaslang to jump to it — z vnemo se česa lotitiAmerican to jump channels — preskočiti službeno stopnjoBritish English to jump the queue — ne držati se vrste zriniti se naprejto jump a claim — prisvojiti si tujo parcelo (zlatokopa itd.)to jump s.o. into s.th. — nagovoriti koga k čemudon't jump my nerves! — ne žri mi živcev!American to jump the gun — prenagliti se -
99 law
[lo:]1) (the collection of rules according to which people live or a country etc is governed: Such an action is against the law; law and order.) pravo; zakon2) (any one of such rules: A new law has been passed by Parliament.) zakon3) ((in science) a rule that says that under certain conditions certain things always happen: the law of gravity.) zakon•- lawful- lawfully
- lawless
- lawlessly
- lawlessness
- lawyer
- law-abiding
- law court
- lawsuit
- be a law unto oneself
- the law
- the law of the land
- lay down the law* * *I [lɔ:]nounzakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo; ( the) pravniki, pravniški poklic, American slang policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost; sport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu); figuratively milostni rok, odlogthe law of the Medes and Persians — nepreklicen zakon, stara navadato be a law unto o.s. — biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni voljito follow ( —ali go in for) the law — biti pravnik, študirati pravoto lay down the law — odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouoletter of the law — dosledno, dobesednolaw and order — mir in red, spoštovanje zakonovDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) — doktor pravaAmerican to call in the law — poklicati policijoII [lo:]interjectionBritish English vulgar pojte no! (izraz začudenja) -
100 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) sredinaIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) pomenljiv- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *I [mi:n]adjectivenizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehenno mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanjeno mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjakAmerican mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDAAmerican to feel mean over — sramovati se česaII [mi:n]adjectivesrednji, povprečenIII [mi:n]nounsredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženjeto be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kajby all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako cenoBritish English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporoIV [mi:n]1.transitive verbnameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;2.intransitive verbpomeniti (to komu)to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregomto mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjenwhat do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomenitiI mean you to go — želim, da greš
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