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Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > downward spiral
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Англо-русский словарь по экологии > downward spiral of poverty
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Экология: нисходящая спираль обнищанияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > downward spiral of poverty
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5 the dollar value has continued its downward spiral
Politics english-russian dictionary > the dollar value has continued its downward spiral
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1. adjectivenach unten nachgestellt; nach unten gerichtet2. adverbdownward gradient or slope — Gefälle, das
* * ** * *down·ward[ˈdaʊnwəd, AM -wɚd]\downward revision Abwärtskorrektur fto be on a \downward trend sich akk im Abwärtstrend befinden, zurückgehenat last inflation is on a \downward path endlich ist die Inflation[srate] rückläufig* * *['daʊnwəd]1. advlook, point, extend, move nach untenface downward(s) (person) — mit dem Gesicht nach unten; (book)
movement downward(s) (in price, value) — Rückgang m
to move downward(s) (figure, rate) — sinken, fallen
everyone from the Queen downward(s) —
downward(s) — mit der Wirtschaft geht es rapide bergab
2. adjstroke nach untenshe made a bold downward stroke with the paintbrush — sie machte einen kühnen Pinselstrich nach unten
downward slope — Abhang m
downward spiral —
the dollar resumed its downward path or slide against the yen — der Dollar fiel weiter gegen den Yen
to put downward pressure on wages/prices — die Löhne/Preise (nach unten) drücken
* * *downward [ˈdaʊnwə(r)d]A adv1. hinab, abwärts, nach unten, hinunter:face downward mit dem Gesicht nach unten2. fluss-, stromab(wärts)3. fig abwärts, bergab:he went downward in life es ging bergab mit ihmdownward from Shakespeare to the twentieth century von Shakespeare (herab) bis zum 20. JahrhundertB adj (adv downwardly)1. Abwärts…, sich neigend, nach unten gerichtet oder führend:downward movement Abwärtsbewegung f (a. fig);downward prices sinkende Preise;3. absteigend (Linie eines Stammbaums etc)4. bedrückt, pessimistisch* * *1. adjectivenach unten nachgestellt; nach unten gerichtetdownward movement/trend — (lit. or fig.) Abwärtsbewegung, die/-trend, der
2. adverbdownward gradient or slope — Gefälle, das
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['daʊnwəd]on the downward path — fig. sulla via della rovina
* * *adjective (leading, moving etc down: a downward curve.) in discesa, verso il basso* * *downward (1) /ˈdaʊnwəd/a.2 in giù; verso il basso: a downward motion (o movement) un movimento verso il basso; a downward arrow, una freccia in giù; (econ.) a downward trend, una tendenza al ribasso; uno sfavorevole andamento congiunturale3 (fig.) degradante; che trascina in basso● (econ.) downward drift = downward trend ► sotto □ ( calcio) downward header, colpo di testa verso il basso □ (demogr.) downward mobility, mobilità verso il basso □ (econ.) downward phase, fase di flessione □ (econ., fin.) downward pressure, pressione al ribasso ( sui prezzi, sui cambi, ecc.) □ a downward spiral, una spirale discendente □ a downward slope, una discesa □ downward turn ► downturn.* * *['daʊnwəd]on the downward path — fig. sulla via della rovina
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1. adjectivespiralförmig; spiralig2. nounSpirale, die3. intransitive verbthe spiral of rising prices and wages — die Lohn-Preis-Spirale
(Brit.) - ll- [Weg:] sich hochwinden; [Kosten, Profite:] in die Höhe klettern; [Rauch:] in einer Spirale aufsteigen* * *1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) gewunden, Wendel-...2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) Spiral-...2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) die Spirale2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) die Spirale3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) sich hoch-,niederschrauben- academic.ru/91941/spirally">spirally* * *spi·ralI. n Spirale fdownward \spiral of prices, profits Abwärtsspirale fthe economy is in an inflationary [or wage-price] \spiral die Wirtschaft befindet sich in einer Inflationsspirale [o Lohn-Preis-SpiraleII. adj attr, inv spiralförmigIII. vi1. (move up) sich akk hochwinden; smoke, hawk spiralförmig aufsteigen; airplane sich akk in die Höhe schrauben\spiral downwards spiralförmig absteigen; plane zu Boden trudeln\spiralling inflation eine sich spiralartig entwickelnde Inflationto \spiral downwards sich akk spiralförmig nach unten bewegen* * *['spaIərəl]1. adjspiralförmig, spiralig; shell also gewunden; spring Spiral-; movement, descent in Spiralen Spirale fprice/inflationary spiral — Preis-/Inflationsspirale f
3. visich (hoch)winden; (smoke also, missile etc) spiralförmig or in einer Spirale aufsteigen; (prices) (nach oben) klettern* * *spiral [ˈspaıərəl]A adj (adv spirally)1. gewunden, schrauben-, schneckenförmig, spiral, Spiral…:spiral balance (Spiral)Federwaage f;spiral conveyor → B 3 a;spiral galaxy → B 5;spiral nebula obs → B 5;spiral spring → B 3 b;spiral staircase Wendeltreppe f2. MATH spiralig, Spiral…B s1. a) Spirale fb) Windung f (einer Spirale)2. MATH Spirale f:spiral of Archimedes archimedische Spirale3. TECHa) Förderschnecke fb) Spiralfeder f4. ELEKa) Spule f, Windung fb) Wendel m (bei Glühlampen)5. ASTRON Spiralnebel m6. FLUG Spirale f, Spiralflug m7. WIRTSCH (Lohn-, Preis- etc) Spirale fC v/t prät und pperf -raled, besonders Br -ralled1. spiralig machenD v/i* * *1. adjectivespiralförmig; spiralig2. nounspiral spring — Spiralfeder, die
Spirale, die3. intransitive verb(Brit.) - ll- [Weg:] sich hochwinden; [Kosten, Profite:] in die Höhe klettern; [Rauch:] in einer Spirale aufsteigen* * *adj.gewunden adj.schneckenförmig adj.schraubenförmig adj.spiralförmig adj. n.Schneckenlinie -n f.Spirale -n f. -
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spiral [ˈspaɪərəl]1. adjective2. nounspirale f[smoke] monter en spirale ; [prices] monter en flèche4. compounds* * *['spaɪərəl] 1.1) ( shape) gen, Mathematics, Aviation spirale fin a spiral — [object, spring, curl] en forme de spirale
2) ( trend) spirale f2. 3.a downward/upward spiral — une descente/montée en spirale
1) Economics monter en flèche2) ( of movement)4.to spiral up(wards)/down(wards) — ( gently) monter/descendre en spirale or en tournoyant; ( rapidly) monter/descendre en vrille
spiralling GB, spiraling US present participle adjective qui monte en flèche -
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A n2 ( trend) spirale f ; inflationary spiral spirale inflationniste ; the wage-price spiral la spirale des prix et des salaires ; a spiral of violence une escalade de violence ; a downward/upward spiral une descente/montée en spirale.2 ( of movement) to spiral up(wards)/down(wards) ( gently) monter/descendre en spirale or en tournoyant ; ( rapidly) monter/descendre en vrille. -
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I 1. ['spaɪərəl]1) (shape) spirale f. (anche mat. aer.)in a spiral — [object, spring] a spirale
2) (trend) spirale f.2.downward, upward spiral — discesa, salita a spirale
modificatore [motif, structure, spring] a spiraleII ['spaɪərəl]1) econ. [costs, interest rates] crescere, aumentare vertiginosamenteto spiral up(wards), down(wards) — salire, scendere a spirale
* * *1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) a spirale2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) a spirale2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirale2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirale3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) (muoversi a spirale) aumentare- spirally* * *spiral /ˈspaɪərəl/A a.1 spirale; a spirale; a spire: a spiral spring, una molla a spirale; (astron.) spiral nebula, nebulosa a spirale2 spiroidale; spiroide3 (mecc.) elicoidale; a dentatura elicoidale: spiral chute, scivolo elicoidale; spiral gear, ingranaggio a dentatura elicoidaleB n.1 (geom.) spirale; spira; elica2 (fig.: econ., ecc.) spirale: inflationary spiral, spirale inflazionistica; the vicious spiral of war, la rovinosa spirale della guerra● spiral balance, bilancia a molla □ (edil.) a spiral staircase, una scala a chiocciola □ (zool.) spiral valve, valvola spirale.(to) spiral /ˈspaɪərəl/A v. i.B v. t.● (econ.: di prezzi, salari, ecc.) to spiral downward [upward], calare rapidamente [aumentare vertiginosamente].* * *I 1. ['spaɪərəl]1) (shape) spirale f. (anche mat. aer.)in a spiral — [object, spring] a spirale
2) (trend) spirale f.2.downward, upward spiral — discesa, salita a spirale
modificatore [motif, structure, spring] a spiraleII ['spaɪərəl]1) econ. [costs, interest rates] crescere, aumentare vertiginosamenteto spiral up(wards), down(wards) — salire, scendere a spirale
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adjective (leading, moving etc down: a downward curve.) descendentetr['daʊnwəd]1 (movement) descendente; (direction, pressure) hacia abajo2 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL a la baja1→ link=downwards downwards{\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLdownward mobility movilidad nombre femenino social descendente: hacia abajoadj.• descendente adj.adv.• de arriba hacia abajo adv.• descendente adv.• hacia abajo adv.
I 'daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwədadjective <direction/pressure> hacia abajo; <movement/spiral> descendente; < tendency> ( Fin) a la bajaa downward path — un camino en bajada or cuesta abajo
II 'daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwədesp BrE downwards -z adverb hacia abajo['daʊnwǝd]1.ADJ [curve, movement] descendente; [slope] hacia abajo; [tendency] a la baja2.ADV [go, look] hacia abajofrom the President downward — todos, incluso el Presidente
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I ['daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwəd]adjective <direction/pressure> hacia abajo; <movement/spiral> descendente; < tendency> ( Fin) a la bajaa downward path — un camino en bajada or cuesta abajo
II ['daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwəd]esp BrE downwards [-z] adverb hacia abajo -
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f.1 fall, collapse, downfall, downturn.2 wipe-out.3 prolapse, ptosis, drooping, lapsus.past part.past participle of spanish verb: caer.* * *1 (acción de caer) fall, falling2 (pérdida) loss3 (de precios, temperatura) fall, drop4 (de un terreno) slope5 (del sol) setting6 (de tejidos) body, hang8 figurado downfall, fall\a la caída del sol at sunsetcaída de ojos demure lookcaída libre free fall* * *noun f.1) fall2) drop3) collapse4) loss* * *SF1) (=accidente) fall; [de caballo] fall, tumble•
sufrir una caída — to have a fall, take a tumbledurante un campeonato regional, sufrió una grave caída del caballo — during a regional championship, he had a bad fall o tumble off his horse
caída de cabeza, sufrir una caída de cabeza — to fall headfirst, take a header *
2) [de gobierno, imperio] fall, collapse; [de un gobernante] downfallla caída del Muro de Berlín — the collapse o fall of the Berlin Wall
3) (=pérdida) [de cabello, dientes] loss4) (Dep)caída al vacío, caída libre — free fall
5) (=descenso) [de precios, ventas] fall, drop; [de divisa] fallla espectacular caída de precios afectó con gran dureza a numerosas economías — many economies were hard hit by the dramatic fall o drop in prices
el gobierno está decidido a frenar la caída de la libra — the government is determined to curb the fall of the pound
caída de tensión — (Med) drop in blood pressure; (Elec) drop in voltage
el banco intervino para evitar la caída en picado del dólar — the bank intervened to stop the dollar taking a nose-dive o plummeting
6)7) (=desprendimiento) fallhabía una continua caída de piedras desde la cima de la montaña — rocks fell continuously from the top of the mountain
8) (=inclinación) [de terreno] slope; [brusco] drop9) [de tela, ropa] hangcaída de ojos, tenía una caída de ojos entre coqueta y malvada — the way she lowered her eyes was somewhere between coquettish and wicked
10) (Rel)11)12) pl caídasa) * (=golpes) witty remarks¡qué caídas tiene! — isn't he witty?
b) (=lana) low-grade wool sing* * *1) ( accidente) fallsufrir una caída — persona to have a fall
2) ( del cabello)3) (de tela, falda)4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fallla caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire
5) ( descenso) fall, drop6)a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk
7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop* * *= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.Ex. Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.----* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.* caída de la tarde = sundown.* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.* caída de los precios = falling prices.* caída del sistema = system crash.* caída de pelo = hair loss.* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.* caída libre = free fall.* en caída = flowing.* * *1) ( accidente) fallsufrir una caída — persona to have a fall
2) ( del cabello)3) (de tela, falda)4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fallla caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire
5) ( descenso) fall, drop6)a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk
7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop* * *= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.Ex: Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.* caída de la tarde = sundown.* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.* caída de los precios = falling prices.* caída del sistema = system crash.* caída de pelo = hair loss.* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.* caída libre = free fall.* en caída = flowing.* * *A (accidente) fallsufrir una caída «persona» to have a fallha sufrido varias caídas y no se ha roto it's fallen on the floor/it's been dropped several times without breakingfue una mala caída it was a nasty fall, he took a nasty tumble ( colloq)Compuestos:hacerle una caída de ojos a algn to flutter one's eyelids at sbfree fallB(del cabello): un tratamiento contra la caída del cabello a treatment to prevent hair lossC(de una tela, falda): para esta falda se necesita una tela con más caída you need a heavier material for this skirttiene muy buena caída it hangs very wellD1 (de un gobierno) fall; (de una ciudad) fallla caída del Imperio Romano the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire2E (descenso) fall, dropla caída del dólar/del precio del petróleo the fall in the dollar/in the price of oilse ha producido una caída de las exportaciones/la demanda there has been a fall o drop in exports/demandla caída de la temperatura the drop in temperatureuna caída de voltaje or tensión a drop in voltageCompuesto:waterfallFa la caída del sol or de la tarde at sunset, at duskG1 (del terreno) slope; (más pronunciada) drop2 (de un techo) slope, pitch; (de una superficie) slope, dropH ( Náut) (de un palo, mástil) rake* * *
caída sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) fall;
caída libre free fall;
la caída del gobierno the fall of the government;
la caída del cabello hair loss
2 (de tela, falda):
tiene buena caída it hangs well
3 ( descenso) caída de algo ‹del dólar/de los precios/de la demanda› fall in sth;
‹de temperatura/voltaje› drop in sth;
caído,-a
I adjetivo
1 fallen: había varios troncos caídos en la carretera, there were tree trunks on the road
2 (en defensa de una causa) los soldados caídos en el desembarco de Normandía, the soldiers who fell in during the Normandy landings
3 (parte del cuerpo) Pedro es caído de hombros, Pedro has drooping shoulders
II mpl Mil los caídos, the fallen
caída sustantivo femenino
1 fall
la caída del muro de Berlín, the fall of the Berlin wall
2 (del pelo, los dientes) loss
3 (de los precios) drop
4 (de un tejido) es una tela con poca caída, it's a fabric that hangs badly
5 Pol downfall, collapse
6 (salto de agua) waterfall, cascade
' caída' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capa
- convalecer
- escalabrarse
- patinazo
- precipitarse
- aparatoso
- malo
- pique
- revolcón
English:
break
- collapse
- cushion
- downfall
- drape
- fall
- free fall
- inflamed
- rise
- sheer
- sky-dive
- sky-diver
- tumble
- descent
- dip
- doldrums
- down
- drop
- sky
- slump
- sun
- wind
* * *caída nf1. [de persona] fall;sufrir una caída to have a fall;se rompió la cadera por una mala caída he fell badly and broke his hip2. [de hojas, lluvia, nieve] fall;[de diente, pelo] loss;en la época de la caída de la hoja when the leaves fall off the trees;RP Famser la caída de la estantería to be out of this worldcaída de agua waterfall;caída libre free fall;caída de ojos: [m5] tiene una atractiva caída de ojos she has an attractive way of lowering her eyelashes;caída en picado [de avión] crash dive3. [de imperio, ciudad, dictador] fall;la caída del Imperio Romano the fall of the Roman Empire;la caída del muro (de Berlín) the fall of the Berlin Wall4. [de paro, precios] drop (de in);se espera una caída de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to drop;se ha registrado una caída del desempleo there has been a fall in unemployment, unemployment has gone downcaída en picado [de la economía] free fall; [de precios] nose-dive;caída de tensión voltage dropa la caída de la tarde at nightfall7. [de tela, vestido] drape10. [en golf] break* * *f fall;a la caída del sol at sunset;a la caída de la tarde at sunset;caída del gobierno fall of the government;caída del pelo hair loss* * *caída nf1) baja, descenso: fall, drop2) : collapse, downfall* * *caída n fall -
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m.1 descent.2 drop.ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline3 downhill.4 relegation.5 demotion.6 descensus.* * *1 (acción) descent, lowering2 (de temperatura) drop, fall* * *noun m.1) descent2) drop, fall* * *SM1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, dropun descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production
un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils
descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature
2) [de un lugar a otro] descentla prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event
3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation4) (=pendiente) slope* * *1)a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fallel descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
b) ( desde una altura) descentla carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill
2) (Dep) relegation* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.----* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.* descenso de nivel = drawdown.* descenso en picado = swoop.* experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.* * *1)a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fallel descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
b) ( desde una altura) descentla carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill
2) (Dep) relegation* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.* descenso de nivel = drawdown.* descenso en picado = swoop.* experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.* * *A1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fallel descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirsha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oilel descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents2 (desde una altura) descentiniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutesla carrera or prueba de descenso the downhillB ( Dep) relegation* * *
descenso sustantivo masculino
1
( de precios) fall
2 (Dep) relegation
descenso sustantivo masculino
1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
' descenso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajada
- bajón
- abrupto
- agudo
- brusco
- caída
- notorio
- picada
English:
comedown
- descent
- dip
- downhill
- downturn
- drop
- fall
- swoop
- anticlimax
- couple
- decline
- decrease
- demotion
- dive
* * *descenso nm1. [de una altura] descent;los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way downdescenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;descenso de barrancos canyoning2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline3. [prueba de esquí] downhill4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone* * *m2 DEP relegation* * *descenso nm1) : descent2) baja, caída: drop, fall* * *descenso n1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall2. (bajada) descent -
16 disminución
f.decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.* * *1 decrease, reduction\ir en disminución to diminish, decrease* * *noun f.decrease, drop, fall* * *SF1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reductionuna disminución en las importaciones — a drop o fall in imports
uno de los síntomas es la disminución de la actividad política — one of the symptoms is a decrease in political activity
continuar sin disminución — to continue unchecked o unabated
2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing* * *a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fallb) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlingc) ( al tejer) decreasing* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.----* disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.* disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* * *a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fallb) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlingc) ( al tejer) decreasing* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.* disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.* disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* * *1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fallla disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in chargesla disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlinguna disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest3 (al tejer) decreasing* * *
disminución sustantivo femenino
decrease, fall;
( de temperatura) drop;
( de tarifa) reduction
disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
' disminución' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
distensión
English:
decline
- decrease
- shrinkage
- fall
- slump
* * *disminución nf[de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;ir en disminución to be on the decrease* * *f decrease* * ** * *disminución n fall / drop -
17 Spirale
Spirale f WIWI spiral • Spirale nach unten GEN downward spiral* * *f <Vw> spiral ■ Spirale nach unten < Geschäft> downward spiral -
18 spiralé
spirale [spiʀal]feminine noun• s'élever/tomber en spirale to spiral upwards/downwards• la spirale de l'inflation or inflationniste the inflationary spiral* * *spiʀal1) Mathématique spiralmonter/descendre en spirale — to spiral up/down
2) ( amplification) spiral* * *spiʀal nf* * * -
19 de buenas a primeras
familiar all of a sudden, just like that* * *suddenly, without warning* * *= right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like thatEx. I can't think of an exact example to give you right off the bat.Ex. Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.Ex. The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.Ex. All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.* * *= right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like thatEx: I can't think of an exact example to give you right off the bat.
Ex: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.Ex: The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.Ex: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting. -
20 de pronto
suddenly* * ** * *= suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at onceEx. Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.Ex. The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.Ex. All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.Ex. When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.Ex. And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color.* * *= suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at onceEx: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.
Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.Ex: The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.Ex: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.Ex: When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.Ex: And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color.
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