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  • 21 importante

    adj.
    1 important (destacado, significativo).
    2 considerable.
    3 significant, considerable, sizable.
    * * *
    1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable
    2 (influyente) important
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

    un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

    • dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

    • lo importante es... — the main thing is...

    • poco importante — unimportant

    • es importante que — it is important that

    2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.
    Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    ----
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

    Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant
    tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you
    ¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing much
    lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part
    es importante que vayas it's important that you go
    2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant
    una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money
    la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage
    un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo importante    
    importante
    importante adjetivo
    a) ‹noticia/persona› important;

    ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
    dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

    ‹ daños› severe, considerable;
    ‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
    importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
    una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
    ' importante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - categoría
    - ciudad
    - comodidad
    - consignar
    - cosa
    - cualquiera
    - despreciable
    - eje
    - eslabón
    - floricultura
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - historia
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - inmediatez
    - menos
    - nada
    - núcleo
    - opinar
    - personaje
    - pintar
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - reseñar
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - salario
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - señor
    - suma
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - tomo
    - viso
    - indiferente
    - notable
    - papel
    - parecer
    - personalidad
    - pez
    - que
    - trascendental
    - trascendente
    - un
    - visita
    English:
    amount to
    - appreciable
    - armory
    - armoury
    - assassin
    - assassination
    - big
    - consideration
    - depreciate
    - edit
    - flagship
    - grain
    - grand
    - great
    - head-hunt
    - high
    - if
    - important
    - increasingly
    - large
    - last
    - leading
    - least
    - major
    - mean
    - morality
    - prominent
    - significant
    - sponsor
    - thing
    - VIP
    - weighty
    - assassinate
    - come
    - considerable
    - feature
    - feel
    - first
    - foremost
    - name
    - priority
    - strongly
    - substantial
    * * *
    1. [destacado, significativo] important;
    el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;
    ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;
    ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;
    lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;
    no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;
    dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important
    2. [cantidad] considerable;
    [lesión] serious;
    una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;
    * * *
    adj important
    * * *
    : important
    * * *
    1. (en general) important
    2. (considerable) considerable

    Spanish-English dictionary > importante

  • 22 mecha

    f.
    1 wick.
    2 streak.
    3 lock of hair, lock.
    4 fuze.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mechar.
    * * *
    1 (de vela) wick
    2 MILITAR fuse
    3 COCINA lardoon, lardon
    1 (de pelo) highlights
    \
    a toda mecha familiar at full pelt
    aguantar mecha familiar to grin and bear it
    ponerse mechas to have highlights put in (one's hair)
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de vela, lámpara] wick; [de explosivo] fuse

    encender la mecha — (lit, fig) to light the fuse

    2) [de pelo]
    = mechón I
    3) pl mechas [en el pelo] highlights
    4) [de tocino] rasher
    5) And, Cono Sur (Téc) bit ( of brace)
    6) And, Caribe * (=broma) joke
    7) LAm (=miedo) fear
    8) * (=ratería) shoplifting
    9) And (=baratija) trinket
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de una vela) wick; (de armas, explosivos) fuse
    b) (RPl) ( broca) bit
    2) mechas femenino plural
    a) ( en peluquería) highlights (pl)
    b) (AmL fam) ( pelo)

    ser tirado de las mechas — (CS fam) to be ridiculous

    * * *
    = fuse, wick.
    Ex. The book contains the following chapters: Sparking the fuse for literacy; Home is where the start is; Library lures to literacy; and Independent study programs in literature.
    Ex. The ashes of the wicks, becoming heated, caused the fatty acids to splutter; and this was a grave inconvenience.
    ----
    * aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.
    * a toda mecha = at a rate of knots, full steam ahead, at full blast, at full throttle, at top speed, at full speed, at full stretch.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * echando mecha = like the clappers.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de una vela) wick; (de armas, explosivos) fuse
    b) (RPl) ( broca) bit
    2) mechas femenino plural
    a) ( en peluquería) highlights (pl)
    b) (AmL fam) ( pelo)

    ser tirado de las mechas — (CS fam) to be ridiculous

    * * *
    = fuse, wick.

    Ex: The book contains the following chapters: Sparking the fuse for literacy; Home is where the start is; Library lures to literacy; and Independent study programs in literature.

    Ex: The ashes of the wicks, becoming heated, caused the fatty acids to splutter; and this was a grave inconvenience.
    * aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.
    * a toda mecha = at a rate of knots, full steam ahead, at full blast, at full throttle, at top speed, at full speed, at full stretch.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * echando mecha = like the clappers.

    * * *
    A
    2 (de armas, explosivos) fuse
    mecha de seguridad safety fuse
    mecha lenta slow fuse
    aguantar mecha ( fam); to grin and bear it, stand the gaff ( AmE colloq)
    a toda mecha ( fam); like greased lightning ( colloq), like the clappers ( BrE)
    3 ( RPl) (broca) bit
    B ( Coc) piece of bacon/ham ( used for larding or stuffing)
    1 (en peluquería) highlights (pl)
    hacerse mechas to have highlights put in
    2
    ( AmL fam) (pelo): ¡mira cómo tienes las mechas! look at the state of your hair! ( colloq), your hair's a bit of a mess! ( colloq)
    la agarró de las mechas she grabbed her by the hair
    ser tieso de mechas (CS fam); to be pigheaded ( colloq)
    ser tirado de las mechas (CS fam); to be ridiculous
    * * *

    Del verbo mechar: ( conjugate mechar)

    mecha es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    mecha    
    mechar
    mecha sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de vela) wick;
    (de armas, explosivos) fuse
    2
    ◊ mechas sustantivo femenino plural ( en peluquería) highlights (pl)

    mecha sustantivo femenino
    1 (de cirio, etc) wick
    2 (de barreno, bomba) fuse
    3 (de pelo) streak: me puse mechas, I've had my hair streaked
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar aguantar mecha, to grin and bear it
    familiar a toda mecha, at full speed
    mechar vtr (una carne) to stuff
    ' mecha' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fuse
    - highlight
    - wick
    * * *
    mecha nf
    1. [de vela] wick;
    [de explosivos] fuse; Fam
    a toda mecha: arréglate a toda mecha, que llegamos tarde hurry up and get ready or we'll be late;
    acabamos el trabajo a toda mecha we worked flat out to finish the job;
    tenía la radio a toda mecha he had the radio on full blast;
    Fam
    aguantar mecha to grin and bear it
    2. Culin [relleno] = bacon used for larding or stuffing
    3. Andes, RP [broca] bit
    4. Andes, Ven Fam [broma] gag;
    eso no es cosa de mecha that's no laughing matter
    5. [mechón] lock
    6.
    mechas [en el pelo] highlights
    7. Am Fam
    mechas [pelo] mop;
    tengo que ir a cortarme estas mechas I have to go and get my hair cut, it's a mess;
    se agarraron de las mechas they grabbed each other by the hair;
    Fam
    venir tirado de las mechas to have been thrown together at the last minute
    * * *
    f
    1 de vela wick
    2 de explosivo fuse
    3 del pelo highlight;
    hacerse mechas have highlights put in
    fear
    5
    :
    a toda mecha like greased lightning;
    aguantar mecha fam put up with it
    * * *
    mecha nf
    1) : fuse
    2) : wick
    3) mechas nfpl
    : highlights (in hair)
    * * *
    1. (de vela) wick
    2. (de bomba) fuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > mecha

  • 23 migración

    f.
    1 migration.
    2 emigration.
    * * *
    1 migration
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino migration
    * * *
    = migration, overspill.
    Ex. The librarian would at the end of such a search have a list of terms such as the following: emigres, evacuees, fugitives, immigration, migrants, migration, naturalisation, population transfers, transients.
    Ex. The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature = El sistema de las revistas de economía no ha crecido y evolucionado de un modo estructurado, lo que ha dado como resultado una migración a las publicaciones de informes.
    ----
    * migración de datos = data migration.
    * * *
    femenino migration
    * * *
    = migration, overspill.

    Ex: The librarian would at the end of such a search have a list of terms such as the following: emigres, evacuees, fugitives, immigration, migrants, migration, naturalisation, population transfers, transients.

    Ex: The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature = El sistema de las revistas de economía no ha crecido y evolucionado de un modo estructurado, lo que ha dado como resultado una migración a las publicaciones de informes.
    * migración de datos = data migration.

    * * *
    migration
    * * *

    migración sustantivo femenino
    migration
    migración sustantivo femenino migration
    ' migración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    masivo
    English:
    migration
    * * *
    migration
    * * *
    f migration
    * * *
    migración nf, pl - ciones : migration

    Spanish-English dictionary > migración

  • 24 molienda

    f.
    1 grinding.
    2 milling, grinding.
    3 grist.
    * * *
    1 (de café) grinding; (de trigo) milling
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) [de café] grinding; [de trigo] milling
    2) (=cantidad) quantity of grain to be ground
    3) * (=cansancio) weariness
    4) * (=molestia) nuisance
    * * *
    a) ( acción) grinding, milling
    c) ( temporada) milling season
    d) ( molino) (liter) mill
    * * *
    = milling, grinding.
    Ex. Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.
    Ex. A range of options are described including: microwaves; grinding; cutting; solvents; and drilling.
    ----
    * bola de molienda = grinding ball.
    * * *
    a) ( acción) grinding, milling
    c) ( temporada) milling season
    d) ( molino) (liter) mill
    * * *
    = milling, grinding.

    Ex: Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.

    Ex: A range of options are described including: microwaves; grinding; cutting; solvents; and drilling.
    * bola de molienda = grinding ball.

    * * *
    1 (acción) grinding, milling
    2 ( liter) (molino) mill
    4 (temporada) milling season o time
    * * *

    molienda sustantivo femenino grinding, milling
    * * *
    1. [acción de moler] grinding;
    [de trigo] milling
    2. [cantidad] batch [of something to be ground or milled]
    3. [temporada] milling season
    * * *
    f grinding

    Spanish-English dictionary > molienda

  • 25 objetivo

    adj.
    objective, factual, no-nonsense, impartial.
    m.
    1 objective, intention, purpose, goal.
    2 objective lens.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: objetivar.
    * * *
    1 objective
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    ————————
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    1) objective, aim, goal
    2) lens
    2. (f. - objetiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=propósito) objective, aim
    2) (Mil) objective, target
    3) (Fot) lens
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.
    Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex. The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex. The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex. Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex. She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex. Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    ----
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.

    Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

    Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex: The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex: The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex: Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex: She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex: Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

    * * *
    objetivo1 -va
    1 ‹crítica/análisis› objective
    2 ‹persona› objective
    A
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim
    su único objetivo era terminar cuanto antes her one objective o aim was to finish as quickly as possible
    2 ( Mil) objective
    3 ( como adj inv) target ( before n)
    la empresa objetivo the target company
    Compuesto:
    sales target
    B ( Fot, Ópt) lens
    Compuesto:
    zoom lens
    * * *

     

    objetivo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    objective
    objetivo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( finalidad) objective, aim;
    (Mil) objective
    2 (Fot, Ópt) lens
    objetivo,-a
    I adjetivo objective
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim: su objetivo es disuadir a los vendedores, her aim is to put the sellers off
    2 (de un misil, disparo) target: 007 es nuestro objetivo, 007 is our target
    3 Cine Fot lens
    ' objetivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    angular
    - consecución
    - ideal
    - meta
    - objetiva
    - orientarse
    - pasearse
    - perseguir
    - pretensión
    - alcanzar
    - conseguir
    - cumplir
    - fin
    - final
    - inaccesible
    - lo
    - lograr
    - logro
    - mira
    - patente
    - plazo
    - por
    - primario
    - primero
    - primordial
    English:
    accomplish
    - accomplishment
    - achievement
    - aim
    - attain
    - barrage
    - calculate
    - detached
    - end
    - exercise
    - gain
    - goal
    - lens
    - main
    - object
    - objective
    - set
    - short
    - study
    - target
    - target audience
    - target market
    - ultimate
    - unemotional
    - wide-angle
    - dispassionate
    - out
    - unbiased
    * * *
    objetivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    objective
    ♦ nm
    1. [finalidad] objective, aim;
    hemos logrado cumplir con nuestro objetivo we have succeeded in achieving our objective o aim;
    plantearse un objetivo to set oneself an objective;
    la medida tiene como objetivo facilitar la comunicación the aim of the measure is to make communication easier, the measure is aimed at making communication easier
    Com objetivo de producción production target; Com objetivo de ventas sales target
    2. Mil target
    3. Fot lens
    * * *
    I adj objective
    II m
    1 objective
    2 MIL target
    3 FOT lens
    * * *
    objetivo, -va adj
    : objective
    1) meta: objective, goal, target
    2) : lens
    * * *
    objetivo1 adj objective
    1. (fin) objective / aim
    2. (lente) lens [pl. lenses]
    3. (blanco) target

    Spanish-English dictionary > objetivo

  • 26 parto

    m.
    1 birth.
    estar de parto to be in labor
    parto natural natural childbirth
    parto prematuro premature birth
    2 childbirth, labor, accouchement, delivery.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: partir.
    * * *
    1 (proceso) delivery, labour (US labor); (efecto) childbirth
    \
    ser el parto de los montes familiar (chasco) to be a big letdown 2 (fracaso) to be a flop
    estar de parto to be in labour (US labor)
    dolores de parto labour (US labor) pains
    parto múltiple multiple birth
    parto sin dolor painless birth
    * * *
    noun m.
    birth, delivery, labor
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Med) [gen] birth, delivery; (=contracciones) labour, labor (EEUU); (Zool) parturition
    2) (=creación) product, creation

    parto de los montes — anticlimax, bathos

    * * *
    masculino (Med) labor*

    murió en el or de parto — she died in childbirth

    * * *
    = childbirth, parturition, farrowing, delivery.
    Ex. Reading literature allows us to experience all kinds of human possibilities, from murder to childbirth, without suffering the consequences of undergoing the experiences in real life.
    Ex. The book contains the following chapters: practical horse nutrition; equine genetics; stallions; mares; parturition; care of mare and foal; and identification, selection, and marketing horses.
    Ex. Colostrum samples were taken from all sows at farrowing.
    Ex. Blood samples were collected from all subjects at delivery: 180 normal vaginal deliveries, 58 Caesarean sections, and 2 forceps-assisted deliveries.
    ----
    * después del parto = postpartum.
    * dolores de parto = birth pangs.
    * parto con fórceps = forceps-assisted delivery, forceps delivery.
    * parto normal = vaginal delivery.
    * parto por cesárea = caesarean section.
    * * *
    masculino (Med) labor*

    murió en el or de parto — she died in childbirth

    * * *
    = childbirth, parturition, farrowing, delivery.

    Ex: Reading literature allows us to experience all kinds of human possibilities, from murder to childbirth, without suffering the consequences of undergoing the experiences in real life.

    Ex: The book contains the following chapters: practical horse nutrition; equine genetics; stallions; mares; parturition; care of mare and foal; and identification, selection, and marketing horses.
    Ex: Colostrum samples were taken from all sows at farrowing.
    Ex: Blood samples were collected from all subjects at delivery: 180 normal vaginal deliveries, 58 Caesarean sections, and 2 forceps-assisted deliveries.
    * después del parto = postpartum.
    * dolores de parto = birth pangs.
    * parto con fórceps = forceps-assisted delivery, forceps delivery.
    * parto normal = vaginal delivery.
    * parto por cesárea = caesarean section.

    * * *
    1 ( Med) labor*
    estar de parto to be in labor
    tuvo un parto larguísimo she was in labor for a very long time
    fue un parto difícil it was a difficult birth
    provocar el parto to induce labor
    tuvieron que provocarle el parto she had to be induced
    murió en el or de parto she died during childbirth
    le teme al parto she's afraid of giving birth
    asistir en un parto to deliver a baby
    fue un parto prematuro she gave birth prematurely
    ejercicios de preparación para el parto prenatal ( AmE) o ( BrE) antenatal exercises
    2
    (tarea difícil): al final lo terminó, pero aquello fue un parto he finally finished it, but it was like one of the labors of Hercules
    Compuestos:
    water birth
    multiple birth
    natural birth
    pain-free labor*
    * * *

     

    Del verbo partir: ( conjugate partir)

    parto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    partir    
    parto
    partir ( conjugate partir) verbo transitivo
    a) ( con cuchillo) ‹tarta/melón› to cut;


    b) ( romper) ‹piedra/coco› to break, smash;

    ‹nuez/avellana› to crack;
    ‹rama/palo› to break

    ‹ cabeza› to split open
    d) [ frío] ‹ labios› to chap

    verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) (frml) ( marcharse) to leave, depart (frml)

    b) [ auto] (Chi) to start

    2
    a) parto DE algo ‹de una premisa/un supuesto› to start from sth

    b)


    a parto de ahora/ese momento from now on/that moment on;
    a parto de hoy (as o starting) from today
    partirse verbo pronominal
    a) [mármol/roca] to split, smash

    b) ( refl) ‹ labio› to split;

    ‹ diente› to break, chip
    parto sustantivo masculino (Med) labor( conjugate labor);

    fue un parto difícil it was a difficult birth;
    provocar el parto to induce labor;
    parto sin dolor pain-free labor( conjugate labor)
    partir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (romper, quebrar) to break: me parte el corazón verte tan desalentada, it's heartbreaking to see you so depressed
    partir una nuez, to shell a walnut
    2 (dividir) to split, divide
    (con un cuchillo) to cut
    II vi (irse) to leave, set out o off
    ♦ Locuciones: a partir de aquí/ahora, from here on/now on
    a partir de entonces no volvimos a hablarnos, we didn't speak to each other from then on
    parto sustantivo masculino childbirth, labour, US labor

    ' parto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alumbramiento
    - provocar
    English:
    birth
    - childbirth
    - confinement
    - deliver
    - delivery
    - induce
    - induction
    - labour
    - labour pains
    - natural childbirth
    - smash
    - stillbirth
    - labor
    - painless
    * * *
    parto nm
    1. [de bebé] birth;
    los días anteriores al parto the days preceding the birth;
    estar de parto to be in labour;
    asistir en un parto to deliver a baby
    parto sin dolor painless childbirth;
    parto inducido induced labour;
    parto múltiple multiple birth;
    parto de nalgas breech delivery o birth;
    parto natural natural childbirth;
    parto prematuro premature birth
    2. [de proyecto]
    el acuerdo tuvo un parto muy largo the agreement was a long time in the making;
    este proyecto ha tenido un parto muy difícil it was very difficult getting this project off the ground
    * * *
    m
    1 birth;
    sala de partos delivery room;
    estar de parto be in labor o Br labour
    2 fig: de artículo, libro creation
    * * *
    parto nm
    1) : childbirth, delivery, labor
    estar de parto: to be in labor
    2) : product, creation, brainchild
    * * *
    parto n birth

    Spanish-English dictionary > parto

  • 27 perito

    adj.
    expert, technical, connoisseur, experienced.
    f. & m.
    1 expert, technician, proficient.
    2 expert witness.
    m.
    1 expert (experto).
    perito agrónomo agronomist
    2 technician.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: peritar.
    * * *
    1 expert
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (experto) expert; (en seguros) loss adjuster
    2 (en ingeniería) technician
    \
    perito,-a agrónomo,-a agricultural technician
    perito,-a industrial engineer
    perito,-a mercantil accountant
    * * *
    perito, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=experto) expert; (=con experiencia) experienced, seasoned

    ser perito en — [+ actividad] to be expert at; [+ materia] to be an expert on

    2.
    SM / F [gen] expert; (=técnico) technician; (=ingeniero técnico) technical engineer

    perito/a agrónomo/a — agronomist

    perito/a electricista — qualified electrician

    perito/a en metales — metal expert, specialist in metals

    perito/a testigo — Méx expert witness

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo expert
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) ( experto) expert
    b) ( en seguros) (loss) adjuster
    c) (Der) expert witness
    * * *
    = expert witness, surveyor, hired gun, assessor.
    Ex. Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.
    Ex. Hospital librarians should assist in the development of library inspection guidelines for surveyors.
    Ex. Why not get a 'hired gun' who will do the job in the least time and give us the opinion we're looking for?.
    Ex. This article examines the role of the external assessor in the process of reviewing academic libraries.
    ----
    * perito agrícola = agriculturist.
    * perito de extensión agraria = agricultural extension worker.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo expert
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) ( experto) expert
    b) ( en seguros) (loss) adjuster
    c) (Der) expert witness
    * * *
    = expert witness, surveyor, hired gun, assessor.

    Ex: Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.

    Ex: Hospital librarians should assist in the development of library inspection guidelines for surveyors.
    Ex: Why not get a 'hired gun' who will do the job in the least time and give us the opinion we're looking for?.
    Ex: This article examines the role of the external assessor in the process of reviewing academic libraries.
    * perito agrícola = agriculturist.
    * perito de extensión agraria = agricultural extension worker.

    * * *
    perito1 -ta
    expert
    no es perito en la materia he's not an expert on the subject
    perito2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    1 (experto) expert
    2 (en seguros) loss adjuster, adjuster
    3 ( Der) expert witness
    Compuestos:
    ● perito agrónomo, perita agrónoma
    masculine, feminine agricultural technician
    ● perito de montes, perita de montes
    masculine, feminine forestry technician
    ● perito electricista, perita electricista
    masculine, feminine qualified electrician
    ● perito industrial, perita industrial
    masculine, feminine engineer
    ● perito mercantil, perita mercantil
    masculine, feminine qualified accountant
    * * *

     

    Del verbo peritar: ( conjugate peritar)

    perito es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    peritó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    peritar    
    perito
    perito
    ◊ -ta sustantivo masculino, femenino ( experto) expert;

    perito agrónomo agricultural technician;
    perito industrial engineer;
    perito mercantil qualified accountant
    perito,-a
    I adjetivo expert, skilled
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino qualified person, expert
    perito agrónomo, agronomist, perito industrial, engineer

    ' perito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    perita
    English:
    assess
    - surveyor
    - expert
    - survey
    * * *
    perito, -a
    ♦ adj
    expert;
    ser perito en algo to be an expert in sth
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [experto] expert;
    un perito en contabilidad an accountancy expert
    perito agrícola agronomist;
    perito agrónomo agronomist;
    perito judicial legal expert;
    2. [ingeniero técnico]
    perito (industrial) = engineer who has done a three-year university course rather than a full five-year course
    * * *
    I adj expert
    II m, perita f
    1 ( especialista) expert
    2 COM en seguros loss adjuster
    * * *
    perito, -ta adj & n
    : expert
    * * *
    perito n expert

    Spanish-English dictionary > perito

  • 28 prestar atención

    v.
    to pay attention, to take notice, to give attention, to heed.
    María se fijó muy bien Mary paid attention very well.
    * * *
    to pay attention (a, to)
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = follow up, heed, receive + attention, mind, devote + attention, pay + heed, take + notice, give + (some) thought to, follow through, look out for, lend + an ear, prick (up) + Posesivo + ears, Posesivo + antennas + go up
    Ex. Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. The formation of mould on paper and book-bindings is a long-standing problem, the nature of which has received little attention.
    Ex. They see people as marked by one particular attribute, cleverness, or kindness, or strictness, or being a good shot, and they mind whether things are right or wrong.
    Ex. The cataloger, by being relieved of the onerous clerical burden of reorganizing the catalog, is free to devote professional attention to making the catalog a more responsive and useful tool.
    Ex. Unless we believe we can do all this unaided, then we had better pay heed to literature.
    Ex. Successful displays depend on two main ingredients: selection from the vast number of possible titles; and attractive layout, so that people will take notice of the books and want to know more about them.
    Ex. I encourage the reader to give thought to the longer case studies that have appeared in the library press.
    Ex. The approach used is to follow through the decision making processes which underpin the successful introduction of any service.
    Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.
    Ex. Secondly, the teacher should just ' lend an ear' and not actively take part in the discussion.
    Ex. The dog sat at the bedside, now eyeing his master with a wistful look, and now pricking his ears, and uttering a low growl.
    Ex. As lesbians, our antennas went up, and we wondered why this guy wanted to know how many bedrooms we had.
    * * *
    (n.) = follow up, heed, receive + attention, mind, devote + attention, pay + heed, take + notice, give + (some) thought to, follow through, look out for, lend + an ear, prick (up) + Posesivo + ears, Posesivo + antennas + go up

    Ex: Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.

    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: The formation of mould on paper and book-bindings is a long-standing problem, the nature of which has received little attention.
    Ex: They see people as marked by one particular attribute, cleverness, or kindness, or strictness, or being a good shot, and they mind whether things are right or wrong.
    Ex: The cataloger, by being relieved of the onerous clerical burden of reorganizing the catalog, is free to devote professional attention to making the catalog a more responsive and useful tool.
    Ex: Unless we believe we can do all this unaided, then we had better pay heed to literature.
    Ex: Successful displays depend on two main ingredients: selection from the vast number of possible titles; and attractive layout, so that people will take notice of the books and want to know more about them.
    Ex: I encourage the reader to give thought to the longer case studies that have appeared in the library press.
    Ex: The approach used is to follow through the decision making processes which underpin the successful introduction of any service.
    Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.
    Ex: Secondly, the teacher should just ' lend an ear' and not actively take part in the discussion.
    Ex: The dog sat at the bedside, now eyeing his master with a wistful look, and now pricking his ears, and uttering a low growl.
    Ex: As lesbians, our antennas went up, and we wondered why this guy wanted to know how many bedrooms we had.

    Spanish-English dictionary > prestar atención

  • 29 reconstrucción

    f.
    1 reconstruction, redevelopment, rebuilding, remaking.
    2 reconstructed area.
    * * *
    1 reconstruction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino (de edificio, ciudad) reconstruction, rebuilding; ( de suceso) reconstruction
    * * *
    = reconstruction, redevelopment [re-development], rebuilding, re-enactment [reenactment].
    Ex. In the present climate of national reconstruction the Ministry of Motor Industry was one of the first to focus on questions of economics.
    Ex. The board chose to place the redevelopment issue in the hands of a committee, on which users formed the majority.
    Ex. The article 'Turning over a new page' discusses the rebuilding of the National Library and its collections following the Khmer Rouge occupation of 1975-9.
    Ex. And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
    ----
    * en reconstrucción = under reconstruction.
    * reconstrucción de páginas = leafcasting [leaf casting].
    * * *
    femenino (de edificio, ciudad) reconstruction, rebuilding; ( de suceso) reconstruction
    * * *
    = reconstruction, redevelopment [re-development], rebuilding, re-enactment [reenactment].

    Ex: In the present climate of national reconstruction the Ministry of Motor Industry was one of the first to focus on questions of economics.

    Ex: The board chose to place the redevelopment issue in the hands of a committee, on which users formed the majority.
    Ex: The article 'Turning over a new page' discusses the rebuilding of the National Library and its collections following the Khmer Rouge occupation of 1975-9.
    Ex: And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
    * en reconstrucción = under reconstruction.
    * reconstrucción de páginas = leafcasting [leaf casting].

    * * *
    1 (de un edificio, una ciudad) reconstruction, rebuilding
    2 (de un suceso) reconstruction
    * * *
    1. [de edificios, país] rebuilding
    2. [de sucesos] reconstruction
    * * *
    f reconstruction
    * * *
    reconstrucción nf, pl - ciones : reconstruction

    Spanish-English dictionary > reconstrucción

  • 30 reducción

    f.
    1 reduction, decrease, decline, fall.
    2 curtailment, deescalation, cut, cutback.
    * * *
    1 reduction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=disminución)
    a) [de cantidad, precios, consumo, tamaño] reduction

    una reducción del gasto público — a cut o reduction in public spending

    b) [de tiempo] reduction
    2) (Mat) (=conversión) [de unidades, medidas] conversion; [de ecuaciones] reduction
    3) [de rebeldes] defeat
    4) (Med) setting, reduction frm
    5) Chile [de indígenas] reservation ( of natives)
    6) LAm ( Hist) settlement of Christianized Indians
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( disminución) reduction

    la reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread

    reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes

    b) (Fot) reduction
    2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction
    3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation
    * * *
    = compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.
    Ex. The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.
    Ex. This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.
    Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
    Ex. The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.
    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. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.
    Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    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.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * escala de reducción = reduction ratio.
    * mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].
    * reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].
    * reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.
    * reducción de impuestos = tax cut.
    * reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.
    * reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.
    * reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.
    * reducción de los precios = price cut.
    * reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * reducción de pecho = breast reduction.
    * reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.
    * reducción de plantilla = downsizing.
    * reducción de precios = pricecutting.
    * reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.
    * reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.
    * reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.
    * reducción fiscal = tax cut.
    * reducción para piano = piano score.
    * reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.
    * reducción tributaria = tax reduction.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( disminución) reduction

    la reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread

    reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes

    b) (Fot) reduction
    2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction
    3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation
    * * *
    = compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.

    Ex: The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.

    Ex: This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.
    Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
    Ex: The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.
    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: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.
    Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    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.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * escala de reducción = reduction ratio.
    * mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].
    * reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].
    * reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.
    * reducción de impuestos = tax cut.
    * reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.
    * reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.
    * reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.
    * reducción de los precios = price cut.
    * reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * reducción de pecho = breast reduction.
    * reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.
    * reducción de plantilla = downsizing.
    * reducción de precios = pricecutting.
    * reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.
    * reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.
    * reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.
    * reducción fiscal = tax cut.
    * reducción para piano = piano score.
    * reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.
    * reducción tributaria = tax reduction.

    * * *
    A
    1
    (disminución): reducción de gastos reduction in costs
    la reducción del precio del pan the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread
    no habrá reducción de los impuestos there will be no tax cuts o no reduction in taxes
    una reducción del personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
    se ha producido una reducción en el consumo de tabaco there has been a reduction o drop in tobacco consumption
    una reducción de tres horas semanales a reduction of three hours a week
    se solicitó la reducción de la pena they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced
    2 ( Fot) reduction
    B
    1 ( Mat) reduction
    2 ( Quím) reduction
    C (de una ciudad) conquest; (de los rebeldes, enemigos) defeat
    D
    2 ( Chi) (de indígenas) reservation
    E (de una fractura) setting, reduction ( tech)
    * * *

     

    reducción sustantivo femenino
    reduction;
    ◊ reducción de impuestos tax cuts, reduction in taxes;

    una reducción de personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
    reducción sustantivo femenino reduction
    reducción de plantilla, streamlining

    ' reducción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    contrapartida
    - polvareda
    - rebaja
    - despedir
    English:
    cut
    - cutback
    - decrease
    - reduction
    - redundant
    - remission
    - retrenchment
    - board
    * * *
    1. [disminución] reduction;
    piden la reducción de la jornada laboral they are asking for working hours to be shortened;
    reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;
    reducción de gastos cost cutting;
    han anunciado una reducción de gastos they have announced that they are going to cut costs;
    reducción de jornada: [m5] estar en reducción de jornada to work part-time;
    reducción de precios [acción] price-cutting;
    [resultado] price cut;
    2. [sometimiento] [de rebelión] suppression;
    [de ejército] defeat
    3. Med [de fractura] reduction
    4. Quím reduction
    5. Hist = settlement of Indians converted to Christianity
    6. RP [de cadáver] exhumation [for reburial of bones in smaller container]
    * * *
    f
    1 reduction;
    reducción de empleo job cuts pl ;
    reducción de la jornada laboral shortening of the working day;
    plantilla cutbacks pl, job cuts pl
    2 MED setting
    * * *
    reducción nf, pl - ciones : reduction, decrease
    * * *
    reducción n reduction

    Spanish-English dictionary > reducción

  • 31 refugio

    m.
    1 shelter, refuge (place).
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter
    refugio atómico nuclear bunker
    refugio subterráneo bunker, underground shelter
    2 refuge, comfort (amparo, consuelo).
    3 traffic island (automobiles).
    4 Refugio.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: refugiar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) shelter, refuge
    2 figurado refuge
    3 AUTOMÓVIL traffic island
    \
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter
    refugio atómico (nuclear) fallout shelter
    * * *
    noun m.
    haven, refuge, shelter
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=sitio) refuge, shelter

    acogerse a un refugio — to take refuge, (take) shelter (en in)

    refugio antiatómico, refugio antinuclear, refugio atómico — fallout shelter

    refugio subterráneo — (Mil) underground shelter, dugout

    2) Esp (Aut) street island
    * * *
    a) (contra la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter; ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    c) ( en calzada) traffic island
    * * *
    = haven, refuge, shelter, bolt-hole, sanctuary, safe haven, safe harbour, redoubt, asylum, retreat, hideaway.
    Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.
    Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex. The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. The article 'A sanctuary for sciences: architecture projects for the Bibliotheque Nationale during the revolution' relates the history of the various conversion projects prepared for the national library before the French Revolution.
    Ex. While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven -- we must look for new opportunities.
    Ex. One of the proposals made to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television is to limit the showing of violent programmes to safe harbours when children are not viewing.
    Ex. Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
    Ex. The most significant of these projects are the international festival for literature and freedom of expression and the city's role as an asylum for persecuted authors.
    Ex. The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
    Ex. This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.
    ----
    * buscar refugio = seek + shelter.
    * ofrecer refugio = provide + a home.
    * refugio antiaéreo = bomb shelter.
    * refugio antiatómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio antinuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio atómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio de animales = wildlife centre.
    * refugio de trinchera = dugout.
    * refugio nuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.
    * refugio subterráneo = dugout.
    * salir de + Posesivo + refugio = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.
    * * *
    a) (contra la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter; ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    c) ( en calzada) traffic island
    * * *
    = haven, refuge, shelter, bolt-hole, sanctuary, safe haven, safe harbour, redoubt, asylum, retreat, hideaway.

    Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.

    Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex: The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: The article 'A sanctuary for sciences: architecture projects for the Bibliotheque Nationale during the revolution' relates the history of the various conversion projects prepared for the national library before the French Revolution.
    Ex: While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven -- we must look for new opportunities.
    Ex: One of the proposals made to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television is to limit the showing of violent programmes to safe harbours when children are not viewing.
    Ex: Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
    Ex: The most significant of these projects are the international festival for literature and freedom of expression and the city's role as an asylum for persecuted authors.
    Ex: The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
    Ex: This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.
    * buscar refugio = seek + shelter.
    * ofrecer refugio = provide + a home.
    * refugio antiaéreo = bomb shelter.
    * refugio antiatómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio antinuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio atómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio de animales = wildlife centre.
    * refugio de trinchera = dugout.
    * refugio nuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.
    * refugio subterráneo = dugout.
    * salir de + Posesivo + refugio = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.

    * * *
    1 (lugar) shelter; (en la montaña) refuge, shelter
    2 (en la calzada) traffic island
    3 (de un ataque) refuge; (de la lluvia) shelter
    buscar refugio en otro país to seek refuge in another country
    Compuestos:
    air-raid shelter
    ● refugio antinuclear or antiatómico
    fallout shelter
    nuclear shelter
    * * *

     

    Del verbo refugiar: ( conjugate refugiar)

    refugio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    refugió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    refugiar    
    refugio
    refugiar ( conjugate refugiar) verbo transitivo
    to give … refuge
    refugiarse verbo pronominal
    to take refuge;
    refugiose DE algo ‹de bombardeo/ataque› to take refuge from sth;
    ‹de lluvia/tormenta› to take shelter from sth
    refugio sustantivo masculino
    a) (de la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter;

    ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    b) (de un ataque, perseguidores) refuge;



    refugiar verbo transitivo to give refuge, shelter
    refugio sustantivo masculino refuge, shelter: buscaron refugio en un país extranjero, they sought refuge in a foreign country
    ' refugio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - antinuclear
    - cabaña
    - improvisada
    - improvisado
    - nido
    - resguardo
    - techo
    - abrigo
    - amparar
    - amparo
    - casa
    - santuario
    English:
    crude
    - fallout shelter
    - haunt
    - haven
    - lodge
    - refuge
    - retreat
    - shelter
    - air
    - dug
    - fall
    - harbor
    - sanctuary
    * * *
    1. [lugar] shelter, refuge
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter;
    refugio antinuclear nuclear bunker;
    refugio atómico nuclear bunker;
    refugio de montaña [muy básico] mountain shelter;
    [albergue] mountain refuge;
    refugio subterráneo bunker, underground shelter
    2. [amparo, consuelo] refuge, comfort;
    la gente busca refugio en la religión people seek refuge in religion
    3. Aut traffic island
    4. refugio fiscal tax shelter;
    refugio tributario tax shelter
    * * *
    m refuge;
    buscar refugio look for shelter, seek refuge
    * * *
    : refuge, shelter
    * * *
    refugio n refuge / shelter

    Spanish-English dictionary > refugio

  • 32 reliquia

    f.
    relic (restos).
    este ordenador es una reliquia this computer is a museum piece
    * * *
    1 relic
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Rel) relic
    2) pl reliquias (=restos) relics, remains; (=vestigios) traces, vestiges
    3) (Med)
    4) Méx (=exvoto) offering, votive offering
    * * *
    femenino relic
    * * *
    = relic, relique, hangover [hang-over], holdover.
    Ex. The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.
    Ex. The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's ' Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
    Ex. English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.
    Ex. As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.
    ----
    * reliquia de familia = heirloom.
    * reliquia del pasado = relic of the past.
    * reliquia familiar = heirloom.
    * * *
    femenino relic
    * * *
    = relic, relique, hangover [hang-over], holdover.

    Ex: The argument in support of this proposal rests on the following assertions: The main entry is a relic of the early days of the printed book catalog when, for reasons of space and cost of printing, a book was to be represented by one entry only.

    Ex: The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's ' Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
    Ex: English's dominant role is a hangover from colonialism.
    Ex: As I've said before, these conventions are antiquated -- they are holdovers from an older era.
    * reliquia de familia = heirloom.
    * reliquia del pasado = relic of the past.
    * reliquia familiar = heirloom.

    * * *
    relic
    las reliquias del santo the relics of the saint
    los palacios son sólo reliquias del esplendor del pasado the palaces are merely relics of past splendor
    la sortija es una reliquia de familia the ring is a family heirloom
    * * *

    reliquia sustantivo femenino
    relic;

    reliquia sustantivo femenino
    1 relic
    una reliquia de familia, a family heirloom
    2 (secuela de una enfermedad, accidente) after-effect
    3 fam intensificador (antigualla) old relic

    ' reliquia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    relic
    - hang
    - heir
    - remnant
    * * *
    [restos] relic; [familiar] heirloom;
    esta costumbre es una reliquia de la Edad Media this custom is a relic from the Middle Ages;
    Fam Hum
    esta computadora es una reliquia this computer is a museum piece
    * * *
    f relic
    * * *
    1) : relic
    2)
    reliquia de familia : family heirloom

    Spanish-English dictionary > reliquia

  • 33 resumen

    m.
    1 summary.
    en resumen in short
    2 abstract, overview, resumé, summary.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person plural (ellos/ellas) present indicative of spanish verb: resumir.
    * * *
    1 summary
    \
    en resumen in short, to sum up
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    SM summary, résumé

    hizo un resumen de lo que dijo — she gave a summary o résumé of what he said

    en resumen — (=en conclusión) to sum up; (=brevemente) in short

    2.
    ADJ INV
    * * *
    masculino summary
    * * *
    = abbreviation, abstract, condensation, digestion, précis, résumé, summarisation [summarization, -USA], summary, summary, recap, recapitulation, rundown, roundup [round-up].
    Ex. Many other terms are used to denote a regurgitation or abbreviation of document content.
    Ex. An abstract is a concise and accurate representation of the contents of a document, in a style similar to that of the original document.
    Ex. An abridgement is usually taken to be a condensation that necessarily omits a number of secondary points.
    Ex. They can help in effective note-taking, digestion of current literature, and the analysis of committee papers.
    Ex. A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points of an argument.
    Ex. A synopsis is one type of résume prepared by the author of a work.
    Ex. In summarization we are concerned with stating the total content of the document in a brief description.
    Ex. A clearer demarcation might be drawn between the traditional subject headings lists and thesauri by the following summary of differences.
    Ex. Strictly, a summary is a restatement within a document of the salient findings and conclusions of the document.
    Ex. Each session should begin with a brief recap of the previous week's reading.
    Ex. Here again the contributors are leading scholars, but in this case the emphasis is upon analysis and interpretation rather than factual recapitulation.
    Ex. This article describes the functionality of CARL software for this purpose, loads a brief rundown of data bases, and gives the criteria for selecting data bases.
    Ex. Nobody can depend exclusively on library publications reviews to identify new titles, though Publishers Weekly's computer book roundups do help.
    ----
    * agencia de resúmenes = abstracting agency, abstracting organisation.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.
    * boletín de resúmenes = abstracting bulletin, abstracts bulletin.
    * elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting.
    * en resumen = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated.
    * normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.
    * página de resúmenes = abstract page, abstract sheet.
    * pantalla de resumen de nombres = name summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen = summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen del documento = document summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen de notas = note summary screen.
    * plantilla de resúmenes = abstracting form.
    * preparación automática de resúmenes = automatic abstracting.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.
    * resumen a partir de los inicios de los documentos = lead-based summary.
    * resumen biográfico = biographical sketch.
    * resumen breve = short abstract.
    * resumen crítico = critical abstract.
    * resumen de autor = author abstract.
    * resumen de comunicación = meeting abstract.
    * resumen de interés = highlight abstract.
    * resumen de la dirección = executive summary.
    * resumen de la junta directiva = executive summary.
    * resumen de misión = mission-oriented abstract.
    * resumen de noticias = roundup [round-up], roundup of news, roundup of news.
    * resumen de novedades = roundup [round-up], roundup of news, roundup of news.
    * resumen de resultados = findings-oriented abstract.
    * resumen documental = document summary.
    * resumen ejecutivo = executive summary.
    * Resúmenes Internacionales de Farmacia (IPA) = International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA).
    * resumen especial = mission-oriented abstract.
    * resumen estadístico = statistical abstract.
    * resumen hecho para una disciplina concreta = discipline-oriented abstract.
    * resumen homotópico = homotopic abstract.
    * resumen indicativo = indicative abstract.
    * resumen indicativo-informativo = indicative-informative abstract.
    * resumen informativo = informative abstract.
    * resumen numérico = numerical abstract.
    * resumen reglado = ruly abstract.
    * resumen selectivo = selective abstract, slanted abstract.
    * resumen tabular = tabular abstract.
    * resumen telegráfico = telegraphic abstract.
    * revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.
    * servicio de indización y resumen = abstracting and indexing service, indexing and abstracting service.
    * servicio de resúmenes = abstracting service.
    * tipo de resumen = abstracting format.
    * * *
    masculino summary
    * * *
    = abbreviation, abstract, condensation, digestion, précis, résumé, summarisation [summarization, -USA], summary, summary, recap, recapitulation, rundown, roundup [round-up].

    Ex: Many other terms are used to denote a regurgitation or abbreviation of document content.

    Ex: An abstract is a concise and accurate representation of the contents of a document, in a style similar to that of the original document.
    Ex: An abridgement is usually taken to be a condensation that necessarily omits a number of secondary points.
    Ex: They can help in effective note-taking, digestion of current literature, and the analysis of committee papers.
    Ex: A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points of an argument.
    Ex: A synopsis is one type of résume prepared by the author of a work.
    Ex: In summarization we are concerned with stating the total content of the document in a brief description.
    Ex: A clearer demarcation might be drawn between the traditional subject headings lists and thesauri by the following summary of differences.
    Ex: Strictly, a summary is a restatement within a document of the salient findings and conclusions of the document.
    Ex: Each session should begin with a brief recap of the previous week's reading.
    Ex: Here again the contributors are leading scholars, but in this case the emphasis is upon analysis and interpretation rather than factual recapitulation.
    Ex: This article describes the functionality of CARL software for this purpose, loads a brief rundown of data bases, and gives the criteria for selecting data bases.
    Ex: Nobody can depend exclusively on library publications reviews to identify new titles, though Publishers Weekly's computer book roundups do help.
    * agencia de resúmenes = abstracting agency, abstracting organisation.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.
    * boletín de resúmenes = abstracting bulletin, abstracts bulletin.
    * elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting.
    * en resumen = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated.
    * normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.
    * página de resúmenes = abstract page, abstract sheet.
    * pantalla de resumen de nombres = name summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen = summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen del documento = document summary screen.
    * pantalla resumen de notas = note summary screen.
    * plantilla de resúmenes = abstracting form.
    * preparación automática de resúmenes = automatic abstracting.
    * presentar un resumen = give + summary.
    * publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.
    * resumen a partir de los inicios de los documentos = lead-based summary.
    * resumen biográfico = biographical sketch.
    * resumen breve = short abstract.
    * resumen crítico = critical abstract.
    * resumen de autor = author abstract.
    * resumen de comunicación = meeting abstract.
    * resumen de interés = highlight abstract.
    * resumen de la dirección = executive summary.
    * resumen de la junta directiva = executive summary.
    * resumen de misión = mission-oriented abstract.
    * resumen de noticias = roundup [round-up], roundup of news, roundup of news.
    * resumen de novedades = roundup [round-up], roundup of news, roundup of news.
    * resumen de resultados = findings-oriented abstract.
    * resumen documental = document summary.
    * resumen ejecutivo = executive summary.
    * Resúmenes Internacionales de Farmacia (IPA) = International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA).
    * resumen especial = mission-oriented abstract.
    * resumen estadístico = statistical abstract.
    * resumen hecho para una disciplina concreta = discipline-oriented abstract.
    * resumen homotópico = homotopic abstract.
    * resumen indicativo = indicative abstract.
    * resumen indicativo-informativo = indicative-informative abstract.
    * resumen informativo = informative abstract.
    * resumen numérico = numerical abstract.
    * resumen reglado = ruly abstract.
    * resumen selectivo = selective abstract, slanted abstract.
    * resumen tabular = tabular abstract.
    * resumen telegráfico = telegraphic abstract.
    * revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.
    * servicio de indización y resumen = abstracting and indexing service, indexing and abstracting service.
    * servicio de resúmenes = abstracting service.
    * tipo de resumen = abstracting format.

    * * *
    summary
    nos hizo un resumen de lo tratado en la reunión she gave us a resumé o summary of what was discussed at the meeting
    hacer un resumen de un texto to précis o summarize a text
    en resumen in short
    * * *

     

    Del verbo resumir: ( conjugate resumir)

    resumen es:

    3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    resumen    
    resumir
    resumen sustantivo masculino
    summary;

    en resumen in short
    resumir ( conjugate resumir) verbo transitivo
    a) ( condensar) ‹texto/libro› to summarize

    b) ( recapitular) ‹discurso/argumento› to sum up

    verbo intransitivo:
    ◊ resumiendo … in short …, to sum up …

    resumen sustantivo masculino summary
    ♦ Locuciones: en resumen, in short
    resumir vtr (una situación) to sum up
    (un texto, informe, una noticia) to summarize
    ♦ Locuciones: en resumidas cuentas, to sum up

    ' resumen' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esquema
    - extracto
    - total
    - tráiler
    - balance
    - compendio
    - hacer
    - síntesis
    English:
    abstract
    - brief
    - digest
    - flash
    - outline
    - recap
    - roundup
    - short
    - sum up
    - summary
    - briefly
    - fact
    - head
    - precis
    - resumé
    - review
    - round
    - run
    - sum
    * * *
    summary;
    hazme un resumen de lo que pasó give me a summary of what happened;
    van a emitir el resumen de la ceremonia inaugural the highlights of the opening ceremony are going to be broadcast;
    en resumen in short
    * * *
    m summary;
    en resumen in short
    * * *
    resumen nm, pl - súmenes
    1) : summary, summation
    2)
    en resumen : in summary, in short
    * * *
    resumen n summary [pl. summaries]

    Spanish-English dictionary > resumen

  • 34 retocar

    v.
    1 to alter.
    retocar la pintura to touch up the paintwork
    2 to touch up, to do over, to finish up, to brush up.
    Retocamos los detalles del cuadro We touched up the picture's details.
    3 to rejig, to make adjustments to.
    El técnico retocó la maquinaria The technician rejigged the machinery.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (dibujo, fotografía) to touch up, retouch
    2 (perfeccionar) to put the finishing touches to
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ dibujo, foto] to touch up
    2) [+ grabación] to play back
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <fotografía/maquillaje> to touch up, retouch
    * * *
    = tinker with, upgrade, retrofit, twiddle, fuss with, tweak, sex up, muck around/about, fiddle with, fudge, tinker + around the edges.
    Ex. Johnson's corrected proofs for the first edition of the 'Prefaces to the poets' show him skimming the text, tinkering with the accidentals but not revising them systematically.
    Ex. Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex. This model is attractive both for 'retrofitting' existing software as well as providing flexibility to new systems.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.
    Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.
    Ex. Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.
    Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.
    Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
    Ex. The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.
    Ex. EU leaders are trying to raise the dead by taking the rejected constitution and tinkering around the edges.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <fotografía/maquillaje> to touch up, retouch
    * * *
    = tinker with, upgrade, retrofit, twiddle, fuss with, tweak, sex up, muck around/about, fiddle with, fudge, tinker + around the edges.

    Ex: Johnson's corrected proofs for the first edition of the 'Prefaces to the poets' show him skimming the text, tinkering with the accidentals but not revising them systematically.

    Ex: Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex: This model is attractive both for 'retrofitting' existing software as well as providing flexibility to new systems.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.
    Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.
    Ex: Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.
    Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.
    Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
    Ex: The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.
    Ex: EU leaders are trying to raise the dead by taking the rejected constitution and tinkering around the edges.

    * * *
    retocar [A2 ]
    vt
    ‹fotografía› to touch up, retouch; ‹maquillaje› to touch up, retouch
    sigue retocando el texto she is still putting the final touches to the text
    * * *

    retocar ( conjugate retocar) verbo transitivo ‹fotografía/maquillaje› to touch up, retouch
    retocar verbo transitivo to touch up: está retocando el proyecto, he's putting the final touches to the project
    ' retocar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    customize
    - retouch
    - touch up
    - touch
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [prenda de vestir] to alter; [proyecto, escrito] to make a few final adjustments to; [fotografía, imagen] to retouch;
    retocar la pintura to touch up the paintwork
    * * *
    v/t
    1 FOT retouch, touch up
    2 ( acabar) put the finishing touches to
    * * *
    retocar {72} vt
    : to touch up

    Spanish-English dictionary > retocar

  • 35 trabajo individual

    (n.) = independent study, self-study
    Ex. The book contains the following chapters: Sparking the fuse for literacy; Home is where the start is; Library lures to literacy; and Independent study programs in literature.
    Ex. A student-centred model is recommended, which implies independent or self-study under the direct supervision of the lecturer, under whose guidance the student learns at his/her own pace.
    * * *
    (n.) = independent study, self-study

    Ex: The book contains the following chapters: Sparking the fuse for literacy; Home is where the start is; Library lures to literacy; and Independent study programs in literature.

    Ex: A student-centred model is recommended, which implies independent or self-study under the direct supervision of the lecturer, under whose guidance the student learns at his/her own pace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo individual

  • 36 trituración

    f.
    trituration, crushing.
    * * *
    1 grinding, crushing, trituration
    * * *
    femenino ( al moler) crushing, grinding; ( al mascar) chewing
    * * *
    = milling, grinding.
    Ex. Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.
    Ex. A range of options are described including: microwaves; grinding; cutting; solvents; and drilling.
    * * *
    femenino ( al moler) crushing, grinding; ( al mascar) chewing
    * * *
    = milling, grinding.

    Ex: Appearing as an expert witness the librarian proved that, between 1943-55, a librarian following standard library practices of the time could have identified and located literature on the subject of the health effects of exposure to asbestos and the means of controlling dust in the mining and milling of asbestos.

    Ex: A range of options are described including: microwaves; grinding; cutting; solvents; and drilling.

    * * *
    1 (al moler) crushing, grinding
    2 (al mascar) chewing
    * * *

    trituración sustantivo femenino trituration, crushing, grinding
    * * *
    grinding, crushing

    Spanish-English dictionary > trituración

  • 37 vecino

    adj.
    1 nearby, neighboring, contiguous, bordering.
    2 similar.
    m.
    neighbor, neighbour, person living next door.
    * * *
    1 nearby, next, neighbouring (US neighboring)
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (del barrio) neighbour (US neighbor)
    2 (residente) resident
    3 (habitante) inhabitant
    * * *
    1. (f. - vecina)
    noun
    2) resident, inhabitant
    2. (f. - vecina)
    adj.
    * * *
    vecino, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=cercano) neighbouring, neighboring (EEUU)
    2) (=contiguo)
    3) frm (=parecido) similar
    2. SM/ F
    1) [de edificio, calle] neighbour, neighbor (EEUU)

    vecino/a de rellano — next-door neighbour (in a block of flats)

    2) (=habitante) [de un pueblo] inhabitant; [de un barrio] resident

    un vecino de la calle Corredera — a resident of o a person who lives in Corredera street

    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( contiguo) neighboring*

    vecino a algo — bordering on something, adjoining something

    b) ( cercano) neighboring*, nearby
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) ( persona que vive cerca) neighbor*
    b) (habitante - de población, municipio) inhabitant; (- de barrio, edificio) resident
    * * *
    = neighbour [neighbor, -USA], neighbouring [neighboring, -USA], resident.
    Ex. Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.
    Ex. The philosophical, brooding Hippopotamians have suffered many attacks by the neighbouring Crocs who are well known for their purposefulness and efficiency.
    Ex. Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    ----
    * amabilidad entre vecinos = over-the-fence friendliness.
    * asociación de vecinos = residents' association, urban residents' association, neighbourhood association.
    * comunidad de vecinos = housing association.
    * cordialidad entre vecinos = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].
    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].
    * material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.
    * no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.
    * nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * vecino del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * vecinos del pueblo = village people.
    * vecinos, los = Joneses, the.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( contiguo) neighboring*

    vecino a algo — bordering on something, adjoining something

    b) ( cercano) neighboring*, nearby
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) ( persona que vive cerca) neighbor*
    b) (habitante - de población, municipio) inhabitant; (- de barrio, edificio) resident
    * * *
    = neighbour [neighbor, -USA], neighbouring [neighboring, -USA], resident.

    Ex: Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.

    Ex: The philosophical, brooding Hippopotamians have suffered many attacks by the neighbouring Crocs who are well known for their purposefulness and efficiency.
    Ex: Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    * amabilidad entre vecinos = over-the-fence friendliness.
    * asociación de vecinos = residents' association, urban residents' association, neighbourhood association.
    * comunidad de vecinos = housing association.
    * cordialidad entre vecinos = neighbourliness [neighborliness, -USA].
    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].
    * material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.
    * no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.
    * nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * vecino del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * vecinos del pueblo = village people.
    * vecinos, los = Joneses, the.

    * * *
    vecino1 -na
    A
    1 (contiguo) neighboring*
    los países vecinos the neighboring countries
    vecino A algo bordering ON sth, adjoining sth
    la finca vecina a la suya the property bordering on his o adjoining his, the next o the adjacent property
    2 (cercano) neighboring*, nearby
    era de un pueblo vecino she was from a neighboring o nearby village
    B (similar) ‹ideas/posiciones› similar
    vecino2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    1 (habitante, residente — de una población, un municipio) inhabitant; (— de un barrio, edificio) resident
    la colaboración de todos los vecinos de Atlanta the cooperation of all the inhabitants of Atlanta o of everyone who lives in Atlanta
    la comunidad de vecinos the residents' association
    ayer vi a tu vecina I saw your neighbor yesterday, I saw the woman who lives next door to you yesterday
    mi vecino de al lado my next-door neighbor
    miles de vecinos de la fábrica thousands of people who live near the factory
    * * *

     

    vecino
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ( contiguo) neighboring( conjugate neighboring);


    vecino a algo bordering on sth, adjoining sth
    b) ( cercano) neighboring( conjugate neighboring), nearby

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) ( habitante — de población, municipio) inhabitant;

    (— de barrio, edificio) resident
    vecino,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (de una casa, barrio) neighbour, US neighbor
    2 (de una población) resident
    Juan Gómez, vecino de la villa de Madrid, Juan Gómez, resident in Madrid
    II adjetivo
    1 (países, ciudades) neighbouring, US neighboring
    (próximo, cercano) nearby
    2 (semejante) close, similar
    ' vecino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amargura
    - robar
    - vecina
    English:
    argument
    - auction
    - burglarize
    - gossip
    - howl
    - loaded
    - local
    - neighbor
    - neighboring
    - neighbour
    - neighbouring
    - next
    - resident
    - villager
    * * *
    vecino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [cercano] neighbouring;
    lo trajeron de un pueblo vecino they brought it from a neighbouring village
    2. [contiguo] neighbouring;
    el país vecino the neighbouring country;
    vecino a next to;
    una tienda vecina al restaurante a shop next (door) to o adjacent to the restaurant
    3. [parecido] similar
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de la misma casa, calle] neighbour;
    es mi vecino he's a neighbour of mine;
    Méx Fam
    el vecino del norte our northern neighbour [the United States]
    2. [habitante] [de un barrio] resident;
    [de una localidad] inhabitant;
    las asociaciones de vecinos the residents' associations;
    una localidad de 500 vecinos a village of 500 inhabitants;
    Juan García, vecino de Guadalajara Juan García of Guadalajara
    * * *
    I adj neighboring, Br
    neighbouring;
    país vecino neighboring country
    II m, vecina f neighbor, Br
    neighbour
    * * *
    vecino, -na n
    1) : neighbor
    2) : resident, inhabitant
    * * *
    vecino1 adj neighbouring
    vecino2 n neighbour

    Spanish-English dictionary > vecino

  • 38 Garrett, João Baptista de Almeida

    (1799-1854)
       One of Portugal's greatest 19th-century writers, Garrett was a diplomat, civil servant, journalist, and intellectual. In exile abroad due to his adherence to the cause of constitutional liberal monarchy, during the period 1823-36 especially, Garrett studied and was influenced by his readings of Shakespeare and romantic writers such as Lord Byron and Walter Scott. He studied law at the University of Coimbra. Following the triumph of King Pedro IV's cause in the War of the Brothers, Garrett served in the new government as a diplomat in Belgium. In a later second residence abroad, he was influenced by his study of German literature.
       It was in the field of letters that Garrett made his greatest mark, and he was active in all aspects of literary endeavor: poetry, essays, theater, journalism, and the novel. He was the founder of Portugal's national theater, Teatro Nacional de D. Maria II, and several of his plays become standard in Portuguese theater repertory, including his adaptations of plays by Gil Vicente. Government censorship, however, prevented the staging of several of his plays. His classic play Frei Luís de Sousa premiered in 1843, in a private theater.
       Like so many other romantic writers of his era in Europe, Garrett collected, edited, and published Portuguese folk stories, poems, and songs from a rich rural heritage and preserved them for later generations. Many were collected in his Romanceiro e Cancioneiro, in three volumes. Uncomfortable in the maelstrom of unstable politics and already named a peer of the realm, Garrett accepted the post of minister of foreign affairs in 1852. Quickly disillusioned, he retired in 1853 to private life and to writing another novel, left unfinished at his death in the following year.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Garrett, João Baptista de Almeida

  • 39 Morse, Samuel Finley Breeze

    SUBJECT AREA: Telecommunications
    [br]
    b. 27 April 1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
    d. 2 April 1872 New York City, New York, USA
    [br]
    American portrait painter and inventor, b est known for his invention of the telegraph and so-called Morse code.
    [br]
    Following early education at Phillips Academy, Andover, at the age of 14 years Morse went to Yale College, where he developed interests in painting and electricity. Upon graduating in 1810 he became a clerk to a Washington publisher and a pupil of Washington Allston, a well-known American painter. The following year he travelled to Europe and entered the London studio of another American artist, Benjamin West, successfully exhibiting at the Royal Academy as well as winning a prize and medal for his sculpture. Returning to Boston and finding little success as a "historical-style" painter, he built up a thriving portrait business, moving in 1818 to Charleston, South Carolina, where three years later he established the (now defunct) South Carolina Academy of Fine Arts. In 1825 he was back in New York, but following the death of his wife and both of his parents that year, he embarked on an extended tour of European art galleries. In 1832, on the boat back to America, he met Charles T.Jackson, who told him of the discovery of the electromagnet and fired his interest in telegraphy to the extent that Morse immediately began to make suggestions for electrical communications and, apparently, devised a form of printing telegraph. Although he returned to his painting and in 1835 was appointed the first Professor of the Literature of Art and Design at the University of New York City, he began to spend more and more time experimenting in telegraphy. In 1836 he invented a relay as a means of extending the cable distance over which telegraph signals could be sent. At this time he became acquainted with Alfred Vail, and the following year, when the US government published the requirements for a national telegraph service, they set out to produce a workable system, with finance provided by Vail's father (who, usefully, owned an ironworks). A patent was filed on 6 October 1837 and a successful demonstration using the so-called Morse code was given on 6 January 1838; the work was, in fact, almost certainly largely that of Vail. As a result of the demonstration a Bill was put forward to Congress for $30,000 for an experimental line between Washington and Baltimore. This was eventually passed and the line was completed, and on 24 May 1844 the first message, "What hath God wrought", was sent between the two cities. In the meantime Morse also worked on the insulation of submarine cables by means of pitch tar and indiarubber.
    With success achieved, Morse offered his invention to the Government for $100,000, but this was declined, so the invention remained in private hands. To exploit it, Morse founded the Magnetic Telephone Company in 1845, amalgamating the following year with the telegraph company of a Henry O'Reilly to form Western Union. Having failed to obtain patents in Europe, he now found himself in litigation with others in the USA, but eventually, in 1854, the US Supreme Court decided in his favour and he soon became very wealthy. In 1857 a proposal was made for a telegraph service across the whole of the USA; this was completed in just over four months in 1861. Four years later work began on a link to Europe via Canada, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Russia, but it was abandoned with the completion of the transatlantic cable, a venture in which he also had some involvement. Showered with honours, Morse became a generous philanthropist in his later years. By 1883 the company he had created was worth $80 million and had a virtual monopoly in the USA.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    LLD, Yale 1846. Fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences 1849. Celebratory Banquet, New York, 1869. Statue in New York Central Park 1871. Austrian Gold Medal of Scientific Merit. Danish Knight of the Danneborg. French Légion d'honneur. Italian Knight of St Lazaro and Mauritio. Portuguese Knight of the Tower and Sword. Turkish Order of Glory.
    Bibliography
    E.L.Morse (ed.), 1975, Letters and Journals, New York: Da Capo Press (facsimile of a 1914 edition).
    Further Reading
    J.Munro, 1891, Heroes of the Telegraph (discusses his telegraphic work and its context).
    C.Mabee, 1943, The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel Morse; reprinted 1969 (a detailed biography).
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Morse, Samuel Finley Breeze

  • 40 В-6

    ВАЛОМ ВАЛЯТЬ/ПОВАЛЯТЬ coll VP usu. this WO
    1. \В-6 (куда) (subj: human pl or collect) to go or come (somewhere) in great numbers: Х-ы валом валят (в место Y) - Xs are flocking (thronging, streaming) (to place Y)
    Xs are coming (going) in droves Xs are going to (heading for etc) place Y en masse.
    Несмотря на травлю, поднятую охранителями передвижнических и мирискусснических традиций, москвичи валом валили на выставку... (Лившиц 1). Despite the persecution begun by the guardians of the traditions of the Wanderers and the World of Art, Muscovites flocked to the exhibition... (1a).
    (author's usage) Публике пьеса чрезвычайно понравилась, и на второе и следующие представления народ пошёл валом... (Булгаков 5). The play elicited instant enthusiasm, and the public thronged to the following performances... (5a).
    Солдатики в трубу трубили, песни пели, носками сапогов играли, пыль столбом на улицах поднимали, и всё проходили, всё проходили. «Валом валит солдат!» - говорили глуповцы... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). ( context transl)...The soldiers trumped their trumpets and sang their songs, the shining toes of their boots rose and fell, raising a column of dust in the streets, and still they passed on without end. "There's millions of them!" said the Glupovites... (1b).
    (extended usage) В хрущёвские либеральные времена чиновники стали просачиваться в литературу, а при Брежневе повалили в неё валом (Войнович 1). In the liberal Khrushchev period, officials began infiltrating literature, and under Brezhnev, they burst into literature en masse (1a).
    2. ( subj: usu. concr (pi or mass) or count abstr) (of letters, complaints, news, troubles etc
    also of snow, steam etc) to come (or come out of) somewhere continually and in large amounts
    X валом валил - X kept (on) coming (in (down etc))
    there was a constant stream of X there was no end to X X came (kept) pouring (streaming) in (out) (of mail etc) (I am (he is etc)) flooded with X (of snow) X came down (fell) thick and fast.
    Что-то я не припомню в своей жизни, чтобы 1-го мая шёл снег. А вот идёт, и не то что идёт, а валом валил с утра и за полчаса едва не покрыл всю землю (Терц 3). I don't somehow seem to remember snow falling on May 1st ever before. But it happened this morning, and it came down so thick and fast that almost the whole earth was covered over in half an hour (3a).

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