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  • 21 Papua Nueva Guinea

    Papua New Guinea
    * * *
    Ex. This paper presents an account of the progress in developing information management in the water and sanitation sector in Papua New Guinea.
    * * *

    Ex: This paper presents an account of the progress in developing information management in the water and sanitation sector in Papua New Guinea.

    * * *
    Papua New Guinea

    Spanish-English dictionary > Papua Nueva Guinea

  • 22 cancelación de una deuda

    Ex. The focus in the paper is on the implications for international agricultural commodity markets of a debt write-off in developing countries.
    * * *

    Ex: The focus in the paper is on the implications for international agricultural commodity markets of a debt write-off in developing countries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelación de una deuda

  • 23 cuba

    f.
    1 barrel, cask.
    estar como una cuba (informal) to be legless o blind drunk
    2 Cuba.
    3 vat, tub.
    4 tanker.
    5 youngest child.
    6 float chamber, float cup.
    * * *
    1 Cuba
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF Cuba
    * * *
    femenino Cuba
    * * *
    = vat, Cuba, trough, tank.
    Ex. The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.
    Ex. As always, our members are ready to speak out clearly if the Cuban authorities dare to seize any of the uncensored books being sent to Cuba by President Carter.
    Ex. The most common method is to expose the copy paper by passing it through a trough of developing fluid.
    Ex. All air entering the building should be pumped through tanks of water to remove pollutants.
    ----
    * borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, drunk back, blind drunk.
    * de Cuba = Cuban.
    * más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.
    * tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.
    * * *
    femenino Cuba
    * * *
    = vat, Cuba, trough, tank.

    Ex: The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.

    Ex: As always, our members are ready to speak out clearly if the Cuban authorities dare to seize any of the uncensored books being sent to Cuba by President Carter.
    Ex: The most common method is to expose the copy paper by passing it through a trough of developing fluid.
    Ex: All air entering the building should be pumped through tanks of water to remove pollutants.
    * borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, drunk back, blind drunk.
    * de Cuba = Cuban.
    * más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunk.
    * tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.

    * * *
    Cuba
    más se perdió en Cuba ( Esp hum); it's not the end of the world ( colloq), worse things happen at sea ( colloq); Cuban Revolution (↑ Cuba a1)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    Cuba    
    cuba
    Cuba sustantivo femenino
    Cuba
    cuba sustantivo femenino

    ◊ estar como una cuba (fam) to be plastered (colloq)

    b) ( tina) tub, vat

    cuba sustantivo femenino barrel, cask
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar estar como una cuba, to be (as) drunk as a lord
    ' Cuba' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acreditar
    - cuba
    - estrechar
    - fleje
    - más
    - rodar
    - vena
    - actualidad
    - guajiro
    English:
    blind
    - Cuba
    - sloshed
    - stoned
    - tub
    - VAT
    - pissed
    - tight
    - vat
    * * *
    Cuba n
    Cuba;
    Fam
    más se perdió en Cuba it's not the end of the world
    * * *
    f Cuba
    * * *
    cuba nf
    barríl: cask, barrel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuba

  • 24 extraño

    adj.
    strange, far-out, queer, odd.
    f. & m.
    stranger, foreigner, outsider.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: extrañar.
    * * *
    1 (no conocido) alien, foreign
    2 (particular) strange, peculiar, odd, funny
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 stranger
    \
    no es extraño que... it is not surprising that...
    ser extraño,-a a algo to have nothing to do with something
    * * *
    1. (f. - extraña)
    noun
    2. (f. - extraña)
    adj.
    1) strange, odd
    2) alien, foreign
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=raro) strange

    ¡qué extraño! — how odd o strange!

    parece extraño que... — it seems odd o strange that...

    2) (=ajeno)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=desconocido) stranger
    2) (=extranjero) foreigner
    3.
    SM

    hacer un extraño: el balón hizo un extraño — the ball took a bad bounce

    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

    * * *
    extraño1 -ña
    1 (raro) strange, odd
    es extraño que no haya llamado it's strange o odd that she hasn't called
    es una pareja extraña they're a strange o an odd couple
    últimamente está muy extraño he's been very strange lately, he's been acting very strange o strangely lately
    2
    (desconocido): los asuntos de familia no se discuten delante de personas extrañas you shouldn't discuss family matters in front of strangers o outsiders
    no me siento bien ante tanta gente extraña I feel uncomfortable with so many people I don't know o so many strangers
    extraño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    1 (desconocido) stranger
    2
    extraño masculine (movimiento): el caballo hizo un extraño the horse shied
    el coche me hizo un extraño en la curva the car did something strange on the bend
    * * *

     

    Del verbo extrañar: ( conjugate extrañar)

    extraño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    extrañó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    extrañar    
    extraño
    extrañar ( conjugate extrañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) ‹amigo/país› to miss
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( sorprender) (+ me/te/le etc) to surprise;

    ya me extrañaba a mí que … I thought it was strange that …
    2 (RPl) ( tener nostalgia) to be homesick
    extrañarse verbo pronominal extrañose de algo to be surprised at sth
    extraño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo ( raro) strange, odd;

    eso no tiene nada de extraño there's nothing unusual about that
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    extrañar verbo transitivo
    1 (asombrar) to surprise: no es de extrañar, it's hardly surprising
    2 (echar de menos) to miss
    3 (notar extraño) extraño mucho la cama, I find this bed strange o (echar de menos) I miss my own bed
    extraño,-a
    I adjetivo strange
    Med foreign: tiene un cuerpo extraño en el ojo, she has a foreign object in her eye
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger: de repente entró un extraño, a stranger suddenly came in

    ' extraño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ajena
    - ajeno
    - curiosa
    - curioso
    - extraña
    - extrañar
    - imprimir
    - más
    - modo
    - proceder
    - rondar
    - ruido
    - tan
    - corriente
    - notar
    - raro
    English:
    bizarre
    - curious
    - extraordinary
    - funnily
    - odd
    - odd-sounding
    - peculiar
    - phenomenon
    - puzzling
    - queer
    - singular
    - strange
    - uncanny
    - weird
    - agree
    - alien
    - as
    - foreign
    - greet
    - home
    - incongruous
    - quaint
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [raro] strange, odd;
    es extraño que no hayan llegado ya it's strange o odd they haven't arrived yet;
    ¡qué extraño! how strange o odd!;
    me resulta extraño oírte hablar así I find it strange o odd to hear you talk like that
    2. [ajeno] detached, uninvolved
    3. Med foreign
    ♦ nm,f
    stranger;
    no hables con extraños don't talk to strangers
    ♦ nm
    [movimiento brusco]
    el vehículo hizo un extraño the vehicle went out of control for a second
    * * *
    I adj strange, odd
    II m, extraña f stranger
    * * *
    extraño, -ña adj
    1) raro: strange, odd
    2) extranjero: foreign
    extraño, -ña n
    desconocido: stranger
    * * *
    extraño1 adj strange
    extraño2 n stranger

    Spanish-English dictionary > extraño

  • 25 institución

    f.
    institution, center, establishment, foundation.
    * * *
    1 (organismo) institution
    2 (creación) establishment, institution; (introducción) introduction
    \
    ser una institución to be an institution
    institución benéfica charitable organization
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=organismo) institution

    institución benéfica, institución de beneficencia — charitable foundation, charitable organization

    institución pública — public institution, public body

    2) (=acción) establishment
    3) pl instituciones [en nación, sociedad] institutions
    * * *
    a) ( organismo) institution

    la siesta es toda una institución aquí — (fam) the siesta is a real institution here

    b) (creación, constitución) establishment
    c) instituciones femenino plural ( de una sociedad) institutions (pl)
    * * *
    = agency, body, corporation, establishment, facility, institution, organisation [organization, -USA], organisational setting, organisation [organization, -USA], work organisation, foundation.
    Ex. It is often not clear which agency can best provide for the needs of a client = Con frecuencia no está claro qué organismo puede satisfacer mejor las necesidades de un cliente.
    Ex. Special rules are includes for specific types of corporate bodies, such as exhibitions, conferences, subordinate and related bodies, governments bodies and officials, and radio and television stations.
    Ex. The main form of knowledge transfer and the basis for decision making within corporations has not been a paper, a document or a detailed report, but a set of overhead slides and the discussions around them.
    Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex. As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
    Ex. The distinction between 'societies' and 'institutions' lies at the heart of the code.
    Ex. The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation.
    Ex. Many students, after working with cases, have testified to the help they received in developing a clearer concept of the dynamics of human relationships in organizational settings.
    Ex. This article discusses the history of the organisation of readers' camps for students of secondary schools in Slovakia which dates back to 1979.
    Ex. Quality of Work Life (QWL) can be defined as 'the degree to which members of a work organisation are able to satisfy important personal needs through their experiences in the organisation'.
    Ex. Often such things need to be funded through foundations or local businesses.
    ----
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * confinados en instituciones, los = institutionalised, the.
    * cooperación entre instituciones = interagency cooperation.
    * de toda la institución = institution-wide, systemwide.
    * en contra de las instituciones = anti-establishment.
    * en toda la institución = systemwide.
    * entre instituciones = interagency [inter-agency].
    * entre varias instituciones = inter-institutionally [interinstitutionally].
    * estructura de la institución = organisational structure.
    * institución académica = educational institution, educational establishment, academic institution.
    * institución a la que pertenece = host institution.
    * institución a la que se pertenece = home institution.
    * institución anfitriona = host institution.
    * institución benéfica = charity, charitable organisation, charitable institution.
    * institución bibliotecaria = library organisation.
    * Institución Británica para la Normalización (BSI) = British Standard Institution (BSI).
    * institución civil = civic organisation.
    * institución comercial = commercial organisation.
    * institución compuesta de miembros = membership organisation.
    * institución consolidada = established institution.
    * institución consumada = established institution.
    * institución cultural = cultural institution, heritage institution.
    * institución dedicada a la conservación del patrimonio = memory institution.
    * institución de educación pública = public education institution.
    * institución de enseñanza pública = public education institution.
    * institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary institution, institution of higher education.
    * institución de enseñanza superior no universitaria = college of further education, college of higher education.
    * institución de interés histórico = heritage institution.
    * institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución de investigación = research institution.
    * institución de la que depende = parent institution.
    * institución del conocimiento = institution of learning.
    * institución del gobierno = government establishment.
    * institución del matrimonio = institution of marriage.
    * institución del patrimonio histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución del saber = institution of learning.
    * institución donde se estudia = school affiliation.
    * institucion educativa = teaching agency, institution of learning.
    * institución gubernamental = government body.
    * institución miembro = member centre, member institution.
    * institución miembro de una asociación = partner institution.
    * institución normativa = regulatory organisation.
    * institución para el estudio y la conservación del patrimonio cultural = heritage organisation.
    * institución privada = private institution.
    * institución profesional = professional institution.
    * institución pública = public institution, public organisation.
    * institución reconocida = accredit school.
    * institución relacionada con la información = information organisation, information institution.
    * institución religiosa = religious body.
    * institución responsable = governing agency, host institution.
    * institución social = social agency.
    * institución voluntaria = volunteer agency.
    * por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.
    * promovido por la institución = organisation-led.
    * revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.
    * * *
    a) ( organismo) institution

    la siesta es toda una institución aquí — (fam) the siesta is a real institution here

    b) (creación, constitución) establishment
    c) instituciones femenino plural ( de una sociedad) institutions (pl)
    * * *
    = agency, body, corporation, establishment, facility, institution, organisation [organization, -USA], organisational setting, organisation [organization, -USA], work organisation, foundation.

    Ex: It is often not clear which agency can best provide for the needs of a client = Con frecuencia no está claro qué organismo puede satisfacer mejor las necesidades de un cliente.

    Ex: Special rules are includes for specific types of corporate bodies, such as exhibitions, conferences, subordinate and related bodies, governments bodies and officials, and radio and television stations.
    Ex: The main form of knowledge transfer and the basis for decision making within corporations has not been a paper, a document or a detailed report, but a set of overhead slides and the discussions around them.
    Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex: As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
    Ex: The distinction between 'societies' and 'institutions' lies at the heart of the code.
    Ex: The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation.
    Ex: Many students, after working with cases, have testified to the help they received in developing a clearer concept of the dynamics of human relationships in organizational settings.
    Ex: This article discusses the history of the organisation of readers' camps for students of secondary schools in Slovakia which dates back to 1979.
    Ex: Quality of Work Life (QWL) can be defined as 'the degree to which members of a work organisation are able to satisfy important personal needs through their experiences in the organisation'.
    Ex: Often such things need to be funded through foundations or local businesses.
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * confinados en instituciones, los = institutionalised, the.
    * cooperación entre instituciones = interagency cooperation.
    * de toda la institución = institution-wide, systemwide.
    * en contra de las instituciones = anti-establishment.
    * en toda la institución = systemwide.
    * entre instituciones = interagency [inter-agency].
    * entre varias instituciones = inter-institutionally [interinstitutionally].
    * estructura de la institución = organisational structure.
    * institución académica = educational institution, educational establishment, academic institution.
    * institución a la que pertenece = host institution.
    * institución a la que se pertenece = home institution.
    * institución anfitriona = host institution.
    * institución benéfica = charity, charitable organisation, charitable institution.
    * institución bibliotecaria = library organisation.
    * Institución Británica para la Normalización (BSI) = British Standard Institution (BSI).
    * institución civil = civic organisation.
    * institución comercial = commercial organisation.
    * institución compuesta de miembros = membership organisation.
    * institución consolidada = established institution.
    * institución consumada = established institution.
    * institución cultural = cultural institution, heritage institution.
    * institución dedicada a la conservación del patrimonio = memory institution.
    * institución de educación pública = public education institution.
    * institución de enseñanza pública = public education institution.
    * institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary institution, institution of higher education.
    * institución de enseñanza superior no universitaria = college of further education, college of higher education.
    * institución de interés histórico = heritage institution.
    * institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución de investigación = research institution.
    * institución de la que depende = parent institution.
    * institución del conocimiento = institution of learning.
    * institución del gobierno = government establishment.
    * institución del matrimonio = institution of marriage.
    * institución del patrimonio histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución del saber = institution of learning.
    * institución donde se estudia = school affiliation.
    * institucion educativa = teaching agency, institution of learning.
    * institución gubernamental = government body.
    * institución miembro = member centre, member institution.
    * institución miembro de una asociación = partner institution.
    * institución normativa = regulatory organisation.
    * institución para el estudio y la conservación del patrimonio cultural = heritage organisation.
    * institución privada = private institution.
    * institución profesional = professional institution.
    * institución pública = public institution, public organisation.
    * institución reconocida = accredit school.
    * institución relacionada con la información = information organisation, information institution.
    * institución religiosa = religious body.
    * institución responsable = governing agency, host institution.
    * institución social = social agency.
    * institución voluntaria = volunteer agency.
    * por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.
    * promovido por la institución = organisation-led.
    * revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.

    * * *
    A (organismo) institution
    instituciones financieras financial institutions
    ser una institución ( fam); to be an institution
    la siesta es toda una institución en España ( fam); the siesta is a real institution in Spain
    el viejo Marcos es toda una institución aquí old Mr Marcos is quite an institution around here
    B (creación, constitución) establishment
    la institución de un fondo de pensiones the establishment o setting up of a pension fund
    C instituciones fpl (de una sociedad) institutions (pl)
    * * *

    institución sustantivo femenino
    institution
    institución sustantivo femenino institution
    ' institución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ayuntamiento
    - centro
    - fundar
    - instituto
    - matrimonio
    - organismo
    - representar
    - salud
    - universidad
    - arca
    - autoridad
    - biblioteca
    - calumnia
    - carabinero
    - corona
    - crear
    - departamento
    - dotar
    - ente
    - entidad
    - expulsar
    - fundación
    - habilitar
    - lonja
    - trayectoria
    English:
    agency
    - charter
    - foundation
    - institution
    * * *
    1. [organización] institution;
    la institución monárquica the institution of the monarchy;
    Fig
    ser una institución [persona, establecimiento] to be an institution
    institución benéfica charitable organization;
    institución pública public institution
    2. [de ley, sistema] introduction;
    [de organismo, premio] establishment, setting up
    3.
    instituciones [del Estado] institutions
    * * *
    f institution
    * * *
    institución nf, pl - ciones : institution
    * * *
    institución n institution

    Spanish-English dictionary > institución

  • 26 interno

    adj.
    1 internal, inward, from within, interior.
    2 in-house.
    3 in-store.
    4 in-patient, inpatient, hospital-stay.
    5 internus.
    f. & m.
    1 intern, internee, houseman.
    2 boarding pupil.
    3 hospital doctor.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: internar.
    * * *
    1 (órgano) internal
    2 (política) domestic, home
    3 (alumno) boarding
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (alumno) boarder
    2 (médico) intern
    3 (preso) prisoner
    \
    medicina interna internal medicine
    * * *
    1. (f. - interna)
    adj.
    2. (f. - interna)
    noun
    * * *
    interno, -a
    1.

    la política interna — internal politics, domestic politics

    por vía interna — (Med) internally

    2. SM / F
    1) (Escol) boarder
    2) (Med) houseman, intern (EEUU)
    3) (=preso) inmate, prisoner
    3.
    SM Cono Sur (Telec) extension, telephone extension
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal
    b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic
    c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal
    2)
    a) (Educ)
    b) (Med)

    médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (Educ) boarder
    b) ( en cárcel) inmate
    c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
    2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    * * *
    = in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.
    Ex. A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.
    Ex. Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.
    Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex. As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex. The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.
    Ex. An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.
    Ex. The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.
    Ex. For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.
    Ex. The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.
    Ex. It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
    Ex. The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.
    Ex. Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.
    ----
    * auditor interno = internal auditor.
    * base de datos interna = in-house database.
    * boletín interno = in-house bulletin.
    * comunicado interno = internal memo.
    * de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].
    * formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.
    * limpieza interna = internal cleansing.
    * luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.
    * querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * sentimiento interno = inner feeling.
    * ser más interno = inner being.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) <llamada/correo/régimen> internal
    b) <producción/demanda> internal, domestic
    c) <dolor/hemorragia> internal
    2)
    a) (Educ)
    b) (Med)

    médico interno — ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)

    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1)
    a) (Educ) boarder
    b) ( en cárcel) inmate
    c) ( médico) ≈intern ( in US), ≈houseman ( in UK)
    2) (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    * * *
    = in-built, internal, local, inner, inward, inwardly, indoor, backroom, near-side, embedded, in situ, domestic.

    Ex: A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.

    Ex: Although internal arrangements and library services vary from place to place, generally recent academic libraries have a number of common factors.
    Ex: AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex: As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.
    Ex: The questions of outward and inward gateways are addressed.
    Ex: An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.
    Ex: The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.
    Ex: For many years, we have used the new technology to tinker with the existing system, to achieve cost savings in the backroom processes, and to produce paper products more cheaply and rapidly.
    Ex: The near-side press point was placed further in towards the middle of the tympan (and of the sheet) than the off-side point.
    Ex: It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly.
    Ex: The author describes a new indexing algorithm designed to create large compressed inverted indexes in situ.
    Ex: Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.
    * auditor interno = internal auditor.
    * base de datos interna = in-house database.
    * boletín interno = in-house bulletin.
    * comunicado interno = internal memo.
    * de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].
    * formación interna = in-service training, in-service support, in-service.
    * limpieza interna = internal cleansing.
    * luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency programme.
    * querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].
    * reloj interno = body clock, biological clock.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * sentimiento interno = inner feeling.
    * ser más interno = inner being.

    * * *
    interno1 -na
    A
    1 ‹llamada/correo/régimen› internal
    había luchas internas en el seno del partido there were battles o there was in-fighting within the party
    2 ‹producción/demanda› internal, domestic
    3 ‹dolor/hemorragia› internal
    B
    1 ( Educ):
    su hijo está interno en un colegio inglés her son is a boarder at an English school, her son boards at an English school
    2 ( Med):
    médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)
    interno2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A
    1 ( Educ) boarder
    3 (médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ house officer ( in UK)
    B
    ¿me da con el interno 25? can I have extension 25, please?
    * * *

     

    Del verbo internar: ( conjugate internar)

    interno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    internó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    internar    
    interno
    internar ( conjugate internar) verbo transitivo:

    lo internoon en el hospital he was admitted to (the) hospital;
    tuvimos que internolo we had to take him to (the) hospital
    internarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( adentrarse) internose en algo ‹en bosque/espesura› to penetrate into sth, to go deep into sth


    interno 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1 ( en general) internal
    2
    a) (Educ):


    b) (Med):

    ◊ médico interno ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Educ) boarder


    c) ( médico) ≈ intern ( in US), ≈ houseman ( in UK)

    interno 2 sustantivo masculino (RPl) (Telec) ( extensión) extension
    internar vtr (en un hospital) to admit
    (en un manicomio) to confine
    interno,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 internal
    medicina interna, internal medicine
    2 Pol domestic
    3 (espiritual) inward: en mi fuero interno me moría de la risa, inwardly I was laughing like mad
    II m,f (alumno) boarder
    Med (enfermo) patient
    (preso) inmate
    ' interno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alumna
    - alumno
    - fuero
    - interna
    - íntima
    - íntimo
    - MIR
    - pupilo
    English:
    board
    - boarder
    - by-law
    - domestic
    - in-house
    - inmate
    - inner
    - inner ear
    - intern
    - internal
    - inwardly
    - live in
    - communal
    - extension
    * * *
    interno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de dentro] internal;
    [capa] inner;
    pinta la parte interna del cajón paint the inside of the box;
    escucha voces internas she hears voices
    2. [política] domestic;
    la política interna de un país a country's domestic policy
    3. [medicina] internal
    4. [hemorragia]
    ha sufrido una hemorragia interna she has suffered internal bleeding
    5. [alumno] boarding;
    estuvo interno en Suiza he went to a boarding school in Switzerland
    6.
    médico interno Br house officer, US intern
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [alumno] boarder
    2. [preso] prisoner, inmate
    3. [médico] Br house officer, US intern
    ♦ nm
    RP [extensión] (telephone) extension;
    interno 28, por favor extension 28, please
    * * *
    I adj internal; POL domestic, internal
    II m, interna f
    1 EDU boarder
    2 ( preso) inmate
    3 MED intern, Br
    houseman
    * * *
    interno, -na adj
    : internal
    ♦ internamente adv
    interno, -na n
    1) : intern
    2) : inmate, internee
    * * *
    interno1 adj
    1. (en general) internal
    2. (del país) domestic
    1. (alumno) boarder
    2. (preso) prisoner

    Spanish-English dictionary > interno

  • 27 líquido

    adj.
    1 liquid, fluid.
    2 liquid, with enough cash.
    m.
    1 liquid, fluid.
    2 liquid solution, liquid, solution.
    3 cash.
    * * *
    1 (gen) liquid
    2 (neto) net
    3 (en metálico) in cash
    1 liquid
    ————————
    1 liquid
    * * *
    1. (f. - líquida)
    adj.
    1) liquid, fluid
    2) net
    2. noun m.
    1) liquid, fluid
    2) liquid assets, ready cash
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [sustancia] liquid, fluid
    2) (Econ) net
    3) CAm, Méx (=exacto) exact
    4) (Ling) liquid
    2. SM
    1) [gen] liquid, fluid
    2) (Econ) (=efectivo) ready cash, ready money
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) < sustancia> liquid
    2) <sueldo/renta> net
    II
    1) ( sustancia) liquid
    2) ( dinero) cash

    líquido disponible/imponible — disposable/taxable income

    * * *
    = liquid, substance, molten, fluid, runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    Ex. This is the common 'bubble' sort, in which the highest or the lowest 'values' rise to the top like bubbles in a liquid.
    Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.
    Ex. The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.
    Ex. For example, the heading 'Circulation of the blood' is acceptable, but the very similar 'Movement of fluids in plants' is not.
    Ex. If you have runny nail polish, pour some onto a paper plate, add a bit of flour and stir it up with something like a toothpick.
    ----
    * control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.
    * demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * estiércol líquido = slurry.
    * líquido amniótico = amniotic fluid.
    * líquido cefalorraquídeo = cerebrospinal fluid.
    * líquido cerebroespinal = cerebrospinal fluid.
    * líquido condensado = condensate.
    * líquido corrector = correction fluid, erasing fluid.
    * líquido de desecho = effluent.
    * líquido de frenos = brake fluid.
    * líquido desconocido = foreign substance.
    * líquido de transmisión = transmission fluid.
    * líquido gaseoso = gas liquid.
    * líquido inflamable = flammable liquid.
    * líquido lavalunetas = windscreen wiper fluid.
    * líquido limpiador = cleaning fluid.
    * líquido para limpiaparabrisas = windscreen wiper fluid.
    * líquido revelador = developing fluid.
    * nitrógeno líquido = liquid nitrogen.
    * pantalla de cristal líquido = LCD [liquid crystal display].
    * pedo líquido = wet fart.
    * residuos líquidos = liquid waste.
    * succionador de líquidos = baster.
    * volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) < sustancia> liquid
    2) <sueldo/renta> net
    II
    1) ( sustancia) liquid
    2) ( dinero) cash

    líquido disponible/imponible — disposable/taxable income

    * * *
    = liquid, substance, molten, fluid, runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].

    Ex: This is the common 'bubble' sort, in which the highest or the lowest 'values' rise to the top like bubbles in a liquid.

    Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.
    Ex: The whole box was then immersed for about ten minutes in a pit of molten metal.
    Ex: For example, the heading 'Circulation of the blood' is acceptable, but the very similar 'Movement of fluids in plants' is not.
    Ex: If you have runny nail polish, pour some onto a paper plate, add a bit of flour and stir it up with something like a toothpick.
    * control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.
    * demasiado líquido = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * estiércol líquido = slurry.
    * líquido amniótico = amniotic fluid.
    * líquido cefalorraquídeo = cerebrospinal fluid.
    * líquido cerebroespinal = cerebrospinal fluid.
    * líquido condensado = condensate.
    * líquido corrector = correction fluid, erasing fluid.
    * líquido de desecho = effluent.
    * líquido de frenos = brake fluid.
    * líquido desconocido = foreign substance.
    * líquido de transmisión = transmission fluid.
    * líquido gaseoso = gas liquid.
    * líquido inflamable = flammable liquid.
    * líquido lavalunetas = windscreen wiper fluid.
    * líquido limpiador = cleaning fluid.
    * líquido para limpiaparabrisas = windscreen wiper fluid.
    * líquido revelador = developing fluid.
    * nitrógeno líquido = liquid nitrogen.
    * pantalla de cristal líquido = LCD [liquid crystal display].
    * pedo líquido = wet fart.
    * residuos líquidos = liquid waste.
    * succionador de líquidos = baster.
    * volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.

    * * *
    líquido1 -da
    A ‹sustancia› liquid
    B ‹sueldo/renta› net
    C ‹consonante› liquid
    A (sustancia) liquid
    retención de líquido water retention
    Compuestos:
    amniotic fluid
    antifreeze
    correction fluid, Tipp-Ex®
    brake fluid
    ( liter o hum); water
    seminal fluid
    B (dinero) cash
    líquido disponible/imponible disposable/taxable income
    * * *

    Del verbo liquidar: ( conjugate liquidar)

    liquido es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    liquidó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    liquidar    
    líquido
    liquidar ( conjugate liquidar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ existencias› to sell off
    2 ‹ negocio› to wind up;
    ‹ activo› to liquidate
    3
    a) ‹deuda/cuenta› to settle;

    ‹sueldo/pago› to pay
    b) (Méx) ‹ trabajador› to pay … off

    4 (fam) ‹ persona› ( matar) to do away with (colloq);
    ( destruir) (AmL) to destroy (colloq)
    líquido 1
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹ sustancia› liquid
    2 ‹sueldo/renta› net
    líquido 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( sustancia) liquid;

    2 ( dinero) cash
    liquidar verbo transitivo
    1 (una deuda) to settle
    (un producto) to sell off
    2 fam (dilapidar) to waste away
    3 familiar liquidar a alguien, (asesinar) to bump somebody off
    líquido,-a
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 liquid
    2 Fin liquid assets pl
    II adjetivo
    1 liquid
    2 Fin net
    ' líquido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahogar
    - ahogarse
    - asentarse
    - bocanada
    - bombeo
    - bullir
    - calar
    - chorro
    - chupar
    - circular
    - cocer
    - depurar
    - deshacer
    - deshacerse
    - deshecha
    - deshecho
    - desparramar
    - desparramarse
    - escaparse
    - escape
    - filtrar
    - filtrarse
    - flujo
    - fuga
    - gaseosa
    - gaseoso
    - gel
    - inmersa
    - inmerso
    - irse
    - jabón
    - jarra
    - líquida
    - onda
    - oxígeno
    - pulverizar
    - quemar
    - quemadura
    - quemarse
    - rebosar
    - remover
    - reposar
    - reposo
    - rociar
    - salirse
    - salpicar
    - soltar
    - sorber
    - tintura
    - trago
    English:
    absorb
    - bead
    - blob
    - bubble
    - clear
    - cloud
    - cloudy
    - correction fluid
    - dilute
    - discharge
    - do away with
    - drain
    - draught
    - dribble
    - drop
    - exude
    - flow
    - fluid
    - freeze
    - frozen
    - gulp
    - gurgle
    - gush
    - leak
    - liquid
    - liquid crystal display
    - molten
    - pool
    - pump out
    - runny
    - settle
    - shake up
    - slop
    - sloppy
    - smooth
    - spill
    - spout
    - sprinkle
    - spurt
    - stand
    - sticky
    - stir
    - stir up
    - stream
    - suck
    - thick
    - thin
    - upset
    - well
    - cleaning
    * * *
    líquido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [estado] liquid;
    Am
    crema líquida single cream;
    2. Econ [neto] net
    3. Ling [sonido] liquid
    ♦ nm
    1. [sustancia] liquid
    líquido corrector correction fluid;
    líquido de frenos brake fluid;
    2. Econ liquid assets
    3. Med fluid
    líquido amniótico amniotic fluid;
    líquido cefalorraquídeo cerebrospinal fluid;
    líquido cerebroespinal cerebrospinal fluid;
    líquido sinovial synovial fluid
    * * *
    I adj
    1 liquid
    2 COM net
    II m liquid
    * * *
    líquido, -da adj
    1) : liquid, fluid
    2) : net
    ingresos líquidos: net income
    1) : liquid, fluid
    líquido de frenos: brake fluid
    2) : ready cash, liquid assets
    * * *
    líquido n liquid

    Spanish-English dictionary > líquido

  • 28 preparar

    v.
    1 to prepare.
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for him
    Ella prepara la ropa She prepares the clothes.
    Ella preparó la carne ayer She prepared=seasoned the meat yesterday.
    2 to prepare for (examen).
    3 to train (sport).
    La agencia preparó al espía The Agency trained the spy.
    4 to arrange for, to organize, to prepare.
    Ella prepara el viaje She arranges for the trip.
    * * *
    1 to prepare, get ready
    ■ ¿habéis preparado el viaje? have you arranged the trip?
    2 (enseñar) to teach
    3 DEPORTE (entrenar) to train, coach
    4 (estudiar) to revise for, work for
    ■ ¿has preparado el examen de inglés? have you studied for the English exam?
    \
    preparar oposiciones to study for competitive exams
    * * *
    verb
    2) coach, train
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dejar listo) [+ comida] to make, prepare; [+ habitación, casa] to prepare, get ready; [+ compuesto, derivado] (Quím) to prepare, make up

    estoy preparando la cena — I'm making o preparing dinner, I'm getting dinner ready

    ¿te preparo un café? — shall I make you a coffee?

    ¿me puedes preparar la cuenta, por favor? — can you make my bill up, please?

    terreno 2., 4)
    2) (=organizar) [+ acción, viaje] to prepare; [+ ejemplar, revista] to prepare, work on

    estamos preparando el siguiente número de la revista — we're working on o preparing the next issue of the magazine

    3) (=instruir) [para un partido] to train, coach; [para examen, oposición] to coach, tutor

    lleva meses preparando al equipo — he has been training o coaching the team for months

    la están preparando en una academia — they are preparing o coaching her in a private school, she is being tutored in a private school

    4) [+ examen, prueba] to study for, prepare for

    llevo semanas preparando este examen — I have been studying o preparing for this exam for weeks

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.
    Ex. For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.
    Ex. At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex. A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex. I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex. The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex. The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex. We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex. This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex. The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex. Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex. The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex. A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex. Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
    ----
    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.

    Ex: For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.

    Ex: At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex: A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex: I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex: The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex: The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex: This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex: The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex: Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex: The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex: A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.

    * * *
    preparar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹plato› to make, prepare; ‹comida› to prepare, get … ready; ‹medicamento› to prepare, make up
    tengo que preparar la comida I have to get lunch ready o make lunch
    nos había preparado un postre riquísimo he had made a delicious dessert for us
    preparó la habitación para los invitados she prepared the room o got the room ready for the guests
    verás la sorpresa que te tengo preparada just wait till you see the surprise I've got (waiting) for you
    prepáreme la cuenta por favor can you draw up my check, please? ( AmE), can you make up my bill, please? ( BrE)
    terreno2 m C. (↑ terreno (2))
    B ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    ha preparado la asignatura a fondo she's prepared the subject very thoroughly
    prepara su participación en los campeonatos he is training o preparing for the championships
    C ‹persona› (para un examen) to tutor, coach ( BrE); (para un partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para una tarea, un reto) to prepare
    no ha sabido preparar a los hijos para la vida he has failed to prepare his children for life
    ¿sabes quién la prepara para el examen? do you know who's tutoring o coaching her for the exam?
    antes de darle la noticia habrá que prepararla the news will have to be broken to her gently
    no estaba preparada para esa grata sorpresa she wasn't prepared for o expecting such a pleasant surprise
    A «tormenta» to brew
    se prepara una crisis en la zona there's a crisis brewing in the region
    B ( refl)
    (disponerse): prepárate que me vas a escuchar just you listen to me!
    prepararse PARA algo to get ready FOR sth
    se preparó para darle la mala noticia he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news
    C ( refl) (formarse) to prepare
    se prepara para el examen de ingreso en la Universidad she's preparing for the University entrance examination
    se prepara para las Olimpiadas he is training o preparing for the Olympics
    no se ha preparado bien (para) la prueba she hasn't studied hard enough o done enough work for the test, she isn't well enough prepared for the test
    * * *

     

    preparar ( conjugate preparar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ plato› to make, prepare;
    ‹ comida› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ medicamento› to prepare, make up;
    ‹ habitación› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ cuenta› to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2 ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    3 ‹ persona› ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE);
    ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare;
    (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    prepararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) ( disponerse): prepararse PARA algo to get ready for sth
    2 ( refl) ( formarse) to prepare;
    prepararse para algo ‹para examen/competición› to prepare for sth
    preparar verbo transitivo
    1 to prepare, get ready
    preparar una fiesta, to prepare a party
    2 Dep to train, coach
    ' preparar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capacitar
    - despreocuparse
    - disponer
    - planear
    - sabática
    - sabático
    - terrena
    - terreno
    - urdir
    - arreglar
    - corresponder
    - hacer
    English:
    brew
    - coach
    - concoct
    - cook
    - detailed
    - draw up
    - fix
    - get
    - groom
    - lay out
    - make
    - make out
    - make up
    - microwave
    - mix
    - prep
    - prepare
    - prime
    - rind
    - roll out
    - set
    - study
    - way
    - whip up
    - add
    - can
    - curry
    - dispense
    - do
    - draft
    - draw
    - dress
    - ease
    - equip
    - gear
    - mount
    - plan
    - put
    - ready
    - run
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [disponer, elaborar] to prepare;
    [trampa] to set, to lay; [maletas] to pack;
    estaban preparando un robo they were planning a robbery;
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice;
    nos preparó una cena estupenda she made o cooked a delicious evening meal for us;
    ¿quién prepara la comida en tu casa? who does the cooking in your household?;
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for you
    2. [examen, oposiciones, prueba] to prepare for
    3. [entrenar, adiestrar] [físicamente] to train;
    [tácticamente] to coach; [alumnos] to coach; [animales] to train;
    no nos habían preparado para solucionar este tipo de problemas we hadn't been taught to solve this type of problem
    * * *
    v/t prepare, get ready
    * * *
    1) : to prepare, to make ready
    2) : to teach, to train, to coach
    * * *
    1. (en general) to prepare / to get ready
    2. (entrenar) to train / to coach
    preparar un examen to study for an exam [pt. & pp. studied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > preparar

  • 29 Donkin, Bryan I

    [br]
    b. 22 March 1768 Sandoe, Northumberland, England
    d. 27 February 1855 London, England
    [br]
    English mechanical engineer and inventor.
    [br]
    It was intended that Bryan Donkin should follow his father's profession of surveyor and land agent, so he spent a year or so in that occupation before he was apprenticed to John Hall, millwright of Dartford, Kent. Donkin remained with the firm after completing his apprenticeship, and when the Fourdrinier brothers in 1802 introduced from France an invention for making paper in continuous lengths they turned to John Hall for help in developing the machine: Donkin was chosen to undertake the work. In 1803 the Fourdriniers established their own works in Bermondsey, with Bryan Donkin in charge. By 1808 Donkin had acquired the works, but he continued to manufacture paper-making machines, paying a royalty to the patentees. He also undertook other engineering work including water-wheels for driving paper and other mills. He was also involved in the development of printing machinery and the preservation of food in airtight containers. Some of these improvements were patented, and he also obtained patents relating to gearing, steel pens, paper-making and railway wheels. Other inventions of Bryan Donkin that were not patented concerned revolution counters and improvements in accurate screw threads for use in graduating mathematical scales. Donkin was elected a member of the Society of Arts in 1803 and was later Chairman of the Society's Committee of Mechanics and a Vice-President of the society. He was also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1818 a group of eight young men founded the Institution of Civil Engineers; two of them were apprentices of Bryan Donkin and he encouraged their enterprise. After a change in the rules permitted the election of members over the age of 35, he himself became a member in 1821. He served on the Council and became a Vice- President, but he resigned from the Institution in 1848.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1838. Vice-President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1826–32, 1835–45. Member, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 1835; President 1843. Society of Arts Gold Medal 1810, 1819.
    Further Reading
    S.B.Donkin, 1949–51, "Bryan Donkin, FRS, MICE 1768–1855", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 27:85–95.
    RTS

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  • 30 Gestetner, David

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. March 1854 Csorna, Hungary
    d. 8 March 1939 Nice, France
    [br]
    Hungarian/British pioneer of stencil duplicating.
    [br]
    For the first twenty-five years of his life, Gestetner was a rolling stone and accordingly gathered no moss. Leaving school in 1867, he began working for an uncle in Sopron, making sausages. Four years later he apprenticed himself to another uncle, a stockbroker, in Vienna. The financial crisis of 1873 prompted a move to a restaurant, also in the family, but tiring of a menial existence, he emigrated to the USA, travelling steerage. He began to earn a living by selling Japanese kites: these were made of strong Japanese paper coated with lacquer, and he noted their long fibres and great strength, an observation that was later to prove useful when he was searching for a suitable medium for stencil duplicating. However, he did not prosper in the USA and he returned to Europe, first to Vienna and finally to London in 1879. He took a job with Fairholme \& Co., stationers in Shoe Lane, off Holborn; at last Gestetner found an outlet for his inventive genius and he began his life's work in developing stencil duplicating. His first patent was in 1879 for an application of the hectograph, an early method of duplicating documents. In 1881, he patented the toothed-wheel pen, or Cyclostyle, which made good ink-passing perforations in the stencil paper, with which he was able to pioneer the first practicable form of stencil duplicating. He then adopted a better stencil tissue of Japanese paper coated with wax, and later an improved form of pen. This assured the success of Gestetner's form of stencil duplicating and it became established practice in offices in the late 1880s. Gestetner began to manufacture the apparatus in premises in Sun Street, at first under the name of Fairholme, since they had defrayed the patent expenses and otherwise supported him financially, in return for which Gestetner assigned them his patent rights. In 1882 he patented the wheel pen in the USA and appointed an agent to sell the equipment there. In 1884 he moved to larger premises, and three years later to still larger premises. The introduction of the typewriter prompted modifications that enabled stencil duplicating to become both the standard means of printing short runs of copy and an essential piece of equipment in offices. Before the First World War, Gestetner's products were being sold around the world; in fact he created one of the first truly international distribution networks. He finally moved to a large factory to the north-east of London: when his company went public in 1929, it had a share capital of nearly £750,000. It was only with the development of electrostatic photocopying and small office offset litho machines that stencil duplicating began to decline in the 1960s. The firm David Gestetner had founded adapted to the new conditions and prospers still, under the direction of his grandson and namesake.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    W.B.Proudfoot, 1972, The Origin of Stencil Duplicating London: Hutchinson (gives a good account of the method and the development of the Gestetner process, together with some details of his life).
    H.V.Culpan, 1951, "The House of Gestetner", in Gestetner 70th Anniversary Celebration Brochure, London: Gestetner.
    LRD

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  • 31 фотографічний

    фотографічний папір — developing(-out) paper, pnotographic paper, photosensitive paper

    Українсько-англійський словник > фотографічний

  • 32 Bevan, Edward John

    [br]
    b. 11 December 1856 Birkenhead, England
    d. 17 October 1921 London, England
    [br]
    English co-inventor of the " viscose rayon " process for making artificial silk.
    [br]
    Bevan began his working life as a chemist in a soap works at Runcorn, but later studied chemistry at Owens College, Manchester. It was there that he met and formed a friendship with C.F. Cross, with whom he started to work on cellulose. Bevan moved to a paper mill in Scotland but then went south to London, where he and Cross set up a partnership in 1885 as consulting and analytical chemists. Their work was mainly concerned with the industrial utilization of cellulose, and with the problems of the paper and jute industries. Their joint publication, A Text-book of Paper-making, which first appeared in 1888 and went into several editions, became the standard reference and textbook on the subject. The book has a long introductory chapter on cellulose.
    In 1892 Cross, Bevan and Clayton Beadle discovered viscose, or sodium cellulose xanthate, and took out the patent which was to be the foundation of the "viscose rayon" industry. They had their own laboratory at Station Avenue, Kew Gardens, where they carried out much work that eventually resulted in viscose: cellulose, usually in the form of wood pulp, was treated first with caustic soda and then with carbon disulphide to form the xanthate, which was then dissolved in a solution of dilute caustic soda to produce a viscous liquid. After being aged, the viscose was extruded through fine holes in a spinneret and coagulated in a dilute acid to regenerate the cellulose as spinnable fibres. At first there was no suggestion of spinning it into fibre, but the hope was to use it for filaments in incandescent electric light bulbs. The sheen on the fibres suggested their possible use in textiles and the term "artificial silk" was later introduced. Cross and Bevan also discovered the acetate "Celanese", which was cellulose triacetate dissolved in acetone and spun in air, but both inventions needed much development before they could be produced commercially.
    In 1892 Bevan turned from cellulose to food and drugs and left the partnership to become Public Analyst to Middlesex County Council, a post he held until his death, although in 1895 he and Cross published their important work Cellulose. He was prominent in the affairs of the Society of Public Analysts and became one of its officials.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1888, with C.F.Cross, A Text-book of Papermaking.
    1892, with C.F.Cross and C.Beadle, British patent no. 8,700 (viscose). 1895, with C.F.Cross, Cellulose.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1921, Journal of the Chemical Society.
    Obituary, 1921, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry.
    Edwin J.Beer, 1962–3, "The birth of viscose rayon", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 35 (an account of the problems of developing viscose rayon; Beer worked under Cross in the Kew laboratories).
    RLH

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  • 33 Eastman, George

    [br]
    b. 12 July 1854 Waterville, New York, USA
    d. 14 March 1932 Rochester, New York, USA
    [br]
    American industrialist and pioneer of popular photography.
    [br]
    The young Eastman was a clerk-bookkeeper in the Rochester Savings Bank when in 1877 he took up photography. Taking lessons in the wet-plate process, he became an enthusiastic amateur photographer. However, the cumbersome equipment and noxious chemicals used in the process proved an obstacle, as he said, "It seemed to be that one ought to be able to carry less than a pack-horse load." Then he came across an account of the new gelatine dry-plate process in the British Journal of Photography of March 1878. He experimented in coating glass plates with the new emulsions, and was soon so successful that he decided to go into commercial manufacture. He devised a machine to simplify the coating of the plates, and travelled to England in July 1879 to patent it. In April 1880 he prepared to begin manufacture in a rented building in Rochester, and contacted the leading American photographic supply house, E. \& H.T.Anthony, offering them an option as agents. A local whip manufacturer, Henry A.Strong, invested $1,000 in the enterprise and the Eastman Dry Plate Company was formed on 1 January 1881. Still working at the Savings Bank, he ran the business in his spare time, and demand grew for the quality product he was producing. The fledgling company survived a near disaster in 1882 when the quality of the emulsions dropped alarmingly. Eastman later discovered this was due to impurities in the gelatine used, and this led him to test all raw materials rigorously for quality. In 1884 the company became a corporation, the Eastman Dry Plate \& Film Company, and a new product was announced. Mindful of his desire to simplify photography, Eastman, with a camera maker, William H.Walker, designed a roll-holder in which the heavy glass plates were replaced by a roll of emulsion-coated paper. The holders were made in sizes suitable for most plate cameras. Eastman designed and patented a coating machine for the large-scale production of the paper film, bringing costs down dramatically, the roll-holders were acclaimed by photographers worldwide, and prizes and medals were awarded, but Eastman was still not satisfied. The next step was to incorporate the roll-holder in a smaller, hand-held camera. His first successful design was launched in June 1888: the Kodak camera. A small box camera, it held enough paper film for 100 circular exposures, and was bought ready-loaded. After the film had been exposed, the camera was returned to Eastman's factory, where the film was removed, processed and printed, and the camera reloaded. This developing and printing service was the most revolutionary part of his invention, since at that time photographers were expected to process their own photographs, which required access to a darkroom and appropriate chemicals. The Kodak camera put photography into the hands of the countless thousands who wanted photographs without complications. Eastman's marketing slogan neatly summed up the advantage: "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest." The Kodak camera was the last product in the design of which Eastman was personally involved. His company was growing rapidly, and he recruited the most talented scientists and technicians available. New products emerged regularly—notably the first commercially produced celluloid roll film for the Kodak cameras in July 1889; this material made possible the introduction of cinematography a few years later. Eastman's philosophy of simplifying photography and reducing its costs continued to influence products: for example, the introduction of the one dollar, or five shilling, Brownie camera in 1900, which put photography in the hands of almost everyone. Over the years the Eastman Kodak Company, as it now was, grew into a giant multinational corporation with manufacturing and marketing organizations throughout the world. Eastman continued to guide the company; he pursued an enlightened policy of employee welfare and profit sharing decades before this was common in industry. He made massive donations to many concerns, notably the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and supported schemes for the education of black people, dental welfare, calendar reform, music and many other causes, he withdrew from the day-to-day control of the company in 1925, and at last had time for recreation. On 14 March 1932, suffering from a painful terminal cancer and after tidying up his affairs, he shot himself through the heart, leaving a note: "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?" Although Eastman's technical innovations were made mostly at the beginning of his career, the organization which he founded and guided in its formative years was responsible for many of the major advances in photography over the years.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    C.Ackerman, 1929, George Eastman, Cambridge, Mass.
    BC

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  • 34 fotografski

    adj photographic I -i papir photographic/developing/printing paper; -a ploča (photographic) plate, dry plate; fotografskii aparat - fotoaparat; fotografski i materijal film and photographic paper, photographic materials; fotografskii pribor photographic accessories/equipment; -i atelj
    * * *
    • photographic

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > fotografski

  • 35 Blanquart-Evrard, Louis-Désiré

    [br]
    b. 2 August 1802 Lille, France
    d. 28 April 1872 Lille, France
    [br]
    French photographer, photographic innovator and entrepreneur.
    [br]
    After beginning his working life in a tobacco company, Blanquart-Evrard became Laboratory Assistant to a chemist. He also became interested in painting on ivory and porcelain, foreshadowing a life-long interest in science and art. Following his marriage to the daughter of a textile merchant, Blanquart-Evrard became a partner in the family business in Lyon. During the 1840s he became interested in Talbot's calotype process and found that by applying gallic acid alone, as a developing agent after exposure, the exposure time could be shorter and the resulting image clearer. Blanquart-Evrard recognized that his process was well suited to producing positive prints in large numbers. During 1851 and 1852, in association with an artist friend, he became involved in producing quantities of prints for book illustrations. In 1849 he had announced a glass negative process similar to that devised two years earlier by Niepcc de St Victor. The carrying agent for silver salts was albumen, and more far-reaching was his albumen-coated printing-out paper announced in 1850. Albumen printing paper was widely adopted and the vast majority of photographs made in the nineteenth century were printed in this form. In 1870 Blanquart-Evrard began an association with the pioneer colour photographer Ducos du Hauron with a view to opening a three-colour printing establishment. Unfortunately plans were delayed by the Franco-Prussian War, and Blanquart-Evrard died in 1872 before the project could be brought to fruition.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1851, Traité de photographie sur papier, Paris (provides details of his improvements to Talbot's process).
    Further Reading
    J.M.Eder, 1945, History of Photography, trans. E. Epstein, New York.
    JW

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  • 36 Cross, Charles Frederick

    [br]
    b. 11 December 1855 Brentwood, Middlesex, England
    d. 15 April 1935 Hove, England
    [br]
    English chemist who contributed to the development of viscose rayon from cellulose.
    [br]
    Cross was educated at the universities of London, Zurich and Manchester. It was at Owens College, Manchester, that Cross first met E.J. Bevan and where these two first worked together on the nature of cellulose. After gaining some industrial experience, Cross joined Bevan to set up a partnership in London as analytical and consulting chemists, specializing in the chemistry and technology of cellulose and lignin. They were at the Jodrell laboratory, Kew Gardens, for a time and then set up their own laboratory at Station Avenue, Kew Gardens. In 1888, the first edition of their joint publication A Textbook of Paper-making, appeared. It went into several editions and became the standard reference and textbook on the subject. The long introductory chapter is a discourse on cellulose.
    In 1892, Cross, Bevan and Clayton Beadle took out their historic patent on the solution and regeneration of cellulose. The modern artificial-fibre industry stems from this patent. They made their discovery at New Court, Carey Street, London: wood-pulp (or another cheap form of cellulose) was dissolved in a mixture of carbon disulphide and aqueous alkali to produce sodium xanthate. After maturing, it was squirted through fine holes into dilute acid, which set the liquid to give spinnable fibres of "viscose". However, it was many years before the process became a commercial operation, partly because the use of a natural raw material such as wood involved variations in chemical content and each batch might react differently. At first it was thought that viscose might be suitable for incandescent lamp filaments, and C.H.Stearn, a collaborator with Cross, continued to investigate this possibility, but the sheen on the fibres suggested that viscose might be made into artificial silk. The original Viscose Spinning Syndicate was formed in 1894 and a place was rented at Erith in Kent. However, it was not until some skeins of artificial silk (a term to which Cross himself objected) were displayed in Paris that textile manufacturers began to take an interest in it. It was then that Courtaulds decided to investigate this new fibre, although it was not until 1904 that they bought the English patents and developed the first artificial silk that was later called "rayon". Cross was also concerned with the development of viscose films and of cellulose acetate, which became a rival to rayon in the form of "Celanese". He retained his interest in the paper industry and in publishing, in 1895 again collaborating with Bevan and publishing a book on Cellulose and other technical articles. He was a cultured man and a good musician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1917.
    Bibliography
    1888, with E.J.Bevan, A Text-book of Papermaking. 1892, British patent no. 8,700 (cellulose).
    Further Reading
    Obituary Notices of the Royal Society, 1935, London. Obituary, 1935, Journal of the Chemical Society 1,337. Chambers Concise Dictionary of Scientists, 1989, Cambridge.
    Edwin J.Beer, 1962–3, "The birth of viscose rayon", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 35 (an account of the problems of developing viscose rayon; Beer worked under Cross in the Kew laboratories).
    C.Singer (ed.), 1978, A History of Technology, Vol. VI, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Cross, Charles Frederick

  • 37 самоуправляющая фотобумага

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > самоуправляющая фотобумага

  • 38 самоуправляющаяся фотобумага

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > самоуправляющаяся фотобумага

  • 39 фотобумага с проявлением

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > фотобумага с проявлением

  • 40 local2

    2 = domestic, homemade, local, local situs, locally based [locally-based], vernacular.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Results indicate that bibliographers at these libraries depend on inadequate reviewing sources and domestic approval plans for developing these literatures.
    Ex. And may I say parenthetically that two publishers out of the enormous number that are so often touted as belonging to the CIP program are now printing their own homemade and superior cataloging in publication data.
    Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex. The establishment of the local situs intangibles tax in 1931 in Ohio and its use for sole support of public libraries led to various problems over the ensuing years.
    Ex. A virtual library should provide seamless access to both remote and locally-based resources contained.
    Ex. The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.
    ----
    * acontecimientos locales = local events.
    * adaptación a las circunstancias locales = localisation [localization, -USA].
    * anestesia local = local anaesthetic.
    * a nivel local = locally.
    * autoridad local = local authority official, local authority officer.
    * biblioteca local = local library.
    * catálogo local = local catalogue.
    * colección de fondos locales = local collection.
    * colección local = local collection.
    * comunidad local = local community.
    * estatuto local = by-law [bye-law, -USA].
    * fichero topográfico local = local copy file.
    * impuestos locales = local taxes.
    * LAN (red local) = LAN (Local Area Network).
    * periódico local = local paper, local newspaper, local community newspaper.
    * personaje local = local figure.
    * personalidad local = local figure.
    * prensa local, la = local press, the.
    * Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.
    * signatura topográfica local = local call number.
    * transporte local público = local public transport.

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