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81 Burgi, Jost
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 28 February 1552 Lichtensteig, Switzerlandd. 31 January 1632 Kassel, Germany[br]Swiss clockmaker and mathematician who invented the remontoire and the cross-beat escapement, also responsible for the use of exponential notation and the calculation of tables of anti-logarithms.[br]Burgi entered the service of Duke William IV of Hesse in 1579 as Court Clockmaker, although he also assisted William with his astronomical observations. In 1584 he invented the cross-beat escapement which increased the accuracy of spring-driven clocks by two orders of magnitude. During the last years of the century he also worked on the development of geometrical and astronomical instruments for the Royal Observatory at Kassel.On the death of Duke Wilhelm in 1603, and with news of his skills having reached the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, in 1604 he went to Prague to become Imperial Watchmaker and to assist in the creation of a centre of scientific activity, subsequently becoming Assistant to the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler. No doubt this association led to an interest in mathematics and he made significant contributions to the concept of decimal fractions and the use of exponential notation, i.e. the use of a raised number to indicate powers of another number. It is likely that he was developing the idea of logarithms at the same time (or possibly even before) Napier, for in 1620 he made his greatest contribution to mathematics, science and, eventually, engineering, namely the publication of tables of anti-logarithms.At Prague he continued the series of accurate clocks and instruments for astronomical measurements that he had begun to produce at Kassel. At that period clocks were very poor timekeepers since the controller, the foliot or balance, had no natural period of oscillation and was consequently dependent on the driving force. Although the force of the driving weight was constant, irregularities occurred during the transmission of the power through the train as a result of the poor shape and quality of the gearing. Burgi attempted to overcome this directly by superb craftsmanship and indirectly by using a remontoire. This device was wound at regular intervals by the main driving force and fed the power directly to the escape wheel, which impulsed the foliot. He also introduced the crossbeat escapement (a variation on the verge), which consisted of two coupled foliots that swung in opposition to each other. According to contemporary evidence his clocks produced a remarkable improvement in timekeeping, being accurate to within a minute a day. This improvement was probably a result of the use of a remontoire and the high quality of the workmanship rather than a result of the cross-beat escapement, which did not have a natural period of oscillation.Burgi or Prague clocks, as they were known, were produced by very few other makers and were supplanted shortly afterwards by the intro-duction of the pendulum clock. Burgi also produced superb clockwork-driven celestial globes.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsEnnobled 1611.BibliographyBurgi only published one book, and that was concerned with mathematics.Further ReadingL.von Mackensen, 1979, Die erste Sternwarte Europas mit ihren Instrumenten and Uhren—400 Jahre Jost Burgi in Kassel, Munich.K.Maurice and O.Mayr (eds), 1980, The Clockwork Universe, Washington, DC, pp. 87– 102.H.A.Lloyd, 1958, Some Outstanding Clocks Over 700 Years, 1250–1950, London. E.T.Bell, 1937, Men of Mathematics, London: Victor Gollancz.See also: Briggs, HenryKF / DV -
82 spoil
spoilpast tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) estropear2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) mimar•- spoils- spoilt
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spoil vb1. estropear / arruinar2. mimar / malcriartr[spɔɪl]1 (ruin) estropear, echar a perder, arruinar2 (invalidate) anular3 (make child selfish) mimar, consentir; (indulge) complacer1 (food) estropearse, echarse a perder1 botín m sing\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be spoiling for a fight andar buscando pelea, andar buscando camorrato be spoilt for choice tener demasiadas cosas para elegir1) pillage: saquear2) ruin: estropear, arruinar3) pamper: consentir, mimarspoil vi: estropearse, echarse a perderspoil nplunder: botín mn.• botín s.m.• presa s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: spoiled) or p.p.: spoilt•) = amargar v.• corromper v.• dañar v.• desbaratar v.• desgraciar v.• desmejorar v.• desvirtuar v.• deteriorar v.• echar a perder v.• estragar v.• estropear v.• inutilizar v.• malear v.• maliciar v.• malograr v.• menoscabar v.• mimar v.• perder v.• viciar v.
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1. spɔɪl1)a) \<\<party/surprise\>\> echar a perder, estropear, arruinarI don't want to spoil your fun but... — no les quiero aguar la fiesta pero...
b) ( invalidate) anularspoiled o (BrE also) spoilt papers — papeletas fpl nulas
2) ( overindulge) \<\<child\>\> consentir*, malcriar*, mimar demasiadogo on, spoil yourself — vamos, date un gusto
to be spoiled for choice — tener* mucho de donde elegir
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vi1) \<\<food/meal\>\> echarse a perder, estropearse2) ( be eager) (colloq)to be spoiling for something — estar* or andar* buscando algo
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noun (usu pl) botín m[spɔɪl] (vb: pt, pp spoiled or spoilt)1. VT1) (=ruin) estropear, arruinar; (=harm) dañar; (=invalidate) [+ voting paper] invalidarto get spoiled — echarse a perder, estropearse
2) (=pamper) mimar, consentir (LAm)2. VI1) [food] estropearse, echarse a perderif we leave it here it will spoil — si lo dejamos aquí se estropeará or se echará a perder
2)to be spoiling for a fight — estar con ganas de luchar or (LAm) pelear
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1. [spɔɪl]1)a) \<\<party/surprise\>\> echar a perder, estropear, arruinarI don't want to spoil your fun but... — no les quiero aguar la fiesta pero...
b) ( invalidate) anularspoiled o (BrE also) spoilt papers — papeletas fpl nulas
2) ( overindulge) \<\<child\>\> consentir*, malcriar*, mimar demasiadogo on, spoil yourself — vamos, date un gusto
to be spoiled for choice — tener* mucho de donde elegir
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vi1) \<\<food/meal\>\> echarse a perder, estropearse2) ( be eager) (colloq)to be spoiling for something — estar* or andar* buscando algo
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83 Arnold, John
SUBJECT AREA: Horology[br]b. 1735/6 Bodmin (?), Cornwall, Englandd. 25 August 1799 Eltham, London, England[br]English clock, watch, and chronometer maker who invented the isochronous helical balance spring and an improved form of detached detent escapement.[br]John Arnold was apprenticed to his father, a watchmaker, and then worked as an itinerant journeyman in the Low Countries and, later, in England. He settled in London in 1762 and rapidly established his reputation at Court by presenting George III with a miniature repeating watch mounted in a ring. He later abandoned the security of the Court for a more precarious living developing his chronometers, with some financial assistance from the Board of Longitude. Symbolically, in 1771 he moved from the vicinity of the Court at St James's to John Adam Street, which was close to the premises of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures \& Commerce.By the time Arnold became interested in chronometry, Harrison had already demonstrated that longitude could be determined by means of a timekeeper, and the need was for a simpler instrument that could be sold at an affordable price for universal use at sea. Le Roy had shown that it was possible to dispense with a remontoire by using a detached escapement with an isochronous balance; Arnold was obviously thinking along the same lines, although he may not have been aware of Le Roy's work. By 1772 Arnold had developed his detached escapement, a pivoted detent which was quite different from that used on the European continent, and three years later he took out a patent for a compensation balance and a helical balance spring (Arnold used the spring in torsion and not in tension as Harrison had done). His compensation balance was similar in principle to that described by Le Roy and used riveted bimetallic strips to alter the radius of gyration of the balance by moving small weights radially. Although the helical balance spring was not completely isochronous it was a great improvement on the spiral spring, and in a later patent (1782) he showed how it could be made more truly isochronous by shaping the ends. In this form it was used universally in marine chronometers.Although Arnold's chronometers performed well, their long-term stability was less satisfactory because of the deterioration of the oil on the pivot of the detent. In his patent of 1782 he eliminated this defect by replacing the pivot with a spring, producing the spring detent escapement. This was also done independendy at about the same time by Berthoud and Earnshaw, although Earnshaw claimed vehemently that Arnold had plagiarized his work. Ironically it was Earnshaw's design that was finally adopted, although he had merely replaced Arnold's pivoted detent with a spring, while Arnold had completely redesigned the escapement. Earnshaw also improved the compensation balance by fusing the steel to the brass to form the bimetallic element, and it was in this form that it began to be used universally for chronometers and high-grade watches.As a result of the efforts of Arnold and Earnshaw, the marine chronometer emerged in what was essentially its final form by the end of the eighteenth century. The standardization of the design in England enabled it to be produced economically; whereas Larcum Kendall was paid £500 to copy Harrison's fourth timekeeper, Arnold was able to sell his chronometers for less than one-fifth of that amount. This combination of price and quality led to Britain's domination of the chronometer market during the nineteenth century.[br]Bibliography30 December 1775, "Timekeepers", British patent no. 1,113.2 May 1782, "A new escapement, and also a balance to compensate the effects arising from heat and cold in pocket chronometers, and for incurving the ends of the helical spring…", British patent no. 1,382.Further ReadingR.T.Gould, 1923, The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, London; reprinted 1960, Holland Press (provides an overview).V.Mercer, 1972, John Arnold \& Son Chronometer Makers 1726–1843, London.See also: Phillips, EdouardDV -
84 Donkin, Bryan I
[br]b. 22 March 1768 Sandoe, Northumberland, Englandd. 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 DistinctionsFRS 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 ReadingS.B.Donkin, 1949–51, "Bryan Donkin, FRS, MICE 1768–1855", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 27:85–95.RTS -
85 Galilei, Galileo
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 15 February 1564 Pisa, Italyd. 8 January 1642 Arcetri, near Florence, Italy[br]Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist who established the principle of the pendulum and was first to exploit the telescope.[br]Galileo began studying medicine at the University of Pisa but soon turned to his real interests, mathematics, mechanics and astronomy. He became Professor of Mathematics at Pisa at the age of 25 and three years later moved to Padua. In 1610 he transferred to Florence. While still a student he discovered the isochronous property of the pendulum, probably by timing with his pulse the swings of a hanging lamp during a religious ceremony in Pisa Cathedral. He later designed a pendulum-controlled clock, but it was not constructed until after his death, and then not successfully; the first successful pendulum clock was made by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1656. Around 1590 Galileo established the laws of motion of falling bodies, by timing rolling balls down inclined planes and not, as was once widely believed, by dropping different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. These and other observations received definitive treatment in his Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienzi attenenti alla, meccanica (Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences…) which was completed in 1634 and first printed in 1638. This work also included Galileo's proof that the path of a projectile was a parabola and, most importantly, the development of the concept of inertia.In astronomy Galileo adopted the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe while still in his twenties, but he lacked the evidence to promote it publicly. That evidence came with the invention of the telescope by the Dutch brothers Lippershey. Galileo heard of its invention in 1609 and had his own instrument constructed, with a convex object lens and concave eyepiece, a form which came to be known as the Galilean telescope. Galileo was the first to exploit the telescope successfully with a series of striking astronomical discoveries. He was also the first to publish the results of observations with the telescope, in his Sidereus nuncius (Starry Messenger) of 1610. All the discoveries told against the traditional view of the universe inherited from the ancient Greeks, and one in particular, that of the four satellites in orbit around Jupiter, supported the Copernican theory in that it showed that there could be another centre of motion in the universe besides the Earth: if Jupiter, why not the Sun? Galileo now felt confident enough to advocate the theory, but the advance of new ideas was opposed, not for the first or last time, by established opinion, personified in Galileo's time by the ecclesiastical authorities in Rome. Eventually he was forced to renounce the Copernican theory, at least in public, and turn to less contentious subjects such as the "two new sciences" of his last and most important work.[br]Bibliography1610, Sidereus nuncius (Starry Messenger); translation by A.Van Helden, 1989, Sidereus Nuncius, or the Sidereal Messenger; Chicago: University of Chicago Press.1623, Il Saggiatore (The Assayer).1632, Dialogo sopre i due massimi sistemi del mondo, tolemaico e copernicano (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican); translation, 1967, Berkeley: University of California Press.1638, Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienzi attenenti allameccanica (Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences…); translation, 1991, Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books (reprint).Further ReadingG.de Santillana, 1955, The Crime of Galileo, Chicago: University of Chicago Press; also 1958, London: Heinemann.H.Stillman Drake, 1980, Galileo, Oxford: Oxford Paperbacks. M.Sharratt, 1994, Galileo: Decisive Innovator, Oxford: Blackwell.J.Reston, 1994, Galileo: A Life, New York: HarperCollins; also 1994, London: Cassell.A.Fantoli, 1994, Galileo: For Copemicanism and for the Church, trans. G.V.Coyne, South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.LRD -
86 Grant, George Barnard
SUBJECT AREA: Electronics and information technology[br]b. 21 December 1849 Farmingdale, Gardiner, Maine, USAd. 16 August 1917 Pasadena, California, USA[br]American mechanical engineer and inventor of Grant's Difference Engine.[br]George B.Grant was descended from families who came from Britain in the seventeenth century and was educated at the Bridgton (Maine) Academy, the Chandler Scientific School of Dartmouth College and the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard College, where he graduated with the degree of BS in 1873. As an undergraduate he became interested in calculating machines, and his paper "On a new difference engine" was published in the American Journal of Science in August 1871. He also took out his first patents relating to calculating machines in 1872 and 1873. A machine of his design known as "Grant's Difference Engine" was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. Similar machines were also manufactured for sale; being sturdy and reliable, they did much to break down the prejudice against the use of calculating machines in business. Grant's work on calculating machines led to a requirement for accurate gears, so he established a machine shop for gear cutting at Charlestown, Massachusetts. He later moved the business to Boston and incorporated it under the name of Grant's Gear Works Inc., and continued to control it until his death. He also established two other gear-cutting shops, the Philadelphia Gear Works Inc., which he disposed of in 1911, and the Cleveland Gear Works Inc., which he also disposed of after a few years. Grant's commercial success was in connection with gear cutting and in this field he obtained several patents and contributed articles to the American Machinist. However, he continued to take an interest in calculating machines and in his later years carried out experimental work on their development.[br]Bibliography1871, "On a new difference engine", American Journal of Science (August). 1885, Chart and Tables for Bevel Gears.1885, A Handbook on the Teeth of Gear Wheels, Boston, Mass.1891, Odontics, or the Theory and Practice of the Teeth of Gears, Lexington, Mass.Further ReadingR.S.Woodbury, 1958, History of the Gear-cutting Machine, Cambridge, Mass, (describes his gear-cutting machine).RTS -
87 Shannon, Claude Elwood
[br]b. 30 April 1916 Gaylord, Michigan, USA[br]American mathematician, creator of information theory.[br]As a child, Shannon tinkered with radio kits and enjoyed solving puzzles, particularly crypto-graphic ones. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1936 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and electrical engineering, and earned his Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937. His thesis on applying Boolean algebra to switching circuits has since been acclaimed as possibly the most significant this century. Shannon earned his PhD in mathematics from MIT in 1940 with a dissertation on the mathematics of genetic transmission.Shannon spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, then in 1941 joined Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he began studying the relative efficiency of alternative transmission systems. Work on digital encryption systems during the Second World War led him to think that just as ciphers hide information from the enemy, "encoding" information could also protect it from noise. About 1948, he decided that the amount of information was best expressed quantitatively in a two-value number system, using only the digits 0 and 1. John Tukey, a Princeton colleague, named these units "binary digits" (or, for short, "bits"). Almost all digital computers and communications systems use such on-off, or two-state logic as their basis of operation.Also in the 1940s, building on the work of H. Nyquist and R.V.L. Hartley, Shannon proved that there was an upper limit to the amount of information that could be transmitted through a communications channel in a unit of time, which could be approached but never reached because real transmissions are subject to interference (noise). This was the beginning of information theory, which has been used by others in attempts to quantify many sciences and technologies, as well as subjects in the humanities, but with mixed results. Before 1970, when integrated circuits were developed, Shannon's theory was not the preferred circuit-and-transmission design tool it has since become.Shannon was also a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, claiming that computing machines could be used to manipulate symbols as well as do calculations. His 1953 paper on computers and automata proposed that digital computers were capable of tasks then thought exclusively the province of living organisms. In 1956 he left Bell Laboratories to join the MIT faculty as Professor of Communications Science.On the lighter side, Shannon has built many devices that play games, and in particular has made a scientific study of juggling.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsNational Medal of Science. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honor, Kyoto Prize.BibliographyHis seminal paper (on what has subsequently become known as information theory) was entitled "The mathematical theory of communications", first published in Bell System Technical Journal in 1948; it is also available in a monograph (written with Warren Weaver) published by the University of Illinois Press in 1949, and in Key Papers in the Development of Information Theory, ed. David Slepian, IEEE Press, 1974, 1988. For readers who want all of Shannon's works, see N.J.A.Sloane and A.D.Wyner, 1992, TheCollected Papers of Claude E.Shannon.HO -
88 CID
1) Общая лексика: повреждения (поломки) по вине клиента (customer induced defects (damage)), уголовный розыск, угрозыск, Скотленд-Ярд2) Компьютерная техника: caller identification3) Авиация: Certification Index Document4) Медицина: диссоциация, индуцированная столкновениями ( в масс-спектрометрии) (Collision-Induced Dissociation)5) Американизм: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command6) Военный термин: Combat Intelligence Division, Commander's Intelligent Display, Counter Intelligence Division, Criminal Investigation Department, change in design, channel identification, command information division, commercial item description, component identification, criminal investigation detachment, ПЗИ, прибор с инжекцией заряда, Criminal Investigation Division (or Department)7) Техника: Center for International Development at Harvard University, Criminal Investigation Division of US Military Police, central instrumentation department, client identifier, clinical infectious diseases, computer interface device8) Химия: Collision-Induced Dissociation9) Британский английский: департамент уголовного розыска (Criminal Investigation Department)10) Юридический термин: Computer Integrated Depositions, Criminal Information Department, Criminal Investigation Division11) Автомобильный термин: cubic inch displacement, cylinder identification signal12) Телекоммуникации: Cell ID, Craft Interface Device13) Сокращение: Caller ID, Center for Industrial Development, Central Institute for the Deaf, Charge Injection Device, Charge-Injection Device, Combat Identification (View CID Logo), Combat Identification, Commander's Integrated Display, Computer Integrated Design, Controlled Impact Demonstration, Criminal Investigation Division (US Army), candlepower, change point, close packed14) Университет: Chemistry Instructor Director15) Физиология: Communication Interaction Disorder16) Вычислительная техника: chain identifier, Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM), Charge Injection Device (see), Caller ID (Telephony, see also:,) \<\< CLID\>\>, computer input data17) Банковское дело: Комитет по процентам и дивидендам (США; Committee on Interest and Dividends)18) Биотехнология: construct identification19) Транспорт: Central Investigation Department, Critical Incident Debriefing20) Фирменный знак: Cleveland Instrument Division, VXI Technology, Inc.21) Деловая лексика: Customization Installation And Distribution, департамент расследования преступлений (Criminal Investigation Department)22) Образование: Certified Internet Diver23) Инвестиции: Committee on Interest and Dividends24) Сетевые технологии: Client Information Database, Customer Interface Device, configuration, installation and distribution25) Программирование: Compare and Ignore Data26) Макаров: индуцированная столкновениями диссоциация27) Безопасность: Card Identification Digits28) Расширение файла: Configuration/Installation/Distribution29) Нефть и газ: АОН, автоматический определитель номера30) Электротехника: certified interruptible demand31) Аэропорты: Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City, Iowa USA32) Единицы измерений: Characters Per Inch33) AMEX. Chieftain International, Inc. -
89 Cid
1) Общая лексика: повреждения (поломки) по вине клиента (customer induced defects (damage)), уголовный розыск, угрозыск, Скотленд-Ярд2) Компьютерная техника: caller identification3) Авиация: Certification Index Document4) Медицина: диссоциация, индуцированная столкновениями ( в масс-спектрометрии) (Collision-Induced Dissociation)5) Американизм: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command6) Военный термин: Combat Intelligence Division, Commander's Intelligent Display, Counter Intelligence Division, Criminal Investigation Department, change in design, channel identification, command information division, commercial item description, component identification, criminal investigation detachment, ПЗИ, прибор с инжекцией заряда, Criminal Investigation Division (or Department)7) Техника: Center for International Development at Harvard University, Criminal Investigation Division of US Military Police, central instrumentation department, client identifier, clinical infectious diseases, computer interface device8) Химия: Collision-Induced Dissociation9) Британский английский: департамент уголовного розыска (Criminal Investigation Department)10) Юридический термин: Computer Integrated Depositions, Criminal Information Department, Criminal Investigation Division11) Автомобильный термин: cubic inch displacement, cylinder identification signal12) Телекоммуникации: Cell ID, Craft Interface Device13) Сокращение: Caller ID, Center for Industrial Development, Central Institute for the Deaf, Charge Injection Device, Charge-Injection Device, Combat Identification (View CID Logo), Combat Identification, Commander's Integrated Display, Computer Integrated Design, Controlled Impact Demonstration, Criminal Investigation Division (US Army), candlepower, change point, close packed14) Университет: Chemistry Instructor Director15) Физиология: Communication Interaction Disorder16) Вычислительная техника: chain identifier, Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM), Charge Injection Device (see), Caller ID (Telephony, see also:,) \<\< CLID\>\>, computer input data17) Банковское дело: Комитет по процентам и дивидендам (США; Committee on Interest and Dividends)18) Биотехнология: construct identification19) Транспорт: Central Investigation Department, Critical Incident Debriefing20) Фирменный знак: Cleveland Instrument Division, VXI Technology, Inc.21) Деловая лексика: Customization Installation And Distribution, департамент расследования преступлений (Criminal Investigation Department)22) Образование: Certified Internet Diver23) Инвестиции: Committee on Interest and Dividends24) Сетевые технологии: Client Information Database, Customer Interface Device, configuration, installation and distribution25) Программирование: Compare and Ignore Data26) Макаров: индуцированная столкновениями диссоциация27) Безопасность: Card Identification Digits28) Расширение файла: Configuration/Installation/Distribution29) Нефть и газ: АОН, автоматический определитель номера30) Электротехника: certified interruptible demand31) Аэропорты: Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City, Iowa USA32) Единицы измерений: Characters Per Inch33) AMEX. Chieftain International, Inc. -
90 cid
1) Общая лексика: повреждения (поломки) по вине клиента (customer induced defects (damage)), уголовный розыск, угрозыск, Скотленд-Ярд2) Компьютерная техника: caller identification3) Авиация: Certification Index Document4) Медицина: диссоциация, индуцированная столкновениями ( в масс-спектрометрии) (Collision-Induced Dissociation)5) Американизм: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command6) Военный термин: Combat Intelligence Division, Commander's Intelligent Display, Counter Intelligence Division, Criminal Investigation Department, change in design, channel identification, command information division, commercial item description, component identification, criminal investigation detachment, ПЗИ, прибор с инжекцией заряда, Criminal Investigation Division (or Department)7) Техника: Center for International Development at Harvard University, Criminal Investigation Division of US Military Police, central instrumentation department, client identifier, clinical infectious diseases, computer interface device8) Химия: Collision-Induced Dissociation9) Британский английский: департамент уголовного розыска (Criminal Investigation Department)10) Юридический термин: Computer Integrated Depositions, Criminal Information Department, Criminal Investigation Division11) Автомобильный термин: cubic inch displacement, cylinder identification signal12) Телекоммуникации: Cell ID, Craft Interface Device13) Сокращение: Caller ID, Center for Industrial Development, Central Institute for the Deaf, Charge Injection Device, Charge-Injection Device, Combat Identification (View CID Logo), Combat Identification, Commander's Integrated Display, Computer Integrated Design, Controlled Impact Demonstration, Criminal Investigation Division (US Army), candlepower, change point, close packed14) Университет: Chemistry Instructor Director15) Физиология: Communication Interaction Disorder16) Вычислительная техника: chain identifier, Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM), Charge Injection Device (see), Caller ID (Telephony, see also:,) \<\< CLID\>\>, computer input data17) Банковское дело: Комитет по процентам и дивидендам (США; Committee on Interest and Dividends)18) Биотехнология: construct identification19) Транспорт: Central Investigation Department, Critical Incident Debriefing20) Фирменный знак: Cleveland Instrument Division, VXI Technology, Inc.21) Деловая лексика: Customization Installation And Distribution, департамент расследования преступлений (Criminal Investigation Department)22) Образование: Certified Internet Diver23) Инвестиции: Committee on Interest and Dividends24) Сетевые технологии: Client Information Database, Customer Interface Device, configuration, installation and distribution25) Программирование: Compare and Ignore Data26) Макаров: индуцированная столкновениями диссоциация27) Безопасность: Card Identification Digits28) Расширение файла: Configuration/Installation/Distribution29) Нефть и газ: АОН, автоматический определитель номера30) Электротехника: certified interruptible demand31) Аэропорты: Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City, Iowa USA32) Единицы измерений: Characters Per Inch33) AMEX. Chieftain International, Inc. -
91 field
fi:ld
1. noun1) (a piece of land enclosed for growing crops, keeping animals etc: Our house is surrounded by fields.) campo2) (a wide area: playing fields (= an area for games, sports etc).) campo, cancha3) (a piece of land etc where minerals or other natural resources are found: an oil-field; a coalfield.) yacimiento4) (an area of knowledge, interest, study etc: in the fields of literature/economic development; her main fields of interest.) campo, terreno5) (an area affected, covered or included by something: a magnetic field; in his field of vision.) campo6) (an area of battle: the field of Waterloo; (also adjective) a field-gun.) campo de batalla
2. verb((in cricket, basketball etc) to catch (the ball) and return it.) parar y devolver- fieldwork
field n campotr[fiːld]1 (gen) campo2 (for mining) yacimiento3 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL campo4 (subject, area) campo, terreno■ what's your field? ¿cuál es tu especialidad?5 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (competitors) competidores nombre masculino plural; (horses) participantes nombre masculino plural6 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL campo1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL parar y devolver1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL parar y devolver la pelota1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (select to play) presentar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto have a field day familiar (enjoyment) divertirse mucho, estar encantado,-a 2 (financially) hacer su agostoto play the field salir con mucha genteto take the field salir al campofield event SMALLSPORT/SMALL prueba de atletismofield gun cañón nombre masculino de campañafield hockey hockey nombre masculino sobre hierbafield marshall mariscal nombre masculino de campofield officer oficial nombre masulino o femenino superiorfield sports caza y pescafield trip viaje nombre masculino de estudiosfield work trabajo de campofield worker trabajador,-ra de campofield ['fi:ld] vt: interceptar y devolver (una pelota), presentar (un candidato), sortear (una pregunta)field adj: de campaña, de campofield hospital: hospital de campañafield goal: gol de campofield trip: viaje de estudiofield n1) : campo m (de cosechas, de batalla, de magnetismo)2) : campo m, cancha f (en deportes)3) : campo m (de trabajo), esfera f (de actividades)n.• campo (Informática) s.m.n.• campiña s.f.• campo s.m.• pradera s.f.• prado s.m.• redonda s.f.• terreno s.m.• tierra de labor s.f.v.• prensar v.• recoger v.fiːld
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1) ( Agr) ( for crops) campo m; ( for grazing) campo m, prado m, potrero m (AmL)a field of corn/wheat — un maizaligal
2) ( Sport)a) ( area of play) campo m, cancha f (AmL)b) ( competitors) (+ sing o pl vb)Brown was leading the field — Brown iba a la cabeza de los participantes (or corredores etc), Brown llevaba la delantera
to play the field — (colloq) tantear el terreno (fam)
field of battle — campo m de batalla
4)a) (of study, work) campo m; ( of activities) esfera fb) ( of practical operations) campo mit has been tested in the field — se ha probado sobre el terreno; (before n) <research, survey> de campo
5) (Opt, Phot, Phys) campo m
II
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1)a) ( Sport) \<\<ball\>\> fildear, interceptar y devolver*b) \<\<question\>\> sortear2)a) ( Sport) \<\<team\>\> alinearb) \<\<candidates\>\> presentar
2.
vi (in baseball, cricket) fildear, interceptar y devolver* la pelota[fiːld]1. N1) (Agr) campo m ; (=meadow) prado m ; (Geol) yacimiento m2) (Sport) campo m, terreno m de juego, cancha f (LAm); (=participants) participantes mpl ; (for post) opositores mpl, candidatos mplis there a strong field? — ¿se ha presentado gente buena?
to lead the field — (Sport, Comm) llevar la delantera
to take the field — (Sport) salir al campo, saltar al terreno de juego
- play the field3) (=sphere of activity) campo m, esfera ffield of activity — esfera f de actividades, campo m de acción
it's not my field — no es mi campo or especialidad, no es lo mío
what's your field? — ¿qué especialidad tiene Vd?
in the field of painting — en el campo or mundo de la pintura
4) (=real environment)5) (Comput) campo m6) (Mil) campo mfield of battle — campo m de batalla
7) (Elec etc) campo mfield of vision — campo m visual
8) (Heraldry) campo m2.VI (Baseball, Cricket) fildear3.VT (Sport) [+ team] alinear; (Baseball, Cricket) [+ ball] recoger, fildear; (fig) [+ question] sortear4.CPDfield day N — (Mil) día m de maniobras
- have a field dayfield event N — concurso m (atlético) de salto/lanzamiento
field glasses NPL — (=binoculars) gemelos mpl
field goal N — (Basketball) tiro m de campo; (US) (Ftbl) gol m de campo
field hockey N — (US) hockey m (sobre hierba)
field hand N — (US) jornalero(-a) m / f
field hospital N — hospital m de campaña
field kitchen N — cocina f de campaña
field marshal N — (Brit) mariscal m de campo, ≈ capitán m general del ejército
field officer N — oficial mf superior
field sports NPL — la caza y la pesca
field study N — estudio m de campo
field-testfield test, field trial N — (Comm) prueba f de mercado
field trip N — viaje m or excursión f de estudios
field work N — (Sociol etc) trabajo m de campo
field worker N — investigador(a) m / f de campo
* * *[fiːld]
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1) ( Agr) ( for crops) campo m; ( for grazing) campo m, prado m, potrero m (AmL)a field of corn/wheat — un maizal/trigal
2) ( Sport)a) ( area of play) campo m, cancha f (AmL)b) ( competitors) (+ sing o pl vb)Brown was leading the field — Brown iba a la cabeza de los participantes (or corredores etc), Brown llevaba la delantera
to play the field — (colloq) tantear el terreno (fam)
field of battle — campo m de batalla
4)a) (of study, work) campo m; ( of activities) esfera fb) ( of practical operations) campo mit has been tested in the field — se ha probado sobre el terreno; (before n) <research, survey> de campo
5) (Opt, Phot, Phys) campo m
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1)a) ( Sport) \<\<ball\>\> fildear, interceptar y devolver*b) \<\<question\>\> sortear2)a) ( Sport) \<\<team\>\> alinearb) \<\<candidates\>\> presentar
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92 progress
1. 'prəuɡres, ]( American) 'pro- noun1) (movement forward; advance: the progress of civilization.) progreso2) (improvement: The students are making (good) progress.) progreso
2. prə'ɡres verb1) (to go forward: We had progressed only a few miles when the car broke down.) avanzar2) (to improve: Your French is progressing.) progresar, mejorar•
3. noun(the progressive (tense) (also the continuous tense): The sentence `They were watching TV'. is in the progressive.) contínuo- progressiveness
- in progress
progress1 n progreso / avanceto make progress avanzar / hacer progresosprogress2 vb progresar / avanzarthey played better and better as the match progressed jugaban cada vez mejor conforme iba avanzando el partido2 (improve - gen) mejorar, hacer progresos; (- patient) mejorar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLprogress report informe nombre masculino sobre la marcha de los trabajos, informe nombre masculino sobre la marcha de los estudiosprogress [prə'grɛs] vi1) proceed: progresar, adelantar2) improve: mejorarprogress ['prɑgrəs, -.grɛs] n1) advance: progreso m, adelanto m, avance mto make progress: hacer progresos2) betterment: mejora f, mejoramiento mn.• adelantamiento s.m.• adelanto s.m.• aprovechamiento s.m.• marcha s.f.• paso s.m.• proceso s.m.• progreso s.m.v.• avanzar v.• marchar v.• progresar v.
I 'prɑːgrəs, 'prəʊgresmass noun1) ( advancement) progreso m; (of situation, events) desarrollo m, evolución fshe came to check on our progress — vino a ver qué tal íbamos or marchábamos
to make progress — \<\<pupil\>\> adelantar, hacer* progresos, progresar; \<\<patient\>\> mejorar
I'm making good/slow progress with my thesis — estoy avanzando bien/lentamente con la tesis; (before n)
progress report — (Adm, Busn) informe m sobre el avance or la marcha de los trabajos
2)in progress: talks are in progress between the two parties los dos partidos están manteniendo conversaciones; while the examination is in progress — mientras dure el examen
3) ( forward movement) avance mto make progress — avanzar*
II prə'gresa) ( advance) \<\<work/science/technology\>\> progresar, avanzar*, adelantarb) ( improve) \<\<patient\>\> mejorarhis Spanish is progressing — va adelantando or haciendo progresos en español
1. ['prǝʊɡres]N1) (=forward movement) avance m•
we are making good progress — estamos avanzando rápidamente2) (=development) [of activity, student] progresos mpl ; [of events] marcha f, desarrollo m ; [of patient] evolución f ; [of disease] curso m, evolución fhe briefed us on the progress of the talks — nos informó sobre la marcha or el desarrollo de las negociaciones
China has made significant progress in human rights — China ha hecho muchos progresos en lo que respecta a derechos humanos
the two sides have made little progress towards agreement — las dos partes apenas han avanzado hacia un acuerdo
chart 2.to make good/slow progress — avanzar rápidamente/lentamente
3) (=innovation) progreso m4) (=course)•
in progress, the game was already in progress — había comenzado ya el partidosilence: exam in progress — silencio: examen
2. [prǝ'ɡres]VI1) (=go forward) [work] avanzar; [events] desarrollarse; [disease] evolucionaras the game progressed — a medida que avanzaba or iba desarrollándose el partido
•
to progress to sth, he started sketching, then progressed to painting — empezó haciendo bosquejos para luego pasar a pintar2) (=improve) [student] hacer progresos; [patient] mejorar3.[prǝ'ɡres]VT (=advance) seguir adelante con4.['prǝʊɡres]CPDprogress report N — (Admin) informe m sobre la marcha del trabajo; (Med) informe m médico; (Scol) informe m sobre el progreso del alumno
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I ['prɑːgrəs, 'prəʊgres]mass noun1) ( advancement) progreso m; (of situation, events) desarrollo m, evolución fshe came to check on our progress — vino a ver qué tal íbamos or marchábamos
to make progress — \<\<pupil\>\> adelantar, hacer* progresos, progresar; \<\<patient\>\> mejorar
I'm making good/slow progress with my thesis — estoy avanzando bien/lentamente con la tesis; (before n)
progress report — (Adm, Busn) informe m sobre el avance or la marcha de los trabajos
2)in progress: talks are in progress between the two parties los dos partidos están manteniendo conversaciones; while the examination is in progress — mientras dure el examen
3) ( forward movement) avance mto make progress — avanzar*
II [prə'gres]a) ( advance) \<\<work/science/technology\>\> progresar, avanzar*, adelantarb) ( improve) \<\<patient\>\> mejorarhis Spanish is progressing — va adelantando or haciendo progresos en español
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93 regional
adjective regional variations in speech.) regionalregional adj regional
regional adjetivo regional
regional adjetivo regional ' regional' also found in these entries: Spanish: comarcal - consejería - degustación - depender - traje - autonómico - delegación - faja - junta English: country dancing - dancing - regional - basis - devolutiontr['riːʤənəl]1 regionalregional ['ri:ʤənəl] adj: regional♦ regionally advadj.• regional adj.'riːdʒənḷadjective regional['riːdʒǝnl]1.ADJ [conflicts, autonomy, government, accent] regional2.CPDregional authority N — autoridad f regional
regional council N — (Scot) consejo m regional
regional development N — (Brit) (Admin) desarrollo m regional
regional development grant N — subsidio m para el desarrollo regional
regional planning N — planificación f regional
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94 evolución
evolución sustantivo femeninoa) (Biol) evolution( de enfermo) progress
evolución sustantivo femenino
1 Biol evolution
2 (de los acontecimientos, de un negocio) development ' evolución' also found in these entries: Spanish: doblete - escalón - progreso English: develop - evolution - progress - progression -
95 watch
I 1. [wɒtʃ]nome (timepiece) orologio m. da polso, da tasca2.my watch is slow, fast — il mio orologio ritarda, va avanti
modificatore [chain, spring, strap] dell'orologioII [wɒtʃ]1) (surveillance) guardia f., sorveglianza f. (anche mil.)to keep watch — [sentry, police] montare la guardia
to keep (a) watch on sb., sth. — tenere sotto controllo qcn., qcs. (anche fig.)
to be on the watch for — stare in guardia contro; fig. guardarsi da
to set a watch on sb., sth. — tenere d'occhio qcn., qcs
2) mar. (time on duty) quarto m.III 1. [wɒtʃ]2) fig. seguire [progress, development]; sorvegliare [ situation]3) (keep under surveillance) sorvegliare, tenere sotto controllo [building, suspect, movements]watch this noticeboard for further details — per ulteriori informazioni tenete d'occhio questa bacheca
4) (pay attention to) fare attenzione a [dangerous object, money, obstacle]; stare attento a [language, manners]; tenere sotto controllo, controllare [ weight]watch it! — colloq. attento! fai attenzione!
watch your step — guarda dove metti i piedi; fig. attento a quel che fai
watch your back! — colloq. guardati alle spalle! (anche fig.)
5) (look after) badare a [property, child, dog]2.1) (look on) stare a guardare, osservarethey are watching to see what will happen next — stanno aspettando di vedere che cosa succederà adesso
2) ant. (keep vigil) vegliare•* * *[wo ] 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) orologio2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) guardia3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) guardia2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) guardare2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) sorvegliare, (tenere d'occhio)3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) (fare attenzione)4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) sorvegliare5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) aspettare•- watcher- watchful
- watchfully
- watchfulness
- watchdog
- watchmaker
- watchman
- watchtower
- watchword
- keep watch
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over* * *I [wɒtʃ] n(also: wrist watch) orologio (da polso)II [wɒtʃ]1. n1) (act of watching) sorveglianzato be on the watch for — (danger, person) stare in guardia contro, (vehicle) stare all'erta per l'arrivo di, (bargain) essere a caccia di
to keep watch over — (prisoner) sorvegliare, (patient) vigilare
to keep a close watch on sb/sth — sorvegliare da vicino qn/qc
to keep watch for sb/sth — stare all'erta per qn/qc
2) (period of duty) guardia, Naut quarto, (sentry) sentinellaofficer of the watch Naut — ufficiale m di quarto
to be on watch Naut — essere di guardia
2. vt1) (guard: gen) tener d'occhio2) (observe: gen) guardare, (subj: police) tenere d'occhio, sorvegliare, (monitor: case) seguireyou can't do that! — just you watch (me)! — non puoi farlo! — e come no, sta' a vedere!
a new actor to be watched — un nuovo attore molto promettente or da seguire
3) (be careful with) stare attento (-a) ato watch one's language — moderare i termini, badare a come si parla
watch how you drive/what you're doing — fai attenzione a come guidi/quel che fai
3. vi(observe) guardare, (keep guard) fare or montare la guardia, (pay attention) stare attento (-a), (at bedside) vegliareto watch for sb/sth — aspettare qn/qc
the doctors are watching for any deterioration in his condition — i medici lo tengono sotto osservazione nell'eventualità che le sue condizioni peggiorino
•* * *watch (1) /wɒtʃ/n.1 [uc] custodia; guardia; sorveglianza: (mil.) watch duty, servizio di guardia; to keep watch, montare la guardia; essere di guardia2 (naut.) turno di guardia; comandata; guardia: morning watch, diana ( turno di guardia del mattino, dalle 4 alle 8); afternoon watch, guardia del pomeriggio ( dalle 12 alle 16); forenoon watch, guardia del mattino ( dalle 8 alle 12)● (collett., naut.) watch aboard, marinai di comandata □ (naut.) watch ashore, guardia franca a terra □ ( anche mil.) watch box, garitta □ watch fire, fuoco di guardia ( nei campi o campeggi) □ (mil.) watch post, posto di guardia □ (relig.) watch night service, servizio divino della notte di Natale (cfr. ital. «messa di mezzanotte») □ watch-tower, torre d'osservazione; torre di controllo □ to keep watch for sb., stare attento a q. ( che deve arrivare) □ to keep watch over sb., sorvegliare q. □ to leave the watch, smontare di guardia □ to be on the watch, stare in guardia; stare all'erta □ to be on the watch for pickpockets, guardarsi dai borsaioli; stare attento ai borseggiatori.♦ watch (2) /wɒtʃ/n.1 orologio ( da tasca o da polso): to look at one's watch, dare un'occhiata all'orologio; guardare l'orologio● watch chain, catena dell'orologio □ watch glass, vetro da orologio; vetro dell'orologio □ watch pocket, taschino dell'orologio.♦ (to) watch /wɒtʃ/A v. t.1 guardare; osservare; vedere; assistere a: to watch TV, guardare la tivù; I like to watch animal life, mi piace osservare gli animali nel loro ambiente; to watch a soccer game, assistere a una partita di calcio NOTA D'USO: - to see-2 guardare; badare a; fare attenzione a: Watch your step!, attento a (o bada a) dove metti i piedi!; (fam.) attento a quel che fai!4 custodire; badare; sorvegliare; far la guardia a; vigilare: to watch a flock, custodire un gregge; Will you watch ( over) my bag for a moment?, puoi sorvegliarmi la borsa per un momento?B v. i.1 stare a guardare; osservare: I'm fed up with only watching, sono stufo di stare soltanto a guardare2 stare in guardia; stare all'erta; vigilare: There is a security guard watching outside the bank, c'è una guardia giurata che vigila fuori della banca3 (arc.) vegliare; stare sveglio● to watch for an opportunity, tener gli occhi aperti in attesa di una buona occasione; aspettare l'occasione propizia □ to watch out, stare attento (o in guardia); stare in campana (fam.): Watch out!, attento!; in guardia!; bada! □ to watch out for, badare a, stare attento a; guardarsi da: I told him to watch out for vipers, gli dissi di stare attento alle vipere □ to watch over, custodire ( preziosi, ecc.); badare; sorvegliare ( persone); assistere, vegliare ( malati) □ (fam.) Watch it!, bada di rigare dritto!; ( a un bambino) bada che le prendi! □ Watch me!, sta' a vedere!; vedrai! □ ( alla TV, in fine di trasmissione) ‘Thank you for watching!’, ‘grazie dell'ascolto!’ □ (prov.) A watched pot never boils, pentola guardata non bolle mai; il desiderio rende lunga l'attesa.* * *I 1. [wɒtʃ]nome (timepiece) orologio m. da polso, da tasca2.my watch is slow, fast — il mio orologio ritarda, va avanti
modificatore [chain, spring, strap] dell'orologioII [wɒtʃ]1) (surveillance) guardia f., sorveglianza f. (anche mil.)to keep watch — [sentry, police] montare la guardia
to keep (a) watch on sb., sth. — tenere sotto controllo qcn., qcs. (anche fig.)
to be on the watch for — stare in guardia contro; fig. guardarsi da
to set a watch on sb., sth. — tenere d'occhio qcn., qcs
2) mar. (time on duty) quarto m.III 1. [wɒtʃ]2) fig. seguire [progress, development]; sorvegliare [ situation]3) (keep under surveillance) sorvegliare, tenere sotto controllo [building, suspect, movements]watch this noticeboard for further details — per ulteriori informazioni tenete d'occhio questa bacheca
4) (pay attention to) fare attenzione a [dangerous object, money, obstacle]; stare attento a [language, manners]; tenere sotto controllo, controllare [ weight]watch it! — colloq. attento! fai attenzione!
watch your step — guarda dove metti i piedi; fig. attento a quel che fai
watch your back! — colloq. guardati alle spalle! (anche fig.)
5) (look after) badare a [property, child, dog]2.1) (look on) stare a guardare, osservarethey are watching to see what will happen next — stanno aspettando di vedere che cosa succederà adesso
2) ant. (keep vigil) vegliare• -
96 turn
I [tɜːn]1) (opportunity, in rotation) turno m.it's my turn — è il mio turno, tocca a me
"miss a turn" — "perdete un turno", "saltate un giro"
have a turn on, at, with the computer — tocca a te usare il computer
to take turns at doing to take it in turns to do fare a turno a fare; take it in turns! fate a turno! by turns a turni, a rotazione; to speak out of turn — fig. parlare a sproposito
2) (circular movement) giro m., rotazione f.to give sth. a turn — girare qcs., dare un giro a qcs.
to do a turn — [ dancer] fare un giro
3) (in vehicle) svolta f., curva f.; aer. virata f.to make o do a left, right turn girare a sinistra, a destra; to do a turn in the road svoltare nella strada; "no left turn" — "divieto di svolta a sinistra"
4) (bend, side road) curva f.5) (change, development) corso m., cambiamento m.to take a turn for the better — [ person] migliorare; [situation, things, events] andare per il meglio, mettere bene, prendere una buona piega
to take a turn for the worse — [ situation] peggiorare, prendere una brutta piega, volgere al peggio; [ health] peggiorare
to be on the turn — [ milk] cominciare a inacidire; [ tide] cominciare a cambiare
our luck is on turn — la fortuna sta girando o cambiando
6) BE colloq. (attack) crisi f., attacco m.a giddy o dizzy turn vertigini; to have a funny turn essere, sentirsi sfasato o fuori fase; it gave me quite a turn it gave me a nasty turn — mi ha fatto venire un colpo
7) (act)8) in turn (in rotation) [answer, speak] a turno; (linking sequence) a sua volta••at every turn — tutti momenti, a ogni piè sospinto
one good turn deserves another — prov. = chi fa del bene riceve del bene, chi semina raccoglie
II 1. [tɜːn]to do sb. a good turn — rendere un servizio a qcn., fare un favore a qcn
1) (rotate) [ person] girare [wheel, handle]; girare, stringere [ screw]; [ mechanism] fare girare [cog, wheel]to turn the key in the door o lock — (lock up) chiudere la porta a chiave; (unlock) aprire la porta con la chiave
2) (turn over, reverse) girare [mattress, steak]; girare, voltare [ page]; rovesciare [ collar]; rivoltare [ soil]to turn one's ankle — storcersi una caviglia, prendere una storta a una caviglia
3) (change direction of) girare [chair, car]; girare, voltare [head, face]to turn one's back on sb. — voltare le spalle a qcn. (anche fig.)
to turn [sth.] on sb. — puntare [qcs.] contro qcn. [gun, hose, torch]; fig. indirizzare, dirigere [qcs.] contro qcn. [anger, scorn]
5) (transform)to turn sth. white, black — fare diventare qcs. bianco, nero
to turn sth. milky, opaque — rendere qcs. latteo, opaco
to turn sth. into — trasformare qcs. in [office, car park, desert]
to turn water into ice, wine — mutare o trasformare l'acqua in ghiaccio, vino
to turn sb. into — [ magician] trasformare o mutare qcn. in [ frog]; [ experience] fare di qcn. [extrovert, maniac]
6) (deflect) deviare, dirigere [person, conversation]7) colloq. (pass the age of)8) ind. (on lathe) lavorare al tornio, tornire [wood, piece, spindle]2.1) (change direction) [person, car, plane, road] girare, svoltare; [ ship] virareto turn down o into girare in [street, alley]; to turn towards girare verso o in direzione di [village, mountains]; the conversation turned to Bob — si è finito per parlare di Bob
2) (reverse direction) [person, vehicle] girare; [ tide] cambiare; [ luck] girare, (cominciare a) cambiare4) fig. (hinge)to turn on — [ argument] incentrarsi su [point, issue]; [ outcome] dipendere da [ factor]
6) fig. (resort to)to turn to — rivolgersi a [ person]; rivolgersi a, cercare conforto in [ religion]
to turn to sb. for — rivolgersi a qcn. per [help, advice, money]
I don't know where o which way to turn — non so a che santo votarmi o che pesci pigliare
7) (change)to turn into — [ tadpole] trasformarsi o mutarsi in [ frog]; [ sofa] trasformarsi in [ bed]; [situation, evening] trasformarsi in, risolversi in [farce, disaster]
to turn to — [ substance] trasformarsi in, diventare [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] trasformarsi in [horror, relief]
8) (become by transformation) diventare, farsi [pale, cloudy, green]to turn white, red — diventare bianco, rosso
the weather is turning cold, warm — il tempo sta volgendo al freddo, al caldo
9) colloq. (become) diventare [Conservative, Communist]11) [trees, leaves] cambiare, mutare colore, ingiallire•- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up* * *[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) girare2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) girarsi3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) girare4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) dirigere5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) girare6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) trasformare, trasformarsi7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) diventare, far diventare2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) giro2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) volta, spira3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) svolta4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) turno5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) numero•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up* * *I [tɜːn]1) (opportunity, in rotation) turno m.it's my turn — è il mio turno, tocca a me
"miss a turn" — "perdete un turno", "saltate un giro"
have a turn on, at, with the computer — tocca a te usare il computer
to take turns at doing to take it in turns to do fare a turno a fare; take it in turns! fate a turno! by turns a turni, a rotazione; to speak out of turn — fig. parlare a sproposito
2) (circular movement) giro m., rotazione f.to give sth. a turn — girare qcs., dare un giro a qcs.
to do a turn — [ dancer] fare un giro
3) (in vehicle) svolta f., curva f.; aer. virata f.to make o do a left, right turn girare a sinistra, a destra; to do a turn in the road svoltare nella strada; "no left turn" — "divieto di svolta a sinistra"
4) (bend, side road) curva f.5) (change, development) corso m., cambiamento m.to take a turn for the better — [ person] migliorare; [situation, things, events] andare per il meglio, mettere bene, prendere una buona piega
to take a turn for the worse — [ situation] peggiorare, prendere una brutta piega, volgere al peggio; [ health] peggiorare
to be on the turn — [ milk] cominciare a inacidire; [ tide] cominciare a cambiare
our luck is on turn — la fortuna sta girando o cambiando
6) BE colloq. (attack) crisi f., attacco m.a giddy o dizzy turn vertigini; to have a funny turn essere, sentirsi sfasato o fuori fase; it gave me quite a turn it gave me a nasty turn — mi ha fatto venire un colpo
7) (act)8) in turn (in rotation) [answer, speak] a turno; (linking sequence) a sua volta••at every turn — tutti momenti, a ogni piè sospinto
one good turn deserves another — prov. = chi fa del bene riceve del bene, chi semina raccoglie
II 1. [tɜːn]to do sb. a good turn — rendere un servizio a qcn., fare un favore a qcn
1) (rotate) [ person] girare [wheel, handle]; girare, stringere [ screw]; [ mechanism] fare girare [cog, wheel]to turn the key in the door o lock — (lock up) chiudere la porta a chiave; (unlock) aprire la porta con la chiave
2) (turn over, reverse) girare [mattress, steak]; girare, voltare [ page]; rovesciare [ collar]; rivoltare [ soil]to turn one's ankle — storcersi una caviglia, prendere una storta a una caviglia
3) (change direction of) girare [chair, car]; girare, voltare [head, face]to turn one's back on sb. — voltare le spalle a qcn. (anche fig.)
to turn [sth.] on sb. — puntare [qcs.] contro qcn. [gun, hose, torch]; fig. indirizzare, dirigere [qcs.] contro qcn. [anger, scorn]
5) (transform)to turn sth. white, black — fare diventare qcs. bianco, nero
to turn sth. milky, opaque — rendere qcs. latteo, opaco
to turn sth. into — trasformare qcs. in [office, car park, desert]
to turn water into ice, wine — mutare o trasformare l'acqua in ghiaccio, vino
to turn sb. into — [ magician] trasformare o mutare qcn. in [ frog]; [ experience] fare di qcn. [extrovert, maniac]
6) (deflect) deviare, dirigere [person, conversation]7) colloq. (pass the age of)8) ind. (on lathe) lavorare al tornio, tornire [wood, piece, spindle]2.1) (change direction) [person, car, plane, road] girare, svoltare; [ ship] virareto turn down o into girare in [street, alley]; to turn towards girare verso o in direzione di [village, mountains]; the conversation turned to Bob — si è finito per parlare di Bob
2) (reverse direction) [person, vehicle] girare; [ tide] cambiare; [ luck] girare, (cominciare a) cambiare4) fig. (hinge)to turn on — [ argument] incentrarsi su [point, issue]; [ outcome] dipendere da [ factor]
6) fig. (resort to)to turn to — rivolgersi a [ person]; rivolgersi a, cercare conforto in [ religion]
to turn to sb. for — rivolgersi a qcn. per [help, advice, money]
I don't know where o which way to turn — non so a che santo votarmi o che pesci pigliare
7) (change)to turn into — [ tadpole] trasformarsi o mutarsi in [ frog]; [ sofa] trasformarsi in [ bed]; [situation, evening] trasformarsi in, risolversi in [farce, disaster]
to turn to — [ substance] trasformarsi in, diventare [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] trasformarsi in [horror, relief]
8) (become by transformation) diventare, farsi [pale, cloudy, green]to turn white, red — diventare bianco, rosso
the weather is turning cold, warm — il tempo sta volgendo al freddo, al caldo
9) colloq. (become) diventare [Conservative, Communist]11) [trees, leaves] cambiare, mutare colore, ingiallire•- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up -
97 personality
nounPersönlichkeit, diehave a strong personality, (coll.) have lots of personality — eine starke Persönlichkeit sein od. haben
* * *plural - personalities; noun1) (a person's characteristics (of the mind, the emotions etc) as a whole: a likeable / forceful (= strong) personality.)2) (strong, distinctive (usually attractive) character: She is not beautiful but she has a lot of personality.)3) (a well-known person: a television personality; ( also adjective) a personality cult (= very great, usually too great, admiration for a person, usually a political leader).)* * *per·son·al·ity[ˌpɜ:sənˈæləti, AM ˌpɜ:r-]I. nto have a strong \personality eine starke Persönlichkeit seinto have no [or lack] \personality keine Persönlichkeit haben2. (celebrity)▪ a \personality eine Persönlichkeit3. LAWcorporate \personality juristische Körperschaftlegal \personality Rechtspersönlichkeit f\personality pattern Persönlichkeitsstruktur f* * *["pɜːsə'nlItɪ]n1) (= character, person) Persönlichkeit f2)(= personal remark)
let's keep personalities out of this — lassen wir persönliche Dinge aus dem Spiel* * *1. Persönlichkeit f, Person f:she is a strong personality sie ist eine starke Persönlichkeit;2. → academic.ru/54740/personage">personage 14. (ausgeprägte) Individualität, persönliche Ausstrahlung, Persönlichkeit f5. pl Persönliches n, Anzüglichkeiten pl, anzügliche oder persönliche oder ausfallende Bemerkungen pl6. JUR Persönlichkeit f* * *nounPersönlichkeit, diehave a strong personality, (coll.) have lots of personality — eine starke Persönlichkeit sein od. haben
* * *n.Persönlichkeit f. -
98 pioneer
1. noun 2. transitive verbPionierarbeit leisten für [Entwicklung, Technologie, Nutzung]* * *1. noun1) (a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there: The American pioneers; ( also adjective) a pioneer family.) der/die Pionier(in), Pionier-...2) (a person who is the first to study some new subject, or use or develop a new technique etc: Joseph Lister was one of the pioneers of modern medicine; The Wright brothers were the pioneers of aeroplane flight.) der/die Pionier(in)2. verb(to be the first to do or make: Who pioneered the use of vaccine for preventing polio?) den Weg bahnen* * *pio·neer[ˌpaɪəˈnɪəʳ, AM -ˈnɪr]III. vtour paper was \pioneering articles like that last year unsere Zeitung hat letztes Jahr als Erste solche Artikel gedruckt* * *["paIə'nɪə(r)]1. n (MIL)Pionier m; (fig) Pionier(in) m(f), Wegbereiter(in) m(f)2. adj attrSee:→ academic.ru/90115/pioneering">pioneering3. vtway vorbereiten, bahnen; (fig) Pionierarbeit f leisten fürthe firm which pioneered its technical development — die Firma, die die technische Pionierarbeit dafür geleistet hat
4. viPionierarbeit or Vorarbeit leisten, den Weg bahnen* * *pioneer [ˌpaıəˈnıə(r)]A s1. MIL Pionier(soldat) m2. fig Pionier(in) (Erschließer[in] von Neuland etc), Vorkämpfer(in), Bahnbrecher(in), Wegbereiter(in), Vorreiter(in):pioneering work Pionierarbeit fC v/tpioneer model Erstmodell n* * *1. nounPionier, der; (fig. also) Wegbereiter, der/Wegbereiterin, die2. transitive verbPionierarbeit leisten für [Entwicklung, Technologie, Nutzung]* * *n.Pionier -e m. -
99 stage
1. noun1) (Theatre) Bühne, die2) (fig.)go on the stage — zur Bühne od. zum Theater gehen
be at a late/critical stage — sich in einer späten/kritischen Phase befinden
at this stage — in diesem Stadium
do something in or by stages — etwas abschnittsweise od. nach und nach tun
in the final stages — in der Schlussphase
4) (raised platform) Gerüst, das5) (of microscope) Mikroskoptisch, derset the stage for somebody/something — jemandem den Weg ebnen/etwas in die Wege leiten
7) (distance) Etappe, die2. transitive verb1) (present) inszenieren2) (arrange) veranstalten [Wettkampf, Ausstellung]; ausrichten [Veranstaltung]; organisieren [Streik]; bewerkstelligen [Rückzug]* * *I 1. [stei‹] noun(a raised platform especially for performing or acting on, eg in a theatre.) die Bühne2. verb1) (to prepare and produce (a play etc) in a theatre etc: This play was first staged in 1928.) inszenieren2) (to organize (an event etc): The protesters are planning to stage a demonstration.) in Szene setzen•- academic.ru/70160/staging">staging- stage direction
- stage fright
- stagehand
- stage manager
- stagestruck II [stei‹]1) (a period or step in the development of something: The plan is in its early stages; At this stage, we don't know how many survivors there are.) das Stadium2) (part of a journey: The first stage of our journey will be the flight to Singapore.) die Etappe3) (a section of a bus route.) die Strecke4) (a section of a rocket.) die Stufe•* * *[steɪʤ]I. n\stage in the process Prozessschritt mcrucial \stage entscheidende Phaseearly \stage Frühphase fediting \stage Drucklegung flate \stage Spätphase fto go through a \stage eine [bestimmte] Phase durchmachenat some \stage irgendwannto do sth in \stages etw in Etappen [o etappenweise] [o in einzelnen Schritten] tun2. of a journey, race Etappe f, Abschnitt mthree-\stage rocket Dreistufenrakete fto go on \stage die Bühne betretento take the \stage auftreten7. (profession)▪ the \stage die Bühnethe London \stage das Londoner Theaterto be on the \stage auf der Bühne stehento go to the \stage zum Theater gehenthe world \stage die [ganze] Weltthe political \stage die politische BühneII. vt1. THEAT▪ to \stage sth etw aufführento \stage a concert ein Konzert geben [o geh veranstalten]to \stage a play/an opera ein Theaterstück/eine Oper aufführen [o inszenieren2. (organize)to \stage a comeback ein Comeback startento \stage a congress/meeting einen Kongress/eine Tagung veranstaltento \stage a coup d'état einen Staatsstreich durchführento \stage a match ein Spiel austragento \stage the Olympic Games die Olympischen Spiele ausrichtento \stage a party eine Party gebento \stage a recovery eine Erholung[sphase] einleitento \stage a strike/a demonstration einen Streik/eine Demonstration organisieren [o inszenieren]to \stage war games ein Manöver abhalten3. MEDto \stage a patient/disease einen Patienten/eine Krankheit diagnostisch einordnen\stage adaptation Bühnenfassung f\stage crew Bühnenteam nt\stage scenery Kulisse[n] f[pl]\stage setting Bühnenbild nt* * *[steɪdZ]1. nto be on/go on/leave the stage (as career) — beim Theater sein/zum Theater gehen/das Theater verlassen
to go on stage (actor) — die Bühne betreten; (play) anfangen
to come off stage, to leave the stage — von der Bühne abtreten
to put a play on the stage — ein Stück aufführen or auf die Bühne bringen
to adapt a novel for the stage —
the stage was set (lit) — das Bühnenbild war aufgebaut; (fig) alles war vorbereitet
2) (= platform in hall) Podium ntin the early/final stage(s) — im Anfangs-/Endstadium
what stage is your thesis at? —
I'm at the talking stage with the club — ich befinde mich mit dem Klub gerade in Gesprächen
we have reached a stage where... — wir sind an einem Punkt angelangt, wo...
4) (= part of journey, race etc) Abschnitt m, Etappe f; (= fare stage) Teilstrecke f, Fahrzone f; (= actual bus stop) Zahlgrenze fin or by ( easy) stages (lit) — etappenweise; (fig also) Schritt für Schritt
5) (= section of rocket) Stufe f6) (old inf: stagecoach) Postkutsche f2. vtplay aufführen, auf die Bühne bringen; competition, event durchführen; accident, scene, coup inszenieren; welcome arrangieren; demonstration, strike, protest etc veranstaltenthe play is staged in the 19th century — das Stück spielt im 19. Jahrhundert
stageed reading — Bühnenlesung f, dramatische Lesung
* * *stage [steıdʒ]A s1. TECH Bühne f, Gerüst n2. Podium n3. THEAT Bühne f (auch fig Theaterwelt oder Bühnenlaufbahn):the stage fig die Bühne, das Theater;be on the stage Schauspieler(in) oder beim Theater sein;go on the stage zur Bühne gehen;hold the stage sich halten (Theaterstück);put on (the) stage → B 1;be put on (the) stage zur Aufführung gelangen oder kommen;a) die Voraussetzungen schaffen für,4. fig Bühne f, Schauplatz m:move off the political stage von der politischen Bühne abtreten5. HISTa) (Post)Station fb) Postkutsche f6. Br Teilstrecke f, Fahrzone f (Bus etc)7. (Reise)Abschnitt m, Etappe f (auch Radsport etc und fig):critical stage kritisches Stadium;experimental (initial, intermediate) stage Versuchs-(Anfangs-, Zwischen)stadium;a) zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt,b) in diesem Stadium;at this early stage schon jetzt, bereits heute;be in its early stages im Anfangs- oder Frühstadium sein;9. ARCH (Bau)Abschnitt m10. GEOL Stufe f (einer Formation)11. Objekttisch m (am Mikroskop)12. ELEK Verstärkerstufe f13. TECH Stufe f (auch einer Rakete)14. TECH Farbläufer mB v/t1. a) auf die Bühne oder zur Aufführung bringen, inszenieren:b) für die Bühne bearbeiten2. a) eine Ausstellung etc veranstaltenb) eine Demonstration etc inszenieren, durchführen, aufziehen3. TECH (be)rüsten4. MIL US durchschleusen* * *1. noun1) (Theatre) Bühne, diedown/up stage — (position) vorne/hinten auf der Bühne; (direction) nach vorn/nach hinten
2) (fig.)go on the stage — zur Bühne od. zum Theater gehen
be at a late/critical stage — sich in einer späten/kritischen Phase befinden
do something in or by stages — etwas abschnittsweise od. nach und nach tun
4) (raised platform) Gerüst, das5) (of microscope) Mikroskoptisch, derset the stage for somebody/something — jemandem den Weg ebnen/etwas in die Wege leiten
7) (distance) Etappe, die2. transitive verb1) (present) inszenieren2) (arrange) veranstalten [Wettkampf, Ausstellung]; ausrichten [Veranstaltung]; organisieren [Streik]; bewerkstelligen [Rückzug]* * *n.Bühne -n f.Etappe -n f.Podium -en n.Schauplatz m.Stadium -en n.Stufe -n f. v.inszenieren v.veranstalten v. -
100 plan
plan [plæn]1. nouna. ( = drawing, map) plan mb. ( = project) plan m, projet m• to upset or spoil sb's plans déranger les projets de qn• what plans do you have for the holidays? quels sont vos projets pour les vacances ?• have you got any plans for tonight? est-ce que vous avez prévu quelque chose pour ce soir ?• the government said they had no plans to increase taxes le gouvernement a dit qu'il n'avait pas l'intention d'augmenter les impôtsa. ( = devise and schedule) planifierb. ( = make plans for) [+ holiday, journey, crime] préparer à l'avance ; [+ essay] faire le plan de ; [+ campaign, attack] organiser• couples can now plan their families les couples peuvent aujourd'hui choisir quand avoir des enfantsc. ( = have in mind) avoir l'intention de• how long do you plan to be away? combien de temps avez-vous l'intention de vous absenter ?( = intend)* * *[plæn] 1.1) (scheme, course of action) plan m2) ( definite aim) projet m ( for de; to do pour faire)3) (outline, map) also Architecture, Construction, Technology plan m2.plans plural noun1) ( arrangements) projets mplto make plans for something — ( organize arrangements) organiser quelque chose; ( envisage) projeter quelque chose
I have no particular plans — ( for tonight) je n'ai rien de prévu; ( for the future) je n'ai pas de projets bien déterminés
2) Architecture, Construction3.transitive verb (p prés etc - nn-)1) (prepare, organize) planifier [future, economy]; organiser, préparer [timetable, meeting, expedition]; préparer [retirement]; organiser [day]; faire un plan de [career]; faire le plan de [essay, book]; préméditer [crime]2) (intend, propose) projeter [visit, trip]; prévoir [new development, factory]3) Architecture, Construction ( design) concevoir [kitchen, garden, city centre]4.intransitive verb (p prés - nn-) prévoirto plan on doing/on something — ( expect) s'attendre à faire/à quelque chose; ( intend) compter faire/sur quelque chose
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