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  • 41 symmetry

    ['simitri]
    (the state in which two parts, on either side of a dividing line, are equal in size, shape and position.) samhverfa
    - symmetrically

    English-Icelandic dictionary > symmetry

  • 42 telegraph

    1. noun
    1) (a system of sending messages using either wires and electricity or radio: Send it by telegraph.) ritsími
    2) (an instrument for this: Send the message on the telegraph.) ritsími
    2. verb
    1) (to send by telegraph: He telegraphed the time of his arrival.) senda um ritsíma
    2) (to inform by telegraph: He telegraphed us to say when he would arrive.) senda símskeyti
    - telegraphy
    - telegraphic
    - telegraph pole

    English-Icelandic dictionary > telegraph

  • 43 telephone

    1. ['telifəun] noun
    ((often abbreviated to phone) [foun] an instrument for speaking to someone from a distance, using either an electric current which passes along a wire or radio waves: He spoke to me by telephone / on the telephone; ( also adjective) a telephone number/operator.) sími
    2. [foun] verb
    1) (to (try to) speak to (someone) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone you tomorrow.) hringja í
    2) (to send (a message) or ask for (something) by means of the telephone: I'll telephone for a taxi.) hringja í
    3) (to reach or make contact with (another place) by means of the telephone: Can one telephone England from Australia?) hringja til
    - telephone booth
    - telephone box
    - telephone directory
    - telephone exchange

    English-Icelandic dictionary > telephone

  • 44 temple

    I ['templ] noun
    (a building in which people worship, usually as part of a non-Christian religion: a Greek/Hindu temple.) musteri
    II ['templ] noun
    (either of the flat parts of the head at the side of the forehead: The stone hit him on the temple.) gagnauga

    English-Icelandic dictionary > temple

  • 45 terminal

    ['tə:minəl] 1. noun
    1) (a building containing the arrival and departure areas for passengers at an airport or one in the centre of a city or town where passengers can buy tickets for air travel etc and can be transported by bus etc to an airport: an air terminal.) flugstöð
    2) (a usually large station at either end of a railway line, or one for long-distance buses: a bus terminal.) umferðarmiðstöð
    3) (in an electric circuit, a point of connection to a battery etc: the positive/negative terminal.) skaut, póll, úttak
    4) (a device linked to a computer by which the computer can be operated.) útstöð
    2. adjective
    ((of an illness etc) in the final stage before death: This ward is for patients with terminal cancer.) ólæknandi, sem er á lokastigi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > terminal

  • 46 tonsil

    ['tonsil]
    (either of two lumps of tissue at the back of the throat: He had to have his tonsils (taken) out.) hálskirtill

    English-Icelandic dictionary > tonsil

  • 47 torrid

    ['torid]
    1) (very hot: the torrid zone (= the area of the world on either side of the equator).) brennheitur; hitabeltis-
    2) (passionate: a torrid love affair.) ástríðufullur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > torrid

  • 48 tropic

    ['tropik]
    (either of two imaginary circles running round the earth at about 23 degrees north (Tropic of Cancer) or south (Tropic of Capricorn) of the equator.) hvarfbaugur
    - tropical
    - tropically

    English-Icelandic dictionary > tropic

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  • either — 1. pronunciation. The pronunciations iy dhǝ and ee dhǝ are about equally common. 2. parts of speech. Either functions in two ways: as an adjective or pronoun, and as an adverb or conjunction. In all these uses, it means essentially ‘one or other… …   Modern English usage

  • either — [ē′thər, ī′thər] adj. [ME < OE æghwæther < a (æ), always (see AY) + gehwæther, each of two (see WHETHER): akin to, and of same formation as, OHG eogihwedar] 1. one or the other (of two) [use either hand] 2. each (of two); the one and the… …   English World dictionary

  • Either — Ei ther ([=e] [th][ e]r or [imac] [th][ e]r; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS. [=ae]g[eth]er, [=ae]ghw[ae][eth]er (akin to OHG. [=e]ogiwedar, MHG. iegeweder); [=a] + ge + hw[ae][eth]er whether. See {Each}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Or},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Either — Ei ther, conj. Either precedes two, or more, co[ o]rdinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or. [1913 Webster] Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • either —  Either suggests a duality and is almost always better avoided when the context involves quantities of more than two, as in Decisions on Mansfield’s economy are now made in either Detroit, Pittsburgh, or New York. Often in such constructions,… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Either/Or — Album par Elliott Smith Sortie 27 février 1997 Durée 37:00 Genre(s) Rock indépendant Producteur(s) Elliott Smith Tom Rothrock Rob Schnapf …   Wikipédia en Français

  • either...or ...or — either...or (...or) phrase used for showing two or more possibilities or choices You must answer either yes or no. You can contact us either by phone, by email, or by letter. When there’s a crisis, they either do nothing or do something totally… …   Useful english dictionary

  • either — O.E. ægðer, contraction of æghwæðer each of two, both, from a always (see AYE (Cf. aye) (2)) + ge collective prefix + hwæðer which of two, whether (see WHETHER (Cf. whether)). Cognate with Du. ieder, O.H.G. eogiwedar, G …   Etymology dictionary

  • Either — Either/or means one or the other. Its usage, versus the simple or structure, is often for emphatic purposes, sometimes intending to emphasize that only one option is possible, or to emphasize that there are only two options. Its use in a sentence …   Wikipedia

  • either — ► CONJUNCTION & ADVERB 1) used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives specified (the other being introduced by ‘or’). 2) (adverb ) used to indicate a similarity or link with a statement just made: You don t like him, do you?… …   English terms dictionary

  • either-or — [ē′thərôr′] adj. designating a proposition, situation, etc. limited to only two alternatives …   English World dictionary

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