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depression storage

Толкование Перевод

1 depression storage

• накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли

• накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли detention storage аккумулирование поверхностного стока

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накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли

Англо-русский словарь по экологии > depression storage
2 depression storage

1) Экология: накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли, накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли detention storage аккумулирование поверхностного стока

2) Макаров: накопление (воды) в депрессиях, слой стока, необходимый для заполнения всех понижений

3) Общая лексика: задержание в понижениях

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > depression storage
3 depression storage

задержание ( воды) в понижениях

Англо-русский гидрогеологический словарь > depression storage
4 depression storage

накопление волы во впадинах поверхности земли ( обычно скапливаются дождевые воды)

накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли ( обычно скапливаются ливневые воды)

Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > depression storage
5 storage

1. аккумулирование,накопление

2. регулирование

3. запас; магазинирование ( подземных вод)

— aquifer storage

— available storage

— bank storage

— base flow storage

— basin storage

— conservation storage

— dead storage

— depression storage

— detention storage

— effective storage

— flood-control storage

— groundwater storage

— regulating storage

— reservoir storage

— soil water storage

— surface storage

— water storage

— working storage

— year-to-year storage

Англо-русский гидрогеологический словарь > storage
6 storage

1. водохранилище 2. накопление 3. ёмкость 4. запись (прибора) 5. хранение (напр. геологических или геофизических данных)
bank storage береговое накопление (воды)
channel storage запасы (воды) в русле
depression storage накопление (воды) в депрессиях
detention storage задержание (воды)
groundwater storage запасы подземных вод
ice storage льдообразование, накопление льда
lateral storage береговое накопление (воды)
snow storage снегонакопление
underground storage подземное хранилище (естественного газа или нефти)
valley storage 1. накопление отложений поймы 2. естественное регулирование накопления пойменного аллювия в период паводка

English-Russian dictionary of geology > storage
7 накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли detention storage аккумулирование поверхностного стока

Ecology: depression storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли detention storage аккумулирование поверхностного стока
8 слой стока, необходимый для заполнения всех понижений

Makarov: depression storage, pocket storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > слой стока, необходимый для заполнения всех понижений
9 задержание в понижениях

General subject: depression storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > задержание в понижениях
10 накопление (воды) в депрессиях

Makarov: depression storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > накопление (воды) в депрессиях
11 накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли

Ecology: depression storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > накопление воды во впадинах поверхности земли
12 накопление в депрессиях

Makarov: (воды) depression storage

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > накопление в депрессиях
13 curve

1) закругление, кривая; эпюра

2) график; лекало

3) гнуть, разбивать кривую

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curve of maximum bending moments — кривая, огибающая наибольших изгибающих моментов

to construct a curve — строить кривую

to fit a curve — припасовывать кривую

- abrupt curve
- actual curve - adiabatic curve - ageing curve - backwater curve - bending curve - bending moment curve - bulking curve - capacity curve - characteristic curve - closed curve - compression curve - connecting curve - consolidation-test curve - cumulative grading curve - deflection curve - depletion curve - depression curve - discharge curve - discharge-mass curve - dotted curve - drawdown curve - drawing curve - easy curve - efficiency curve - elastic curve - flat curve - flow curve - grading curve - hardening curve - heating curve - helical curve - horizontal curve - isotherm curve - lag curve - level curve - load curve - load-deflection curve - load-duration curve - load-strain curve - load-time deflection curve - moment curve - no-load curve - performance curve - pressure curve - rating curve - rating curve of spillway - recovery curve - resistance curve - risk curve - smoothed curve - speed-load curve - stress-strain curve - sweeping curve - wear-time curve
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1.   кривая; график

2.   лекало

3.   изгиб; закругление; кривизна
- curve of maximum bending moments
- curve of maximum moments
- ageing curve
- apparent-resistivity curve
- area curve
- area-volume curve
- averaged curve
- backwater curve
- bending curve
- bending failure curve
- bending moment curve
- bilinear elastic-strain hardening curve
- bilinear elastic strain-hardening stress strain curve
- blind curve
- Bolomey's curves
- braking curve
- bulking curve
- calibration curve
- capacity curve
- casting curve
- catenary curve
- characteristic curve
- circular curve
- closed curve
- column curve
- compaction curve
- compound curve
- consolidation-test curve
- constant-radius curve
- consumption curve
- contour curve
- cost curve
- counter curve
- creep curve
- cubic curve
- cumulation volume curve
- decrement curve
- deflection curve
- deformation curve
- depletion curve
- depression curve
- depth curve
- depth-velocity curve
- discharge curve
- discharge mass curve
- discharge-rating curve
- dispersion curve
- displacement-time curve
- distribution curve
- drawdown curve
- drawing curve
- drop-down curve
- duration curve
- easement curve
- elastic curve
- empirical curve
- envelope curve
- expansion curve
- fan performance curve
- fatigue curve
- fee curve
- flat curve
- flexure curve
- flood-frequency curve
- flow curve
- flow-duration curve
- flow mass curve
- frequency curve
- Fuller's curve
- funicular curve
- gauge correlation curve
- gradation curve
- graduated transition curve
- grain-size accumulation curve
- groundwater storage curve
- hairpin curve
- hardening curve
- head-capacity curve
- heating curve
- helical curve
- horizontal curve
- ideal grading curve
- integral flow curve
- integrated curve
- intrinsic curve
- load curve
- load-deformation curve
- load-extension curve
- load-transfer curve
- mass curve
- mass curve of rainfall
- mass-haul curve
- meridional curve
- Mohr's enveloping curve
- moment curve
- Moody curve
- NC curves
- noise criteria curves
- ogee curve
- open curve
- particle-size accumulator curve
- particle-size distribution curve
- payload-range curve
- performance curve
- plane curve
- population curve
- pressure-void ratio curve
- probability curve
- Proctor moisture density curve
- Proctor curve
- pull rise curve
- pump curve
- rating curve
- rebound curve
- recession curve
- recompression curve
- reloading curve
- representative curve
- reverse curve
- reverse loop curve
- S curve
- sag curve
- saturation curve
- second-order curve
- short-term stress-strain curve
- sieve analysis curve
- sine curve
- smooth curve
- space curve
- stage discharge curve
- storage curve
- stress-strain curve
- system head curve
- temperature curve
- test curve
- tight curve
- time curve
- time-deformation curve
- torque curve
- transition curve
- travel-time curve
- true stress-strain curve
- vertical curve
- vertical velocity curve
- virgin curve
- volume curve
- wear curve
- whiplash curve
- Wöhler curve
- zero air voids curve

Англо-русский строительный словарь > curve
14 tank

бак; резервуар; цистерна; бассейн; заправлять баки

cold gas storage tank — газовый аккумулятор; аккумулятор давления

collapsible fuel storage tank — мягкий топливный резервуар

combined oil tank and sump — маслобак, объединённый с отстойником

ground liquid oxygen storage tank — аэродромный резервуар для хранения жидкого кислорода

inert the fuel tanks — заполнять топливные баки нейтральным газом

leading edge fuel tank — топливный бак в носке крыла

range extension fuel tank — дополнительный топливный бак

reaction control fuel tank — топливный бак реактивной системы управления

tank aft of cockpit — бак позади кабины лётчика

wing center (section) tank — центропланный бак

wing pylon mounted tank — бак, подвешиваемый под крылом на пилоне

— acid tank

— air tank

— aircraft fuel tank

— airplane smoke tank

— air-vented tank

— alcohol tank

— all-attitude tank

— annular tank

— area-ruled tank

— armored tank

— bag-type tank

— balance tank

— balloon tank

— bare tank

— belly tank

— bladder-type tank

— blister tank

— body tank

— bomb-bay tank

— bottom-stage tank

— built-in fuel tank

— bullet-proof fuel tank

— cell-type tank

— center-fuselage tank

— centerline tank

— center-section tank

— center-wing tank

— chaff tank

— chemical tank

— closed tank

— coaxial tanks

— collapsible fabric tank

— collapsible tank

— collector tank

— compensation tank

— coolant-liquid tank

— crash-proof tank

— cryogenic test tank

— cryogenic-propellant tank

— cylindrical tank

— defuel the tanks

— deicer tank

— deicing fluid tank

— depression tank

— detachable tank

— discarded tank

— drain tank

— drop tank

— drop-off tank

— droppable tank

— dump tank

— durable tank

— elastic tank

— emergency tank

— expendable tank

— experimental tank

— exterior tank

— external tank

— extra tank

— extra-long-range fuel tank

— feed tank

— festoon tank

— filament wound tank

— fixed fuel tank

— fuel starting tank

— fuel storage tank

— fuel tank

— fuselage tank

— gas pressure tank

— gasoline tank

— gas-pressurized tank

— header tank

— helical tank

— helium tank

— hemispherical tank

— HTP tank

— hull tank

— hump-back tank

— hydraulic-system tank

— hydrogen peroxide tank

— hydrogen tank

— inboard tank

— independent tank

— injection tank

— inner tank

— integral tank

— jettisonable tank

— kerosene tank

— lagged tank

— landing tank

— launching tank

— leak-proof tank

— lightweight tank

— liquid tank

— liquid-hydrogen tank

— liquid-oxygen tank

— liquid-propellant tank

— long-range tank

— low-pressure tank

— lox tank

— lull tank

— main fuel tank

— main tank

— manual system tank

— missile tank

— mobile tank

— monopropellant tank

— napalm tank

— negative-pressure tank

— neoprene flexible tank

— nitrogen tank

— non-jettisonable tank

— oil tank

— opposite tank

— opposlte-propellant tank

— orbiter tank

— outboard tank

— outer tank

— overload tank

— overwing tank

— oxidant tank

— oxidizer tank

— oxygen tank

— partially-filled tank

— permanent tank

— peroxide tank

— petrol tank

— pinion tank

— plastic-lined steel tank

— port-wing tank

— pressure tank

— pressurization tank

— pressurized tank

— propellant tank

— purged tank

— pylon tank

— receiver tank

— refrigerated tank

— refueling tank

— removable tank

— rigid tank

— rocket tank

— rocket-propellant tank

— rolled-up tank

— rubber tank

— saddle tank

— saddle-back tank

— sandwich tank

— sealed tank

— seaplane tank

— self-pressurized tank

— self-sealing tank

— semirigid tank

— semitoroidal tank

— service tank

— servicing tank

— shallow tank

— slender tank

— slipper tank

— smoke tank

— space-vehicle tank

— spherical tank

— spinning propellant tank

— standing tank

— starboard-wing tank

— starter fuel tank

— starting fuel tank

— storage tank

— strap-on tank

— stub tank

— supply tank

— surge tank

— tank over engine

— temperature-resistant tank

— test tank

— thermal-insulated tank

— tip tank

— top-stage tank

— toroidal tank

— torsion-box integral tank

— towing tank

— trim tank

— underground tank

— under-wing tank

— uninsulated tank

— unvented tank

— upper-stage tank

— vacuum tank

— vacuum-insulated tank

— vacuum-jacketed tank

— vacuum-walled tank

— variable-atmosphere tank

— variable-pressure tank

— vented tank

— ventral tank

— water-injection tank

— water-methanol injection tank

— wave tank

— weapon-bay tank

— wing tank

— wing-root tank

— wingtip tank

Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > tank
15 económico

adj.

1 economic, economical, saving, sparing.

2 cost-reducing, cost-cutting, cash-saving, economical.

3 economic, related to economics.

4 cheap to run, economic, cost-effective.

5 inexpensive, cheap, low-priced, knockdown.

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económico

► adjetivo

1 (gen) economic

2 (barato) cheap, economical, inexpensive

■ la habitación resultó económica the room was cheap

3 (persona) thrifty, careful with money

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

crisis económica economic crisis, recession

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(f. - económica)

adj.

1) economic

2) economical

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ADJ

1) [gen] economic; [año] fiscal, financial

la situación económica — the economic situation

2) (=barato) economical, inexpensive

edición económica — cheap edition, popular edition

3) (=ahorrativo) thrifty; pey miserly
ECONÓMICO ¿"Economic" o "economical"? ► El adjetivo económico se traduce por economic cuando se refiere al comercio o las finanzas: China ha vivido cinco años de reformas económicas China has lived through five years of economic reforms ... el ritmo del crecimiento económico...... the pace of economic growth... ► Económico se traduce por economical cuando se usa para describir algo que presenta una buena relación calidad-precio: Resulta más económico tener un coche de gasoil It is more economical to have a diesel-engined car Economic se puede usar en inglés para traducir rentable: Mantendremos las tarifas altas para que el servicio resulte rentable We shall keep the fares high to make the service economic Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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- ca adjetivo

1) <crisis/situación> economic (before n); <problema/independencia> financial

2)

a) <piso/comida> cheap; <restaurante/hotel> cheap, inexpensive

b) ( que gasta poco) < motor> economical; < persona> thrifty

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- ca adjetivo

1) <crisis/situación> economic (before n); <problema/independencia> financial

2)

a) <piso/comida> cheap; <restaurante/hotel> cheap, inexpensive

b) ( que gasta poco) < motor> economical; < persona> thrifty

* * *

económico¹

¹ = economic, financial, fiscal, monetary, monied, pecuniary, budget, moneyed.

Ex: Generally, the availability of centralised cataloguing records will, if the economic aspects are favourable, encourage uniformity.

Ex: SIA in the United Kingdom covers information on travel and transport, economics in EEC countries, construction of nuclear power stations, and financial information.

Ex: The effect of fiscal pressures is particularly evident for government on-line systems, such as DOE/RECON.

Ex: For example, if the local currency is Belgian francs, monetary amount are always entered in whole francs.

Ex: This will shift the dynamics of information flow to policymakers to favour monied special interests, which threatens the democratic process.

Ex: George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.

Ex: The aricle has the title ' budget CD-Rewritable drives: to get the best deal, buy a CD-RW drive that's not top of the line'.

Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.

* apoyo económico = financial backing.

* ayuda económica = fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, grant, cash grant.

* bache económico = economic doldrums.

* brigada de delitos económicos = fraud squad.

* burbuja económica = price bubble.

* capacidad económica = earning capacity, earning power.

* capital económico = financial capital.

* Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).

* clima económico = economic climate.

* comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* Comunidad Económica Europea (CEE) = European Economic Community (EEC).

* con poco recursos económicos = low-budget.

* crisis económica = economic crisis, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.

* crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.

* cuestión económica = economic issue, financial issue.

* depresión económica = economic depression, economic doldrums.

* de recesión económica = recessionary.

* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.

* desde un punto de vista económico = economically.

* de un modo económico = economically.

* donación económica = monetary donation.

* donación económica de fundación = endowment fund.

* económico-técnico = economic-technical.

* eficacia económica = economic efficiency.

* ejercicio económico = business year, accounting year.

* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.

* equiparación económica = economic levelling.

* estatus económico = economic status.

* evaluación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.

* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.

* fondo económico = funds.

* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.

* historiador económico = economic historian.

* incertidumbre económica = economic uncertainty.

* índice económico = economic index.

* influencia económica = economic influence.

* información económica = business news.

* informe económico = economic report.

* interés económico = economic interest.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* medida económica = economic measure.

* memoria económica = economic report.

* modelo económico = economic model.

* necesidad económica = economic necessity, economic need.

* nivelación económica = economic levelling.

* no económico = non-economic [noneconomic].

* pasar apuros económicos = lead + a precarious existence.

* política económica = political economy.

* político-económico = politico-economic.

* presión económica = economic pressure.

* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

* recesión económica = economic recession, difficult economic times, economic depression.

* recortes económicos = economic retrenchment.

* recuperación económica = economic recovery.

* reforma económica = economic reform.

* respaldo económico = financial backing.

* riesgo económico = financial risk.

* sanción económica = economic penalty, economic sanction.

* sistema económico = economic system.

* situación económica = economic status.

* situación económica, la = economics of the situation, the.

* socioeconómico = socioeconomic [socio-economic].

* teoría económica = economic theory.

* trastorno económico = economic upheaval.

* valor económico = economic value, monetary worth.

económico²

² = cheap [cheaper -comp., cheapest -sup.], cost-effective [cost effective], economical, inexpensive, cost-efficient [cost efficient], dollar-saving, money-saving, thrifty [thriftier -comp., thriftiest -sup.], cut-price, cut-rate, affordable.

Ex: These indexes are both cheap and quick to produce.

Ex: OFFSEARCH is a means of running a search overnight on more than one data base, in a cost-effective mode.

Ex: Fixed length fields the are economical on storage space, and records using fixed length fields are quick and easy to code.

Ex: a microcomputer will need an inexpensive software package in order to suitable for external communication.

Ex: Good libraries are a cost-efficient integral part of an effective correctional programme in a detention centre.

Ex: The article 'Two dollar-saving search tips' explains how to eliminate duplicate citations when printing out search results.

Ex: It is ironic that reduced funding may threaten money-saving automation plans.

Ex: As such, the library serves a large blue collar population of thrifty, hardworking people with a predilection toward conservatism in lifestyle and thought.

Ex: Turkey is heavily promoted by tour operators as an idyllic holiday destination, the cut-price alternative to Greece or Cyprus.

Ex: Most of these cut-rate laptops include a one-year parts and labor warranty.

Ex: Information will become more affordable, accessible, and plentiful.

* alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de un modo económico = thriftily.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* hotel económico = budget hotel.

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económico -ca

adjective

A ‹crisis/situación› economic ( before n)

tienen problemas económicos they have financial problems

B

1 ‹piso/comida› cheap; ‹restaurante/hotel› cheap, inexpensive

2 (que gasta poco) ‹motor› economical; ‹persona› thrifty

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económico
◊ -ca adjetivo

1 ‹crisis/situación› economic ( before n);
‹problema/independencia› financial
2
a) ‹piso/comida› cheap;

‹restaurante/hotel› cheap, inexpensive
b) ( que gasta poco) ‹ motor› economical;

‹ persona› thrifty
económico,-a adjetivo
1 (país, empresa) economic
(persona) financial: tienen problemas económicos, they have financial troubles
2 (barato) economical, inexpensive: el traje me salió muy económico, the suit was very cheap
comidas económicas, cheap meals
3 (persona ahorradora) thrifty
Recuerda que el adjetivo economic, relativo a la economía, no es igual al adjetivo economical, que significa económico, barato.
' económico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ajuste
- ámbito
- beneficio
- bloqueo
- desajuste
- despegue
- económica
- ejercicio
- holgura
- nivel
- respaldo
- revés
- auge
- clima
- desbarajuste
- orden
- plan
- refugiado
- sostén
English:
budget
- business
- cheap
- diner
- ease
- economic
- economical
- fall back on
- financial
- inexpensive
- thrifty
- wasteful
- café
- economics
- support
- third
- uneconomical

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económico, -a adj

1. [asunto, doctrina, crisis] economic;

la política económica del gobierno the government's economic policy;

una familia con problemas económicos a family with financial problems;

mi situación económica es desesperante my financial situation is desperate

2. [barato] cheap, low-cost;

pagándolo al contado te sale más económico it works out cheaper if you pay in cash

3. [que gasta poco] [motor, aparato] economical;
[persona] thrifty
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económico

adj

1 economic

2 ( barato) economical

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económico, -ca adj

: economic, economical

* * *

económico adj

1. (de la economía) economic

2. (que gasta poco) economical

3. (que cuesta poco) inexpensive

Spanish-English dictionary > económico
16 medio

adj.

1 half a, half, half an, mid.

2 average.

3 half-way, halfway.

4 one-half.

adv.

half-way, half, kind of, partially.

m.

1 means, manner, mode, way.

2 center, midway, midst.

3 medium, instrument, means.

4 environment.

5 halfback.

6 medium.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mediar.

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medio

► adjetivo

1 (mitad) half

■ las dos y media half past two

■ media docena de huevos half a dozen eggs

■ un año y medio a year and a half

2 (intermedio) middle

■ a media tarde in the middle of the afternoon

3 (de promedio) average

■ una velocidad media de... an average speed of...

► adverbio

1 half

■ medio terminado,-a half-finished

■ he dejado los platos a medio lavar I've left the washing-up half-done

► nombre masculino medio

1 (mitad) half

2 (centro) middle

■ en el medio de la plaza in the middle of the square

3 (contexto - físico) environment

■ tiene problemas de adaptación al medio she has problems adapting to her environment

4 (social) circle

■ se mueve en un medio muy poco estimulante he moves in rather boring circles

► nombre masculino plural medios

1 (recursos) means

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FRASEOLOGÍA

equivocarse de medio a medio to get it all wrong

estar (todo) por el medio to be in the way

ponerse en medio to get in the way

por medio de through, by means of

por todos los medios by all means

quitar algo/alguien de en medio to get something/somebody out of the way

media aritmética arithmetic mean

medio ambiente environment

medio fondo middle-distance

■ una carrera de medio fondo a middle-distance race

medios de comunicación (mass) media

medios de transporte means of transport

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medio

► nombre masculino

1 (mitad) half

2 (centro) middle

■ en el medio de la plaza in the middle of the square

3 (contexto - físico) environment

■ tiene problemas de adaptación al medio she has problems adapting to her environment

4 (social) circle

■ se mueve en un medio muy poco estimulante he moves in rather boring circles

► nombre masculino plural

* * *
1. (f. - media)
adj.

1) middle

2) half

3) average

4) medium
2. adv.
1) half

2) rather
3. noun m.
1) middle

2) element

3) medium

4) means

•

- medio ambiente

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=la mitad de) half

nos queda media botella — we've half a bottle left

medio limón — half a lemon

medio litro — half a litre

acudió media ciudad — half the town turned up

medio luto — half-mourning

media pensión — [en hotel] half-board

• media hora — half an hour

estuve esperando media hora — I was waiting for half an hour

el enfermo ha empeorado en la última media hora — the patient has got worse in the last half hour

una hora y media — an hour and a half

tardamos tres horas y media en llegar — we took three and a half hours to get there

son las ocho y media — it's half past eight

• media luna — (Astron) half-moon

en forma de media luna — crescent-shaped

la Media Luna — [en el Islam] the Crescent
asta, luz 1), mundo 2), naranja 1., 3), palabra 1), voz 1), vuelta 1)
2) (=intermedio)

la clase media — the middle class

café de media mañana — mid-morning coffee

a media tarde — halfway through the afternoon

• a medio camino, estamos a medio camino — we're halfway there

a medio camino entre Madrid y Barcelona — halfway between Madrid and Barcelona
plazo
3) (=promedio) average

la temperatura media — the average temperature
término 2)
4) (=normal) average

el francés medio — the average Frenchman

el hombre medio — the man in the street

5)

• a medias, lo dejó hecho a medias — he left it half-done

está escrito a medias — it's half-written

estoy satisfecho solo a medias — I am only partly satisfied

una verdad a medias — a half truth

ir a medias — to go fifty-fifty

lo pagamos a medias — we share o split the cost

2. ADV

1) [con adjetivo] half

está medio borracha — she's half drunk

medio dormido — half asleep

es medio tonto — he's not very bright, he's a bit on the slow side

2) [con verbo, adverbio]

está a medio escribir/terminar — it is half-written/finished

medio se sonrió — she gave a half-smile

lo dijo medio en broma — he was only half-joking

Ana medio se enamoró de Gonzalo — Ana kind of fell in love with Gonzalo

eso no está ni medio bien — that isn't even close to being right

3) LAm (=bastante) rather, quite, pretty *

fue medio difícil — it was pretty hard

3. SM

1) (=centro) middle, centre, center (EEUU)

justo en el medio de la plaza hay una fuente — there's a fountain right in the middle o centre of the square

coger algo por el medio — to take sth round the middle

el justo medio — a happy medium

• de en medio, la casa de en medio — the middle house

quitar algo de en medio — to get sth out of the way

quitarse de en medio — to get out of the way

• de por medio, hay droga de por medio — drugs are involved

hay dificultades de por medio — there are difficulties in the way

meterse de por medio — to intervene

día (de) por medio — LAm every other day

• en medio, iba a besarla, pero él se puso en medio — I was going to kiss her, but he got between us

no dejes las cosas por en medio — don't leave your things in the middle of the floor

en medio de la plaza — in the middle of the square

en medio de tanta confusión — in the midst of such confusion

en medio de todos ellos — among all of them

• por medio de, pasar por medio de — to go through (the middle of)

de medio a medio —

equivocarse de medio a medio — to be completely wrong

2) (Dep) midfielder

medio apertura — (Rugby) fly-half

medio centro — centre-half

medio (de) melé — (Rugby) scrum-half

3) (=método) means pl, way

lo intentaré por todos los medios (posibles) — I'll try everything possible

no hay medio de conseguirlo — there is no way of getting it, it's impossible to get

poner todos los medios para hacer algo, no regatear medios para hacer algo — to spare no effort to do sth

• por medio de, se mueve por medio de poleas — it moves by means of o using a pulley system

me avisó por medio de mi vecino — she let me know through my neighbour

respira por medio de las agallas — it breathes through o using o by means of its gills

lo consiguió por medio de chantajes — he obtained it by o through blackmail

medio de transporte — means of transport

4) pl los medios (tb: los medios de comunicación ó difusión) the media

los medios de comunicación de masas — the mass media

los medios informativos — the news media

5) pl medios (=recursos) means, resources

es un hombre de (muchos) medios — he's a man of means

no tienen medios económicos suficientes — they do not have sufficient financial resources

6) (Bio) (tb: medio ambiente) environment

7) (=círculo) circle

en los medios financieros — in financial circles

encontrarse en su medio — to be in one's element o milieu

* * *
I
- dia adjetivo

1) (delante del n) ( la mitad de)

medio litro — half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo — half a kilo

media manzana — half an apple

pagar medio pasaje — to pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo — a half-length portrait

media hora — half an hour, a half hour (AmE)

dos horas y media — two and a half hours

lo sabe medio Buenos Aires — half of Buenos Aires knows

se lo contó a medio mundo — he told the whole world

la falda le llega a media pierna — she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde dio un paseo — he went for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll

está a medio vestir — she's still getting dressed

- media luna

- media naranja

- media pensión

- media vuelta

- medio campo

- medio del melé

- medio fondista

- medio fondo

- medio hermano -dia hermana

- medio luto

- medio pupilo -dia pupila

- medio tiempo

2) (mediano, promedio) average

el ciudadano/mexicano medio — the average citizen/Mexican

a medio y largo plazo — in the medium and long term

la temperatura media — the average temperature
II
adverbio half

está medio loca/dormida — she's half crazy/asleep

medio en broma medio en serio — half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio terminar — he leaves everything half finished

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí — it was rather awkward meeting him there
III
masculino

1) (Mat) ( mitad) half

2)

a) ( centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación — in the middle o center of the room

el asiento de en or del medio — the middle seat, the seat in the middle

el justo medio — the happy medium

quitarse de en or del medio — to get out of the way

quitar a alguien de en medio — (euf) to bump somebody off (colloq)

b) los medios masculino plural (Taur) center* ( of the ring)

3)

a) (recurso, manera) means (pl)

como medio de coacción — as a means of coercion

lo intentaron por todos los medios — they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo — there's no way o means of locating him

b) (Art) ( vehículo) tb

medio de expresión — medium

c) medios masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos — means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios — he spared no expense

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo — she does not have the means o resources to do it

- medio de comunicación or difusión

- medio de transporte

- medio informativo

- medios audiovisuales

- medios de producción

4) (en locs)

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of; hay intereses creados de por medio there are vested interests involved; había un árbol de por medio there was a tree in the way; en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people; cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden how can you work in all this mess; en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion; en medio de todo all things considered; por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week; dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses; por medio de by means of; se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system; por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin; de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong; le acertó de medio a medio — she was absolutely right

5)

a) (círculo, ámbito)

en medios literarios/políticos — in literary/political circles

no está en su medio — he's out of his element

es desconocido en nuestro medio — he's unknown here (o in our area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que... — informed opinion has it that...

b) (Biol) environment

la adaptación al medio — adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

animales en su medio natural — animals in their natural habitat

•

- medio ambiente

* * *
I
- dia adjetivo

1) (delante del n) ( la mitad de)

medio litro — half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo — half a kilo

media manzana — half an apple

pagar medio pasaje — to pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo — a half-length portrait

media hora — half an hour, a half hour (AmE)

dos horas y media — two and a half hours

lo sabe medio Buenos Aires — half of Buenos Aires knows

se lo contó a medio mundo — he told the whole world

la falda le llega a media pierna — she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde dio un paseo — he went for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll

está a medio vestir — she's still getting dressed

- media luna

- media naranja

- media pensión

- media vuelta

- medio campo

- medio del melé

- medio fondista

- medio fondo

- medio hermano -dia hermana

- medio luto

- medio pupilo -dia pupila

- medio tiempo

2) (mediano, promedio) average

el ciudadano/mexicano medio — the average citizen/Mexican

a medio y largo plazo — in the medium and long term

la temperatura media — the average temperature
II
adverbio half

está medio loca/dormida — she's half crazy/asleep

medio en broma medio en serio — half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio terminar — he leaves everything half finished

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí — it was rather awkward meeting him there
III
masculino

1) (Mat) ( mitad) half

2)

a) ( centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación — in the middle o center of the room

el asiento de en or del medio — the middle seat, the seat in the middle

el justo medio — the happy medium

quitarse de en or del medio — to get out of the way

quitar a alguien de en medio — (euf) to bump somebody off (colloq)

b) los medios masculino plural (Taur) center* ( of the ring)

3)

a) (recurso, manera) means (pl)

como medio de coacción — as a means of coercion

lo intentaron por todos los medios — they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo — there's no way o means of locating him

b) (Art) ( vehículo) tb

medio de expresión — medium

c) medios masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos — means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios — he spared no expense

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo — she does not have the means o resources to do it

- medio de comunicación or difusión

- medio de transporte

- medio informativo

- medios audiovisuales

- medios de producción

4) (en locs)

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of; hay intereses creados de por medio there are vested interests involved; había un árbol de por medio there was a tree in the way; en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people; cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden how can you work in all this mess; en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion; en medio de todo all things considered; por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week; dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses; por medio de by means of; se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system; por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin; de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong; le acertó de medio a medio — she was absolutely right

5)

a) (círculo, ámbito)

en medios literarios/políticos — in literary/political circles

no está en su medio — he's out of his element

es desconocido en nuestro medio — he's unknown here (o in our area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que... — informed opinion has it that...

b) (Biol) environment

la adaptación al medio — adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

animales en su medio natural — animals in their natural habitat

•

- medio ambiente

* * *

medio¹

= middle, one-half (1/2).

Ex: The purpose of the insert key is to allow the insertion of one or more characters in the middle of a field without disturbing the information already displayed.

Ex: The output of paperbacks accounted for one-third of the total US book production by 1962; nearly one-half of the fiction produced and a quarter of the available titles.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* a media mañana = mid-morning.

* a medias entre... y... = betwixt and between.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* a medio formar = half-formed.

* a medio fuego = medium heat.

* a medio hacer = halfway done, half done.

* a medio plazo = near-term, in the medium term, medium-term, in the mid-term, mid-term [midterm].

* a medio rimar = half-rhymed.

* a medio vestir = partly dressed, half dressed.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* baja Edad Media, la = late Middle Ages, the.

* barba de media tarde = five o'clock shadow.

* clase media = middle class.

* cocer a medias = parboil.

* comprendido a medias = half-understood.

* dar media vuelta = do + an about-face.

* darse media vuelta = turn on + Posesivo + heel.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* del medio = middle.

* del Medio Oriente = Middle Eastern.

* de media jornada = half-day [half day].

* de media mañana = mid-morning.

* de medio día de duración = half-day [half day].

* de medio pelo = small-time.

* de talla media = middle-sized.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* Edad Media = mediaeval ages [medieval ages, -USA], Middle Ages.

* edición media = medium edition.

* en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.

* en medio de = amidst, in the midst of, in the throes of, right in, amid.

* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* enterarse a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* entre medias = in between.

* estar a medio camino entre... y... = lie + midway between... and....

* estar en medio de = caught in the middle.

* estar justo en medio de = stand + squarely in.

* foto de medio cuerpo = mugshot [mug shot].

* haber dinero de por medio = money + change hands.

* haber una transacción económica de por medio = money + change hands.

* habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.

* histeria a medias = semi-hysteria.

* Hora + y media = half past + Hora.

* IME (Integración a Media Escala) = MSI (Medium Scale Integration).

* justo en el medio (de) = plumb in the middle (of).

* letra rota o a medio imprimir = broken letter.

* línea de medio campo = halfway line.

* media docena = half a dozen, half-dozen.

* media hora = half-hour.

* Media Luna Roja, la = Red Crescent, the.

* media luz = half-light.

* media pensión = half board.

* media tinta = Mezzotint.

* media verdad = half truth, half-fact.

* media vuelta = about-face.

* medio abierto = half-opened, half-way open.

* medio administrativo = quasi-clerical.

* medio adormilado = bleary-eyed.

* medio despierto = drowsily, groggily, bleary-eyed.

* medio día = one-half day.

* medio dormido = drowsily, groggily, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].

* medio en broma = tongue-in-cheek.

* medio + Expresión Temporal = half + a + Expresión Temporal.

* medio hecho = halfway done, half done.

* Medio Oeste, el = Midwest, the.

* Medio Oriente = Middle East.

* medio pliego = half-sheet.

* medio sumergido = half-submerged.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* medio vestido = partly dressed, half dressed.

* nacido en medio = middleborn.

* nivel medio de gestión = middle management.

* pantalones de media caña = knee breeches, jodhpurs.

* partir por medio = rend in + two.

* Pasado = half + Pasado/Participio.

* ponerse en medio = get in + the way (of).

* Posesivo + media naranja = Posesivo + significant other, Posesivo + better half, Posesivo + other half.

* punto medio = mid-point.

* quedarse a medias = fall (between/through) + the cracks.

* quitarse de en medio = take + Nombre + out.

* quitarse del medio = run for + cover.

* sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tentempié de media mañana = elevenses.

* un día y medio = one and a half days.

* verdad a medias = half truth, half-fact.

* verse en medio de = caught in the middle.

medio²

² = average, mainline, mainstream.

Ex: The average family does have very real information needs, even though these may not be immediately recognized as such.

Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.

Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.

* ciudadano medio, el = average man, the.

* como término medio = on average.

* de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range.

* de precio medio = medium-priced.

* de talle medio = medium-length.

* de tamaño medio = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, mid-size [midsize].

* de tipo medio = middle-range.

* el ciudadano medio = the average Joe.

* hombre medio, el = average person, the.

* la ciudadana media = the average Jane.

* nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.

* persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].

* por término medio = on average.

* precio medio = average price.

* tener por término medio = average.

* término medio = compromise, balance.

* valor medio = midrange, mean value.

medio³

³ = instrumentality, means, vehicle.

Nota: Sentido figurado.

Ex: But there are signs of a change as new and powerful instrumentalities come into use.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.

* alfabetización en los medios de comunicación = media literacy.

* anuncios en los medios de comunicación = media releases.

* aprendizaje a través de medios electrónicos = online learning.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* bibliotecario de medios audiovisuales = library media specialist.

* bien dotado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien equipado de medios = well-resourced.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.

* codificación por medio de códigos de barras = barcoding [bar-coding].

* codificar por medio de códigos de barras = barcode [bar-code].

* conducir por medio de tubos = duct.

* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.

* con medios insuficientes = on a shoestring (budget).

* con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con muy pocos medios = on a shoestring (budget).

* con todos los medios a + Posesivo + alcance = with all the means at + Posesivo + disposal.

* desplazamiento por medio del ordenador = computer commuting.

* documentalista de los medios de comunicación = news librarian.

* dotar de medios = resource.

* el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.

* empresa de medios de comunicación = media company.

* enseñanza a través de medios electrónicos = online education.

* enseñanza por medio del ordenador (CBI) = computer-based instruction (CBI).

* entrevista en los medios de comunicación = media interview.

* equipar de medios = resource.

* exceso de medios = overkill.

* expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.

* industria de los medios de comunicación de masas = mass communications industry.

* interfaz por medio de gráficos = graphics interfacing.

* máquina de registro de préstamos por medio de la fotografía = photocharger, photocharging machine.

* medio de ahorro = economy measure.

* medio de almacenamiento = storage medium.

* medio de almacenamiento físico = physical storage media.

* medio de comunicación = medium [media, -pl.].

* medio de interpretación = medium of performance.

* medio de transmisión = conduit.

* medio físico = physical medium.

* medios = ways and means.

* medios de almacenamiento digital = digital media.

* medios de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage media.

* medios de comunicación = news media.

* medios de comunicación de masas = mass media, mass communications media, communications media, communications media.

* medios de comunicación social = mass media.

* medios de microalmacenamiento de la información = microstorage media.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* medios digitalizados de almacenamiento de información = digitised media.

* medios económicos = economic resources.

* medios, los = wherewithal, the, means, the.

* medios oficiales = official channels.

* medios técnicos = IT capabilities.

* medios visuales = visual media.

* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.

* multimedia = multimedia [multi-media].

* mundo de los medios de comunicación, el = mediascape, the.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* proporcionar los medios para = provide + the material for.

* ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.

* streaming media = streaming media.

* técnica de recuperación por medio de la lógica difusa = fuzzy IR technique.

* terapia por medio de aromas = aroma therapy.

* tratar por todos los medios de = take + (great) pains to.

* tratar por todos los medios de + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.

* un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.

* un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.

* utilizar al máximo por medio del ordenador = explode.

* * *

medio¹ - dia

adjective

A ( delante del n)

(la mitad de): medio litro half a liter, a half-liter

medio kilo de harina half a kilo of flour

media docena de huevos half a dozen eggs, a half-dozen eggs

¿quieres media manzana? do you want half an apple?

los niños pagan medio billete or pasaje children pay half fare o half price

un retrato de medio cuerpo a half-length portrait

llevo media hora esperando I've been waiting for half an hour

la última media hora es muy divertida the last half hour is very entertaining

hay trenes a y cinco y a y media there are trains at five past and half past (the hour)

aún faltan dos horas y media para que empiece la función there are still two and a half hours to go before the show starts

si se lo dices a él mañana lo sabe medio Buenos Aires if you tell him, half (of) Buenos Aires will know by tomorrow

la bandera ondea a media asta the flag is flying at half-mast

la falda le llega a media pierna she's wearing a calf-length skirt

a media mañana/tarde siempre da un paseo he always goes for a mid-morning/mid-afternoon stroll, he always goes for a stroll mid-morning/mid-afternoon

¿qué haces aquí leyendo a media luz? what are you doing in here reading in such poor light?

la habitación estaba a media luz the room was dimly lit

Compuestos:

● media lengua

feminine:

habla con or (CS) en medioa lengua he talks in baby language

la deliciosa medioa lengua de los dos años the delightful way a two-year-old talks

● media luna feminine

A ( Astron) half-moon

en forma de medioa luna crescent-shaped

la Medio Luna de las tierras fértiles the Fertile Crescent

B (de las uñas) half-moon

C ( RPl) ( Coc) croissant ( often with ham and cheese)

D

(organización): la Medioa Luna Roja the Red Crescent

● media manga

feminine short sleeve

llevaba un vestido de medioa manga she was wearing a dress with short sleeves o a short-sleeved dress

● media naranja

masculine and feminine ( fam hum):

todavía no ha encontrado su medioa naranja (el hombre ideal) Mr Right hasn't come along yet; (la mujer ideal) he hasn't found his ideal woman yet

vino con su medioa naranja he/she came along with his/her better half ( colloq hum)

● media pensión

feminine (en hoteles) half board

(en colegios): los alumnos en régimen de medioa pensión pupils who have school dinners

● medias palabras

fpl:

me lo dijo con medioas palabras she didn't say it in so many words

● media suela

feminine half sole, sole

● media volea

feminine half volley

● media voz

feminine:

a medioa voz in a low voice

hablaban a medioa voz they were talking in low voices

● media vuelta

feminine ( Mil) about-face ( AmE), about-turn ( BrE)

(se) dio medioa vuelta y se fue she turned on her heel o she turned around and left

● medio apertura

masculine and feminine fly half, outside half

● medio campo

masculine midfield

● medio del melé

masculine and feminine scrum half

● medio fondista

masculine and feminine middle-distance runner

● medio fondo

masculine middle-distance

● medio hermano, media hermana

masculine, feminine

( masculine) half-brother; ( feminine) half-sister

● medio luto

masculine half-mourning

● medio pupilo, media pupila or medio pupila

masculine, feminine (CS) day pupil

los medio pupilos the day pupils

● medio tiempo

( AmL) half-time

B (mediano, promedio) average

el cuidadano/mexicano medio the average citizen/Mexican

barrios madrileños de standing alto a medio middle to upper-class districts of Madrid

a medio y largo plazo in the medium and long term

técnico de grado medio technician who has taken a three-year course rather than a five-year degree course

la temperatura media es de 22 grados the average temperature is 22 degrees

clase¹ (↑ clase (1)), edad, término, etc

C

a medias ( loc adv)

1

(de manera incompleta): dejó el trabajo a medios he left the work half-finished

me dijo la verdad a medios she didn't tell me the whole truth o story

lo arregló a medios he didn't fix it properly

2

(entre dos): voy a comprar un número de lotería ¿vamos a medios? I'm going to buy a lottery ticket. Do you want to go halves?

pagar a medios to pay half each, go halves

lo hicimos a medios we did it between us

D

( Chi fam) ( delante del n) (uso enfático): el medio auto que se gasta just look at the car he drives!

medio²

adverb

half

está medio borracha/loca she's half drunk/crazy

lo dejaron allí medio muerto they left him there half dead

fue medio violento encontrármelo ahí it was rather awkward meeting him there

me lo dijo medio en broma medio en serio she said it half joking and half serious

todo lo deja a medio hacer he never finishes anything, he leaves everything half finished

medio como que se molestó cuando se lo dije (CS fam); she got kind of o sort of annoyed when I told her ( colloq)

medio³

masculine

A [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Mat) (mitad) half

B

1 (centro) middle

en (el) medio de la habitación in the middle o center of the room

el botón de en or del medio the middle button, the button in the middle

el justo medio the happy medium

quítate de en or del medio, que no me dejas ver get out of the way, I can't see

quitar a algn de en medio ( euf); to get rid of sb ( euph), bump sb off ( colloq)

2 los medios mpl ( Taur) center* ( of the ring)

C

1 (recurso, manera) means (pl)

lo intentaron por todos los medios they tried everything they could

no hay medio de localizarlo there's no way o means of locating him

hizo lo que pudo con los medios a su alcance she did everything she could with the resources at her disposal

como medio de coacción as a means of coercion

2 ( Art) (vehículo) tb

medio de expresión medium

3 medios mpl (recursos económicos) tb

medios económicos means (pl), resources (pl)

no escatimó medios he spared no expense

a pesar de los escasos medios de que dispone in spite of his limited means

no cuenta con los medios necesarios para hacerlo she does not have the means o resources to do it

Compuestos:

● medio de comunicación

la entrevista concedida a un medio de comunicación francés the interview given to a French newspaper ( o television station etc)

los medios de comunicación the media

los medios de comunicación sociales or de masas the mass media

● medio de difusión

medio de comunicación

● medio de transporte

means of transport

● medio impugnativo

( Méx) legal challenge

● medio informativo

medio de comunicación

● medios audiovisuales

mpl audiovisual aids (pl)

● medios de producción

mpl:

los medio de producción the means of production

D ( en locs):

de por medio: no puedo dejarlo, están los niños de por medio I can't leave him, there are the children to think of

hay muchos intereses creados de por medio there are a lot of vested interests involved

en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people

no sé cómo puedes trabajar en medio de este desorden I don't know how you can work in all this mess

en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion

en medio de todo all things considered

en medio de todo más vale así all things considered, it's probably better this way

por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week

dos o tres casas por medio every two or three houses

por medio de: nos enteramos por medio de tu primo we found out from o through your cousin

atrapa su presa por medio de estas pinzas it catches its prey by using these pincers

se comunicaban por medio de este sistema they communicated by means of this system

obtuvo el puesto por medio de estas influencias she got the job through these contacts

de medio a medio: te equivocas de medio a medio you're completely wrong o utterly mistaken

le acertó de medio a medio she was absolutely right

E

1

(círculo, ámbito): en medios literarios/políticos in literary/political circles

no está en su medio he's out of his element

un artista prácticamente desconocido en nuestro medio (Col, CS); an artist who is practically unknown here o in our country ( o area etc)

en medios bien informados se comenta que … informed opinion has it that …

2 ( Biol) environment

estos animales no sobreviven fuera de su medio natural these animals do not survive if removed from their natural habitat

la adaptación al medio adaptation to one's environment o surroundings

Compuesto:

medio ambiente

environment

que no daña el medio ambiente eco-friendly, environmentally friendly

F (dedo) middle finger

G (moneda) five centavo or centésimo coin formerly used in some Latin American countries

ni medio ( RPl fam): no se ve/no entendí ni medio you can't see/I didn't understand a thing

el que nace para medio nunca llega a real if you don't have what it takes, you won't get on in the world

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Del verbo mediar: ( conjugate mediar)

medio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

medió es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
mediar
medio
mediar ( conjugate mediar) verbo intransitivo
a) ( intervenir) to mediate;

medio EN algo ‹en conflicto/negociaciones› to mediate in sth, to act as mediator in sth
b) ( interceder) medio POR algn to intercede for sb;

medio ANTE algn to intercede o intervene with sb
medio 1
◊ - dia adjetivo

1 ( delante del n) ( la mitad de):
◊ medio kilo half a kilo;

media manzana half an apple;
pagar medio pasaje to pay half fare o half price;
media hora half an hour, a half hour (AmE);
dos horas y media two and a half hours;
a las cinco y media at half past five;
a media mañana/tarde in the middle of the morning/afternoon;
a medio camino halfway;
media pensión ( en hoteles) half board;
(se) dio medio vuelta y se fue she turned on her heel and left;
un jugador de medio campo a midfield player;
medio tiempo (AmL) half-time;
mi media naranja (fam &
hum) my better half (colloq & hum)
2 (mediano, promedio) average;
◊ el ciudadano medio the average citizen;

a medio y largo plazo in the medium and long term
medio 2 adverbio
half;
◊ está medio loca she's half crazy;

todo lo deja a medio terminar he leaves everything half finished
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (Mat) ( mitad) half
2 ( centro) middle;
◊ en (el) medio de la habitación in the middle o center of the room;

quitarse de en or del medio to get out of the way
3
a) (recurso, manera) means (pl);

◊ como medio de coacción as a means of coercion;

los medios de comunicación the media;
medio de transporte means of transport
b)

◊ medios sustantivo masculino plural ( recursos económicos) tb medios económicos means (pl), resources (pl)

4 ( en locs)
◊ en medio de: en medio de tanta gente (in) among so many people;

en medio de la confusión in o amid all the confusion;
por medio (CS, Per): día/semana por medio every other day/week;
dos casas por medio every two houses;
por medio de (de proceso/técnica) by means of;
por medio de tu primo from o through your cousin
5
a) (círculo, ámbito):

◊ en medios literarios/políticos in literary/political circles;

no está en su medio he's out of his element
b) (Biol) environment;

◊ la adaptación al medio adaptation to one's environment;

medio ambiente environment;
que no da daña el medio ambiente eco-friendly, environmentally friendly
mediar verbo intransitivo
1 (arbitrar, intervenir) to mediate: España mediará en el conflicto, Spain will mediate in the conflict
2 (interceder) to intercede: mediará por ti, she'll intercede on your behalf
3 (interponerse) media la circunstancia de que..., you must take into account that...
4 (periodo de tiempo) to pass: mediaron un par de días, two days passed
medio,-a
I adjetivo
1 (mitad) half: sólo queda medio melón, there is only half a melon left
una hora y media, an hour and a half
2 (no extremo) middle
a media tarde, in the middle of the afternoon
clase media, middle class
punto medio, middle ground
3 (prototípico) average: la calidad media es baja, the average quality is poor
la mujer media, the average woman
II adverbio half: el trabajo está medio hecho, the work is half done
III sustantivo masculino
1 (mitad) half
2 (centro) middle
en medio de la batalla, in the midst of the battle
en medio de los árboles, among the trees
(entre dos) in between the trees
un barco en medio del desierto, a ship in the middle of the desert
sal de ahí en medio, get out of the way
3 (instrumento, vía) means: el fin no justifica los medios, the aim doesn't justify the means
4 (entorno) enviroment
un medio hostil, a hostile enviroment
' medio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achuchar
- adivinarse
- ambiente
- calle
- camino
- coger
- conducto
- coralina
- coralino
- cuerpo
- Ecuador
- elemento
- en
- entorno
- habitar
- lado
- locomoción
- media
- ocupante
- odisea
- oriente
- perder
- por
- radical
- recurso
- sacar
- tener
- término
- tierra
- través
- a
- alzado
- arma
- atontado
- caja
- canal
- derruido
- destruir
- día
- efectivo
- gusto
- hombre
- hostil
- instrumento
- ir
- loco
- Medio Oriente
- mejor
- menos
- meter
English:
about
- air
- and
- average
- backdrop
- between
- bread
- call away
- canter
- centre
- cobble together
- discern
- East
- end
- environment
- environmentalist
- envoy
- freight
- half
- half-dead
- half-dressed
- half-empty
- half-full
- half-open
- half-serious
- half-way
- mean
- means
- medium
- medium-term
- mid
- middle
- Middle East
- middleweight
- midst
- moderate
- on
- over
- part
- resource
- Roman arch
- rough up
- sandwich course
- scrum-half
- semiliterate
- shelf
- slush
- slushy
- stimulate
- television

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medio, -a

♦ adj

1. [igual a la mitad] half;

media docena half a dozen;

media hora half an hour;

medio litro half a litre;

el estadio registra media entrada the stadium is half full;

medio pueblo estaba allí half the town was there;

medio Quito se quedó sin electricidad half of Quito was left without electricity;

la bandera ondeaba a media asta the flag was flying at half mast;

a medio camino [en viaje] halfway there;
[en trabajo] halfway through;
a media luz in the half-light;

nos salimos a media película we left halfway through the movie o Br film;

como algo a media mañana I have something to eat halfway through the morning, I have a mid-morning snack;

docena y media one and a half dozen;

un kilo y medio one and a half kilos;

son las dos y media it's half past two;

son y media it's half past

Comp
Andes, Méx, Ven medio fondo waist petticoat o slip;
la media luna the crescent;

la Media Luna Roja the Red Crescent;
Fam Fig media naranja:
mi/su/ etc[m5]. media naranja my/your/ etc other o better half;

media pensión half board;
CSur medio pupilo [que va a dormir a casa] day pupil; [que va a casa el fin de semana] boarder;
media suela half-sole;

media volea half volley

2. [intermedio] [estatura, tamaño] medium;
[posición, punto] middle;
de una calidad media of average quality;

a medio plazo in the medium term;

de clase media middle-class;

a media distancia in the middle distance

Comp
medio campo midfield; Am medio tiempo half-time
3. [de promedio] [temperatura, velocidad] average;
Mat mean;
el consumo medio de agua por habitante the average water consumption per head of the population;

a una velocidad media de 50 km/h at an average speed of 50 km/h

4. [corriente] ordinary, average;

el ciudadano medio the average person, ordinary people

♦ adv

half;

medio borracho half drunk;

estaba medio muerto he was half dead;

a medio hacer half done;

han dejado la obra a medio hacer they've left the building half finished;

aún estoy a medio arreglar I'm only half ready;

pasé la noche medio en vela I barely slept all night, I spent half the night awake

♦ nm

1. [mitad] half;

uno y medio one and a half

2. [centro] middle, centre;

íbamos por el carril del medio o [m5] de en medio we were driving in the middle lane;

en medio (de) in the middle (of);

estaba incómoda en medio de toda aquella gente I felt uncomfortable among all those people;

está en medio de una profunda depresión she's in the middle of a deep depression;

no se oía nada en medio de tanto ruido you couldn't hear a thing with all that noise;

han puesto una valla en medio they've put a fence in the way;

si te pones en medio no veo la tele I can't see the TV if you're in the way;

quítate de en medio get out of the way;

siempre tienes todas tus cosas por medio your things are always lying around all over the place;

estar por (en) medio [estorbar] to be in the way;

hay muchos intereses de por medio there are a lot of interests involved;

meterse o [m5] ponerse (de) por medio [estorbar] to get in the way;
Fig [entrometerse] to interfere;
Comp

equivocarse de medio a medio to be completely wrong;

Comp
Fam
quitar de en medio a alguien to get rid of sb;

Comp

quitarse de en medio [suicidarse] to do away with oneself

3. [sistema, manera] means [singular or plural], method;

utilice cualquier medio a su alcance use whatever means are available, use every means available;

encontró un medio para pagar menos impuestos she found a way of paying less tax;

no hay medio de convencerla she refuses to be convinced;

por medio de by means of, through;

ha encontrado trabajo por medio de un conocido she got a job through an acquaintance;

por todos los medios by all possible means;

intentaré conseguir ese trabajo por todos los medios I'll do whatever it takes to get that job;

su medio de vida es la chatarra he earns his living from scrap metal

Comp
los medios de comunicación the media;
medios de comunicación electrónicos electronic media;

los medios de comunicación de masas the mass media;

los medios de difusión the media;

medio de expresión medium;

los medios de información the media;

medios de producción means of production;

medio de transporte means of transport o US transportation

4.
medios [recursos] means, resources;

no cuenta con los medios económicos para realizarlo she lacks the means o the (financial) resources to do it

5. [elemento físico] environment;

animales que viven en el medio acuático animals that live in an aquatic environment

Comp
medio ambiente environment; Biol medio de cultivo culture medium;
medio físico physical environment

6. [ámbito]
el medio rural/urbano the countryside/city;

en medios financieros/políticos in financial/political circles;

en medios bien informados in well-informed circles

7. Dep [en fútbol, hockey] midfielder;
[en rugby] halfback
Comp
medio (de) apertura [en rugby] fly half, stand-off;
medio (de) melé [en rugby] scrum half

8. Taurom
los medios = centre of bullring

9. Comp
CSur Fam
ni medio: no oye ni medio he's as deaf as a post;

no entiende ni medio she hasn't got a clue;

por medio: nado día por medio I swim every other day

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medio

I adj

1 half;

las tres y media half past three, three-thirty;

a medio camino halfway

2 tamaño medium

3 (de promedio) average

4 posición middle

II m

1 ( entorno) environment

2 en fútbol midfielder

3 ( centro) middle;

en medio de in the middle of

4 ( manera) means;

por medio de by means of;

medios pl dinero means, resources

III adv half;

hacer algo a medias half do sth;

ir a medias go halves;

a medio hacer half done;

de medio a medio completely;

día por medio L.Am. every other day;

quitar de en medio algo fam move sth out of the way;

quitarse de en medio get out of the way

* * *

medio adv

1) : half

está medio dormida: she's half asleep

2) : rather, kind of

está medio aburrida esta fiesta: this party is rather boring

medio, - dia adj

1) : half

una media hora: half an hour

medio hermano: half brother

a media luz: in the half-light

son las tres y media: it's half past three, it's three-thirty

2) : midway, halfway

a medio camino: halfway there

3) : middle

la clase media: the middle class

4) : average

la temperatura media: the average temperature

medio nm

1) centro: middle, center

en medio de: in the middle of, amid

2) ambiente: milieu, environment

3) : medium, spiritualist

4) : means pl, way

por medio de: by means of

los medios de comunicación: the media

5) medios nmpl

: means, resources

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medio¹ adj

1. (mitad) half

pesa medio kilo it weighs half a kilo

tardaré media hora I'll be half an hour

un litro y medio de agua a litre and a half of water

2. (promedio, normal) average

el español medio the average Spaniard

medio² adv half

las manzanas estaban medio podridas the apples were half rotten

medio³ n

1. (centro) middle

hay una fuente en medio de la plaza there's a fountain in the middle of the square

2. (entorno) environment

los anfibios necesitan un medio húmedo amphibians need a damp environment

3. (recurso, método) means

han utilizado medios dudosos they used doubtful means

media de transporte means of transport

medio ambiente environment

medios de comunicación media

Spanish-English dictionary > medio
17 zone

zone [zon]

1. feminine noun

a. zone ; (Transport) travel zone

• zone d'élevage (Agriculture) cattle-breeding area

• zone de pêche fishing zone

• zone d'influence (d'un pays) sphere of influence (of a country)

• la zone des combats the combat zone

• zone de haute/basse pression area of high/low pressure

• dans cette affaire, des zones d'ombre subsistent encore some aspects of this business remain very unclear

• de troisième zone (figurative) third-rate

b. la zone (inf) ( = quartiers pauvres) the slums ; ( = marginalité) the dropout lifestyle

• c'est la zone ! it's the pits! (inf)

• enlève ce bric-à-brac de ton jardin, ça fait zone (inf) get rid of that junk in your garden, it looks like a tip (inf)

2. compounds

► zone d'activités business park

► zone d'aménagement concerté urban development zone

► zone artisanale (small) industrial estate (Brit) or park (US)

► zone bleue ≈ restricted parking zone

► zone dangereuse danger zone

► zone de dépression or dépressionnaire trough of low pressure

► zone de dialogue (Computing) dialogue (Brit) or dialog (US) box

► zone d'éducation prioritaire area targeted for special help in education

► zone d'environnement protégé environmentally protected zone

► zone franche free zone

► zone frontalière border area

► zone industrielle industrial estate (Brit) or park (US)

► zone interdite no-go area

► zone libre (French history) unoccupied France

• passer/se réfugier en zone libre to enter/take refuge in the unoccupied zone ► zone de libre-échange free trade area

► zone monétaire monetary zone

► zone occupée (French history) occupied zone

► zone piétonne or piétonnière pedestrian precinct

► zone à risque (catastrophes naturelles) disaster-prone area ; (criminalité) high-risk area

► zone tampon (Military) buffer zone ; (Computing) buffer

► zone de turbulences (Aviation) area of turbulence ; (figurative) trouble spot

► zone urbaine urban area

► zone urbaine sensible priority zone for urban regeneration

► zone à urbaniser en priorité urban development zone

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zon
nom féminin

1) ( secteur) zone, area

zone interdite — no-go area GB, off-limits area; ( sur un panneau) no entry

2) fig ( domaine) area

zone de recherche — area of research

3) ( banlieue pauvre)

la zone — the slum belt

de seconde zone — second-rate

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- zone d'activités

- zone d'aménagement concerté

- zone artisanale

- zone bleue

- zone d'environnement protégé

- zone euro

- zone industrielle

- zone libre

- zone de libre-échange

- zone occupée

- zone sinistrée

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zon nf
1) (= lieu) zone, area

2) INFORMATIQUE field

3) (quartiers défavorisés)

la zone — the slum belt

4) * (= désordre)

c'est la zone! — it's a pit in here!

5) (autre locution)

de seconde zone — second-rate

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zone nf

1 ( secteur) zone, area; zone de radiation/combat radiation/combat zone; zone de pêche fishing zone; zone de cultures agricultural area; zone de turbulences Météo area of turbulence; zone interdite no-go area GB, off-limits area; ( sur un panneau) no entry;

2 fig ( domaine) area; zone de recherche area of research; zone floue/d'ombre blurred/shady area;

3 ( banlieue pauvre) la zone the slum belt; de seconde zone second-rate.

Composés

zone d'activités business park; zone d'aménagement concerté, ZAC Admin integrated development zone; zone d'aménagement différé, ZAD Admin area set aside for development; zone artisanale small industrial estate GB ou park; zone bleue Aut restricted parking zone; zone de chalandise Admin, Comm catchment area; zone de données Ordinat data field; zone d'environnement protégé environmental protection zone; zone érogène Physiol erogenous zone; zone euro Euro Zone; zone d'exclusion aérienne Mil no-fly zone; zone franc Fin franc area; zone franche Écon free zone; zone frontière border area; zone industrielle industrial estate GB ou park US; zone d'influence Pol sphere ou area of influence; zone libre Hist unoccupied France; zone de libre-échange Écon free-trade area; zone monétaire Fin monetary area; zone occupée Hist occupied France; zone postale Postes postal area ou zone GB, zone of improved postage, ZIP US; zone sterling Fin sterling area; zone sensible lit potential trouble-spot; fig potential trouble area; zone sinistrée Admin disaster area; zone tampon Mil, Pol buffer zone; zone à urbaniser en priorité, ZUP priority development area.

[zon] nom féminin

1. [domaine] zone, area

zone de flou ou d'incertitude ou d'ombre grey area

la zone d'activité du directeur commercial the commercial manager's area

la zone d'influence de l'Asie Asia's sphere of influence

2. ANATOMIE

zone érogène erogenous zone

3. ADMINISTRATION [surface délimitée] area, zone

zone d'aménagement concerté → link=ZAC ZAC

zone bleue restricted parking area

zone industrielle industrial estate (UK) ou park (US)

zone piétonnière ou piétonne pedestrian area ou precinct (UK)

zone résidentielle residential area

zone de stationnement interdit no parking area

zone à urbaniser en priorité → link=ZUP ZUP

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

zones des salaires wage bands subject to the same percentage reduction

4. HISTOIRE

zone libre/occupée unoccupied/occupied France

5. GÉOGRAPHIE

zone désertique desert belt

zone forestière forest belt

zone glaciale/tempérée/torride frigid/temperate/torrid zone

zone de végétation vegetation zone

6. MÉTÉOROLOGIE

zone de dépression, zone dépressionnaire trough of low pressure

7. GÉOLOGIE & MATHÉMATIQUES zone

8. FINANCE

zone franc franc area monetary zone where the franc was the principal currency

zone monétaire monetary zone

9. INFORMATIQUE

zone de données data field

zone de mémoire storage area

10. MILITAIRE

zone d'exclusion aérienne no-fly zone

zone tampon buffer zone

11. (péjoratif)

c'est la zone

a. (familier) [quartier pauvre] it's a really rough area

b. [désordre] it's a real mess ou tip

cette famille, c'est vraiment la zone they're real dropouts in that family

de deuxième zone locution adjectivale

second-rate, second-class

de troisième zone locution adjectivale

third-rate

ZONE

1. The Paris area is divided into fare zones for public transport. Zones 1 and 2 cover metropolitan Paris and certain areas of the nearby suburbs. The remaining zones cover the outer suburbs: j'habite en zone 3, une carte orange quatre zones.

2. France is divided into three zones (A, B and C), the schools in the different zones taking their mid-term breaks and Easter holidays at different times to avoid swamping the roads, the public transport system and tourist infrastructure.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > zone
18 doldrums

1. n pl плохое, скверное настроение, депрессия

to be in the doldrums — хандрить

2. n pl мор. экваториальная штилевая полоса

Синонимический ряд:

1. abeyance (noun) abeyance; abeyancy; cessation; cold storage; deferral; discontinuance; dormancy; hiatus; inactivity; intermission; interruption; latency; quiescence; quiescency; suspension

2. blahs (noun) blahs; blues; dumps

3. depression (noun) dejection; depression; despondency; gloom; glumness; melancholy; mopes; mournfulness; sadness; unhappiness

4. dullness (noun) apathy; boredom; dullness; ennui; indifference; listlessness; monotony; tedium; yawn

Антонимический ряд:

elation; glee

English-Russian base dictionary > doldrums
19 curve

curve

n
1.   кривая; график

2.   лекало

3.   изгиб; закругление; кривизна

- curve of maximum bending moments
- curve of maximum moments
- ageing curve
- apparent-resistivity curve
- area curve
- area-volume curve
- averaged curve
- backwater curve
- bending curve
- bending failure curve
- bending moment curve
- bilinear elastic-strain hardening curve
- bilinear elastic strain-hardening stress strain curve
- blind curve
- Bolomey's curves
- braking curve
- bulking curve
- calibration curve
- capacity curve
- casting curve
- catenary curve
- characteristic curve
- circular curve
- closed curve
- column curve
- compaction curve
- compound curve
- consolidation-test curve
- constant-radius curve
- consumption curve
- contour curve
- cost curve
- counter curve
- creep curve
- cubic curve
- cumulation volume curve
- decrement curve
- deflection curve
- deformation curve
- depletion curve
- depression curve
- depth curve
- depth-velocity curve
- discharge curve
- discharge mass curve
- discharge-rating curve
- dispersion curve
- displacement-time curve
- distribution curve
- drawdown curve
- drawing curve
- drop-down curve
- duration curve
- easement curve
- elastic curve
- empirical curve
- envelope curve
- expansion curve
- fan performance curve
- fatigue curve
- fee curve
- flat curve
- flexure curve
- flood-frequency curve
- flow curve
- flow-duration curve
- flow mass curve
- frequency curve
- Fuller's curve
- funicular curve
- gauge correlation curve
- gradation curve
- graduated transition curve
- grain-size accumulation curve
- groundwater storage curve
- hairpin curve
- hardening curve
- head-capacity curve
- heating curve
- helical curve
- horizontal curve
- ideal grading curve
- integral flow curve
- integrated curve
- intrinsic curve
- load curve
- load-deformation curve
- load-extension curve
- load-transfer curve
- mass curve
- mass curve of rainfall
- mass-haul curve
- meridional curve
- Mohr's enveloping curve
- moment curve
- Moody curve
- NC curves
- noise criteria curves
- ogee curve
- open curve
- particle-size accumulator curve
- particle-size distribution curve
- payload-range curve
- performance curve
- plane curve
- population curve
- pressure-void ratio curve
- probability curve
- Proctor moisture density curve
- Proctor curve
- pull rise curve
- pump curve
- rating curve
- rebound curve
- recession curve
- recompression curve
- reloading curve
- representative curve
- reverse curve
- reverse loop curve
- S curve
- sag curve
- saturation curve
- second-order curve
- short-term stress-strain curve
- sieve analysis curve
- sine curve
- smooth curve
- space curve
- stage discharge curve
- storage curve
- stress-strain curve
- system head curve
- temperature curve
- test curve
- tight curve
- time curve
- time-deformation curve
- torque curve
- transition curve
- travel-time curve
- true stress-strain curve
- vertical curve
- vertical velocity curve
- virgin curve
- volume curve
- wear curve
- whiplash curve
- Wöhler curve
- zero air voids curve

Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.

Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > curve
20 inclinado

adj.

1 inclined, prone.

2 tilted, downward, leaning back, inclined.

3 slanting, gradient, sloping.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: inclinar.

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inclinado

► adjetivo

1 (terreno) sloping; (edificio) leaning, tilting

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FRASEOLOGÍA

la torre inclinada de Pisa the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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ADJ

1) [en ángulo] [terreno, línea] sloping; [plano] inclined

la torre inclinada de Pisa — the leaning tower of Pisa

2)

estar inclinado a hacer algo — to be inclined to do sth

sentirse inclinado a hacer algo — to feel inclined to do sth

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- da adjetivo

1) <tejado/terreno> sloping; < torre> leaning (before n); < cuadro> crooked

una pendiente muy inclinada — a very steep slope o incline

tiene la letra inclinada — she has slanting handwriting

2) ( predispuesto)

sentirse inclinado a + inf — to feel inclined to + inf

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= slanting, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], sloping, obliquely-stressed, pitched, sloped, canted, slanted, angled.

Ex. On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which material can be projected for convenient reading.

Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.

Ex. Some display racks are designed so that the sloping display shelf lifts up to reveal storage space underneath for back issues.

Ex. The baroque designers retained the sloped and bracketed serifs that derived from obliquely-stressed pen forms.

Ex. The library building has a V-shaped, pitched oversailing roof, a splayed structure and canted walls with glass bays.

Ex. This article describes the advantages for these users of bookrests, mobile height-adjustable tables, sloped writing surfaces, roll stools, long-handled reachers, adjustable chairs with armrests, and D-shaped handles on card catalogue drawers.

Ex. The library building has a V-shaped, pitched oversailing roof, a splayed structure and canted walls with glass bays.

Ex. Certain elements of the typical Carnegie building are proving superior to many of the innovations of the second half of the century, including the use of natural lighting, slanted surfaces for better reading.

Ex. The main feature of this learning resources center consists of white metal angled sunshades over each window.

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* con los lados inclinados hacia afuera en la base = splayed.

* inclinado a = disposed to.

* sentirse inclinado a = be inclined to.

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- da adjetivo

1) <tejado/terreno> sloping; < torre> leaning (before n); < cuadro> crooked

una pendiente muy inclinada — a very steep slope o incline

tiene la letra inclinada — she has slanting handwriting

2) ( predispuesto)

sentirse inclinado a + inf — to feel inclined to + inf

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= slanting, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], sloping, obliquely-stressed, pitched, sloped, canted, slanted, angled.

Ex: On the top are slanting translucent screens, on which material can be projected for convenient reading.

Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.

Ex: Some display racks are designed so that the sloping display shelf lifts up to reveal storage space underneath for back issues.

Ex: The baroque designers retained the sloped and bracketed serifs that derived from obliquely-stressed pen forms.

Ex: The library building has a V-shaped, pitched oversailing roof, a splayed structure and canted walls with glass bays.

Ex: This article describes the advantages for these users of bookrests, mobile height-adjustable tables, sloped writing surfaces, roll stools, long-handled reachers, adjustable chairs with armrests, and D-shaped handles on card catalogue drawers.

Ex: The library building has a V-shaped, pitched oversailing roof, a splayed structure and canted walls with glass bays.

Ex: Certain elements of the typical Carnegie building are proving superior to many of the innovations of the second half of the century, including the use of natural lighting, slanted surfaces for better reading.

Ex: The main feature of this learning resources center consists of white metal angled sunshades over each window.

* con los lados inclinados hacia afuera en la base = splayed.

* inclinado a = disposed to.

* sentirse inclinado a = be inclined to.

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inclinado -da

adjective

A ‹tejado/terreno› sloping; ‹torre› leaning ( before n); ‹cuadro› crooked

subieron por una pendiente muy inclinada they went up a very steep slope o incline

tiene la letra inclinada she has sloping o slanting handwriting

B (predispuesto) sentirse inclinado A + INF to feel inclined to + INF

me siento inclinada a aceptar I feel o I am inclined to accept

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Del verbo inclinar: ( conjugate inclinar)

inclinado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
inclinado
inclinar
inclinado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹tejado/terreno› sloping;
‹ torre› leaning ( before n);
‹ cuadro› crooked;
◊ una pendiente muy inclinada a very steep slope o incline

2 ( predispuesto):
◊ sentirse inclinado a hacer algo to feel inclined to do sth

inclinar ( conjugate inclinar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹botella/sombrilla/plato› to tilt;
◊ inclinó la cabeza a un lado she tilted her head to one side;

inclinó la cabeza en señal de asentimiento he nodded (his head) in agreement;
inclinado el cuerpo to bend over;

( en señal de respeto) to bow;
◊ el viento inclinaba los árboles the wind bent the trees

2 (inducir, predisponer) ‹ persona›:
◊ ello me inclina a pensar que … this inclines me to think that … (frml)

inclinarse verbo pronominal
1 ( tender) inclinadose a hacer algo to be inclined to do sth;
◊ me inclino por su candidato I'm inclined to go for your candidate;

me inclinadoía por esta opción I would tend to favor this option
2 ( doblarse) to bend;
( en señal de respeto) to bow;
◊ inclinadose ante algn to bow to sb;

se inclinó sobre la cuna she leaned over the cradle;
inclinadose hacia adelante/atrás to lean forward/back
inclinado,-a adjetivo inclined, slanting: me siento inclinado a decírselo, I feel inclined to tell him
inclinar verbo transitivo
1 to incline, bend
(la cabeza) to nod
2 (inducir) to persuade, induce
' inclinado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chalet
- inclinada
English:
glancing
- oblique
- pitched
- slanting
- sloping
- tilt
- slant

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inclinado, -a adj

1. [edificio, torre] leaning, slanting;
[terreno] sloping
2. [cabeza] bowed

3. [objeto] sloping, at o on a slant;

ese cuadro está inclinado that picture isn't straight

4. [tendente]
una persona muy inclinada a la depresión a person who is very prone to depression;

no estoy inclinado a aceptar sus argumentos I'm not inclined to accept their arguments

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inclinado

adj sloping

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inclinado, -da adj

1) : sloping

2) : inclined, apt

Spanish-English dictionary > inclinado

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