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41 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) spirálový; točitý2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) šroubovitý2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirála2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirála3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) spirálovitě stoupat- spirally* * *• spirála -
42 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) špirálový; točitý2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) špirálovitý2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) špirála2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) špirála3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) špirálovito stúpať- spirally* * *• veža• špirála• špirálovitý -
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1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) în spirală2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) în spirală2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirală2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirală3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) a creşte vertiginos- spirally -
44 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) ελικοειδής2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) σπειροειδής2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) ελικοειδής κίνηση,συνεχής αύξηση2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) σπείρα,κουλούρα3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) ανέρχομαι ελικοειδώς/με συνεχή επιτάχυνση- spirally -
45 volume
['vɔljuːm]сущ.1)а) объём, массаto increase / turn up the volume — увеличить объём
to decrease, turn down the volume — уменьшить объём
When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume. — Когда яичный белок взбивают, его объём может увеличиться в семь-восемь раз по сравнению с первоначальным.
б) вместительность, ёмкостьThe volume of the container is 100 cubic meters. — Ёмкость контейнера 100 м3.
Syn:2)а) величина, размеры, масштабы; объём; количествоSenior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. — Начальство будет обсуждать, каким образом можно снизить объёмы продаж.
Syn:amount 1.б) груда, кипа, масса, большое количествоSyn:Syn:4)а) книга, томSyn:б) том ( единица деления произведения); подшивка (газет, журналов)в) ист. свитокг) альбом звукозаписей (на кассетах, пластинках или компакт-дисках)Syn:5) клуб (дыма и т. п.) -
46 scale
1) окалина || образовывать окалину2) нагар; изгарина3) накипь || образовывать накипь4) удалять окалину или накипь5) шкала || шкалировать, градуировать7) масштаб || определять масштаб, масштабировать; изменять масштаб; сводить к определённому масштабу8) весы || взвешивать9) чешуя; чешуйка || чешуйчатый10) дозатор11) размах12) размер13) солеотложение14) энт. червец•- constant-weight batch-type scale - expanded scaleto define a scale — строить шкалу; задавать масштаб
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47 increase
1. n увеличение, возрастание, рост, умножение2. n прирост; прибавление3. v увеличивать, повышать, усиливать4. v увеличиваться, повышаться; возрастать, расти; усиливатьсяto increase in size — увеличиться в размере, расти
5. v размножатьсяСинонимический ряд:1. bonus (noun) bonus; gain; profit; yield2. development (noun) accretion; accumulation; amassment; build-up; development; increment; proliferation3. growth (noun) accession; addition; advance; augmentation; boost; breakthrough; elevation; enlargement; expansion; extension; growth; hike; jump; multiplication; raise; rise; supplement; upgrade; upswing; upturn; wax4. aggrandize (verb) accrue; add to; aggrandise; aggrandize; amplify; augment; beef up; build; build up; burgeon; compound; develop; enlarge; expand; extend; gain; greaten; grow; heighten; magnify; manifold; mount; multiply; plus; push; rise; run up; snowball; spiral; swell; upsurge; wax5. raise (verb) boost; elevate; escalate; hike; jack; jack up; jump; put up; raise; upАнтонимический ряд:decline; decrease; diminish; lessen; reduction -
48 shrink
1. n усадкаshrink matrix — матрица с усадкой, матрица, дающая усадку
2. v садиться, давать усадкуwoolens that tend to shrink — шерстяные изделия, которые садятся
3. v вызывать усадку4. v сжиматься, съёживатьсяshrink away — сжиматься, уменьшаться
5. v уменьшать, сокращать, сжимать6. v пересыхать, усыхать7. v вызывать пересыхание или усыхание8. v удаляться, исчезать9. n сл. психиатрСинонимический ряд:1. cringe (verb) cringe; demur; refuse; retreat; shudder; withdraw2. recoil (verb) blanch; blench; flinch; quail; recoil; shy; squinch; start; wince3. shrivel (verb) abate; compress; concentrate; condense; constrict; contract; decrease; diminish; drain; dwindle; ebb; fail; lessen; let up; peter out; reduce; shrivel; tail off; taper off; wane; waste away; weaken; witherАнтонимический ряд:enlarge; expand; extend; grow; increase; inflate; puff; stretch; venture -
49 slack
1. n слабая, плохо натянутая, провисшая часть; слабина2. n тех. зазор, игра, люфт3. n тех. стрела провисания4. n затишье; спад5. n разг. бездействие, ничегонеделаниеslack period — период затишья; период бездействия; период застоя
6. n мор. стояние прилива или отлива; время между приливом и отливом7. n амер. разг. наглость, дерзость8. n неударный слог9. n резерв времени10. a медленный, замедленный, ленивый11. a слабый, несильный12. a вялый, неактивный; неэнергичныйslack hours — время, когда на улицах нет большого движения
13. a небрежный; нерадивый, ленивый; разболтанный, расхлябанный14. a свободный, плохо натянутый; расслабленный15. a нетребовательный, нестрогий16. a нетвёрдый, слабеющий17. a расслабляющий18. a расслабленный, разбитыйto feel slack — чувствовать себя разбитым; испытывать слабость
19. a раскисший, разжидившийся20. v ослаблять, распускать21. v слабеть; становиться менее крепким22. v замедлять, сбавлять23. v ослаблять; уменьшать24. v глушить, уменьшать, умерять25. v стихать, ослабевать, уменьшаться26. v разг. бездельничать, лодырничать; бить баклуши27. v утолять28. v идти вяло29. v редк. пренебрегать, относиться небрежно, недобросовестно30. v редк. тормозить, задерживатьмедлить, мешкать
31. v стр. гасить32. n угольный шлам, мелкий уголь, угольная пыльСинонимический ряд:1. flabby (adj.) flabby; flaccid; soft; weak2. lazy (adj.) down; inattentive; indolent; late; lazy; lingering; off; slow; sluggish3. negligent (adj.) behindhand; careless; delinquent; derelict; discinct; disregardful; neglectful; negligent; regardless; remiss; sloppy4. quiet (adj.) blunted; dull; idle; inactive; quiet5. relaxed (adj.) baggy; lax; limp; loose; relaxed6. allowance (noun) allowance; extra; give; leeway7. loosening (noun) decrease; indolence; laziness; loosening; negligence; relaxation; remissness; slowing; weakness8. slacks (noun) pants; slacks; trousers9. slowdown (noun) slackening; slowdown; slow-up10. abate (verb) abate; mitigate; moderate; reduce; relax; slacken11. loose (verb) ease; ease off; lax; let up; loose; loosen; untighten12. neglect (verb) malinger; neglect; shirk; skulkАнтонимический ряд:diligent; disciplined; drawn; dutiful; painstaking; taut; tense; tight -
50 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) en spirale2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) en spirale2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirale2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirale3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) monter en flèche- spirally -
51 spiral
1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) espiralado2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) espiralado2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) espiral2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) espiral3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) subir em espiral- spirally -
52 Introduction
Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.LAND AND PEOPLEThe Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into theAtlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)1864 4,287,000 first census1890 5,049,7001900 5,423,0001911 5,960,0001930 6,826,0001940 7,185,1431950 8,510,0001960 8,889,0001970 8,668,000* note decrease1980 9,833,0001991 9,862,5401996 9,934,1002006 10,642,8362010 10,710,000 (estimated) -
53 reduction
1 (decrease, diminution) (of volume, speed) réduction f (in de) ; (of weight, size, cost) diminution f (in de) ; reduction in strength (of army, workforce) réduction des effectifs ;3 ( simplification) réduction f ; the reduction of life to the basics la réduction de la vie à l'essentiel ;4 Chem réduction f ; -
54 downsample
"To decrease the number of audio samples or pixels, by applying an operation such as averaging. Popular internet music formats, such as MP3, use down-sampling to reduce file size."
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decrease — I. verb (decreased; decreasing) Etymology: Middle English decreessen, from Anglo French decrestre, from Latin decrescere, from de + crescere to grow more at crescent Date: 14th century intransitive verb to grow progressively less (as in size,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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decrease — v. /di krees /; n. /dee krees, di krees /, v., decreased, decreasing, n. v.i. 1. to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc.: During the ten day march across the desert their supply of water decreased rapidly. v.t. 2. to make … Universalium
decrease — 1 verb (I, T) to go down to a lower level, or to make something do this: In the last ten years cars have generally decreased in size. | making further efforts to decrease military spending opposite increase 1 decreasing adjective 2 noun (C, U)… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
decrease — de•crease v. [[t]dɪˈkris[/t]] n. [[t]ˈdi kris, dɪˈkris[/t]] v. creased, creas•ing, n. 1) to lessen, esp. by degrees, as in extent, quantity, strength, or power; diminish 2) to make less; cause to diminish 3) the act or process of decreasing;… … From formal English to slang
