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101 compuesto metálico
Ex. This article discusses how the longetivity of paper is affected by paper acidity and trace metal compounds in the paper.* * *Ex: This article discusses how the longetivity of paper is affected by paper acidity and trace metal compounds in the paper.
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102 con cautela
cautiously* * *= cautiously, warily, with a grain of saltEx. Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.Ex. A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.Ex. Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.* * *= cautiously, warily, with a grain of saltEx: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
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103 con lo pies sobre la tierra
(adj.) = down-to-earthEx. The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.* * *(adj.) = down-to-earthEx: The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.
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104 contexto sociocultural
(n.) = sociocultural contextEx. This biosocial system perspective focuses in particular on how the mind is affected both by the way the embodied human brain functions and by its sociocultural context.* * *(n.) = sociocultural contextEx: This biosocial system perspective focuses in particular on how the mind is affected both by the way the embodied human brain functions and by its sociocultural context.
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105 contractura muscular
(n.) = muscle contracture, muscle spasm, crickEx. But in this disease muscle contractures develop very early or before there is any marked muscle weaknes.Ex. It causes muscle spams which can be deadly if the breathing muscles are affected.Ex. Usually a crick is found on one side of the neck at the juncture where it joins the thorax.* * *(n.) = muscle contracture, muscle spasm, crickEx: But in this disease muscle contractures develop very early or before there is any marked muscle weaknes.
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106 convincente
adj.convincing.* * *► adjetivo1 convincing* * *adj.* * *ADJ convincing* * *adjetivo convincing* * *= conclusive, convincing, credible, plausible, compelling, cogent, powerful, persuasive.Ex. It certainly cannot be called a conclusive or exhaustive guide to library resources.Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are final reports, or other reports well supported by sound methodology and convincing evidence.Ex. The problem was to produce a credible operational definition of the term 'information education'.Ex. This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.Ex. This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.Ex. Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.Ex. This book is a powerful eyewitness account of the Holocaust & how it affected both victims & oppressors.Ex. It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.----* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.* evidencia convincente = convincing evidence.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* presentación de un proyecto de manera convincente = business case.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* pruebas convincentes = convincing evidence.* razón convincente = compelling reason.* * *adjetivo convincing* * *= conclusive, convincing, credible, plausible, compelling, cogent, powerful, persuasive.Ex: It certainly cannot be called a conclusive or exhaustive guide to library resources.
Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are final reports, or other reports well supported by sound methodology and convincing evidence.Ex: The problem was to produce a credible operational definition of the term 'information education'.Ex: This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.Ex: This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.Ex: Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.Ex: This book is a powerful eyewitness account of the Holocaust & how it affected both victims & oppressors.Ex: It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.* evidencia convincente = convincing evidence.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* poco convincente = unconvincing, inconclusive, pat, feeble.* presentación de un proyecto de manera convincente = business case.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* pruebas convincentes = convincing evidence.* razón convincente = compelling reason.* * *convincingno estuvo muy convincente en sus explicaciones his explanations weren't very convincing* * *
convincente adjetivo
convincing
convincente adjetivo convincing
' convincente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contundente
English:
cogent
- compelling
- convincing
- die out
- forceful
- lame
- plausible
- powerful
- ring
- sell
- tenuous
- unconvincing
- weak
- argue
- explain
- persuasive
- strength
- unsatisfactory
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107 corrupción
f.1 corruption, vice, corruptedness, immorality.2 corruption, corruptness, crookedness, improbity.* * *1 (putrefacción) rot, decay2 figurado corruption, degradation\corrupción de menores corruption of minors* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=pudrición) rot, decay2) [moral] corruption3) (Jur) corruption, graft; (=soborno) graft, bribery4) [de lengua, texto] corruption* * *a) ( de materia) decayb) (de moral, persona, lengua) corruption* * *= corruption, depravation.Ex. For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.----* corrupción de datos = data corruption.* corrupción de la policía = police corruption.* corrupción del gobierno = government corruption.* corrupción moral = moral corruption.* persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.* revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.* * *a) ( de materia) decayb) (de moral, persona, lengua) corruption* * *= corruption, depravation.Ex: For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.
Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* corrupción de datos = data corruption.* corrupción de la policía = police corruption.* corrupción del gobierno = government corruption.* corrupción moral = moral corruption.* persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.* revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.* * *1 (de la materia) decay2 (de la moral, de una persona) corruption; (de la lengua) corruptionCompuesto:corruption of minors* * *
corrupción sustantivo femenino
corrupción sustantivo femenino
1 (perversión moral) corruption
corrupción de menores, corruption of minors
2 (putrefacción) rot, decay
' corrupción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asco
- lacra
- rebajar
- cuajo
- perversión
- vicio
English:
blatant
- corruption
- expose
- graft
- riddled
- rife
- rottenness
- sack
- rid
* * *corrupción nf1. [delito, decadencia] corruption;brigada anti corrupción fraud squadDer corrupción de menores corruption of minors2. [soborno] bribery3. [de una sustancia] decay* * *f decay; figcorruption* * *corrupción nf, pl - ciones1) : decay2) : corruption -
108 corruptela
f.1 corruption.2 illegal practice, corruption, corruptness.* * *1 corruption, sharp practice* * *SF1) (=corrupción) corruption2) (=abuso) corrupt practice, corrupt practise (EEUU), abuse* * *femenino corruption* * *= depravation.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* * *femenino corruption* * *= depravation.Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
* * *1 (abuso) corruption, abuse of powerpara terminar con las coimas y corruptelas to put an end to the bribery and corruption2 (corrupción) corruption* * *
corruptela sustantivo femenino corruption, vice
* * *corruptela nf[corrupción] corruption;denunciaron las corruptelas en la administración they condemned the corruption in the government;lo han acusado de una serie de pequeñas corruptelas he has been accused of a number of misdemeanours* * *f corruption* * *corruptela nf: corruption, abuse of power -
109 costes disparados
(n.) = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costsEx. Listed below are a number of alternatives which could be implemented to maintain our vitality under the conditions of declining enrollment, spiraling costs, and different outlooks.Ex. The soaring cost of US health care in the 1980s have affected the size and stature of Michigan hospital libraries.Ex. Runaway periodicals costs have forced many academic libraries to initiate periodicals review and cancellation projects.* * *(n.) = spiralling costs, soaring cost, runaway costsEx: Listed below are a number of alternatives which could be implemented to maintain our vitality under the conditions of declining enrollment, spiraling costs, and different outlooks.
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110 costes por las nubes
(n.) = soaring cost, spiralling costsEx. The soaring cost of US health care in the 1980s have affected the size and stature of Michigan hospital libraries.Ex. Listed below are a number of alternatives which could be implemented to maintain our vitality under the conditions of declining enrollment, spiraling costs, and different outlooks.* * *(n.) = soaring cost, spiralling costsEx: The soaring cost of US health care in the 1980s have affected the size and stature of Michigan hospital libraries.
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111 daño causado por el agua
(n.) = water damageEx. Water damage was the main problem with 10 per cent of holdings affected.* * *(n.) = water damageEx: Water damage was the main problem with 10 per cent of holdings affected.
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112 degeneración
f.degeneration, bastardisation, degeneracy, bastardization.* * *1 degeneration* * *SF1) (=proceso) degeneration (en into)2) (=estado) degeneracy* * *a) ( deterioro) degenerationb) ( cualidad) degeneracy* * *= degeneration, degeneracy, bastardisation [bastardization, -USA], depravation.Ex. The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.Ex. A systematic search for degeneracy was performed for 430,472 chemical structures.Ex. As someone who has worked in and for real libraries my entire adult life, I continue to take exception to this bastardization of the term.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.----* degeneración grasa = fatty degeneration.* degeneración moral = moral decay.* * *a) ( deterioro) degenerationb) ( cualidad) degeneracy* * *= degeneration, degeneracy, bastardisation [bastardization, -USA], depravation.Ex: The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.
Ex: A systematic search for degeneracy was performed for 430,472 chemical structures.Ex: As someone who has worked in and for real libraries my entire adult life, I continue to take exception to this bastardization of the term.Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* degeneración grasa = fatty degeneration.* degeneración moral = moral decay.* * *1 (deterioro) degeneration2 (cualidad) degeneracy* * *
degeneración sustantivo femenino degeneration
' degeneración' also found in these entries:
English:
degeneration
* * *degeneración nfdegeneration* * *f degeneration* * *degeneración nf, pl - ciones1) : degeneration2) : degeneracy, depravity -
113 delfín
m.1 dolphin.2 dauphin.3 Delfín.* * *1 HISTORIA dauphin————————1 (animal) dolphin* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Zool) dolphin2) (Pol) designated successor, heir apparent3) ( Hist) dauphin* * *masculino (Zool) dolphin* * *= dolphin.Ex. Marine mammals held in aquatic parks for exhibition, particularly dolphins, are frequently affected by infections.* * *masculino (Zool) dolphin* * *= dolphin.Ex: Marine mammals held in aquatic parks for exhibition, particularly dolphins, are frequently affected by infections.
* * *A ( Zool) dolphinB1 ( Hist) dauphin2 (sucesor) successor* * *
delfín sustantivo masculino (Zool) dolphin
delfín m Zool dolphin
' delfín' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
superficie
English:
dolphin
* * *delfín1 nm[animal] dolphin delfín mular bottlenose dolphindelfín2 nm1. Hist dauphin2. [sucesor] successor* * *m ZO dolphin* * *1) : dolphin2) : dauphin, heir apparent* * *delfín n dolphin -
114 depravación
f.depravation, debauchery, vice, degeneration.* * *1 depravity, depravation* * *SF1) (=cualidad) depravity2) (=acto) depraved act* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex. Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.Ex. Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.----* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex: Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.
Ex: Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *1 (acto) act of depravity, depraved act2 (cualidad) depravity* * *
depravación sustantivo femenino depravity
' depravación' also found in these entries:
English:
depravation
- depravity
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115 desinencia de declinación
(n.) = case endingEx. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.* * *(n.) = case endingEx: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
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116 difundir
v.1 to spread (noticia, doctrina, epidemia).2 to spread out, to broadcast, to blaze abroad, to diffuse.La prensa difunde las noticias The press spreads out the news.El cono difundía energía The cone diffused energy.* * *1 (luz, calor) to diffuse2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread3 RADIO TELEVISIÓN to broadcast1 (luz, calor) to be diffused2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread* * *verb1) to broadcast2) spread out* * *1. VT1) (=extender) [+ calor, luz] to diffuse; [+ gas] to give off2) (=propagar) [+ programa, imagen] to broadcast, transmit; [+ teoría, ideología] to spread, disseminate2.See:* * *verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue* * *= disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.Ex. The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.Ex. A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.Ex. As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.Ex. We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.Ex. This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.Ex. The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex. Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.----* difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.* difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.* difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.* difundir información = hand out + information.* difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.* difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.* difundir mentiras = spread + lies.* difundir noticias = broadcast + news.* difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.* difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.* difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.* noticias + difundirse = news + spread.* * *verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue* * *= disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.Ex: The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.Ex: A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.Ex: As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.Ex: We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.Ex: This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.Ex: The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex: Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.* difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.* difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.* difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.* difundir información = hand out + information.* difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.* difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.* difundir mentiras = spread + lies.* difundir noticias = broadcast + news.* difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.* difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.* difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.* noticias + difundirse = news + spread.* * *difundir [I1 ]vt‹noticia/rumor› to spread; ‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, diffuse, disseminatedifundían el temor entre la población they were spreading fear among the populationse difundió un comunicado desmintiendo el rumor a communiqué was issued denying the rumorla noticia fue difundida por la radio the news was broadcast on the radiouna institución que se encarga de difundir la cultura an institution responsible for disseminating cultureson creencias difundidas en esta región such beliefs are widespread in this areala lámpara difundía una luz tenue the lamp gave off a dim light* * *
difundir ( conjugate difundir) verbo transitivo ‹noticia/rumor› to spread;
‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, disseminate;
‹ cultura› to disseminate;
‹ comunicado› to issue;
( por radio) to disseminate;
difundir vtr, difundirse verbo reflexivo to spread
' difundir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
difundirse
- sembrar
English:
bandy about
- broadcast
- diffuse
- propagate
- radiate
- spread
* * *♦ vt1. [divulgar] [noticia, pánico, religión] to spread;[comunicado, informe] to publish; [cultura, costumbres] to spread, to diffuse2. [sujeto: emisora radiofónica, canal televisivo] to broadcast;una cadena argentina difundió las imágenes an Argentinian channel broadcast the pictures3. [extender] [epidemia, olor] to spread;[sonido, ondas] to diffuse, to propagate;la estufa difunde muy bien el calor the stove heats the place up well* * *v/t1 spread2 programa broadcast* * *difundir vt1) : to diffuse, to spread out2) : to broadcast, to spread* * *difundir vb -
117 efecto nocivo
(n.) = damaging effect, toxic effect, harmful effectEx. This article considers the damaging effects of the Harmattan, a very hot and dusty wind that blows in Nigeria and other West African countries, on library materials and staff.Ex. By studying a large group of loons affected by an oil spill, much can be learned about the toxic effects of petroleum.Ex. These differences may have significant beneficial or harmful effects upon the global economy.* * *(n.) = damaging effect, toxic effect, harmful effectEx: This article considers the damaging effects of the Harmattan, a very hot and dusty wind that blows in Nigeria and other West African countries, on library materials and staff.
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118 efecto tóxico
(n.) = toxic effectEx. By studying a large group of loons affected by an oil spill, much can be learned about the toxic effects of petroleum.* * *(n.) = toxic effectEx: By studying a large group of loons affected by an oil spill, much can be learned about the toxic effects of petroleum.
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119 encuesta por correo
(n.) = mail surveyEx. A mail survey was sent to state statistical agencies to determine how the cuts have affected their services.* * *(n.) = mail surveyEx: A mail survey was sent to state statistical agencies to determine how the cuts have affected their services.
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120 enseñanza superior
f.higher education, tertiary education, university education.* * *higher education* * ** * *= higher education, higher learning, tertiary educationEx. CIJE references are to articles from journals in the areas of elementary, secondary, and higher education, social studies, and so on.Ex. In the light of a serious shortage of qualified information professionals, new information science specialities are being developed in institutions of higher learning.Ex. It discusses political and economic change as it has affected school libraries, libraries in tertiary education, public libraries, special libraries and the National Library in New Zealand during 1988.* * ** * *= higher education, higher learning, tertiary educationEx: CIJE references are to articles from journals in the areas of elementary, secondary, and higher education, social studies, and so on.
Ex: In the light of a serious shortage of qualified information professionals, new information science specialities are being developed in institutions of higher learning.Ex: It discusses political and economic change as it has affected school libraries, libraries in tertiary education, public libraries, special libraries and the National Library in New Zealand during 1988.* * *higher education
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