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  • 81 cebra

    f.
    zebra.
    paso de cebra zebra crossing
    * * *
    1 zebra
    \
    paso cebra zebra crossing, US crosswalk
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino zebra
    * * *
    = zebra.
    Ex. Alphabetical scatter means that related subjects are not found together, but are scattered according to the accident of their names; for instance, if we look under Zoology, we may be referred to Animals and having made our way to the other end of the catalogue we may find that really the heading we should have been looking for was zebras.
    ----
    * paso de cebra = zebra crossing.
    * * *
    femenino zebra
    * * *

    Ex: Alphabetical scatter means that related subjects are not found together, but are scattered according to the accident of their names; for instance, if we look under Zoology, we may be referred to Animals and having made our way to the other end of the catalogue we may find that really the heading we should have been looking for was zebras.

    * paso de cebra = zebra crossing.

    * * *
    zebra
    * * *

    cebra sustantivo femenino
    zebra
    cebra sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool zebra
    2 paso de cebra, zebra crossing, US crosswalk
    ' cebra' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paso
    English:
    zebra
    - zebra crossing
    * * *
    cebra nf
    zebra
    * * *
    f zebra;
    paso de cebra crosswalk, Br zebra crossing
    * * *
    cebra nf
    : zebra
    * * *
    cebra n zebra

    Spanish-English dictionary > cebra

  • 82 circular de uno a otro

    (v.) = flow + back and forth
    Ex. It must be remembered that users do not depend solely on libraries for information; scientists, for instance, turn first to colleagues, then to their own journals, books, and reports, to conferences, and to the 'invisible college' (personal network of unprinted information that flows back and forth).
    * * *
    (v.) = flow + back and forth

    Ex: It must be remembered that users do not depend solely on libraries for information; scientists, for instance, turn first to colleagues, then to their own journals, books, and reports, to conferences, and to the 'invisible college' (personal network of unprinted information that flows back and forth).

    Spanish-English dictionary > circular de uno a otro

  • 83 clon

    m.
    clone.
    * * *
    1 clone
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino clone
    * * *
    = clone.
    Ex. Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for MEN'S LIBERATION, DISCOTHEQUE DANCES, clones AND CLONING, or ALTERNATIVE LIFE-STYLES.
    * * *
    masculino clone
    * * *

    Ex: Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for MEN'S LIBERATION, DISCOTHEQUE DANCES, clones AND CLONING, or ALTERNATIVE LIFE-STYLES.

    * * *
    clone
    * * *

    clon sustantivo masculino
    clone
    ' clon' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clone
    * * *
    clon nm
    1. Biol clone
    2. Fam [imitador] clone
    * * *
    m BIO clone
    * * *
    clon nm
    : clone

    Spanish-English dictionary > clon

  • 84 clonación

    f.
    cloning, biological replication.
    * * *
    1 cloning
    * * *
    femenino, clonaje masculino cloning
    * * *
    Ex. Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for MEN'S LIBERATION, DISCOTHEQUE DANCES, CLONES AND cloning, or ALTERNATIVE LIFE-STYLES.
    ----
    * clonación del ser humano = human cloning.
    * clonación humana = human cloning.
    * * *
    femenino, clonaje masculino cloning
    * * *

    Ex: Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for MEN'S LIBERATION, DISCOTHEQUE DANCES, CLONES AND cloning, or ALTERNATIVE LIFE-STYLES.

    * clonación del ser humano = human cloning.
    * clonación humana = human cloning.

    * * *
    cloning
    * * *
    cloning
    * * *
    f BIO cloning

    Spanish-English dictionary > clonación

  • 85 cocaína

    f.
    cocaine, dust, coke, angel dust.
    * * *
    1 cocaine
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino cocaine
    * * *
    Ex. It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to cocaine.
    * * *
    femenino cocaine
    * * *

    Ex: It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to cocaine.

    * * *
    cocaine
    * * *

    cocaína sustantivo femenino
    cocaine
    cocaína sustantivo femenino cocaine
    ' cocaína' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adictiva
    - adictivo
    - nieve
    - raya
    - adicto
    - coca
    - esnifar
    English:
    cocaine
    - hooked
    - snow
    * * *
    cocaine
    * * *
    f cocaine
    * * *
    : cocaine

    Spanish-English dictionary > cocaína

  • 86 coeficiente

    m.
    1 rate.
    coeficiente intelectual o de inteligencia IQ
    2 coefficient, measure.
    * * *
    1 MATEMÁTICAS coefficient
    2 (grado) degree, rate
    \
    coeficiente de inteligencia intelligence quotient, IQ
    * * *
    SM (Mat) coefficient; (Econ) rate; (Med) degree

    coeficiente de inteligencia — intelligence quotient, IQ

    coeficiente intelectual, coeficiente mental — intelligence quotient, IQ

    * * *
    masculino (Mat) coefficient
    * * *
    = quotient, coefficient.
    Ex. One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.
    Ex. The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    ----
    * coeficiente de correlación = correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de correlación de Pearson = Pearson correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de exhaustividad = coefficient of recall, recall ratio.
    * coeficiente de inteligencia = IQ (intelligence quotient).
    * coeficiente de irrelevancia = fallout ratio.
    * coeficiente de la correlación de los cosenos = cosine correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de pertinencia = precision ratio, relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * coeficiente de precisión = coefficient of precision.
    * coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.
    * coeficiente de similitud = similarity measure.
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) coefficient
    * * *
    = quotient, coefficient.

    Ex: One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.

    Ex: The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    * coeficiente de correlación = correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de correlación de Pearson = Pearson correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de exhaustividad = coefficient of recall, recall ratio.
    * coeficiente de inteligencia = IQ (intelligence quotient).
    * coeficiente de irrelevancia = fallout ratio.
    * coeficiente de la correlación de los cosenos = cosine correlation coefficient.
    * coeficiente de pertinencia = precision ratio, relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * coeficiente de precisión = coefficient of precision.
    * coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.
    * coeficiente de similitud = similarity measure.

    * * *
    ( Mat) coefficient
    Compuestos:
    amortization rate
    cash ratio, liquidity ratio
    capital to debt ratio
    rate of increase
    drag coefficient
    IQ, intelligence quotient
    * * *

    coeficiente sustantivo masculino (Mat) coefficient;
    coeficiente intelectual or de inteligencia IQ, intelligence quotient
    coeficiente sustantivo masculino
    1 Mat coefficient
    2 Fís Quím (grado) rate
    3 coeficiente intelectual, intelligence quotient
    ' coeficiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    índice
    English:
    coefficient
    - IQ
    * * *
    1. [índice] rate
    Fin coeficiente de caja cash ratio;
    coeficiente de goles goal difference;
    coeficiente intelectual intelligence quotient, IQ;
    coeficiente de inteligencia intelligence quotient, IQ;
    Fin coeficiente de liquidez liquidity ratio
    2. Mat & Fís coefficient
    Fís coeficiente de dilatación coefficient of expansion
    * * *
    m coefficient
    * * *
    1) : coefficient
    2)
    coeficiente intelectual : IQ, intelligence quotient

    Spanish-English dictionary > coeficiente

  • 87 colegio invisible

    Ex. It must be remembered that users do not depend solely on libraries for information; scientists, for instance, turn first to colleagues, then to their own journals, books, and reports, to conferences, and to the 'invisible college' (personal network of unprinted information that flows back and forth).
    * * *

    Ex: It must be remembered that users do not depend solely on libraries for information; scientists, for instance, turn first to colleagues, then to their own journals, books, and reports, to conferences, and to the 'invisible college' (personal network of unprinted information that flows back and forth).

    Spanish-English dictionary > colegio invisible

  • 88 control de la natalidad

    Ex. Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for FAMILY PLANNING (which is not synonymous with birth control), COUNTER-CULTURE, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC, REGGAE MUSIC, FOOD CO-OPS, or MEN'S LIBERATION.
    * * *

    Ex: Incredibly, for instance, there are still no direct and specific LC headings for FAMILY PLANNING (which is not synonymous with birth control), COUNTER-CULTURE, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC, REGGAE MUSIC, FOOD CO-OPS, or MEN'S LIBERATION.

    Spanish-English dictionary > control de la natalidad

  • 89 corregido

    adj.
    revised.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: corregir.
    * * *
    ADJ [examen] marked
    * * *
    Ex. The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.
    * * *

    Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corregido

  • 90 creación de referencias cruzadas

    Ex. It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to COCAINE.
    * * *

    Ex: It would be nice for libraries to practice more creative cross-referencing, for instance introducing cross-references from Flapjacks and Hotcakes to the primary heading, PANCAKES, WAFFLES, etc.; or from 'Coke' and 'Snow' to COCAINE.

    Spanish-English dictionary > creación de referencias cruzadas

  • 91 croquis

    m. s.&pl.
    sketch.
    * * *
    1 sketch, outline
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM INV sketch

    hacer un croquis — to do o draw a sketch

    * * *
    masculino (pl croquis) sketch
    * * *
    = study print, sketch.
    Ex. For instance, boys would be terribly attracted to find gorgeous study prints on motorcycles.
    Ex. A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.
    * * *
    masculino (pl croquis) sketch
    * * *
    = study print, sketch.

    Ex: For instance, boys would be terribly attracted to find gorgeous study prints on motorcycles.

    Ex: A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.

    * * *
    (pl croquis)
    sketch
    * * *

    croquis sustantivo masculino (pl

    croquis sustantivo masculino inv sketch: ¿has traído los croquis de la urbanización? did you bring the sketches of the housing development?

    ' croquis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borrador
    - esquema
    English:
    sketch
    * * *
    croquis nm inv
    sketch
    * * *
    m inv sketch
    * * *
    : rough sketch

    Spanish-English dictionary > croquis

  • 92 cuádruple

    adj.
    quadruple, fourfold.
    f. & m.
    quadruple.
    * * *
    1 quadruple, fourfold
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ quadruple, fourfold
    2.
    SM
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo quadruple
    II
    * * *
    = four-pronged, fourfold, quad.
    Nota: En imprenta, prefijo que indica que las dimensiones del papel eran cuatro veces superiores a las del término que sigue.
    Ex. From Truman's approval for nuclear weapons testing in Nevada on 18 Dec 1950 the AEC adopted a four-pronged approach: inundating the public with positive information on nuclear power; emphasising defence needs; highlighting the nonmilitary benefits of testing; and reassuring the citizenry that testing was not hazardous to health.
    Ex. By the end of June 1980, Adviceline had attracted 289 enquiries, a fourfold increase on the number of enquiries originating from the same area in the corresponding period the year before.
    Ex. If, for instance, a press could take 32 octavo pages together in a forme, then an octavo book would be printed on quad sheets (of double the usual dimensions in both directions), each of which would be cut up after printing and folded into four 8-leaf sections.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo quadruple
    II
    * * *
    = four-pronged, fourfold, quad.
    Nota: En imprenta, prefijo que indica que las dimensiones del papel eran cuatro veces superiores a las del término que sigue.

    Ex: From Truman's approval for nuclear weapons testing in Nevada on 18 Dec 1950 the AEC adopted a four-pronged approach: inundating the public with positive information on nuclear power; emphasising defence needs; highlighting the nonmilitary benefits of testing; and reassuring the citizenry that testing was not hazardous to health.

    Ex: By the end of June 1980, Adviceline had attracted 289 enquiries, a fourfold increase on the number of enquiries originating from the same area in the corresponding period the year before.
    Ex: If, for instance, a press could take 32 octavo pages together in a forme, then an octavo book would be printed on quad sheets (of double the usual dimensions in both directions), each of which would be cut up after printing and folded into four 8-leaf sections.

    * * *
    quadruple
    doce es el cuádruple de tres twelve is four times three
    esta cifra es el cuádruple de la que esperábamos this figure is four times o quadruple what we expected
    su fortuna ha aumentado el cuádruple en tres años his wealth has increased four-fold o has quadrupled in three years
    * * *

    cuádruple,
    ◊ cuádruplo sustantivo masculino: esta cifra es el cuádruple de la que esperábamos this figure is four times what we expected

    cuádruple adjetivo quadruple, fourfold

    ' cuádruple' also found in these entries:
    English:
    quadruple
    * * *
    cuádruple, cuádruplo
    ♦ adj
    quadruple, fourfold
    ♦ nm
    el cuádruple de gente/libros four times as many people/books;
    las exportaciones han aumentado el cuádruple exports have quadrupled, there has been a fourfold increase in exports;
    me costó el cuádruple que a él it cost me four times what he paid
    * * *
    m/adj quadruple
    * * *
    : quadruple

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuádruple

  • 93 dar la impresión de

    (v.) = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as
    Ex. Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.
    Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex. It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.
    * * *
    (v.) = contrive, conjure up + a picture of, come across as

    Ex: Examples would include deliberately contriving an authoritarian atmosphere, either institutional, by means of rules and regulations, or personal, by means of academic status, for instance.

    Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex: It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar la impresión de

  • 94 de partida

    = from the beginning, from the outset, from the start
    Ex. One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.
    Ex. Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.
    Ex. Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.
    * * *
    = from the beginning, from the outset, from the start

    Ex: One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.

    Ex: Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.
    Ex: Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de partida

  • 95 de primera

    first-rate, first-class
    * * *
    * (=excelente) excellent, brilliant*
    * * *
    (adj.) = best-quality, top-notch, blue chip [blue-chip], prime, tip-top, first-rate
    Ex. The supply of best-quality white rags for paper-making had always been precarious, and bleaching enabled the more abundant coloured and second-quality rags to be made into acceptable writing and printing papers.
    Ex. I'd hate to see that happen because she's a top-notch worker.
    Ex. The model has been used extensively by blue chip companies in the UK.
    Ex. For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex. It's a tip-top place from top to bottom with no letdowns whatsoever.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    * * *
    (adj.) = best-quality, top-notch, blue chip [blue-chip], prime, tip-top, first-rate

    Ex: The supply of best-quality white rags for paper-making had always been precarious, and bleaching enabled the more abundant coloured and second-quality rags to be made into acceptable writing and printing papers.

    Ex: I'd hate to see that happen because she's a top-notch worker.
    Ex: The model has been used extensively by blue chip companies in the UK.
    Ex: For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex: It's a tip-top place from top to bottom with no letdowns whatsoever.
    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de primera

  • 96 dejar de funcionar

    (v.) = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up
    Ex. But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.
    Ex. The Library ceased to function soon after the closure of the mines in 1934.
    Ex. Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
    Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex. Variable road signs with solar panels can go dead when, for. instance, snow covers the power source.
    Ex. That's telling you the drive is on the way out and you should replace it and get what you can off that drive before it packs up altogether.
    * * *
    (v.) = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up

    Ex: But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.

    Ex: The Library ceased to function soon after the closure of the mines in 1934.
    Ex: Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
    Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.
    Ex: Variable road signs with solar panels can go dead when, for. instance, snow covers the power source.
    Ex: That's telling you the drive is on the way out and you should replace it and get what you can off that drive before it packs up altogether.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar de funcionar

  • 97 del mismo modo que

    = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with
    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. The edition statement is given if stated in the document, in the form that is given in the document.
    Ex. For instance, the SLA List recommends the choice of specific headings in the same way as Sears'.
    Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.
    Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
    Ex. Oversized nonbook materials are then treated in the same manner as oversized books, specialized materials in the same manner as reference books.
    Ex. In other words, general classification schemes are discipline-oriented if they are constructed along the lines indicated so far.
    Ex. Invented around 1850 by two Americans, the platen jobber worked after the fashion of a bivalve shell = Inventada alrededor de 1850 por dos norteamericanos, la máquina de presión plana funcionaba del mismo modo que un bivalvo.
    Ex. Similar to economic impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis provides a quantitative presentation of the returns to a community's library investment.
    Ex. In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.
    * * *
    = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with

    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: The edition statement is given if stated in the document, in the form that is given in the document.
    Ex: For instance, the SLA List recommends the choice of specific headings in the same way as Sears'.
    Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.
    Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
    Ex: Oversized nonbook materials are then treated in the same manner as oversized books, specialized materials in the same manner as reference books.
    Ex: In other words, general classification schemes are discipline-oriented if they are constructed along the lines indicated so far.
    Ex: Invented around 1850 by two Americans, the platen jobber worked after the fashion of a bivalve shell = Inventada alrededor de 1850 por dos norteamericanos, la máquina de presión plana funcionaba del mismo modo que un bivalvo.
    Ex: Similar to economic impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis provides a quantitative presentation of the returns to a community's library investment.
    Ex: In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.

    Spanish-English dictionary > del mismo modo que

  • 98 desde el comienzo

    = from the outset, from the start, from the beginning, ab initio, from the word go, from the word get-go
    Ex. Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.
    Ex. Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.
    Ex. One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.
    Ex. There were so many corrections to be made that it would have been cheaper and quicker to catalogue the item oneself ab initio.
    Ex. They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.
    Ex. Clearly, right from the get-go the assumption was that breast cancer is causally linked to environmental factors - specifically, chemicals.
    * * *
    = from the outset, from the start, from the beginning, ab initio, from the word go, from the word get-go

    Ex: Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.

    Ex: Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.
    Ex: One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.
    Ex: There were so many corrections to be made that it would have been cheaper and quicker to catalogue the item oneself ab initio.
    Ex: They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.
    Ex: Clearly, right from the get-go the assumption was that breast cancer is causally linked to environmental factors - specifically, chemicals.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde el comienzo

  • 99 desde el principio

    = from the start, all along, ab initio, from the outset, from the beginning, from the word go, from the word get-go
    Ex. Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.
    Ex. 'I know you want to do the best job you can -- not that you haven't all along'.
    Ex. There were so many corrections to be made that it would have been cheaper and quicker to catalogue the item oneself ab initio.
    Ex. Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.
    Ex. One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.
    Ex. They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.
    Ex. Clearly, right from the get-go the assumption was that breast cancer is causally linked to environmental factors - specifically, chemicals.
    * * *
    = from the start, all along, ab initio, from the outset, from the beginning, from the word go, from the word get-go

    Ex: Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.

    Ex: 'I know you want to do the best job you can -- not that you haven't all along'.
    Ex: There were so many corrections to be made that it would have been cheaper and quicker to catalogue the item oneself ab initio.
    Ex: Such a structure must be imposed from the outset, and control over it exercised during any activity against the data base.
    Ex: One is to believe, for instance, that the public library movement began in a passion of liberal and humanitarian zeal, and yet public libraries were generally cold, rigidly inflexible, and elitist institutions from the beginning.
    Ex: They were rooted to their seats and riveted to the screen from the word go!.
    Ex: Clearly, right from the get-go the assumption was that breast cancer is causally linked to environmental factors - specifically, chemicals.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde el principio

  • 100 dispersar

    v.
    1 to scatter (esparcir) (objetos).
    2 to disperse (disolver) (gentío).
    El aparato dispersa el sonido The apparatus disperses sound.
    El sonido dispersa ratones That sound disperses mice.
    3 to dispel, to dissipate.
    Su confianza dispersa los temores Her confidence dispels fears.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to disperse, scatter
    2 (manifestantes) to break up
    3 figurado (esfuerzos, atención, etc) to spread, divide
    4 MILITAR to disperse, rout
    1 (gen) to disperse, scatter
    2 (manifestantes) to disperse, break up
    3 MILITAR to spread out
    * * *
    verb
    to scatter, disperse
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ multitud, grupo] to disperse, scatter; [+ manifestación] to break up; [+ enemigo] to rout
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < manifestantes> to disperse; <manifestación/multitud> to disperse, break up; < enemigo> to disperse, rout
    b) < rayos> to scatter, diffuse; <niebla/humo> to clear, disperse
    2.
    dispersarse v pron
    a) manifestantes/manifestación/multitud to disperse
    b) rayos to diffuse, scatter; niebla/humo to disperse, clear
    * * *
    = disperse, dissipate, clear out, spread out, scatter.
    Ex. For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex. Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex. Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < manifestantes> to disperse; <manifestación/multitud> to disperse, break up; < enemigo> to disperse, rout
    b) < rayos> to scatter, diffuse; <niebla/humo> to clear, disperse
    2.
    dispersarse v pron
    a) manifestantes/manifestación/multitud to disperse
    b) rayos to diffuse, scatter; niebla/humo to disperse, clear
    * * *
    = disperse, dissipate, clear out, spread out, scatter.

    Ex: For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.

    Ex: Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex: Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.

    * * *
    dispersar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹manifestantes› to disperse; ‹manifestación/multitud› to disperse, break up; ‹enemigo› to disperse, rout
    2 ‹rayos› to scatter, diffuse; ‹niebla/humo› to clear, disperse
    3 ‹esfuerzos/energías›
    concéntrate en una tarea en lugar de dispersar tus energías concentrate on one task instead of trying to do several things at once
    1 «manifestantes» to disperse; «manifestación/multitud» to disperse, break up
    2 «rayos» to diffuse, scatter; «niebla/humo» to disperse, clear
    3 «persona» to lose concentration
    * * *

    dispersar ( conjugate dispersar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹manifestantes/multitud/enemigo› to disperse


    ‹niebla/humo› to clear, disperse
    dispersarse verbo pronominal
    a) [manifestantes/manifestación/multitud] to disperse


    [niebla/humo] to disperse, clear
    dispersar verbo transitivo
    1 (a un grupo, la niebla) to disperse
    2 (desperdigar) to scatter
    ' dispersar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disolver
    English:
    disperse
    - scatter
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [objetos] to scatter;
    [luz, sonido, ondas] to scatter, to disperse; [niebla, humo] to disperse
    2. [gentío] to disperse;
    [manifestación] to break up, to disperse; [tropas enemigas, manada] to disperse, to scatter
    3. [esfuerzos] to dissipate
    * * *
    v/t disperse
    * * *
    desperdigar: to disperse, to scatter

    Spanish-English dictionary > dispersar

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