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divining rods

  • 1 varita de zahorí

    (n.) = divining rod
    Ex. The use of divining rods to find underground waters & minerals underwent considerable scrutiny in the 1690s after some dowsers claimed that they could also track murderers & thieves.
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    Ex: The use of divining rods to find underground waters & minerals underwent considerable scrutiny in the 1690s after some dowsers claimed that they could also track murderers & thieves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > varita de zahorí

  • 2 zahorí

    f. & m.
    water diviner, seer, clairvoyant, waterfinder.
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    1 (adivino) seer, clairvoyant; (buscador de agua) water diviner
    2 figurado mindreader
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    SMF
    1) (=vidente) clairvoyant; [que busca agua] water diviner
    2) (=persona perspicaz) highly perceptive person
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    masculino y femenino dowser
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    = dowser, water diviner.
    Ex. The use of divining rods to find underground waters & minerals underwent considerable scrutiny in the 1690s after some dowsers claimed that they could also track murderers & thieves.
    Ex. Dowsers or water diviners have continued to be employed by water authorities and have found water which modern instruments could not.
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    * varita de zahorí = divining rod.
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    masculino y femenino dowser
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    = dowser, water diviner.

    Ex: The use of divining rods to find underground waters & minerals underwent considerable scrutiny in the 1690s after some dowsers claimed that they could also track murderers & thieves.

    Ex: Dowsers or water diviners have continued to be employed by water authorities and have found water which modern instruments could not.
    * varita de zahorí = divining rod.

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    dowser, waterfinder ( AmE), water diviner ( BrE)
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    zahorí (pl zahoríes) nmf
    1. [de agua] water diviner
    2. [clarividente] mind reader
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    m/f dowser

    Spanish-English dictionary > zahorí

  • 3 Napier (Neper), John

    [br]
    b. 1550 Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
    d. 4 April 1617 Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish mathematician and theological writer noted for his discovery of logarithms, a powerful aid to mathematical calculations.
    [br]
    Born into a family of Scottish landowners, at the early age of 13 years Napier went to the University of St Andrews in Fife, but he apparently left before taking his degree. An extreme Protestant, he was active in the struggles with the Roman Catholic Church and in 1594 he dedicated to James VI of Scotland his Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St John, an attempt to promote the Protestant case in the guise of a learned study. About this time, as well as being involved in the development of military equipment, he devoted much of his time to finding methods of simplifying the tedious calculations involved in astronomy. Eventually he realized that by representing numbers in terms of the power to which a "base" number needed to be raised to produce them, it was possible to perform multiplication and division and to find roots, by the simpler processes of addition, substraction and integer division, respectively.
    A description of the principle of his "logarithms" (from the Gk. logos, reckoning, and arithmos, number), how he arrived at the idea and how they could be used was published in 1614 under the title Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio. Two years after his death his Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio appeared, in which he explained how to calculate the logarithms of numbers and gave tables of them to eight significant figures, a novel feature being the use of the decimal point to distinguish the integral and fractional parts of the logarithm. As originally conceived, Napier's tables of logarithms were calculated using the natural number e(=2.71828…) as the base, not directly, but in effect according to the formula: Naperian logx= 107(log e 107-log e x) so that the original Naperian logarithm of a number decreased as the number increased. However, prior to his death he had readily acceded to a suggestion by Henry Briggs that it would greatly facilitate their use if logarithms were simply defined as the value to which the decimal base 10 needed to be raised to realize the number in question. He was almost certainly also aware of the work of Joost Burgi.
    No doubt as an extension of his ideas of logarithms, Napier also devised a means of manually performing multiplication and division by means of a system of rods known as Napier's Bones, a forerunner of the modern slide-rule, which evolved as a result of successive developments by Edmund Gunther, William Oughtred and others. Other contributions to mathematics by Napier include important simplifying discoveries in spherical trigonometry. However, his discovery of logarithms was undoubtedly his greatest achievement.
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    Bibliography
    Napier's "Descriptio" and his "Constructio" were published in English translation as Description of the Marvelous Canon of Logarithms (1857) and W.R.MacDonald's Construction of the Marvelous Canon of Logarithms (1889), which also catalogues all his works. His Rabdologiae, seu Numerationis per Virgulas Libri Duo (1617) was published in English as Divining Rods, or Two Books of Numbering by Means of Rods (1667).
    Further Reading
    D.Stewart and W.Minto, 1787, An Account of the Life Writings and Inventions of John Napier of Merchiston (an early account of Napier's work).
    C.G.Knott (ed.), 1915, Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume (the fullest account of Napier's work).
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Napier (Neper), John

  • 4 점대

    n. divining rods, twig

    Korean-English dictionary > 점대

  • 5 blót-spánn

    m. divining rods or chips used at sacrifices, cp. Tacitus Germ. ch. x, and Amm. Marc. xxxi. 2. in the phrase, fella blót-spán, ramos sortidicos jactare; þá feldi hann b. ok vitraðist svá, at hann skyldi hafa dagráð at berjast, Fagrsk. 40, in the passage of Vellekla (the source of the narrative) the poet uses the word teinn lautar, qs. hlautar-teinn, the rod of the sacrificial blood, cp. the phrase, kjósa hlaut-við, Vsp. 62; and hrista teina, Hým. 1; þá feldi Önundr blótspán til, at hann skyldi verða víss …, Landn. 193; síðan var feldr blótspánn, ok gékk svá fréttin, at…, Fas. i. 526, 452 (Hervar. S.)

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > blót-spánn

  • 6 varilla

    f.
    2 haberdashery, haberdasheries, notions.
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    1 (vara) stick, rod
    2 (de paraguas, abanico) rib; (de corsé) stay
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    noun f.
    1) rod, bar
    2) rib
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    SF
    1) [de metal] (Mec) rod, bar; [de faja, abanico, paraguas] rib; [de rueda] spoke; [de corsé] rib, stay; [de gafas] sidepiece, earpiece
    2) (Anat) jawbone
    3) (Méx) (=baratijas) cheap wares [pl], trinkets [pl]
    4) (Caribe) (=vaina) nuisance, bother
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    femenino ( en general) rod; (de abanico, paraguas) rib; ( de jaula) bar; ( de rueda de bicicleta) spoke; ( para medir el aceite) dipstick
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    = needle, rod, wand, stick.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. Rods may hold the cards in the drawer and stops may prevent drawers from falling out the cabinet.
    Ex. The sweeper had 2 hand-operated blowing wands to help move the jojoba seeds from under the bushes into the sweeper's path.
    Ex. Any sport that involves a stick or racket, a ball or other projectile, or body contact presents a risk of serious eye injury.
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    * varilla de incienso = joss stick, incense stick.
    * varilla pulverizadora = spray wand.
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    femenino ( en general) rod; (de abanico, paraguas) rib; ( de jaula) bar; ( de rueda de bicicleta) spoke; ( para medir el aceite) dipstick
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    = needle, rod, wand, stick.

    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.

    Ex: Rods may hold the cards in the drawer and stops may prevent drawers from falling out the cabinet.
    Ex: The sweeper had 2 hand-operated blowing wands to help move the jojoba seeds from under the bushes into the sweeper's path.
    Ex: Any sport that involves a stick or racket, a ball or other projectile, or body contact presents a risk of serious eye injury.
    * varilla de incienso = joss stick, incense stick.
    * varilla pulverizadora = spray wand.

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    A (en general) rod; (de un abanico, paraguas) rib; (de un corsé) stay; (de una jaula) bar; (de una rueda de bicicleta) spoke; (para el hormigón) reinforcing rod
    Compuesto:
    push-rod
    B ( Méx fam) (artículos de mercería) notions (pl), haberdashery ( BrE)
    C ( Ven fam euf) vaina f D. (↑ vaina)
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    varilla sustantivo femenino ( en general) rod;
    (de abanico, paraguas) rib;
    ( de jaula) bar;
    ( de rueda de bicicleta) spoke;
    ( para medir el aceite) dipstick
    varilla sustantivo femenino stick
    (de un abanico, paraguas, etc) rib
    ' varilla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brocheta
    - vara
    English:
    dipstick
    - rod
    - spit
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    varilla1 nf
    [barra delgada] rod; [de abanico, paraguas] spoke, rib; [de gafas] arm
    1. [contrariedad] pain;
    es una varilla tener que esperar it's a pain having to wait
    2. [cosa]
    3. [situación] situation;
    no aguanto más esta varilla, voy a buscar otro empleo I can't stand this situation any more, I'm going to look for another job
    4. [tontería]
    ¡deja ya de varillas! stop fooling around!
    5. [persona o cosa molesta] pain;
    Juan es una varilla, siempre quiere algo Juan's a pain, he's always after something
    6. [insulto] gibe o dig;
    es insoportable, siempre sale con alguna varilla she's unbearable, she always has to have a gibe at somebody
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    f rod; de paraguas rib; de gafas side; de sujetador wire
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    1) : rod, bar
    2) : spoke (of a wheel)
    3) : rib (of an umbrella)
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    varilla n rod

    Spanish-English dictionary > varilla

  • 7 rod

    [rod]
    (a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) vara
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    [rɔd] n 1 vara, varinha, vareta, haste. 2 barra, bastão, bordão. 3 biela, tirante. 4 açoite. 5 fig castigo, punição. 6 unidade de medida igual a 5,03. 7 Amer sl revólver. 8 poder, domínio. 9 sl pênis. 10 Physiol bastonete: receptor fotossensível da retina. 11 Bact bastonete. 12 caniço, vara de pesca. divining rod varinha de condão, varinha mágica. to give the rod açoitar, castigar. to kiss the rod submeter-se, aceitar punição submissamente. to make a rod for one’s own back prejudicar-se. to ride the rods Amer viajar clandestinamente em ferrovia.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > rod

  • 8 rod

    [rɒd]
    1) (stick) (of wood) verga f., bacchetta f., bastone m.; (of metal) sbarra f., spranga f.

    curtain rod — bastone o bacchetta per le tende

    2) (for punishment) bacchetta f.
    3) pesc. canna f. da pesca
    4) (staff of office) bastone m. di comando, bacchetta f.
    ••

    spare the rod and spoil the child — prov. il medico pietoso fa la piaga verminosa

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    [rod]
    (a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) bacchetta, asta, canna
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    rod /rɒd/
    n.
    1 bacchetta; verga: glass rod, bacchetta di vetro; divining rod, bacchetta da rabdomante
    2 (mecc.) asta; barra: a curtain rod, un'asta per tendine; (ind. petrolifera) boring rod, asta di perforazione
    3 (anat.) bastoncello: the rods and cones of the retina, i coni e i bastoncelli della retina
    5 (mecc., = connecting rod) biella: a piston rod, una biella di pistone
    7 (fis. nucl.) barra
    10 (volg.) cazzo (volg.); verga
    ● rod mill, laminatoio per tondini □ (fig.) to kiss the rod, accettare umilmente una punizione □ (fig.) to make a rod for one's own back, impiccarsi con le proprie mani (fig.); darsi la zappa sui piedi (fig.) □ to spare the rod, astenersi dal punire □ (prov.) Spare the rod and spoil the child, il medico pietoso fa la piaga purulenta.
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    [rɒd]
    1) (stick) (of wood) verga f., bacchetta f., bastone m.; (of metal) sbarra f., spranga f.

    curtain rod — bastone o bacchetta per le tende

    2) (for punishment) bacchetta f.
    3) pesc. canna f. da pesca
    4) (staff of office) bastone m. di comando, bacchetta f.
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    spare the rod and spoil the child — prov. il medico pietoso fa la piaga verminosa

    English-Italian dictionary > rod

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