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1 complex harmonic motion
Aviation medicine: CHMУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > complex harmonic motion
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движение вниз; спуск — descending motion
Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > сложное движение
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4 сложное движение
1) Naval: complex motion, resultant motion2) Engineering: compound motion3) Mechanics: combined motion4) Automation: compound movement5) Makarov: compound motion (точки или тела) -
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f.1 thing (objeto, idea).tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?cualquier cosa anythingno es gran cosa it's not important, it's no big dealpoca cosa nothing muchUna cosa propia de una joven, A girlish kind of thing2 funny remark (ocurrencia).¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasiespres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: coser.* * *1 (gen) thing■ coge tus cosas take your things, take your stuff■ ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?2 (asunto) matter, business3 (nada) nothing, not anything\así están las cosas that's the way things are, that's how things standcomo cosa tuya as if it were your ideacomo están las cosas as things standcomo si tal cosa just like thatcosa de aboutcosa nunca vista something surprisingcosas de la vida that's lifedecir cuatro cosas to tell a few home truthslo que son las cosas much to my surpriseno sea cosa que... in case...no ser gran cosa not to be importantno valer gran cosa not to be worth muchser cosa hecha familiar to be no sooner said than doneser poquita cosa familiar not to be much, not to amount too muchcosas de negocios business matters* * *noun f.1) thing, object, stuff2) matter, affair* * *SF1) (=objeto) thing¿qué es esa cosa redonda? — what's that round thing?
no es otra cosa que una bolsa de plástico — it's nothing more than a plastic bag, it's just a plastic bag
- es cosa fina2) [uso indefinido]¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
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o cosa así, 20 kilos o cosa así — 20 kilos or thereabouts•
cualquier cosa — anything•
gran cosa, el coche no vale gran cosa — the car isn't worth muchcomo futbolista no es gran cosa — he's not a great footballer, he's not much of a footballer
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poca cosa, lo qué recibieron a cambio fue poca cosa — they didn't get much in return, they got very little in returnjugamos a las cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it
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una cosa — something¿me puedes decir una cosa? — can you tell me something?
una cosa, se me olvidaba preguntarte por el precio — by the way, I forgot to ask you about the price
en general está muy bien, solo una cosa... — on the whole, it's very good, there's just one thing...
3) (=asunto)¿has visto cosa igual? — did you ever see the like?
¡qué cosa más extraña! — how strange!
esa es cosa vieja — so what's new?, that's ancient history
¡vaya una cosa! — well!, there's a thing!
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la cosa es que... — the thing is (that)...la cosa está en considerar el problema desde otro ángulo — the thing to do o the trick is to consider the problem from another angle
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no es cosa de broma o risa — it's no laughing matter•
no sea cosa que — in casetrae el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva — bring your umbrella in case it rains
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otra cosa, no se hablaba de otra cosa — people talked about nothing else¿hay otra cosa que pueda hacer? — is there anything else I can do?
eso es otra cosa — that's another matter o thing (entirely)
otra cosa es que la ley imponga 40 horas semanales para todos — it's another matter entirely for the law to oblige everyone to work 40 hours a week
otra cosa sería si... — it would be quite another matter if...
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cosa rara, y, cosa rara, nadie lo vio — and, oddly o funnily enough, nobody saw itcomo quien no quiere la cosa —
se levantó y se fue como quien no quiere la cosa — she got up and left as inconspicuously as possible
como si tal cosa —
me devolvió el libro roto como si tal cosa — he gave me back the damaged book as if nothing had happened
le dije que había sido seleccionado para el trabajo y se quedó como si tal cosa — I told him he had got the job and he barely reacted
4) (=nada)jamás he visto cosa semejante — I've never seen anything like it, I've never seen the like of it
¡no hay tal cosa! — nothing of the sort!
nunca he dicho nada sobre ese tema ni cosa que se le parezca — I never said anything about that subject or anything like it
5) pl cosasa) (=acciones, asuntos)¡son cosas de Juan! — that's Juan all over!, that's just like Juan!
¡cosas de niños! — boys will be boys!
¡qué cosas dices! — you do say some silly things!
¡tienes unas cosas! — the things you say!
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meterse en cosas de otros — to stick one's nose in other people's businessb)• las cosas — (=situación) things
así las cosas, se marchó de la reunión — at this point, she left the meeting
¡lo que son las cosas! — just imagine!, fancy that!
6)• cosa de — [indicando tiempo] about
7) ** [droga] hash *8) LAm [como conj]•
cosa que, camina lento, cosa que no te canses — walk slowly so (that) you don't get tiredno le digas nada, cosa que no se ofenda — don't say anything to him, that way he won't get offended, don't say anything to him in case he gets offended
* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex. A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.Ex. Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.----* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex: A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.
Ex: Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the &\#8593; (Up), &\#8595; (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *A1 objeto2 acto, acción3 al hablar4 detalle, punto5 asunto, temaCompuestos:B1 pertenencias2 utensilios, equipoC situación, sucesoD1 ocurrencia2 comportamiento típicoE incumbenciaF peneG marihuanaH en locucionesA1 (objeto) thingcualquier cosa anything¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?pon cada cosa en su sitio put everything in its placete he traído una cosita I've brought you a little something¡pero qué cosa más bonita! ( fam); what a pretty thing!queda poca cosa there's hardly anything leftlo tienen que operar de no sé qué cosa he has to have an operation for something or other, he has to have some sort of operationhay muchas cosas que ver there are lots of things to see, there's plenty to see2(acto, acción): no sé hacer otra cosa it's the only thing I know how to dolo siento pero no puedo hacer otra cosa I'm sorry but there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can dome gusta hacer las cosas bien I like to do things properlyno me gusta dejar las cosas a medias I don't like doing things by halvesentre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) se me pasó el tiempo volando with one thing and another the time just flew byme parece la cosa más natural del mundo I think that's absolutely normal o right3(al hablar): ¡qué cosas dices, hombre! really, what a thing to say! o you do say some strange ( o silly etc) things!dime una cosa ¿tú que piensas de todo esto? tell me, what do you make of all this?oye, una cosa … ¿qué vas a hacer esta noche? by the way … what are you doing tonight?tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you4(detalle, punto): aquí habría que aclarar una cosa importante there's an important point here that I ought to clear upaquí hay una cosa que no entiendo there's something here I don't understand5 (asunto, tema) thingtenía cosas más importantes en que pensar I had more important things to think abouthay un par de cosas que me gustaría discutir contigo there are a couple of things o matters I'd like to discuss with youno creo que la cosa funcione I don't think it's o this is going to workestá muy preocupada, y la cosa no es para menos she's very worried, and so she should be¡pues sí que tiene gracia la cosa! ( iró fam); well, that's great, isn't it! ( iro colloq)no va a ser cosa fácil it's not going to be easyen mis tiempos casarse era cosa seria in my day getting married was a serious thing o matterse enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame if you can't come for any reason, let me knowpor una cosa o por otra, siempre llega tarde for one reason or other he always arrives lateesto no es otra cosa que nervios it's just nervesesto no es cosa de broma/risa this is no joke, this is no laughing matterla cosa es que no voy a tener tiempo the thing is that o it's just that I'm not going to have timela cosa es que si no llega en cinco minutos me voy look o well, if he's not here in five minutes, I'm goingCompuestos:( Der) res judicatares publica1 (pertenencias) things (pl)se ha llevado todas sus cosas she's taken all her things o belongingslas cosas de limpiar the cleaning thingsmis cosas de deporte my sports things o gear ( colloq)C(situación, suceso): así están las cosas that's how things are o standla cosa se pone negra/fea things are getting o the situation is getting unpleasant¿cómo te van las cosas? how are things?¿cómo está la cosa? ( Ven); how are things?las cosas no andan muy bien entre ellos things aren't too good between themesas cosas no pasaban antes things like that never used to happen beforeson cosas de la vida that's life!¡lo que son las cosas! well, well! o fancy that! ( colloq)son cosas que pasan that's the way things go, these things happenademás, las cosas como son, conmigo siempre se ha portado bien besides, I have to admit he's always treated me wellen mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual I've never seen/heard anything like itcosa rara en él, se equivocó he made a mistake, which is unusual for him¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!no hay tal cosa it's not true at allesto parece cosa de magia or de brujería or ( RPl) de Mandinga this is witchcraft!una cosa es que te lo preste y otra muy distinta que te lo regale lending it to you is one thing, but giving it to you is another matter altogetherD1 ( fam)(ocurrencia): ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you think of!, the ideas you come up with!díselo como si fuera cosa tuya tell him as if it were your ideaesto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o idea¡qué va a ser peligroso! eso son cosas de ella of course it isn't dangerous! that's just one of her funny notions o ideas2(comportamiento típico): no te preocupes, son cosas de niños don't worry, children are like that o do things like thatE(incumbencia): no te metas, no es cosa tuya stay out of it, it's none of your businessno te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle iteso es cosa de mujeres that's women's workdéjalo que se vista como quiera, eso es cosa suya let him wear what he wants, it's up to him o that's his businessHme fui a dormir cosa de olvidarme I went to bed (so as) to forget about itlo anotaré aquí, cosa que no se me olvide I'll jot it down here so (that) I don't forgetno sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case it rainsátalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get awaymejor vamos ahora, no sea cosa que nos quedemos sin entradas we'd better go now, we don't want to get there and find there are no tickets leftigual cosa ( Chi): tuvo un hijo varón, igual cosa su hermana she had a baby boy, and so did her sister o just like her sistero cosa así or sodos horas/diez toneladas o cosa así two hours/ten tons or socada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a timecomo quien no quiere la cosa: menciónaselo como quien no quiere la cosa mention it to him casually o in passing, just slip it into the conversationcomo si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happenedle dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardlesscosa de … ( fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minuteses cosa de esperar, nada más it's just a question o a matter of time, that's allhace cosa de cuatro años que murió it's about o it's some four years since he diedno está muy lejos, cosa de dos kilómetros it's not very far, about two kilometerscosa fina ( Esp fam): los trenes en este país son cosa fina the trains in this country are really something o are something else ( colloq)nos divertimos cosa fina we had a whale of a time ( colloq)darle cosa a algn ( fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funnyme da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much moneydecirle a algn un par de or cuatro cosas ( fam); to tell sb a thing or twodecir una cosa por otra to say one thing but mean anothergran cosa ( fam): la comida no fue gran cosa the food was nothing to write home about o nothing special ( colloq)su novio/la película no es or vale gran cosa her boyfriend/the movie is no great shakes ( colloq)poca cosa: es un niño delgado y poquita cosa he's a thin child, not much to look atella tan brillante y él tan poca cosa she's so brilliant and he's so mediocre, she's so brilliant but he's not up to much o he's pretty run-of-the-mill ( colloq)le dejó algo de dinero, pero poca cosa she left him some money, but not a vast amount o not muchun trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for herponer las cosas en su sitio or lugar to put o set the record straightser cosa hecha (CS); to be a foregone conclusionser/parecer otra cosa: ¡esto es otra cosa!, ahora si que se oye bien this is much better! o this is more like it! you can hear it really well nowcon ese nuevo peinado ya parece otra cosa with her new hairstyle she looks a new woman¡eso es otra cosa! si tú invitas sí que voy ah, that's different! o ( colloq) that's another kettle of fish! if you're paying, I will golas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso I like to know where I standlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things take time ( gen referring to bureaucracy)* * *
Del verbo coser: ( conjugate coser)
cosa es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
cosa
coser
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) thing;
¿alguna otra cosa? anything else?;
pon cada cosa en su lugar put everything in its place;
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) … what with one thing and another …;
¡qué cosas dices! really, what a thing to say!;
dime una cosa … tell me something …;
tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you;
fue cosa fácil it was easy;
se enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thing;
si por cualquier cosa no puedes venir if you can't come for any reason;
por una cosa o por otra for one reason or another;
esto no es cosa de risa/broma this is no laughing matter/no joke
2
mis cosas de deporte my sports things
3 (situación, suceso):◊ así están las cosas that's how things are o stand;
la cosa se pone fea things are starting to get unpleasant;
¿cómo (te) van las cosas? how are things?;
son cosas de la vida that's life!;
¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!
4a) (fam) ( ocurrencia):◊ ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!;
esto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o ideab) ( comportamiento típico):
son cosas de Ana that's one of Ana's little ways
5 ( asunto):
no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle it
6 ( en locs)
cosa de terminarlo so as to finish it;
cosa que (AmS fam) so that;
cosa que no me olvide so that I don't forget;
no sea cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case;
átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away;
ser cosa de … (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes;
es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go
coser ( conjugate coser) verbo transitivo
‹ botón› to sew on;
‹ agujero› to sew (up);
verbo intransitivo
to sew
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 thing: no hay otra cosa que comer, there's nothing else to eat
2 (asunto) matter, business: es cosa mía, that's my business
eso es otra cosa, that's different
no hay cosa más importante que tu felicidad, there is nothing more important than your happiness
2 cosas, (asuntos) affairs
cosas de chiquillos, kids' stuff
cosas de mayores, grown-up stuff
¡cosas de la vida!, that's life!
3 (ocurrencias) ¡qué cosas tienes!, what a weird idea!
♦ Locuciones: el apartamento no es gran cosa, the apartment is not up to much
lo que son las cosas, would you believe it
no he visto cosa igual, I've never seen anything like it
decir cuatro cosas, to tell a few home truths
ser cosa de, to be a matter of: es cosa de tener paciencia, it's a matter of patience
(como) cosa de, about: hace (como) cosa de una hora, about an hour ago
coser verbo transitivo
1 to sew
2 Med to stitch up
♦ Locuciones: familiar es coser y cantar, it's a piece of cake
' cosa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- absurdo
- arder
- bicoca
- carroña
- chisme
- chollo
- como
- conformarse
- consigo
- cual
- cualquier
- cualquiera
- cuidada
- cuidado
- cuya
- cuyo
- debilidad
- dejar
- él
- ella
- esmerada
- esmerado
- exquisitez
- frivolidad
- indemne
- la
- le
- limitarse
- mamarrachada
- más
- menuda
- menudo
- mía
- mío
- muchachada
- nada
- niñería
- novedad
- pedir
- pegajosa
- pegajoso
- pegote
- pillar
- plantar
- preciosidad
- preguntar
- presidir
- prodigio
- propia
English:
absence
- annoyance
- anything
- arrival
- article
- attraction
- available
- awkward
- blissful
- bore
- brittle
- bulk
- certainty
- clip
- clumsy
- come across
- commonplace
- compromise
- confuse
- connection
- convenient
- dead wood
- deficiency
- defunct
- demise
- discreet
- disposable
- ditch
- drag
- dream
- else
- escape
- fall off
- film
- get back
- gullible
- helpful
- hulk
- invention
- joke
- laugh
- lemon
- liable
- lodge
- love
- lust
- misplaced
- more
- necessity
- need
* * *♦ nf1. [objeto, idea] thing;comprar unas cosas en el mercado to buy a few things at the market;alguna cosa anything;¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?;cualquier cosa anything;venden recuerdos, postales y cosas así they sell souvenirs, postcards and so on o and the like;una cosa, ¿podrías venir mañana? by the way, could you come tomorrow?;escucha, una cosa, ¿por qué no te quedas esta noche? listen, I've an idea, why don't you stay here tonight?;tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you;dime una cosa, ¿qué opinas de ella? tell me (something), what do you think of her?;es la cosa más natural del mundo it's the most natural thing in the world, it's completely normal;¡esas cosas no se dicen! you mustn't say things like that!;¡esas cosas no se hacen! it just isn't done!;este vino es cosa fina this wine is good stuff;¡habráse visto cosa igual! have you ever seen the like of it!;fue una cosa nunca vista it was really out of the ordinary;no hay tal cosa on the contrary;¡qué cosa! how strange!;no te preocupes, no es gran cosa don't worry, it's not important o it's no big deal;este cuadro no vale gran cosa this painting isn't up to much;te han dejado poca cosa they haven't left you much, they've hardly left you anything;un bocadillo es poca cosa para un chico tan voraz como él a sandwich is very little for a hungry boy like him;nos hemos comprado un apartamento, muy poquita cosa we've bought Br a flat o US an apartment, but it's nothing fancy;es guapo, pero muy poquita cosa he's good-looking, but he hasn't got much of a body;decir cuatro cosas a alguien: cuando lo vea le voy a decir cuatro cosas when I next see him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind;llamar a las cosas por su nombre [hablar sin rodeos] to call a spade a spade;llamemos a las cosas por su nombre,… let's be honest about it,…entre unas cosas y otras what with one thing and another;por unas cosas o por otras, no nos quedó tiempo de escribirte for one reason or another we didn't have time to write to you;la cosa es que ahora no quiere firmar el contrato the thing is she doesn't want to sign the contract any more;está muy enfadada, y la cosa no es para menos, le han robado el coche she's very angry and with good reason, she's had her car stolen;cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time;no me preguntes por qué no queda comida, es cosa de los niños don't ask me why there's no food left, ask the children;esto es cosa de magia, estoy seguro de que ayer lo dejé aquí this is most strange, I could swear I left it here yesterday;no es cosa de risa it's no laughing matter;eso de cambiar de trabajo es cosa de pensárselo changing jobs is something you need to think about carefully;es cosa de tener paciencia it's a question of being patient;no era cosa de presentarse sin avisar you couldn't just turn up without warning;con el ambiente de seriedad que había, no era cosa de contar un chiste given the seriousness of the atmosphere, it was neither the time nor the place to tell a joke;eso es cosa mía that's my affair o business;no te metas en la discusión, que no es cosa tuya you keep out of the argument, it's none of your business;eso es cosa fácil that's easy;convencerle no será cosa fácil it won't be easy o it'll be no easy task to convince him;esto es cosa seria this is a serious matter;eso es otra cosa that's another matter;¡eso es otra cosa!, esa camisa te sienta mucho mejor that's more like it, that shirt suits you much better!…y así es como están las cosas …and that's how things are at the moment;¿cómo van las cosas? how are o how's things?;estas cosas no pasarían si fuéramos más cuidadosos these things wouldn't happen if we were more careful;Famla cosa se pone fea things are getting ugly, there's trouble brewing;Famla cosa está que arde things are reaching boiling pointFamlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things usually take some time;4. [ocurrencia] funny remark;se le ocurren cosas graciosísimas she comes out with some really funny stuff o remarks;¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!5. [comportamiento]son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasies;no les riñas, son cosas de niños don't tell them off, children are like that;tenemos que aceptar su muerte, son cosas de la vida we have to accept her death, it's one of those things (that happen)6. [en frases negativas] [nada]no hay cosa peor que la hipocresía there's nothing worse than hypocrisy;no hay cosa que me reviente más que su falta de interés there's nothing (that) annoys me more than her lack of interest, what annoys me most is her lack of interestel olor a hospital me da cosa the smell of hospitals makes me feel uneasy9. Compo cosa así: [m5] tendrá treinta años o cosa así he must be thirty or thereabouts;(como) cosa de [aproximadamente] about;tardará (como) cosa de tres semanas it'll take about three weeks;a cosa hecha: se presentó al examen a cosa hecha he took o Br sat the exam convinced he would pass;hacer algo como quien no quiere la cosa [disimuladamente] to do sth innocently;[sin querer] to do sth almost without realizing it;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;ser cosa de oír/ver: las declaraciones del ganador son cosa de oír the winner's remarks are worth hearing;esta exposición es cosa de ver this exhibition is really worth seeing;Esp Famcosa mala: me apetece ver esa película cosa mala I'm dying to see that movie o Br film, Br I want to see that film something chronic;está lloviendo cosa mala it's pouring down, Br it's chucking it down;me gusta cosa mala I fancy the pants off her, Br I fancy her something chronic;Fama otra cosa, mariposa that's enough about that, let's change the subject;es cosa rara que se equivoque it's very rare for her to make a mistake;no ha llegado todavía, cosa rara porque siempre es muy puntual he hasn't arrived yet, which is strange, as he's usually very punctual;ni cosa que se le parezca nor anything of the kind;no sea cosa que: ten cuidado, no sea cosa que te vayas a caer be careful or you'll fall;se lo diré yo, no sea cosa que se vaya a enterar por otra persona I'll tell him because I wouldn't want him to find out from somebody else;Famlas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso stop beating around the bush, tell me things as they are;las cosas como son, nunca vas a aprobar ese examen let's face it, you're never going to pass that exam;¡lo que son las cosas! it's a funny old world!;♦ cosas nfpl[pertenencias, utensilios] things;tras su muerte, metieron sus cosas en un baúl after his death, they put his things o belongings in a trunk;¿dónde guardas las cosas de pescar? where do you keep your fishing things o tackle?* * *f thing;¿sabes una cosa? do you know something?;alguna cosa something;ser cosa fina be really something fam, be something else fam ;son cosas que pasan these things happen;son cosas de la vida that’s life;entre otras cosas among other things;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;decir a alguien cuatro cosas give s.o. a piece of one’s mind;eso es otra cosa that’s another matter;¿qué pasa? – poca cosa what’s new? – nothing much;cosa de about;hace cosa de un año about a year ago;le dijo que había ganado la lotería como quien no quiere la cosa he told her that he had won the lottery as though it happened to him every day;este pintor no es gran cosa he’s not much of a painter;no hay tal cosa there’s no such thing;¡qué cosa! that’s odd o strange!;lo que son las cosas well, well!, imagine that!;cosa rara oddly enough, strangely enough;son cosas de Juan that’s typical of Juan, that’s Juan all over* * *cosa nf1) : thing, object2) : matter, affair3)otra cosa : anything else, something else* * *cosa n1. (en general) thing2. (algo) something¿quieres comer alguna cosa? do you want something to eat?3. (nada) nothing4. (asunto) affair / matter¡no te metas en mis cosas! don't interfere in my affairs!no ser gran cosa to be nothing much / not to be important -
6 videocasete
m.video, videocassette.* * *1 video cassette* * ** * *= video player, video recorder.Ex. The equipment is not complex - a video player and a microcomputer and an interface linking them.Ex. For example, the most recent range of video recorders includes features like freeze frame, slow motion, fast motion and rapid search for individual frames.----Ex. Videocassette recorders (VCR) have a valuable place in a library service.* * *= video player, video recorder.Ex: The equipment is not complex - a video player and a microcomputer and an interface linking them.
Ex: For example, the most recent range of video recorders includes features like freeze frame, slow motion, fast motion and rapid search for individual frames.Ex: Videocassette recorders (VCR) have a valuable place in a library service.* * *videocasete, videocassettevideocassette, videotape, video ( colloq)* * *videocasete nmvideo, videocassette* * *m video cassette* * *videocasete orvideocasette nm: videocassette -
7 lento
adj.1 slow, easygoing, poky, slow-witted.2 slow, not very fast, slow moving.adv.slowly, slow.* * *► adjetivo1 slow1 slowly————————► adverbio1 slowly* * *(f. - lenta)adj.1) slow2) dull* * *1.ADJ [ritmo, movimiento, caída] slow; [tráfico, película] slow, slow-movinguna muerte lenta — a lingering o slow death
la circulación iba muy lenta esta mañana — traffic was very slow o slow-moving this morning
cámara 1., 1), fuego 2), b), paso II, 1., 4)¡qué lentos pasan los días! — the days go so slowly!
2.ADV slowly* * *I- ta adjetivoa) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-wittedb) (Coc)IIa fuego lento — < cocinar> over a low heat; < hervir> gently
adverbio slowly* * *= slow [slower -comp., slowest -sup.], slowly, time-consuming [time consuming], sluggish.Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.Ex. Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.----* actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.* cámara lenta = slow motion.* cocer a fuego lento = simmer.* combustión lenta = smouldering combustion.* comenzar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* deportista lento pero seguro = plodder.* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.* lento y pesado = plodding.* olla de cocción lenta = crockpot.* reaccionar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* responder lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* * *I- ta adjetivoa) <proceso/trabajador/vehículo> slow; <compás/ritmo> slow; <película/argumento> slow-moving, slow; < estudiante> slow, slow-wittedb) (Coc)IIa fuego lento — < cocinar> over a low heat; < hervir> gently
adverbio slowly* * *= slow [slower -comp., slowest -sup.], slowly, time-consuming [time consuming], sluggish.Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.Ex: Standing in the early morning on the balcony of her apartment, she was smote as she always was by the grandeur of the sky turning to scarlet as the rim of darkness in the east released the sun for its sluggish trek through the heavens.* actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.* cámara lenta = slow motion.* cocer a fuego lento = simmer.* combustión lenta = smouldering combustion.* comenzar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* deportista lento pero seguro = plodder.* empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.* lento y pesado = plodding.* olla de cocción lenta = crockpot.* reaccionar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* responder lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.* * *A1 ‹proceso/trabajador/vehículo› slowun lento crecimiento económico a slow o sluggish rate of economic growthmovimientos lentos slow movementssufrió una muerte lenta she suffered a slow o lingering death2 ‹compás/ritmo› slow3 ‹película/argumento› slow-moving, slow4 ‹estudiante› slow, slow-wittederes muy lento you're very slow (on the uptake)B1 ‹combustión›una mecha de combustión lenta a slow-burning o slow fuse2 ( Coc):cocinar a fuego lento cook over a low heathervir a fuego lento simmer gently‹andar/conducir› slowly; ‹hablar› slowly¡qué lento pasa el tiempo! time is going so slowly!prefiero ir lento pero seguro I prefer to go slowly and be safe* * *
lento 1◊ -ta adjetivo
slow
lento 2 adverbio
slowly
lento,-a
I adjetivo slow
a fuego lento, on a low heat
II adv fam habla muy lento, he speaks very slowly
' lento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fuego
- lenta
- paso
- refleja
- reflejo
- retrasar
- retrasarse
- tarda
- tardo
- tardón
- tardona
- cocer
English:
braise
- laboured
- lazy
- leisurely
- lethargic
- lingering
- low
- plod
- simmer
- slow
- sluggish
- deliberate
- pace
- poach
- ponderous
- reader
* * *lento, -a♦ adj1. [pausado] slow;[muerte, agonía] lingering, long-drawn-out;es muy lento trabajando he's a very slow worker;¡qué lentas pasan las horas! time is passing so slowly!;lento, pero seguro slow but sure;Fam Humser más lento que un desfile de cojos o [m5] que el caballo del malo to be a real Br slowcoach o US slowpoke3. Mús lento♦ nmMús lento♦ adv1. [pausadamente] slowly;trabaja muy lento he's a very slow worker;lento, pero seguro slowly but surely2. Mús lento* * *adj slow;a fuego lento on a low heat* * *lento advdespacio: slowlylento, -ta adj1) : slow2) : slow-witted, dull♦ lentamente adv* * *lento1 adj slowlento2 adv slowly -
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1. composite2. knotty3. complicate4. broken5. multiple6. built-up7. intricate8. sophisticated9. sophisticatedly10. complicated; complex; intricate; compound11. complex12. compound13. elaborate14. trickyАнтонимический ряд:1. просто2. простой; простою3. простой -
9 Villard de Honnecourt
[br]b. c. 1200 Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, near Cambrai, Franced. mid-13th century (?) France[br]French architect-engineer.[br]Villard was one of the thirteenth-century architect-engineers who were responsible for the design and construction of the great Gothic cathedrals and other churches of the time. Their responsibilities covered all aspects of the work, including (in the spirit of the Roman architect Vitruvius) the invention and construction of mechanical devices. In their time, these men were highly esteemed and richly rewarded, although few of the inscriptions paying tribute to their achievements have survived. Villard stands out among them because a substantial part of his sketchbook has survived, in the form of thirty-three parchment sheets of drawings and notes, now kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Villard's professional career lasted roughly from 1225 to 1250. As a boy, he went to work on the building of the Cistercian monastery at Vaucelles, not far from Honnecourt, and afterwards he was apprenticed to the masons' lodge at Cambrai Cathedral, where he began copying the drawings and layouts on the tracing-house floor. All his drawings are, therefore, of the plans, elevations and sections of cathedrals. These buildings have long since been destroyed, but his drawings, perhaps among his earliest, bear witness to their architecture. He travelled widely in France and recorded features of the great works at Reims, Laon and Chartres. These include the complex system of passageways built into the fabric of a great cathedral; Villard comments that one of their purposes was "to allow circulation in case of fire".Villard was invited to Hungary and reached there c. 1235. He may have been responsible for the edifice dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary, canonized in 1235, at Kassa (now Košice, Slovakia). Villard probably returned to France c. 1240, at least before the Tartar invasion of Hungary in 1241.His sketchbook, which dates to c. 1235, stands as a memorial to Villard's skill as a draughtsman, a student of perspective and a mechanical engineer. He took his sketchbook with him on his travels, and used ideas from it in his work abroad. It contains architectural designs, geometrical constructions for use in building, surveying exercises and drawings for various kinds of mechanical devices, for civil or military use. He was transmitting details from the highly developed French Gothic masons to the relatively underdeveloped eastern countries. The notebooks were annotated for the use of pupils and other master masons, and the notes on geometry were obviously intended for pupils. The prize examples are the pages in the book, clearly Villard's own work, related to mechanical devices. Whilst he, like many others of the period and after, played with designs for perpetual-motion machines, he concentrated on useful devices. These included the first Western representation of a perpetualmotion machine, which at least displays a concern to derive a source of energy: this was a water-powered sawmill, with automatic feed of the timber into the mill. This has been described as the first industrial automatic power-machine to involve two motions, for it not only converts the rotary motion of the water-wheel to the reciprocating motion of the saw, but incorporates a means of keeping the log pressed against the saw. His other designs included water-wheels, watermills, the Archimedean screw and other curious devices.[br]BibliographyOf several facsimile reprints with notes there are Album de Villard de Honnecourt, 1858, ed. J.B.Lassus, Paris (repr. 1968, Paris: Laget), and The Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, 1959, ed. T.Bowie, Bloomington: Indiana University Press.Further ReadingJ.Gimpel, 1977, "Villard de Honnecourt: architect and engineer", The Medieval Machine, London: Victor Gollancz, ch. 6, pp. 114–46.——1988, The Medieval Machine, the Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages, London.R.Pernord, J.Gimpel and R.Delatouche, 1986, Le Moyen age pour quoi fayre, Paris.KM / LRD -
10 Automata
Nature (the Art whereby God hath made and governes the World) is by the Art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the begining whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificial life? For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles giving motion to the whole Body, such as was intended by the Artificer? Art goes yet further, imitating that Rationall and most excellent worke of Nature, Man. For by Art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMON-WEALTH or STATE (in Latine CIVITAS) which is but an Artificiall Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Naturall, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which, the Soveraignty is an Artificiall Soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body. (Hobbes, 1651, p. 1)It is a basic premise of automata that every procedure, no matter how complex, can be decomposed into a series of these elementary operations [that the automaton can perform]. (Wall, 1972, p. 254)The theory of automata and the theory of formal grammars are isomorphic in most important respects. (Wall, 1972, p. 254)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Automata
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м.- водохозяйственный комплекс
- главный комплекс гистосовместимости
- иммунный комплекс
- комплекс альбумин-медь-цистеин
- комплекс гамма-камера-ЭВМ
- комплекс гистосовместимости
- комплекс Гольджи
- комплекс Гона
- комплекс неполноценности
- комплекс поры
- комплекс Эйзенменгера
- митохондриальный комплекс
- первичный туберкулёзный комплекс
- поверхностный комплекс
- растворимый комплекс
- рецепторный комплекс
- синаптонемный комплекс
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- смешанный хелатный комплекс
- узловой комплекс
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12 escena
f.1 stage (escenario).llevar a la escena to dramatizeponer en escena to stagepuesta en escena stagingsalir a escena to go on stage2 scene (suceso, acto).me hizo una escena de celos she treated me to one of her jealous rages* * *2 figurado scene\desaparecer de escena familiar to vanishentrar en escena to go on stagehacer una escena / montar una escena familiar to make a sceneponer en escena to stage* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=escenario) stage¡todo el mundo a escena! — everyone on stage!
entrar en escena, salir a escena — to come on stage, go on stage
2) (=parte de obra, película) scene3) (=suceso) scenehacer o montar una escena — to make a scene
4) (=ámbito) scene5)la escena — (=el teatro) the stage
se retiró después de toda una vida dedicada a la escena — she retired after a lifetime in theatre o on the stage
* * *1) (Cin, Teatr)a) ( de obra) sceneentrar a or en escena — to come/go on stage
c) (actividad, profesión)2) ( en la vida real) scenela escena del accidente/crimen — ( period) the scene of the accident/crime
* * *= scene, sight, landscape.Ex. A trailer is a short motion picture film consisting of selected scenes from a film to be shown at a future date, used to advertise that film.Ex. There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.----* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* escena de amor = love scene.* escena del crimen = scene of the crime.* escena de sexo = sex scene.* escena erótica = sex scene.* escena final = closing scene.* escena mundial, la = global scene, the.* escena retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].* escena sangrienta = gore.* irrumpir en escena = burst upon + the scene.* poner en escena = stage.* primera escena, la = opening scene, the.* puesta en escena = staging.* sin poner en escena = unproduced.* * *1) (Cin, Teatr)a) ( de obra) sceneentrar a or en escena — to come/go on stage
c) (actividad, profesión)2) ( en la vida real) scenela escena del accidente/crimen — ( period) the scene of the accident/crime
* * *= scene, sight, landscape.Ex: A trailer is a short motion picture film consisting of selected scenes from a film to be shown at a future date, used to advertise that film.
Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.* aparecer en escena = hit + the scene.* escena de amor = love scene.* escena del crimen = scene of the crime.* escena de sexo = sex scene.* escena erótica = sex scene.* escena final = closing scene.* escena mundial, la = global scene, the.* escena retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].* escena sangrienta = gore.* irrumpir en escena = burst upon + the scene.* poner en escena = stage.* primera escena, la = opening scene, the.* puesta en escena = staging.* sin poner en escena = unproduced.* * *1 (de una obra) scenela segunda escena del primer acto the second scene in Act 1la escena se desarrolla en Berlín the action takes place in Berlin2 ( sin art)(escenario): no había nadie en escena there was no one on stagees muy difícil poner en escena una obra tan compleja such a complex work is very difficult to stageentrar en escena to come/go on stage3(actividad, profesión): su destacada labor en el mundo de la escena his outstanding work in the theaterdecidió volver a la escena she decided to return to the stageCompuesto:flashback1 (situación, cuadro) sceneconmovedoras escenas moving scenesen sus novelas retrata escenas de la vida cotidiana in her novels she depicts scenes of everyday life2 ( period) (de un suceso) scenela escena del crimen/del accidente the scene of the crime/accident3 (ámbito) scenedecidió dejar la escena política she decided to quit the political scene o the world of politics4 (número, escándalo) sceneno me hagas una escena there's no need to make a scene* * *
escena sustantivo femenino
1
entrar en escena to come/go on stage
2
no me hagas una escena there's no need to make a scene
escena sustantivo femenino
1 scene: Acto IV, Escena I, Act IV, Scene I
la escena del crimen, the scene of the crime
2 (escenario) stage
entrar en escena, to come o go on stage
subir a escena, to go on stage
puesta en escena, staging
' escena' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acordonar
- conmovedor
- conmovedora
- dantesca
- dantesco
- en
- escenificar
- espontánea
- espontáneo
- monstruosa
- monstruoso
- puesta
- repetición
- representar
- sketch
- sorprender
- vergonzosa
- vergonzoso
- apoteosis
- campestre
- censurar
- cortar
- desarrollar
- doblar
- escabroso
- escalofriante
- espantoso
- estremecedor
- estreno
- fuerte
- hogareño
- inmundo
- miedo
- morboso
- venir
English:
apprehend
- background
- come on
- direction
- emotional
- enact
- flashback
- gruesome
- produce
- producer
- scene
- stage
- stage director
- stage manager
- come
- curtain
- entrance
- go
- lend
- onstage
- production
* * *escena nf1. [escenario] stage;el director de escena the stage manager;llevar a la escena to dramatize;poner en escena to stage;puesta en escena staging;salir a escena to go on stage;desaparecer de escena [actor] to leave the stage;[cualquier persona] to disappear from the scene;entrar en escena [actor] to come on stage;[cualquier persona] to come o appear on the scene2. [fragmento] [de obra de teatro, película] scene;rodar una escena to film a scene;acto primero, escena tercera act one, scene threeescena de cama bedroom o sex scene;escena retrospectiva flashbackOlivier, un monstruo de la escena Olivier, a giant of the stage o theatre;lleva años en el mundo de la escena she's worked in theatre for years4. [hecho real] scene;la escena del reencuentro fue conmovedora their reunion was a moving scene5. [lugar] scene;la policía se presentó en la escena del crimen the police arrived at the scene of the crime6. [ambiente, circunstancias] scene;la escena política está muy animada the political scene is very livelyno me hagas una escena don't make such a fuss* * *f1 scene;hacer una escena fig make a scene;desaparecer de la escena fig vanish from the scene;robarle a alguien la escena steal the show from s.o.2 escenario stage;entrar en escena, salir a escena come on stage;poner en escena stage;* * *escena nf1) : scene2) : stage* * *escena n1. (en general) scene2. (escenario) stage -
13 предложение
I ср.1) offer; proposal, proposition, suggestionвносить предложение на рассмотрение — to submit a proposal (to), to place a proposal (before)
вносить предложение — to make a suggestion, to put forward a proposal; to introduce/table a motion (в парламенте и т.п.)
2) (на собрании и т.д.)motion, proposal- отклонять предложение3) экон. supply••делать предложение — (кому-л.) to propose (marriage) (to)
II ср.; грам.принять предложение — to accept an offer; to accept a proposal (of marriage)
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14 движение
сущ. motion, movementдвижение в суставе joint movementдвижение вращательное rotary movementдвижение дыхательное respiratory movementдвижение жевательное ( нижней челюсти) masticatory (excursive) movementдвижение к центру при массаже anatripsisдвижение мимическое movement of expressionдвижение насильственное compulsive movementдвижение рефлекторное жевания reflex chewing movementдвижение синергическое complex movementдвижение скребущее scrubbing motionдвижение совместное synkinesisдвижение челюстей подобное жеванию machonnementдвижение челюсти movement of the jaw -
15 Robinson, George J.
SUBJECT AREA: Textiles[br]b. 1712 Scotlandd. 1798 England[br]Scottish manufacturer who installed the first Boulton \& Watt rotative steam-engine in a textile mill.[br]George Robinson is said to have been a Scots migrant who settled at Burwell, near Nottingham, in 1737, but there is no record of his occupation until 1771, when he was noticed as a bleacher. By 1783 he and his son were describing themselves as "merchants and thread manufacturers" as well as bleachers. For their thread, they were using the system of spinning on the waterframe, but it is not known whether they held a licence from Arkwright. Between 1776 and 1791, the firm G.J. \& J.Robinson built a series of six cotton mills with a complex of dams and aqueducts to supply them in the relatively flat land of the Leen valley, near Papplewick, to the north of Nottingham. By careful conservation they were able to obtain considerable power from a very small stream. Castle mill was not only the highest one owned by the Robinsons, but it was also the highest mill on the stream and was fed from a reservoir. The Robinsons might therefore have expected to have enjoyed uninterrupted use of the water, but above them lived Lord Byron in his estate of Newstead Priory. The fifth Lord Byron loved making ornamental ponds on his property so that he could have mock naval battles with his servants, and this tampered with the water supplies so much that the Robinsons found they were unable to work their mills.In 1785 they decided to order a rotative steam engine from the firm of Boulton \& Watt. It was erected by John Rennie; however, misfortune seemed to dog this engine, for parts went astray to Manchester and when the engine was finally running at the end of February 1786 it was found to be out of alignment so may not have been very successful. At about the same time, the lawsuit against Lord Byron was found in favour of the Robinsons, but the engine continued in use for at least twelve years and was the first of the type which was to power virtually all steamdriven mills until the 1850s to be installed in a textile mill. It was a low-pressure double-acting condensing beam engine, with a vertical cylinder, parallel motion connecting the piston toone end of a rocking beam, and a connecting rod at the other end of the beam turning the flywheel. In this case Watt's sun and planet motion was used in place of a crank.[br]Further ReadingR.L.Hills, 1970, Power in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester (for an account of the installation of this engine).D.M.Smith, 1965, Industrial Archaeology of the East Midlands, Newton Abbot (describes the problems which the Robinsons had with the water supplies to power their mills).S.D.Chapman, 1967, The Early Factory Masters, Newton Abbot (provides details of the business activities of the Robinsons).J.D.Marshall, 1959, "Early application of steam power: the cotton mills of the Upper Leen", Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire 60 (mentions the introduction of this steam-engine).RLH -
16 плоскость
plain, image [imaging] plane, memory plane, ( в ЗУ изображений) storage plane, plane, flat surface, planar [plane] surface* * *пло́скость ж.
plane (surface)на пло́скости — on [in] a planeпроводи́ть пло́скость — pass [draw] a planeа́томная пло́скость — atomic plane, plane of atomsпло́скость аэросни́мка — photograph(ic) [image] planeба́зисная пло́скость кфт. — epipolar planeба́зовая пло́скость — datum planeбокова́я пло́скость — profile planeпло́скость визи́рования — plane of vision, sighting planeпло́скость враще́ния — plane of rotationпло́скость вхо́да мета́лла в валки́ — entry planeвыпрямля́ющая пло́скость ( пространственной кривой) — rectifying planeпло́скость вы́хода полосы́ из валко́в — delivery planeгла́вная пло́скость мат. — principal planeпло́скость годо́графа — locus planeпло́скость горизо́нта — horizon planeгоризонта́льная пло́скость — horizontal planeпло́скость движе́ния — plane of motionдвойнико́вая пло́скость ( кристалла) — twinning planeпло́скость действи́тельного изображе́ния — real image planeдиаметра́льная пло́скость (судна, самолета) — centre line (plane)пло́скость изги́ба — flexure planeпло́скость изло́ма — fracture planeпло́скость изображе́ния — image [picture] planeкардина́льная пло́скость опт. — cardinal planeкарти́нная пло́скость мат. — picture plane, plane of projectionкаса́тельная пло́скость — tangential planeкерно́вая пло́скость топ. — epipolar planeпло́скость колеба́ния — plane of vibration, vibration planeколлимацио́нная пло́скость — collimation planeко́мплексная пло́скость — complex planeпло́скость ко́мплексной переме́нной — complex planeпло́скость конта́кта стр. — contact planeкоордина́тная пло́скость — coordinate planeпло́скость кре́на — rolling planeпло́скость криста́лла — crystal planeкристаллографи́ческая пло́скость — crystallograplic planeпло́скость лё́гкого скольже́ния — plane of easy slipпло́скость меридиа́на — meridian(al) planeпло́скость ми́дель-шпанго́ута — midstationпло́скость мни́мого изображе́ния — virtual image planeнакло́нная пло́скость — inclined planeпло́скость напластова́ния горн. — bedding planeпло́скость наруше́ния горн. — dislocation planeнорма́льная пло́скость — normal planeнулева́я пло́скость — datum [reference] planeопо́рная пло́скость — plane of support, supporting planeосновна́я пло́скость — base planeпло́скость отраже́ния — reflecting planeпло́скость паде́ния — plane of incidenceпло́скость паде́ния све́та — plane of light incidenceпло́скость перспекти́вы топ. — perspective planeпло́скость пла́вания — waterplaneпло́скость поляриза́ции — plane of polarizationвраща́ть пло́скость поляриза́ции — rotate the plane of polarizationпреде́льная пло́скость ( кристалла) — end planeпредме́тная пло́скость опт. — object planeпло́скость преломле́ния — plane of refractionприва́лочная пло́скость — joint [mating] faceпроекти́вная пло́скость — projective planeпло́скость прое́кции — plane of projection, projection [projecting] planeразвора́чивать пло́скости прое́кции — open out the planes of projectionпло́скость прока́тки — rolling planeпло́скость разде́ла фаз — interfaceпло́скость разры́ва — plane of fractureпло́скость разъё́ма литейн. — jointing [parting] planeпло́скость ре́зания — cutting planeпло́скость ры́скания — yawing planeпло́скость сдви́га — shear planeпло́скость симме́трии — symmetry [principal] planeпло́скость спа́йности — cleavage planeспрямля́ющая пло́скость — rectifying planeпло́скость сраста́ния — composition planeпло́скость сре́за — shear planeпло́скость сцепле́ния — bonding planeпло́скость тангажа́ — pitching planeузлова́я пло́скость — nodal planeпло́скость усто́йчивости — stability planeфа́зовая пло́скость — phase planeфока́льная пло́скость — focal plateэквипотенциа́льная пло́скость — equipotential planeэпиполя́рная пло́скость топ. — epipolar planeпло́скость x, y мат. — x, y-plane -
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18 Thinking
But what then am I? A thing which thinks. What is a thing which thinks? It is a thing which doubts, understands, [conceives], affirms, denies, wills, refuses, which also imagines and feels. (Descartes, 1951, p. 153)I have been trying in all this to remove the temptation to think that there "must be" a mental process of thinking, hoping, wishing, believing, etc., independent of the process of expressing a thought, a hope, a wish, etc.... If we scrutinize the usages which we make of "thinking," "meaning," "wishing," etc., going through this process rids us of the temptation to look for a peculiar act of thinking, independent of the act of expressing our thoughts, and stowed away in some particular medium. (Wittgenstein, 1958, pp. 41-43)Analyse the proofs employed by the subject. If they do not go beyond observation of empirical correspondences, they can be fully explained in terms of concrete operations, and nothing would warrant our assuming that more complex thought mechanisms are operating. If, on the other hand, the subject interprets a given correspondence as the result of any one of several possible combinations, and this leads him to verify his hypotheses by observing their consequences, we know that propositional operations are involved. (Inhelder & Piaget, 1958, p. 279)In every age, philosophical thinking exploits some dominant concepts and makes its greatest headway in solving problems conceived in terms of them. The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophers construed knowledge, knower, and known in terms of sense data and their association. Descartes' self-examination gave classical psychology the mind and its contents as a starting point. Locke set up sensory immediacy as the new criterion of the real... Hobbes provided the genetic method of building up complex ideas from simple ones... and, in another quarter, still true to the Hobbesian method, Pavlov built intellect out of conditioned reflexes and Loeb built life out of tropisms. (S. Langer, 1962, p. 54)Experiments on deductive reasoning show that subjects are influenced sufficiently by their experience for their reasoning to differ from that described by a purely deductive system, whilst experiments on inductive reasoning lead to the view that an understanding of the strategies used by adult subjects in attaining concepts involves reference to higher-order concepts of a logical and deductive nature. (Bolton, 1972, p. 154)There are now machines in the world that think, that learn and create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until-in the visible future-the range of problems they can handle will be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied. (Newell & Simon, quoted in Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 138)But how does it happen that thinking is sometimes accompanied by action and sometimes not, sometimes by motion, and sometimes not? It looks as if almost the same thing happens as in the case of reasoning and making inferences about unchanging objects. But in that case the end is a speculative proposition... whereas here the conclusion which results from the two premises is an action.... I need covering; a cloak is a covering. I need a cloak. What I need, I have to make; I need a cloak. I have to make a cloak. And the conclusion, the "I have to make a cloak," is an action. (Nussbaum, 1978, p. 40)It is well to remember that when philosophy emerged in Greece in the sixth century, B.C., it did not burst suddenly out of the Mediterranean blue. The development of societies of reasoning creatures-what we call civilization-had been a process to be measured not in thousands but in millions of years. Human beings became civilized as they became reasonable, and for an animal to begin to reason and to learn how to improve its reasoning is a long, slow process. So thinking had been going on for ages before Greece-slowly improving itself, uncovering the pitfalls to be avoided by forethought, endeavoring to weigh alternative sets of consequences intellectually. What happened in the sixth century, B.C., is that thinking turned round on itself; people began to think about thinking, and the momentous event, the culmination of the long process to that point, was in fact the birth of philosophy. (Lipman, Sharp & Oscanyan, 1980, p. xi)The way to look at thought is not to assume that there is a parallel thread of correlated affects or internal experiences that go with it in some regular way. It's not of course that people don't have internal experiences, of course they do; but that when you ask what is the state of mind of someone, say while he or she is performing a ritual, it's hard to believe that such experiences are the same for all people involved.... The thinking, and indeed the feeling in an odd sort of way, is really going on in public. They are really saying what they're saying, doing what they're doing, meaning what they're meaning. Thought is, in great part anyway, a public activity. (Geertz, quoted in J. Miller, 1983, pp. 202-203)Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 17)What, in effect, are the conditions for the construction of formal thought? The child must not only apply operations to objects-in other words, mentally execute possible actions on them-he must also "reflect" those operations in the absence of the objects which are replaced by pure propositions. Thus, "reflection" is thought raised to the second power. Concrete thinking is the representation of a possible action, and formal thinking is the representation of a representation of possible action.... It is not surprising, therefore, that the system of concrete operations must be completed during the last years of childhood before it can be "reflected" by formal operations. In terms of their function, formal operations do not differ from concrete operations except that they are applied to hypotheses or propositions [whose logic is] an abstract translation of the system of "inference" that governs concrete operations. (Piaget, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 237)[E]ven a human being today (hence, a fortiori, a remote ancestor of contemporary human beings) cannot easily or ordinarily maintain uninterrupted attention on a single problem for more than a few tens of seconds. Yet we work on problems that require vastly more time. The way we do that (as we can observe by watching ourselves) requires periods of mulling to be followed by periods of recapitulation, describing to ourselves what seems to have gone on during the mulling, leading to whatever intermediate results we have reached. This has an obvious function: namely, by rehearsing these interim results... we commit them to memory, for the immediate contents of the stream of consciousness are very quickly lost unless rehearsed.... Given language, we can describe to ourselves what seemed to occur during the mulling that led to a judgment, produce a rehearsable version of the reaching-a-judgment process, and commit that to long-term memory by in fact rehearsing it. (Margolis, 1987, p. 60)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Thinking
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•The calculations become more intricate (or tedious, or involved, or cumbersome).
•This is a much more elaborate procedure than is necessary for the coal material itself.
•One of today's most important and challenging problems is the development of...
•A combination magnetic/filter separator cuts down costs, but is an elaborate piece of equipment.
•The surface wind system... is much more complicated and complex than...
•Techniques which are common in the motion-picture business have been adopted for many of the more involved
•(or intricate) television productions.
•Very sophisticated mathematical techniques...
•Sophisticated equipment...
II•A composite two-fibre waveguide...
•The transition is a compound one (both the spin and the orbit must change).
•A composite particle...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > сложный
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20 сложное гармоническое движение
Aviation medicine: complex harmonic motionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сложное гармоническое движение
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