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1 current
1. adjective(of or belonging to the present: current affairs; the current month; the current temperature.) yfirstandandi; núgildandi; nÿjastur2. noun1) ((the direction of) a stream of water or air: the current of a river.) straumur2) ((a) flow of electricity: an electrical current.) (raf)straumur•- current account -
2 current account
(an account with a bank from which money may be withdrawn by cheque.) hlaupareikningur; ávísanareikningur -
3 eddy
['edi] 1. plural - eddies; noun(a current of water or air running back against the main stream or current.) hringiða, svelgur2. verb(to move round and round: The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square.) hvirfla(st); mynda hringiðu -
4 fan
I 1. [fæn] noun1) (a flat instrument held in the hand and waved to direct a current of air across the face in hot weather: Ladies used to carry fans to keep themselves cool.)2) (a mechanical instrument causing a current of air: He has had a fan fitted in the kitchen for extracting smells.)2. verb1) (to cool (as if) with a fan: She sat in the corner, fanning herself.)2) (to increase or strengthen (a fire) by directing air towards it with a fan etc: They fanned the fire until it burst into flames.)II [fæn] noun(an enthusiastic admirer of a sport, hobby or well-known person: I'm a great fan of his; football fans; ( also adjective) fan mail/letters (= letters etc sent by admirers).) aðdáandi -
5 abroad
[ə'bro:d]1) (in or to another country: He lived abroad for many years.) erlendis2) (current; going around: There's a rumour abroad that she is leaving.) á kreiki -
6 ampère
['æmpeə]((also amp [æmp]) (often abbreviated to A when written) the unit by which an electric current is measured.) -
7 backwash
1) (a backward current eg that following a ship's passage through the water: the backwash of the steamer.) kjalsog2) (the unintentional results of an action, situation etc: The backwash of that firm's financial troubles affected several other firms.) eftirköst -
8 battery
['bætəri]plural - batteries; noun1) (a series of two or more electric cells arranged to produce, or store, a current: a torch battery.) rafgeymir/-hlaða2) (an arrangement of cages in which laying hens etc are kept.) hænsnabúr/-stíur3) (a group of large guns (and the people manning them).) stórskotaliðsfylki4) (a long series: a battery of questions.) röð, samstæða -
9 bellows
['beləuz](an instrument for making a current of air.) físibelgur -
10 blow
I [bləu] noun1) (a stroke or knock: a blow on the head.) högg2) (a sudden misfortune: Her husband's death was a real blow.) áfallII [bləu] past tense - blew; verb1) ((of a current of air) to be moving: The wind blew more strongly.) blása2) ((of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way: The explosion blew off the lid.) feykja3) (to be moved by the wind etc: The door must have blown shut.) fjúka4) (to drive air (upon or into): Please blow into this tube!) blása5) (to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc): He blew the horn loudly.) blása•- blowhole- blow-lamp
- blow-torch
- blowout
- blowpipe
- blow one's top
- blow out
- blow over
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11 cable
['keibl] 1. noun1) ((a) strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, especially a ship.) kaðall, keðja, festar2) ((a set of) wires for carrying electric current or signals: They are laying (a) new cable.) kapall, leiðsla3) ((a rope made of) strands of metal wound together for supporting a bridge etc.) vírkaðall4) ((also cablegram) a telegram sent by cable.) símskeyti5) (cable television.)2. verb(to telegraph by cable: I cabled news of my mother's death to our relations in Canada.) senda símskeyti- cable television
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12 calypso
[kə'lipsəu]plural - calypsos; noun(a West Indian folk-song, telling of a current event and sometimes made up as the singer goes along.) kalypsó -
13 circuit
['sə:kit]1) (a journey or course round something: the earth's circuit round the sun; three circuits of the race-track.) hringrás2) (a race-track, running-track etc.) hlaupabraut3) (the path of an electric current and the parts through which it passes.) rafrás, straumrás; rafleiðsla4) (a journey or tour made regularly and repeatedly eg by salesmen, sportsmen etc.) hringferð• -
14 contact
['kontækt] 1. noun1) (physical touch or nearness: Her hands came into contact with acid; Has she been in contact with measles?) snerting2) (communication: I've lost contact with all my old friends; We have succeeded in making (radio) contact with the ship; How can I get in contact with him?) samband, tengill3) (a person with influence, knowledge etc which might be useful: I made several good contacts in London.) samband, sambönd4) ((a place where) a wire etc carrying electric current (may be attached): the contacts on the battery.) rofi, tengi, tengill5) (a person who has been near someone with an infectious disease: We must trace all known contacts of the cholera victim.) smitberi (mögulegur)6) (a person or thing that provides a means of communicating with someone: His radio is his only contact with the outside world.) samband2. verb(to get in touch with in order to give or share information etc: I'll contact you by telephone.) setja í samband -
15 craze
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16 cycle
I 1. verb(to go by bicycle: He cycles to work every day.)2. noun(shortened form of bicycle: They bought the child a cycle for his birthday.)- cyclistII noun1) (a number of events happening one after the other in a certain order: the life-cycle of the butterfly.) hringur, lota; (lífs)skeið2) (a series of poems, songs etc written about one main event etc: a song cycle.) flokkur3) ((of alternating current, radio waves etc) one complete series of changes in a regularly varying supply, signal etc.)•- cyclic- cyclically -
17 electric chair
(a chair used to execute criminals by sending a powerful electric current through them.) rafmagnsstóll -
18 electrode
[i'lektrəud](a conductor through which a current of electricity enters or leaves a battery etc.) rafskaut -
19 fuse
I 1. [fju:z] verb1) (to melt (together) as a result of great heat: Copper and tin fuse together to make bronze.) bræða (saman)2) ((of an electric circuit or appliance) to (cause to) stop working because of the melting of a fuse: Suddenly all the lights fused; She fused all the lights.) fara, springa, detta út2. noun(a piece of easily-melted wire included in an electric circuit so that a dangerously high electric current will break the circuit and switch itself off: She mended the fuse.) rafmagnsöryggi- fusionII [fju:z] noun(a piece of material, a mechanical device etc which makes a bomb etc explode at a particular time: He lit the fuse and waited for the explosion.) sprengiþráður -
20 market price/value
(the price at which a thing is being sold at a particular time: What's the current market price of gold?) markaðsverð
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