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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > fork beam
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1) Морской термин: вилкообразный бимс (полубимс, поддерживающий палубу в районе люка)2) Техника: полубимс -
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вилкообразный бимс (полубимс, поддерживающий палубу в районе люка) -
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2) машиностр. поперечина; траверса4) машиностр. балансир5) горн. верхняк6) возд. лонжерон7) мор. бимс8) ширина судна9) траверз ( направление)11) наводить по лучу12) главный лепесток ( диаграммы направленности антенны), радиолуч13) навой ( основовязальной машины)14) швейн. ударник ( вырубочного пресса)•beam for sheet piles — насадка шпунтовой стенки,beam is 25 m long between supports — пролет балки составляет 25 м;beam on waterline — ширина судна по ватерлинии,beam overall — габаритная ширина судна,beam over deck — ширина судна по палубе,beam over foils — ширина судна по крыльям,to built in a beam at one end — заделывать балку одним концов,to capture the beam — захватывать луч ( курсового маяка);to clamp a beam — закреплять коромысло,to follow the beam — выдерживать направление по лучу ( курсового маяка),to hinge a beam to support — опирать балку шарнирно;to intercept the beam — выходить на ось луча ( курсового маяка),to steady a beam — арретировать (останавливать) коромысло,-
accelerated beam
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accelerator beam
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aiming beam
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anchorage beam
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angle beam
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angular beam
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annular beam
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antiparallel beams
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arched beam
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astigmatic beam
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asymmetrical beams
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asymmetrical beam
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asymmetrical lower beam
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asymmetrically flared beam
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axle beam
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back beam
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beam of variable cross section
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beavertail beam
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betlehem beam
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bidirectional beam
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binding beam
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body bolster beam
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bogie beam
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bond beam
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bottom beam
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box-section beam
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box beam
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brake beam
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breast beam
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brick beam
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bridge beam
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bridle beam
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broad-flanged beam
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broad-radiation pattern beam
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bucket beam
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buffer beam
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built-in beam
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built-up beam
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bumper beam
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bunched electron beam
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bunched beam
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camber beam
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cambered beam
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cantilever beam
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cased beam
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cathode beam
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channel beam
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channeled beam
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charged beam
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city beam
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Clarke beam
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coherent light beam
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collapsible beam
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collimated beam
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combination beam
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composite beam
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compound beam
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concentrated beam
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conically scanned beam
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constrained beam
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continuous beam
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continuous wing beam
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contour beam
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convergent beam
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cosecant-squared beam
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counter propagating beams
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crane runway beam
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crane beam
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crownblock beam
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dam beam
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deck beam
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deep beam
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defocused beam
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density-modulated beam
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diffraction-limited beam
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diffuse beam
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directed beam
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directional beam
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directive beam
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divergent beam
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doubly reinforced beam
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downward beam
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dragon beam
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drop beam
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E beam
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edge beam
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electron beam
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elevating beam
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emergent beam
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engine mount beam
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erasing beam
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even-arm beam
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extreme beam
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false beam
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fanning beam
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fan-shaped beam
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fascia beam
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fender beam
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fiber spinning beam
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fiberglass beam
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fish-bellied beam
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fixed beam
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fixed tie beam
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fixed-ended beam
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flat-top beam
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flitched beam
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floor beam
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focused beam
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folding beam
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fork beam
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framing beam
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free-ended beam
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free beam
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front-axle beam
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gantry beam
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glide slope beam
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glued laminated beam
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graduated beam
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grating beam
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grillage beam
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guidance beam
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hammer beam
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hatch way beam
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hatch-end beam
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haunched beam
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H-beam
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high beam
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high-directivity beam
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highly bunched beam
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high-velocity beam
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hinged beam
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hold beam
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hold-down beam
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hollow beam
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homogeneous beam
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I-beam
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illuminating beam
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image beam
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incident beam
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injected beam
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intensity-modulated beam
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intermediate beam
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ion beam
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jesting beam
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joggle beam
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junior beam
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keyed beam
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king-posted beam
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laced beam
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laser beam
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L-beam
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lifting beam
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light beam
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load beam
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locked-on beam
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longitudinal beam
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loom beam
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low-altitude beam
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lower beam
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low-velocity beam
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main beam
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main landing gear beam
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marginal beam
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midship beam
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modulated beam
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molded beam
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molecular beam
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monochromatic beam
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monoenergetic beam
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monorail beam
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multilobed beam
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multispan beam
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needle beam
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negative beam
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neutral beam
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nonreentrant beam
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nonuniform beam
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object-bearing beam
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object beam
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off-axis beam
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off-path beam
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on-axis beam
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optical beam
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O-type beam
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outermost beam
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overhanging beam
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panting beam
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parallel flange beam
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paraxial beam
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passing beam
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pencil beam
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photon beam
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pile beam
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pin-ended beam
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plane-polarized beam
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play-off beam
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polarized beam
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port beam
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portable beam
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positive beam
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pressure beam
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prestressed concrete beam
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primary beam
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probe beam
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propped cantilever beam
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propped beam
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pulsed guidance beam
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pumping beam
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pump beam
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pusher beam
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quasi-monochromatic beam
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queen-trussed beam
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radar beam
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radio beam
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reading beam
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recording beam
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reentrant beam
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reference beam
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reflected beam
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refracted beam
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register beam
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relativistic beam
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restrained beam
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return beam
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rigid beam
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ring beam
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ripper beam
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riveted beam
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roof beam
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rotary support beam
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rotary beam
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sandwich beam
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scanning beam
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scattered beam
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scene beam
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secondary beam
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section beam
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sector-shaped beam
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shallow beam
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sharp beam
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sheet beam
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shifting beam
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simple beam
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single beam
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skeleton-form triangular beam
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slasher beam
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slay beam
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sliding batch beam
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soldier beam
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space-coherent beam
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spandrel beam
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spatially coherent beam
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spent beam
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spider beam
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spinning beam
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split beam
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spot beam
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spreader beam
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spring beam
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squinted beam
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stanchion beam
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standard beam
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starboard beam
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statically determinate beam
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statically indeterminate beam
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steered beam
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stiffening beam
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stop beam
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straining beam
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strut-framed beam
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supporting beam
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swing beam
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tamping beam
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T-beam
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tee-beam
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temporal coherent beam
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test beam
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thermal beam
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through beam
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tie beam
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top-trolley beam
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toroidal beam
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torque divider installation beam
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towing beam
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transverse beam
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traveling hatchway beam
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traveling hatch beam
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trussed beam
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ultrasonic beam
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undecked beam
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unidirectional beam
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uniform beam
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uniform-strength beam
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universal beam
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variable-elevation beam
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variable-shape beam
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walking beam
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wall beam
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wave beam
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way beam
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wear beam
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web beam
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welded beam
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wide-angle beam
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wide beam
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wide-flange beam
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wooden beam
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writing beam
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1) сущ. бимс – поперечные связи судна, служащие для поддержания палуб; соединяют противоположные бортовые ветви шпангоутов и придают судну поперечную прочность. 2) ширина судна 3) петр. дек-балк 4) см. anchor shaft- cat beam- ice beam- tie beam- tow beam -
11 turret fork truck
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > turret fork truck
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1) General subject: ledge2) Naval: beam arm, half beam, ledges, short beam -
16 вилкообразный бимс
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вилкообразный бимс
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1) соединение; сочленение; шарнир2) узел фермы; геометрический узел4) геол. трещина5) замок ( для канатов)6) совместный ( о предприятии)7) соединять ( при помощи вставных частей); наращивать•- abutment joint - abutting joint - adhesive joint - airtight joint - alternate joints - angle joint - angle half-lap joint - arc-welded joint - articulated joint - asymmetric joint - back joint - ball joint - ball-and-socket joint - bayonet joint - bead joint - beam butt joint - beam-to-beam joint - beam-to-beam moment joint - beam-to-column joint - bed joint - bell-and-plain end joint - bell-and-spigot joint - bell butt joint - bellows joint - bevelled joint - bleeding joint - blind joint - bolt joint - bolted joint - bolt-adhesive joint - bracket joint - branch joint - branch tee-saddle joint - brazed joint - brazed-welded joint - breaking joints - brick joint - brickwork joints - bricks joints - bridge joint - bridle joint - broken joints - building wall joints - butt joint - butt-and-collar joint - buttered joint - cable joint - carpenter's joint - cash joint - castellated joint - cast-welded rail joint - caulked joint - caulking joint - cemented joint - centre joint - chamfered joint - chamfered-edge lap joint - circular joint - clamping plate joint - clamping ring joint - clasp joint - cleat joint - clip joint - closed-tee joint - cluster joint - coach joint - cogged joint - collar joint - compensation joint - composite joint - compound for joint sealing - compression joint - concave joint - concealed joint - concrete mix joint - conduit joint - constricted-end joint - construction joint - contact joint - contraction joint - control joint - convex joint - coped joint - corner joint - cornerlock joint - cotter pin joint - coursing joint - couvre joint - cross joint - cross-halved joint - cruciform joint - curb joint - cut joint - dado joint - dead joint - demountable joint - detachable joint - dilatation joint - direct-edge splined joint - disk joint - divided tenon joint - double joint - double-bevel butt joint - double-butt joint - double-lap riveted joint - double-shear joint - dovetail joint - dovetail halving joint - dovetail scarf joint - dowelled joint - draw-band joint - dry joint - dummy joint - eccentric joint - edge joint - edge butt joint - elastic joint - elbow joint - end joint - erection joint - expanded joint - expansion joint - exposed joint - eye joint - face joint - faced joint - false joint - faucet joint - faulty joint - field joint - fillet joint - fillistered joint - finger joint - firm-and-impervious joint - fish-mouth joint - fixed joint - flange joint - flange-to-web joint - flashed joint - flat joint - flexible joint - flush joint - flush-cut joint - flush cylindrical joint - flush taper joint - folded-over joint - forge-welded joint - fork joint - friction joint - full open-corner joint - full-strength joint - gasketless joint - gastight joint - gas-welded joint - girth joint - glue joint - groove joint - grooved and tongued joint - ground joint - grouted joint - half joint - half-lap joint - half-mitre joint - halved joint - header joint - heading joint of flooring boards - hem joint - hinge joint - hinged joint - hollow joint - hook joint - housed joint - impervious joint - inclined joint - inclined tee joint - indented joint - involute splined joint - J-groove joint - joggle joint - joint double-strap lap joint - keyed joint - king-post joint - lap joint - lapped corner joint - lead joint - leakage of joint - leaky joint - ledge joint - lift joint - linear slotted lap joint - lipped joint - lock joint - longitudinal joint - loop joint - loose joint - loose tongue joint - married joints - match joint - milter joint - mortar mix joint - mortise joint - mortise and tenon joint - mortise dowel joint - movable joint - movement of joint - multiple joint - multiple bar joint - nipple joint - oblique joint - open joint - open-butt joint - open-drained joint - opening of joint - open mortise and tenon joint - open tee joint - overlap joint - packed joint - permeable joints - pillow joint - pilot joint - pin joint - pin-connected joint - pipe joint - plain lap joint - poured joint - pressure-welded joint - profiled joint - push joint - racked joint - related joint - rigid joint - ring joint - rivet joint - riveted lap joint with butt strap - rocker joint - rope joint - rotating joint - rubbed joint - rust joint - saddle joint - scarf joint - screw joint - sealing of joints - seamless joint - secret joint - semiflexible joint - shilap joint - shove joint - skew joint - skew scarf joint - sliding joint - slip joint - socket-and-spigot joint - soldered joint - spherical joint - splined joint - split joint - square joint - S-slip joint - step joint - strapped joint - strength joint - strike joint - structural joints - swivel joint - swivel rod joint - tale-to-tale joint - taper joint - tapered-end joint - telescope joint - tenon joint - tension joint - thermit joint - threaded gas pipe joint - tianged-edge joint - tight joint - toe joint - tongue-and-groove joint - tooth cogging joint - transverse joint - treated joint - U-groove joint - unchamfered joint - universal joint - voussoir joint - V-shaped joint - wall-footing joint - water-sealed joint - watertight joint - weathered joint - wedge joint - welded joint - welding joint - woodworking jointto joint with skew, scarf and key — соединять зигзагом
* * *1. соединение, шов; узел, стык2. разрыв, трещина ( горных пород)joint between precast members — соединение элементов сборных (железо)бетонныхжелезобетонных¦бетонных конструкций
joint fixed [locked] against rotation — узел, закреплённый против поворота; узел с наложенными связями против поворота
joint restrained by elastic members — упруго-податливое соединение, упруго-податливый узел
joint transmitting compression — соединение, передающее усилие сжатия
- abutting jointjoint transmitting shears — соединение, обеспечивающее передачу поперечных сил [сдвигающих усилий]
- adhesive-bonded joint
- adhesive joint
- angle joint
- angle half-lap joint
- articulated joint
- aseismic joint
- ball joint
- beam butt joint
- beam-column joint
- bed joint
- bell-and-spigot joint
- birdsmouth joint
- bolted joint
- box dovetail joint
- breaking joints
- break joints
- brick joints
- bridle joint
- butt joint
- buttered joint
- cable joint
- capillary joint
- caulked joint
- cleat joint
- closely-spaced joints
- coax scarf joint
- cog scarf joint
- cold joint
- combed joint
- compression joint
- concave joint
- construction joint
- contraction joint
- convex joint
- corner joint
- cornerlock joint
- coursing joint
- crimped joint
- crimp upstand joint
- cross joint
- cross-lap joint
- curb joint
- cut joint
- dilatation joint
- dismountable joint
- double-shear joint
- double-S slip joint
- dovetail halving joint
- doweled contraction joint
- draw band joint
- duct flange joint
- dummy joint
- edge joint
- end joint
- end lap joint
- erection joint
- expansion joint
- face joint
- fail-safe joint
- false joint
- feather joint
- field joint
- finger joint
- fixed joint
- flanged joint
- flared joint
- flat joint
- flexible joint
- flexible ball joint
- floor joint
- floor-to-wall joint
- flush joint
- friction-type joint
- gland joint
- glued joint
- groove joint
- ground joint
- grouted joint
- half-lap joint
- halved joint
- heading joint
- head joint
- head contact joint
- head free joint
- Hercules pile joint
- hick joint
- high joint due to frost action
- hinged joint
- hinge joint
- incompressible joint
- insulated flanged pipe joint
- insulated rail joint
- isolation joint
- joggle joint
- keyed joint
- keys scarf joint
- knuckle joint
- laminated joint
- lapped joint
- lap joint
- lead joint
- lengthening joint
- lift joint
- lock joint
- longitudinal joint
- loose flange joint
- manipulative joint
- miter joint
- mortise-and-tenon joint
- mortise joint
- movement joint
- nonmanipulative joint
- oblique joint
- oblique butt joint
- open joint
- overstrained joint
- packed joint
- pin joint
- pipe expansion joint
- plain-S slip joint
- ploughed-and-tongued joint
- pocket lock joint
- pointed joint
- pressure-tight joint
- push fit joint
- rail joint
- raked joint
- rebated joint
- reinforced bar slip joint
- reinforced standing seam joint
- released joint
- resilient joint
- rigid joint
- ring seal joint
- rough-cut joint
- rustication joint
- rustic joint
- saddle joint
- sawed joint
- scarf joint
- screwed joint
- screw joint
- sealed joint
- semiflexible joint
- settlement joint
- shear joint
- shoved joint
- shrinkage joint
- shrinkage compensating concrete floor joint
- shrunk rubber ring joint
- single dovetail joint
- sleeve joint
- sliding joint
- slip joint
- solvent welded joint
- socket joint
- socket-and-spigot joint
- spalled joint
- spigot-and-socket joint
- S slip joint
- stagger joints
- steel crossing construction joint
- struck joint
- T and G joint
- tank base joint
- telescope joint
- threaded joint
- tight joint
- toggle joint
- tongue and groove joint
- tool joint
- tooled joint
- transverse joint
- treated joint
- undoweled joint
- unsealed joint
- V-shaped joint
- wall-footing joint
- warping joint
- watertight joint
- weathered joint
- welded joint
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19 schräg
I Adj.1. (schräg abfallend) sloping (auch Dach), slanting (auch Augen); (schräg verlaufend) diagonal; Linie: auch oblique; schräger Bruch MED. oblique fracture; schräger Blick sidelong glance; fig. disapproving look2. umg., fig. oddball; schräge Ansichten weird ideas; schräge Klamotten way-out clothes; schräge Musik off-beat music; weitS. (Jazz) hot jazz; schräger Vogel shady-looking characterII Adv.1. schneiden, stellen etc.: at an angle; schräg gestreift diagonally striped; schräg gegenüber diagonally opposite; schräg stehende Augen slanting eyes; schräg parken park at an angle; schräg über die Straße gehen cross the road at an angle; jemanden schräg ansehen give s.o. a sidelong glance; fig. look askance at s.o.; den Kopf schräg halten have one’s head tilted ( oder cocked) to one side* * *leaning (Adj.); slanting (Adj.); askew (Adj.); slanting (Adj.); oblique (Adj.); cross (Adj.); bias (Adj.); transverse (Adj.); sloping (Adj.); transversal (Adj.); sloped (Adj.); slantwise (Adj.); slantwise (Adv.); athwart (Adv.); aslant (Adj.)* * *[ʃrɛːk]1. adj1) (= schief, geneigt) sloping; Schrift sloping, slanting; Augen slanted, slanting; Kante bevelled (Brit), beveled (US)2) (= nicht gerade, nicht parallel) oblique; Linie oblique, diagonal3) (inf = verdächtig) suspicious, fishy (inf)4) (inf = seltsam) Musik, Vorstellungen, Leute weirdein schrä́ger Vogel — a queer fish (Brit inf), a strange bird (US)
2. advden Hut schrä́g aufsetzen — to put one's hat on at an angle
schrä́g stehende Augen — slanting or slanted eyes
2) (= nicht gerade, nicht parallel) obliquely; überqueren, gestreift diagonally; (SEW) on the bias; schneiden on the cross or biasschrä́g gegenüber/hinter — diagonally opposite/behind
schrä́g rechts/links — diagonally to the right/left
schrä́g rechts/links abbiegen (Auto, Fähre) — to bear or fork right/left
die Straße biegt schrä́g ab — the road forks off
schrä́g gedruckt — in italics
schrä́g laufend — diagonal, oblique
den Kopf schrä́g halten — to hold one's head at an angle or cocked to one side
schrä́g parken — to park at an angle
die Sonne schien schrä́g ins Fenster — the sun slanted in through the window
jdn schrä́g ansehen or angucken (lit) — to look at sb out of the corner of one's eye; (fig) to look askance at sb
schrä́g zum Hang queren/fahren — to traverse
schrä́g zum Fadenlauf — on the bias
* * *(sloping: He drew an oblique line from one corner of the paper to the other.) oblique* * *[ʃrɛ:k]I. adj1. (schief) sloping; (Position, Wuchs) slanted; (Linien, Streifen) diagonal, oblique; (Kante) bevelled, beveled AMII. adv1. (schief) at an angle, askew, at a slanteinen Hut \schräg aufsetzen to put a hat on at a slant [or an angle]etw \schräg schraffieren to hatch sth with diagonal [or oblique] linesdas Bild hängt \schräg the picture is hanging askew; s.a. Augelinks/rechts \schräg abbiegen to bear to the left/right\schräg abknicken to fork off\schräg überqueren to cross diagonally4.* * *1.1) diagonal <line, beam, cut, etc.>; sloping <surface, roof, wall, side, etc.>; slanting, slanted <writing, eyes, etc.>; tilted <position of the head etc., axis>2) (ugs.): (unseriös) offbeat2.adverbial at an angle; (diagonal) diagonallyden Kopf schräg halten — hold one's head to one side; tilt one's head
er saß schräg vor/hinter mir — he was sitting in front of/behind me and to one side
schräg gedruckt — [printed] in italics postpos.
jemanden schräg angucken — (fig. ugs.) look askance at somebody
* * *A. adj1. (schräg abfallend) sloping (auch Dach), slanting (auch Augen); (schräg verlaufend) diagonal; Linie: auch oblique;schräger Bruch MED oblique fracture;schräger Blick sidelong glance; fig disapproving look2. umg, fig oddball;schräge Ansichten weird ideas;schräge Klamotten way-out clothes;schräge Musik off-beat music; weitS. (Jazz) hot jazz;schräger Vogel shady-looking characterB. adv1. schneiden, stellen etc: at an angle;schräg gestreift diagonally striped;schräg gegenüber diagonally opposite;schräg stehende Augen slanting eyes;schräg parken park at an angle;schräg über die Straße gehen cross the road at an angle;jemanden schräg ansehen give sb a sidelong glance; fig look askance at sb;den Kopf schräg halten have one’s head tilted ( oder cocked) to one side2. umg, fig (seltsam) weirdly;schräg angezogen sein be wearing way-out clothes* * *1.1) diagonal <line, beam, cut, etc.>; sloping <surface, roof, wall, side, etc.>; slanting, slanted <writing, eyes, etc.>; tilted <position of the head etc., axis>2) (ugs.): (unseriös) offbeat2.adverbial at an angle; (diagonal) diagonallyden Kopf schräg halten — hold one's head to one side; tilt one's head
er saß schräg vor/hinter mir — he was sitting in front of/behind me and to one side
schräg gedruckt — [printed] in italics postpos.
jemanden schräg angucken — (fig. ugs.) look askance at somebody
* * *adj.angular adj.askew adj.oblique adj.skew adj.slanting adj.sloped adj.sloping adj.transversal adj.transverse adj. adv.obliquely adv.slantingly adv.slantwise adv.transversely adv. -
20 horcajo
m.1 yoke or collar put on the neck of mules, when employed in drawing.2 in oil-mills, the Y-shaped division of the beam.3 confluence of two streams (de árbol, de río).4 fork.* * *SM1) (Agr) yoke2) [de árbol, río] fork* * *fork* * *horcajo nm[de ríos] fork
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Fork beam — Fork Fork (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch[ e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fork beam — noun : beam arm 1 … Useful english dictionary
Fork — (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch[ e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used for piercing,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fork chuck — Fork Fork (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch[ e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fork head — Fork Fork (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch[ e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beam arm — noun 1. : a forked timber bolted to a beam next to a deck opening called also fork beam 2. : a split end of a steel deck beam bent over so as to be bolted to the frame where it forms a knee … Useful english dictionary
In fork — Fork Fork (f[^o]rk), n. [AS. forc, fr. L. furca. Cf. {Fourch[ e]}, {Furcate}.] 1. An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; used for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beam compass — A beam compass is a compass with a beam and sliding sockets or cursors for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses.[1] The instrument can be as a whole, or made on the spot with individual sockets… … Wikipedia
fork — Bracket Brack et, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gaussian beam — In optics, a Gaussian beam is a beam of electromagnetic radiation whose transverse electric field and intensity (irradiance) distributions are well approximated by Gaussian functions. Many lasers emit beams that approximate a Gaussian profile, in … Wikipedia
Garden fork — A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with a handle and several (usually four) short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming. It is used similarly to a … Wikipedia