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  • 1 férreo

    adj.
    1 unbending, persistent, iron, persevering.
    2 iron-handed, iron-fisted, iron-hand.
    3 ferrous.
    4 railway.
    * * *
    1 ferreous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=de hierro) iron antes de s ; (Quím) ferrous
    2) (Ferro) rail antes de s

    vía férrea — railway track o line, railroad (EEUU)

    3) (=tenaz) [acoso] fierce, determined; [cerco, marcaje] very close, tight
    4) (=estricto) [disciplina, control, embargo] strict, tight; [horario] strict, rigid; [secreto] strict; [silencio] steely
    * * *
    - rrea adjetivo
    1) < voluntad> iron (before n); < determinación> steely; <disciplina/horario> strict; < oposición> fierce, determined
    2) ( de hierro) iron (before n)
    * * *
    = iron, iron, unswerving.
    Ex. The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.
    Ex. The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.
    Ex. His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    ----
    * amante de la disciplina férrea = strict disciplinarian.
    * partidario de la disciplina férrea = strict disciplinarian.
    * voluntad férrea = iron will, will of iron.
    * * *
    - rrea adjetivo
    1) < voluntad> iron (before n); < determinación> steely; <disciplina/horario> strict; < oposición> fierce, determined
    2) ( de hierro) iron (before n)
    * * *
    = iron, iron, unswerving.

    Ex: The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.

    Ex: The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.
    Ex: His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    * amante de la disciplina férrea = strict disciplinarian.
    * partidario de la disciplina férrea = strict disciplinarian.
    * voluntad férrea = iron will, will of iron.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹voluntad› iron ( before n); ‹determinación› steely; ‹disciplina› strict
    2 ‹horario› strict, rigid; ‹oposición› fierce, determined; ‹marcaje› tight, very close
    B (de hierro) ferrous ( tech), iron ( before n) vía1 (↑ vía (1))
    * * *

    férreo,-a adjetivo
    1 (fuerte, indoblegable) iron: tiene una voluntad férrea, she has an iron will
    2 (relativo al hierro) ferrous
    metal no férreo, non-ferrous metal
    3 Ferroc rail
    vía férrea, railway
    ' férreo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    férrea
    English:
    iron
    - steely
    - stiff
    - unwavering
    * * *
    férreo, -a adj
    1. [de hierro] iron;
    una estructura férrea an iron structure;
    la vía férrea the railway line, US the railroad track
    2. [firme] [disciplina, voluntad] iron;
    ejercen un férreo control sobre sus hijos they are very strict with their children;
    la sometieron a un férreo marcaje they marked her very tightly
    * * *
    adj
    iron atr
    2 del ferrocarril rail atr
    * * *
    férreo, - rrea adj
    1) : iron
    2) : strong, steely
    una voluntad férrea: an iron will
    3) : strict, severe
    4)
    vía férrea : railroad track
    * * *
    férreo adj
    1. (del hierro) iron
    2. (duro, tenaz) iron / strict

    Spanish-English dictionary > férreo

  • 2 стальная конструкция

    1) General subject: steelwork
    3) Automobile industry: steel frame, steel-frame
    4) Mechanics: steel work
    5) Automation: ironwork

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > стальная конструкция

  • 3 стальная конструкция

    steel construction, constructional steel work, iron structure, steel structure

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь Масловского > стальная конструкция

  • 4 конструкция

    construction, mechanism, make-up, structure, design
    (телосложение) build, structure
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    констру̀кция,
    ж., -и construction, mechanism, make-up, structure, design; ( телосложение) build, structure; \конструкцияя от стандартни елементи standard-unit construction; надеждна \конструкцияя dependable design; олекотена \конструкцияя light-weight design; пробна \конструкцияя tentative design; типова \конструкцияя uniform design; тръбна \конструкцияя tube construction; утвърждаване на изменение на \конструкцияя engineering change approval.
    * * *
    build; construction; structure{`strXktSx}: iron конструкцияs - метална конструкция
    * * *
    1. (телосложение) build, structure 2. construction, mechanism, make-up, structure, design 3. железни конструкции iron structures

    Български-английски речник > конструкция

  • 5 Turner, Richard

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    b. 1798 probably Dublin, Ireland d. 1881
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    Irish engineer offerrovitreous structures such as glasshouses and roofs of railway terminus buildings. Lime Street Station, Liverpool, erected 1849–50, was a notable example of the latter.
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    Turner's first glasshouse commission was for the Palm House at the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, begun in 1839; this structure was designed by Charles Lanyon, Turner being responsible for the ironwork construction. The Belfast Palm House was followed in 1843 by the Palm House for the Royal Dublin Society, but the structure for which Turner is best known is the famous Palm House in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew Gardens in London. This was originally designed in 1844 by the architect Decimus Burton, but his concept was rejected and Turner was asked to design a new one. Burton tried again, basing his new design upon that of Turner but also incorporating features that made it more similar to the famous Great Conservatory by Paxton at Chatsworth. Finally, Turner was contracted to build the Palm Stove in collaboration with Burton. Completed in 1848, the Kew Palm House is the finest example of the glasshouses of that era. This remarkable structure is simple but impressive: it is 362 ft (110 m) long and is covered by 45,000 ft2 (4,180 m2) of greenish glass. Inside, in the central taller part, a decorative, cast-iron, spiral staircase gives access to an upper gallery, from where tall plants may be clearly viewed; the roof rises to 62 ft (19 m). The curving, glazed panels, set in ribs of wrought iron, rise from a low masonry wall. The ingenious method of construction of these ribs was patented by Turner in 1846. It consists of wrought-iron tie rods inserted into hollow cast-iron tubes; these can be tightened after the erection of the building is complete, so producing a stable, balanced structure not unlike the concept of a timber-trussed roof. The Palm Stove has only recently undergone extensive adaptation to modern needs.
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    Further Reading
    J.Hix, 1974, The Glass House, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 122–7 (the Palm House at Kew).
    U.Kulturmann, 1979, Architecture and Urbanism, Tokyo, pp. 76–81 (the Palm House at Kew).
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Turner, Richard

  • 6 Darby, Abraham

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 1678 near Dudley, Worcestershire, England
    d. 5 May 1717 Madely Court, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England
    [br]
    English ironmaster, inventor of the coke smelting of iron ore.
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    Darby's father, John, was a farmer who also worked a small forge to produce nails and other ironware needed on the farm. He was brought up in the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and this community remained important throughout his personal and working life. Darby was apprenticed to Jonathan Freeth, a malt-mill maker in Birmingham, and on completion of his apprenticeship in 1699 he took up the trade himself in Bristol. Probably in 1704, he visited Holland to study the casting of brass pots and returned to Bristol with some Dutch workers, setting up a brassworks at Baptist Mills in partnership with others. He tried substituting cast iron for brass in his castings, without success at first, but in 1707 he was granted a patent, "A new way of casting iron pots and other pot-bellied ware in sand without loam or clay". However, his business associates were unwilling to risk further funds in the experiments, so he withdrew his share of the capital and moved to Coalbrookdale in Shropshire. There, iron ore, coal, water-power and transport lay close at hand. He took a lease on an old furnace and began experimenting. The shortage and expense of charcoal, and his knowledge of the use of coke in malting, may well have led him to try using coke to smelt iron ore. The furnace was brought into blast in 1709 and records show that in the same year it was regularly producing iron, using coke instead of charcoal. The process seems to have been operating successfully by 1711 in the production of cast-iron pots and kettles, with some pig-iron destined for Bristol. Darby prospered at Coalbrookdale, employing coke smelting with consistent success, and he sought to extend his activities in the neighbourhood and in other parts of the country. However, ill health prevented him from pursuing these ventures with his previous energy. Coke smelting spread slowly in England and the continent of Europe, but without Darby's technological breakthrough the ever-increasing demand for iron for structures and machines during the Industrial Revolution simply could not have been met; it was thus an essential component of the technological progress that was to come.
    Darby's eldest son, Abraham II (1711–63), entered the Coalbrookdale Company partnership in 1734 and largely assumed control of the technical side of managing the furnaces and foundry. He made a number of improvements, notably the installation of a steam engine in 1742 to pump water to an upper level in order to achieve a steady source of water-power to operate the bellows supplying the blast furnaces. When he built the Ketley and Horsehay furnaces in 1755 and 1756, these too were provided with steam engines. Abraham II's son, Abraham III (1750–89), in turn, took over the management of the Coalbrookdale works in 1768 and devoted himself to improving and extending the business. His most notable achievement was the design and construction of the famous Iron Bridge over the river Severn, the world's first iron bridge. The bridge members were cast at Coalbrookdale and the structure was erected during 1779, with a span of 100 ft (30 m) and height above the river of 40 ft (12 m). The bridge still stands, and remains a tribute to the skill and judgement of Darby and his workers.
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    Further Reading
    A.Raistrick, 1989, Dynasty of Iron Founders, 2nd edn, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (the best source for the lives of the Darbys and the work of the company).
    H.R.Schubert, 1957, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry AD 430 to AD 1775, London: Routledge \& Kegan Paul.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Darby, Abraham

  • 7 Alleyne, Sir John Gay Newton

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 8 September 1820 Barbados
    d. 20 February 1912 Falmouth, Cornwall, England
    [br]
    English iron and steel manufacturer, inventor of the reversing rolling mill.
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    Alleyne was the heir to a baronetcy created in 1769, which he succeeded to on the death of his father in 1870. He was educated at Harrow and at Bonn University, and from 1843 to 1851 he was Warden at Dulwich College, to the founder of which the family claimed to be related.
    Alleyne's business career began with a short spell in the sugar industry at Barbados, but he returned to England to enter Butterley Iron Works Company, where he remained for many years. He was at first concerned with the production of rolled-iron girders for floors, especially for fireproof flooring, and deck beams for iron ships. The demand for large sections exceeded the capacity of the small mills then in use at Butterley, so Alleyne introduced the welding of T-sections to form the required H-sections.
    In 1861 Alleyne patented a mechanical traverser for moving ingots in front of and behind a rolling mill, enabling one person to manipulate large pieces. In 1870 he introduced his major innovation, the two-high reversing mill, which enabled the metal to be passed back and forth between the rolls until it assumed the required size and shape. The mill had two steam engines, which supplied the motion in opposite directions. These two inventions produced considerable economies in time and effort in handling the metal and enabled much heavier pieces to be processed.
    During Alleyne's regime, the Butterley Company secured some notable contracts, such as the roof of St Paneras Station, London, in 1868, with the then-unparalleled span of 240 ft (73 m). The manufacture and erection of this awe-inspiring structure was a tribute to Alleyne's abilities. In 1872 he masterminded the design and construction of the large railway bridge over the Old Maas at Dordrecht, Holland. Alleyne also devised a method of determining small quantities of phosphorus in iron and steel by means of the spectroscope. In his spare time he was a skilled astronomical observer and metalworker in his private workshop.
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    Bibliography
    1875, "The estimation of small quantities of phosphorus in iron and steel by spectrum analysis", Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute: 62.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1912, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute: 406–8.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Alleyne, Sir John Gay Newton

  • 8 Bunning, James Bunstone

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    b. 1802 London, England
    d. 1863 London (?), England
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    English surveyor responsible for some impressive structures in London.
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    For the last twenty years of his life Bunning served as architect to the Corporation of London. During this time he was especially noted for three large buildings: Holloway Prison (1849–52), built in stone in a bold, castellated style; Caledonian Market (1855); and, most important and original, the Coal Exchange (1847–9).
    Bunning's larger replacement for an earlier building in Lower Thames Street was a ferrovitreous triumph. The exterior was of fashionable Italianate design, but inside it contained an elegant 60 ft (18 m) diameter rotunda of cast iron intended for the meeting of merchants. Galleries made entirely of iron and supported on brackets encircled the walls at three levels, and above was a glazed dome of ground plate glass rising to over 74 ft (22.5 m) from ground level, supported by thirty-two iron ribs. For decoration there were twenty-four painted panels depicting plants and fossils found in coal seams, and eight smaller compartments showing coal implements. The demolition of this outstanding structure in 1962 so that the road could be widened, served as a trigger to public concern over the then-increasing rate of demolition of notable nineteenth-century structures. During excavation for this building, a structure which cost £40,000, a Roman hypocaust system was found beneath and preserved.
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    Further Reading
    G.Godwin, 1850, "Buildings and Monuments: Modern and Medieval", The Builder.
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    Biographical history of technology > Bunning, James Bunstone

  • 9 Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave

    SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. 15 December 1832 Dijon, France
    d. 27 December 1923 Paris, France
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    French engineer, best known for the famous tower in Paris that bears his name.
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    During his long life Eiffel, together with a number of architects, was responsible for the design and construction of a wide variety of bridges, viaducts, harbour installations, exhibition halls, galleries and department stores; he set up his own firm in 1867 to handle such construction. Of particular note were his great arched bridges, such as the 530 ft (162 m) span arch over the River Douro at Oporto in Portugal (1877–9) and the 550 ft (168 m) span of the Pont de Garabit over the Truyère in France (1880–4). He was responsible in 1884 for the protective iron-work for the Statue of Liberty in New York and, a year later, for the great dome over the Nice Observatory. In 1876 he had collaborated with Boileau to build the Bon Marché department store in Paris. The predominant material for all these structures was iron, and, in some cases glass was important. The famous Eiffel Tower in Paris is entirely of wrought iron, and the legs are supported on masonry piers that are each set into concrete beneath the ground. The idea of the tower was first conceived in 1884 by Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nougier, and Eiffel won a competition for the commission to built the structure. His imaginative and practical scheme was for a strong lightweight construction 984 ft (300 m) high, with its 12,000 sections to be prefabricated and riveted together largely before erection; the open, perforated design reduced the problems of wind resistance. The tower was constructed on schedule by 1889 to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the French Revolution and was the tallest structure in the world until the erection of the Empire State Building in New York in 1930–2.
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    Further Reading
    J.Harriss, 1975, The Tallest Tower: Eiffel and the Belle Epoque, Boston: Hough ton Mifflin.
    F.Poncetton, 1939, Eiffel: Le Magicien du Fer, Paris: Tournelle.
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    Biographical history of technology > Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave

  • 10 gleich

    I Adj.
    1. (übereinstimmend) same, präd. the same; (identisch) identical; Bezahlung, Rechte etc.: equal; (einheitlich) uniform; fast gleich very similar; in gleicher Weise (in) the same way; zu gleichen Teilen equally; zu gleicher Zeit at the same time, simultaneously; gleiches Recht für alle equal rights for all; gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal work; gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten Sprichw. equal rights, equal responsibilities; das Gleiche oder Gleiches gilt für the same applies to (umg. goes for); es kommt oder läuft aufs Gleiche hinaus oder das bleibt sich gleich umg. it doesn’t make any difference, it comes ( oder boils) down to the same thing; alle Menschen sind gleich (, nur einige sind gleicher hum.) all people ( oder men) are equal (, but some are more equal [than others])
    2. (ähnlich, vergleichbar) similar, like, präd. alike; Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten give s.o. tit for tat, pay s.o. back in kind, repay like with like; Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern Sprichw. birds of a feather (flock together)
    3. (unverändert) the same, unchanged; gleich bleiben stay the same; das wird immer gleich bleiben it’ll never change; mit stets gleicher Höflichkeit with unfailing courtesy; er ist nicht mehr der Gleiche he’s not the man I ( oder we) used to know, he’s really changed, you wouldn’t recognize him any more
    4. MATH., Winkel etc.: equal; Vorzeichen, Größe etc.: same, like; PHYS., Ladung, Pole: like; in gleichem Abstand voneinander equidistant from each other; x ist gleich y x equals y; 7 - 2 ist gleich 5 7 - 2 is ( oder leaves) 5; 5 + 2 ist gleich 7 5 + 2 equals 7; gleich null setzen equate to zero
    5. (egal): es ist mir gleich umg. it’s all the same to me; ganz gleich wann / wo etc. whenever / wherever etc. (it is), no matter when / where etc. (it is); es ist ganz gleich, wann / wo etc. it doesn’t matter ( oder make any difference) when / where etc.; das kann dir doch gleich sein umg. why should you care?
    II Adv.
    1. alike, equally; gleich alt / groß etc. the same age / size etc.; es geht uns diesmal allen gleich we’re all in the same boat this time; sie stehen gleich SPORT they’re drawing; in der Tabelle: they’re level on points; gleich bleibend always the same; (unveränderlich) constant, invariable; Kurs, Barometer etc.: steady; gleich denkend oder gesinnt like-minded; gleich geartet of the same kind; (ähnlich) similar; gleich gelagerte Fälle similar cases; gleich gerichtet Ziele, Interessen etc.: similar, parallel; TECH. synchronous; ETECH. unidirectional; gleich gesinnte Leute people with the same kind of interest ( oder outlook etc.); gleich gestellt on an equal footing (+ Dat with); gesellschaftlich: on the same social level; gleich gestimmt Instrumente: tuned to the same pitch; fig. in tune (with one another); gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits; gleich lautend Text: identical, with the same wording; Inhalt: to the same effect; Wörter: homonymic; bei verschiedener Schreibung: homophonic; gleich lautendes Wort auch geschrieben: homonym; vom Klang: homophone; gleich lautende Abschrift true copy
    2. (unmittelbar) right, straight, just, directly; (sofort) straightaway, immediately; gleich zu Beginn right at the outset; (als Anfang) to start off with; gleich daneben right beside ( oder next to) it; gleich gegenüber right ( oder directly) opposite; gleich als as soon as; gleich nach( dem) right ( oder straight) after; ( jetzt) gleich right now, this minute; gleich! hinhaltend: just a minute, give us a chance umg.; ( ich komme) gleich! (I’m) coming!, I’m on my way!; ich ging gleich hin I went straight there; es muss nicht gleich sein there’s no hurry; Kollege kommt gleich im Restaurant: you’ll be served right away; ich bin gleich wieder da I won’t be long; (sofort) I won’t be a minute; komme gleich wieder Schild: will be right back, be back in a jiffy umg.; bis gleich! see you in a minute ( oder later); das haben wir gleich oder das ist gleich geschehen it won’t take a minute, we’ll have that done ( oder fixed) in no time; es ist gleich zehn ( Uhr) it’s nearly ten (o’clock)
    3. umg., nachfragend: wie heißt er ( noch) gleich? what’s ( oder what was) his name again?; was wollte ich gleich sagen? what was I going to say?; wo war es gleich? where was it now?
    4. umg. (auf einmal) at a time, at once; sie hat gleich drei Portionen gegessen she ate three helpings at once; er hat gleich zwei Freundinnen auf einmal he has two girlfriends (on the go) at the same time
    5. umg., Gefühle oder Absicht ausdrückend: das hört sich gleich ganz anders an! that’s better, that’s more like it; willst du wohl gleich den Mund halten! drohend: will you shut up!; gleich passiert was! drohend: there’s going to be trouble!; warum nicht gleich so? ungeduldig: what’s keeping you etc.?; es muss nicht gleich... heißen / sein beruhigend: it doesn’t mean to say (that) / it doesn’t (necessarily) have to be; dann kann ich es ja gleich bleiben lassen! verärgert: then I might as well forget it ( oder give up now)!; geh doch nicht gleich in die Luft! there’s no need to lose your temper; wein doch nicht gleich there’s no need to cry; das dachte ich mir doch gleich! I thought so ( oder as much); habe ich es nicht gleich gesagt? what did I say?
    III Präp. geh.: gleich einem König like a king; einem Wunder gleich as if by magic
    * * *
    (identisch) equally (Adv.); even (Adv.); same (Adj.);
    (rechnerisch) equal (Adj.); even (Adj.);
    (sofort) without delay (Adv.); instantly (Adv.); in a moment (Adv.); readily (Adv.);
    (ähnlich) alike (Adj.); like (Adj.)
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    [glaiç]
    1. ADJEKTIV
    1) = identisch, ähnlich same

    das gleiche, aber nicht dasselbe Auto — a similar car, but not the same one

    der/die/das gleiche... wie — the same... as

    in gleicher Weise — in the same way

    zur gleichen Zeit — at the same time

    die beiden haben gleiches Gewicht — they are both the same weight, they both weigh the same

    ich fahre den gleichen Wagen wie Sie — I drive the same car as you

    das kommt or läuft aufs Gleiche hinaus — it amounts to the same thing

    wir wollten alle das Gleiche — we all wanted the same thing

    es waren die Gleichen, die... — it was the same ones who...

    ihr Männer seid doch alle gleich! — you men are all the same!

    es ist mir ( alles or ganz) gleich — it's all the same to me

    Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern (Prov) — birds of a feather flock together (Prov)

    Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten — to pay someone back in the same coin (Brit), to pay sb back in kind

    ganz gleich wer/was etc — no matter who/what etc

    2) = gleichwertig, gleichberechtigt equal

    in gleichem Abstand — at an equal distance

    zwei mal zwei (ist) gleich vier — two twos are four, two times two is four

    vier plus/durch/minus zwei ist gleich... — four plus/divided by/minus two is...

    gleich sein — to be sb's equal (in sth)

    gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten — equal rights, equal responsibilities

    alle Menschen sind gleich, nur einige sind gleicher (hum) — all men are equal, but some are more equal than others

    2. ADVERB
    1) = ohne Unterschied equally; (= auf gleiche Weise) alike, the same

    sie sind gleich groß/alt/schwer — they are the same size/age/weightdiams; gleich bleibend

    2) räumlich right, just
    3) zeitlich = sofort immediately; (= bald) in a minute

    gleich zu or am Anfang — right at the beginning, at the very beginning

    ich werde ihn gleich morgen besuchen — I'll go and see him tomorrow

    warum nicht gleich so? — why didn't you say/do that in the first place?

    na komm schon! – gleich! — come along! – I'm just coming! or – I'll be right there

    wann machst du das? – gleich! — when are you going to do it? – right away or in just a moment

    gleich als or nachdem er... — as soon as he...

    so wirkt das Bild gleich ganz anders — suddenly, the picture has changed completely

    wenn das stimmt, kann ichs ja gleich aufgeben — if that's true I might as well give up right now

    er ging gleich in die Küche/vor Gericht — he went straight to the kitchen/to court

    bis gleich! — see you later!

    wie war doch gleich die Nummer/Ihr Name? — what was the number/your name again?

    3. PRÄPOSITION (+dat)(liter)
    like

    einer Epidemie gleich, gleich einer Epidemie — like an epidemic

    4. BINDEWORT(old, liter)

    ob er gleich... — although he...

    wenn er gleich... — even if he...

    * * *
    1) (like one another; similar: Twins are often very alike.) alike
    2) (in the same way: He treated all his children alike.) alike
    3) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) even
    4) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) even
    6) (the same in size, amount, value etc: four equal slices; coins of equal value; Are these pieces equal in size? Women want equal wages with men.) equal
    7) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) level
    8) (soon: He will be here presently.) presently
    9) (alike; very similar: The houses in this road are all the same; You have the same eyes as your brother (has).) same
    10) (not different: My friend and I are the same age; He went to the same school as me.) same
    11) (unchanged: My opinion is the same as it always was.) same
    12) ((usually with the) the same thing: He sat down and we all did the same.) same
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    [ˈglaiç]
    I. adj
    zwei mal zwei [ist] \gleich vier two times two is [or equals] four
    PC ist nicht \gleich PC PCs are not all the same
    \gleiche Dreiecke MATH congruent triangles spec
    die \gleichen Gesichter the same faces
    \gleicher Lohn für \gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal work
    in \gleichem Maße to the same degree/extent
    alle Menschen sind \gleich[, nur einige sind \gleicher (iron)] all people are equal [but some are more equal than others iron]
    im \gleichen Moment at that very [or the same] moment
    \gleichen Namens of the same name
    am \gleichen Ort at/in the same place
    \gleiches Recht für alle equal rights pl for all
    \gleiche Rechte/Pflichten equal rights/responsibilities
    am \gleichen Tag [on] the same day, that same day
    in \gleicher [o auf die \gleiche] Weise in the same way
    zur \gleichen Zeit at the same time
    ein G\gleiches tun (geh) to do the same
    G\gleiches mit G \gleichem vergelten to pay like with like, to give tit for tat
    ▪ der/die/das G\gleiche the same [one]
    das G\gleiche gilt für dich the same goes for [or applies to] you
    das G\gleiche vorhaben/wollen to have the same intentions/objectives
    der/die/das G\gleiche wie.. the same as...
    [ganz] \gleich, was/wer/wie [...] no matter what/who/how [...]
    ▪ jdm ist jd/etw \gleich sb does not care about sb/sth, sb/sth is all the same to sb
    das ist mir \gleich I don't care
    3. (unverändert) same attr
    [sich dat] \gleich bleiben to stay [or remain] the same [or unchanged]; Messwert a. to stay [or remain] constant [or steady]
    du bist dir in deinem Wesen immer \gleich geblieben you've always had the same nature
    das bleibt sich doch \gleich (fam) it's the same thing, it makes no difference
    \gleich bleibend constant/constantly, steady/steadily; konsequent consistent/consistently
    jedes Jahr waren es \gleich bleibend rund 1000 Anfragen each year saw a consistent number of about 1000 requests
    in \gleich bleibendem Abstand at a steady distance
    ▪ der/die/das G\gleiche [wie...] the same [as...]
    es ist immer das [ewig] G\gleiche it's always the same [old thing]
    sie ist immer die G\gleiche geblieben she's never changed
    aufs G\gleiche hinauslaufen [o hinauskommen] it comes [or boils] down [or amounts] to the same thing
    4.
    ▶ etw ins G\gleiche bringen (geh) to sort out sth sep
    ▶ G\gleich und G \gleich gesellt sich gern (prov) birds of a feather flock together prov
    ▶ von G\gleich zu G \gleich on an equal footing
    II. adv
    \gleich alt the same age pred
    \gleich groß/lang equally large/long, equal in [or the same] size/length pred
    \gleich schwer equally heavy, the same weight pred
    ▪ etw \gleich tun to do sth the same
    \gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet sein to have the same structure/to be wearing identical clothes
    jdn \gleich behandeln to treat sb alike
    \gleich bezahlt werden to be paid the same, to receive the same pay
    \gleich gelagert comparable
    \gleich gesinnt [o denkend] like-minded, of like minds pred
    \gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits [or souls]
    \gleich lautend identical; Text a. identically worded; LING homonymous spec
    der Appell wurde \gleich lautend in vielen Zeitungen gedruckt the same appeal was printed in many newspapers
    2. (bald) just, in a minute [or moment]; (sofort a.) straight away
    \gleich nach dem Frühstück right [or straight] after breakfast
    es ist \gleich ein Uhr it's almost [or nearly] one o'clock
    es muss nicht \gleich sein you don't have to do it right [or straight] away, there's no hurry
    bis \gleich! see you then [or later]!; (sofort) see you in a minute [or moment]!
    ich komme \gleich! I'm just coming!, I'll be right there!
    habe ich es nicht \gleich gesagt! what did I tell you?, I told you so!
    warum nicht \gleich so? why didn't you say so/do that in the first place?
    \gleich danach [o darauf] soon afterwards [or AM also afterward]; (sofort) right away, straight [or right] afterwards [or AM also afterward]
    \gleich jetzt [right] now
    \gleich heute/morgen [first thing] today/tomorrow
    3. (daneben) immediately, right
    \gleich als [o nachdem] ... as soon as...
    \gleich dahinter just [or right] behind it
    \gleich danach just [or right] [or immediately] after it
    \gleich daneben right beside [or next to] it
    4. usu + Zahl (zugleich)
    sie kaufte sich \gleich zwei Paar she bought two pairs!
    drei Autos, nein, \gleich vier besitzt sie she owns three — no, four cars
    III. part
    1. in Fragesätzen (noch)
    wie war doch \gleich Ihr Name? what was your name again?
    was hast du \gleich gesagt? what was that you were saying?
    wir können \gleich zu Hause bleiben we can just [or might] as well stay at home
    du brauchst nicht \gleich zu weinen there's no need to start crying
    \gleich gar nicht/nichts not/nothing at all
    IV. präp +dat (geh)
    ▪ \gleich jdm/etw [o jdm/etw \gleich] like sb/sth
    * * *
    1.
    1) (identisch, von derselben Art) same; (gleichberechtigt, gleichwertig, Math.) equal

    dreimal zwei [ist] gleich sechs — three times two equals or is six

    gleich bleiben — remain or stay the same; (konstant) remain or stay constant or steady

    das bleibt sich [doch] gleich — (ugs.) it makes no difference

    gleich bleibend — (konstant) constant; steady

    das Gleiche wollen/beabsichtigen — have the same objective[s pl.]/intentions pl.

    das kommt auf das Gleiche od. aufs Gleiche heraus — it amounts or comes to the same thing

    Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten — pay somebody back in his/her own coin or in kind

    Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern — (Spr.) birds of a feather flock together (prov.)

    gleich lautend — identical; identically worded

    2) (ugs.): (gleichgültig)

    ganz gleich, wer anruft,... — no matter who calls,...

    2.

    gleich groß/alt usw. sein — be the same height/age etc.

    gleich gut/schlecht — usw. equally good/bad etc.

    gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet — having the same structure/wearing identical clothes

    3) (sofort) at once; right or straight away; (bald) in a moment or minute

    es ist gleich zehn Uhr — it is almost or nearly ten o'clock

    das habe ich [euch] gleich gesagt — I told you so; what did I tell you?

    4) (räumlich) right; immediately; just

    gleich rechts/links — just or immediately on the right/left

    3.
    Präposition + Dat. (geh.) like
    4.
    1)

    nun wein' nicht gleich/sei nicht gleich böse — don't start crying/don't get cross

    wie hieß er gleich? — what was his name [again]?

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (übereinstimmend) same, präd the same; (identisch) identical; Bezahlung, Rechte etc: equal; (einheitlich) uniform;
    fast gleich very similar;
    in gleicher Weise (in) the same way;
    zu gleicher Zeit at the same time, simultaneously;
    gleiches Recht für alle equal rights for all;
    gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal work;
    gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten sprichw equal rights, equal responsibilities;
    Gleiches gilt für the same applies to (umg goes for);
    das bleibt sich gleich umg it doesn’t make any difference, it comes ( oder boils) down to the same thing;
    nur einige sind gleicher hum) all people ( oder men) are equal (, but some are more equal [than others])
    2. (ähnlich, vergleichbar) similar, like, präd alike;
    Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten give sb tit for tat, pay sb back in kind, repay like with like;
    Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern sprichw birds of a feather (flock together)
    3. (unverändert) the same, unchanged;
    mit stets gleicher Höflichkeit with unfailing courtesy;
    er ist nicht mehr der Gleiche he’s not the man I ( oder we) used to know, he’s really changed, you wouldn’t recognize him any more
    4. MATH, Winkel etc: equal; Vorzeichen, Größe etc: same, like; PHYS, Ladung, Pole: like;
    in gleichem Abstand voneinander equidistant from each other;
    x ist gleich y x equals y;
    7 – 2 ist gleich 5 7 – 2 is ( oder leaves) 5;
    5 + 2 ist gleich 7 5 + 2 equals 7;
    gleich null setzen equate to zero
    5. (egal):
    es ist mir gleich umg it’s all the same to me;
    ganz gleich wann/wo etc whenever/wherever etc (it is), no matter when/where etc (it is);
    es ist ganz gleich, wann/wo etc it doesn’t matter ( oder make any difference) when/where etc;
    das kann dir doch gleich sein umg why should you care?
    B. adv
    1. alike, equally;
    gleich alt/groß etc the same age/size etc;
    es geht uns diesmal allen gleich we’re all in the same boat this time;
    gesinnt like-minded;
    gleich gelagerte Fälle similar cases;
    gleich gerichtet Ziele, Interessen etc: similar, parallel; TECH synchronous; ELEK unidirectional;
    gleich gesinnte Leute people with the same kind of interest ( oder outlook etc);
    gleich gestimmt Instrumente: tuned to the same pitch; fig in tune (with one another);
    gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits;
    2. (unmittelbar) right, straight, just, directly; (sofort) straightaway, immediately;
    gleich zu Beginn right at the outset; (als Anfang) to start off with;
    gleich daneben right beside ( oder next to) it;
    gleich gegenüber right ( oder directly) opposite;
    gleich als as soon as;
    gleich nach(dem) right ( oder straight) after;
    (jetzt) gleich right now, this minute;
    gleich! hinhaltend: just a minute, give us a chance umg;
    (ich komme) gleich! (I’m) coming!, I’m on my way!;
    ich ging gleich hin I went straight there;
    es muss nicht gleich sein there’s no hurry;
    Kollege kommt gleich im Restaurant: you’ll be served right away;
    ich bin gleich wieder da I won’t be long; (sofort) I won’t be a minute;
    komme gleich wieder Schild: will be right back, be back in a jiffy umg;
    bis gleich! see you in a minute ( oder later);
    das ist gleich geschehen it won’t take a minute, we’ll have that done ( oder fixed) in no time;
    es ist gleich zehn (Uhr) it’s nearly ten (o’clock)
    3. umg, nachfragend:
    wie heißt er (noch) gleich? what’s ( oder what was) his name again?;
    was wollte ich gleich sagen? what was I going to say?;
    wo war es gleich? where was it now?
    4. umg (auf einmal) at a time, at once;
    sie hat gleich drei Portionen gegessen she ate three helpings at once;
    er hat gleich zwei Freundinnen auf einmal he has two girlfriends (on the go) at the same time
    das hört sich gleich ganz anders an! that’s better, that’s more like it;
    willst du wohl gleich den Mund halten! drohend: will you shut up!;
    gleich passiert was! drohend: there’s going to be trouble!;
    warum nicht gleich so? ungeduldig: what’s keeping you etc?;
    es muss nicht gleich … heißen/sein beruhigend: it doesn’t mean to say (that)/it doesn’t (necessarily) have to be;
    dann kann ich es ja gleich bleiben lassen! verärgert: then I might as well forget it ( oder give up now)!;
    geh doch nicht gleich in die Luft! there’s no need to lose your temper;
    wein doch nicht gleich there’s no need to cry;
    das dachte ich mir doch gleich! I thought so ( oder as much);
    habe ich es nicht gleich gesagt? what did I say?
    C. präp geh:
    gleich einem König like a king;
    einem Wunder gleich as if by magic
    * * *
    1.
    1) (identisch, von derselben Art) same; (gleichberechtigt, gleichwertig, Math.) equal

    dreimal zwei [ist] gleich sechs — three times two equals or is six

    gleich bleiben — remain or stay the same; (konstant) remain or stay constant or steady

    sich (Dat.) gleich bleiben — remain the same

    das bleibt sich [doch] gleich — (ugs.) it makes no difference

    gleich bleibend — (konstant) constant; steady

    das Gleiche wollen/beabsichtigen — have the same objective[s pl.]/intentions pl.

    das kommt auf das Gleiche od. aufs Gleiche heraus — it amounts or comes to the same thing

    Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten — pay somebody back in his/her own coin or in kind

    Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern — (Spr.) birds of a feather flock together (prov.)

    gleich lautend — identical; identically worded

    2) (ugs.): (gleichgültig)

    ganz gleich, wer anruft,... — no matter who calls,...

    2.

    gleich groß/alt usw. sein — be the same height/age etc.

    gleich gut/schlecht — usw. equally good/bad etc.

    gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet — having the same structure/wearing identical clothes

    3) (sofort) at once; right or straight away; (bald) in a moment or minute

    es ist gleich zehn Uhr — it is almost or nearly ten o'clock

    das habe ich [euch] gleich gesagt — I told you so; what did I tell you?

    4) (räumlich) right; immediately; just

    gleich rechts/links — just or immediately on the right/left

    3.
    Präposition + Dat. (geh.) like
    4.
    1)

    nun wein' nicht gleich/sei nicht gleich böse — don't start crying/don't get cross

    wie hieß er gleich? — what was his name [again]?

    * * *
    (Mathematik) adj.
    equal adj. adj.
    alike adj.
    equal adj.
    like adj.
    right adj.
    same adj.
    similar adj. adv.
    equally adv.
    in a moment expr.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > gleich

  • 11 Paxton, Sir Joseph

    [br]
    b. 3 August 1801 Milton Bryant, Bedfordshire, England
    d. 8 June 1865 Sydenham, London, England
    [br]
    English designer of the Crystal Palace, the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous structure.
    [br]
    The son of a farmer, he had worked in gardens since boyhood and at the age of 21 was employed as Undergardener at the Horticultural Society Gardens in Chiswick, from where he went on to become Head Gardener for the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. It was there that he developed his methods of glasshouse construction, culminating in the Great Conservatory of 1836–40, an immense structure some 277 ft (84.4 m) long, 123 ft (37.5 m) wide and 67 ft (20.4 m) high. Its framework was of iron and its roof of glass, with wood to contain the glass panels; it is now demolished. Paxton went on to landscape garden design, fountain and waterway engineering, the laying out of the model village of Edensor, and to play a part in railway and country house projects.
    The structure that made Paxton a household name was erected in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 and was aptly dubbed, by Punch, the Crystal Palace. The idea of holding an international exhibition for industry had been mooted in 1849 and was backed by Prince Albert and Henry Cole. The money for this was to be raised by public subscription and 245 designs were entered into a competition held in 1850; however, most of the concepts, received from many notable architects and engineers, were very costly and unsuitable, and none were accepted. That same year, Paxton published his scheme in the Illustrated London News and it was approved after it received over-whelming public support.
    Paxton's Crystal Palace, designed and erected in association with the engineers Fox and Henderson, was a prefabricated glasshouse of vast dimensions: it was 1,848 ft (563.3 m) long, 408 ft (124.4 m) wide and over 100 ft (30.5 m) high. It contained 3,300 iron columns, 2,150 girders. 24 miles (39 km) of guttering, 600,000 ft3 (17,000 m3) of timber and 900,000 ft2 (84,000 m) of sheet glass made by Chance Bros, of Birmingham. One of the chief reasons why it was accepted by the Royal Commission Committee was that it fulfilled the competition proviso that it should be capable of being erected quickly and subsequently dismantled and re-erected elsewhere. The Crystal Palace was to be erected at a cost of £79,800, much less than the other designs. Building began on 30 July 1850, with a labour force of some 2,000, and was completed on 31 March 1851. It was a landmark in construction at the time, for its size, speed of construction and its non-eclectic design, and, most of all, as the first great prefabricated building: parts were standardized and made in quantity, and were assembled on site. The exhibition was opened by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851 and had received six million visitors when it closed on 11 October. The building was dismantled in 1852 and reassembled, with variations in design, at Sydenham in south London, where it remained until its spectacular conflagration in 1936.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1851. MP for Coventry 1854–65. Fellow Linnaean Society 1853; Horticultural Society 1826. Order of St Vladimir, Russia, 1844.
    Further Reading
    P.Beaver, 1986, The Crystal Palace: A Portrait of Victorian Enterprise, Phillimore. George F.Chadwick, 1961, Works of Sir Joseph Paxton 1803–1865, Architectural Press.
    DY

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  • 12 رصيف (سكة حديد)

    رَصِيف (سِكّة حديد)‏ \ platform: the raised area beside the lines in a railway station, from which people enter trains: The London train is waiting at platform 5. \ رَصِيف الشّارع \ pavement, sidewalk: a raised pathway of flat stone along the side of a street. \ رَصِيف المِينَاء \ jetty: a structure (of wood, iron or stone) which is built into the water so that people can land from boats or ships (when made of stone, it also often protects a harbour from strong waves). quay: the solid edge of a harbour, against which ships can be tied for loading and unloading. wharf, wharfs, wharves: a structure of wood or stone, where ships can load and unload. \ رَصِيف ميناء (ممتدّ في البَحْر)‏ \ pier: a structure of wood and iron, built out into the sea (on legs, and usu. from 100 to 1000 yards long) for small ships to collect people; it is also sometimes used for walking, fishing, theatre shows, etc..

    Arabic-English dictionary > رصيف (سكة حديد)

  • 13 Bogardus, James

    [br]
    b. 14 March 1800 Catskill, New York, USA
    d. 13 April 1874 New York, New York, USA
    [br]
    American constructor of the first buildings composed entirely of cast iron, and inventor of engraving and die-sinking machinery.
    [br]
    James Bogardus was neither architect nor engineer but he manufactured iron grinding machinery and was known especially for inventing his engraving and die-sinking machinery. He completed his first iron-fronted building in 1848, the five-storeyed chemist shop of John Milhau at 183 Broadway in New York City, but the building for which he is best known was the slightly later example (begun in 1848) that was created as a factory for his own use. This four-storeyed structure was in Center Street, New York City, and its exterior consisted entirely of cast-iron piers and lintels. He went on to build other iron structures around the middle of the century, and these early examples were both functional and attractive, with their simple classical columns and plain architraves contrasting with the heavier and richer ornamentation of such buildings in the second half of the century.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    H.Russell-Hitchcock, 1958, Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Penguin, Pelican History of Art series (section on "Building with Iron and Glass").
    D.Yarwood, 1985, Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Batsford (section on "Ironwork").
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Bogardus, James

  • 14 Hodgkinson, Eaton

    [br]
    b. 26 February 1789 Anderton, Cheshire, England
    d. 18 June 1861 near Manchester, England
    [br]
    English engineer who devised d new form of cast-iron girder.
    [br]
    Eaton Hodgkinson's father, a farmer, died when he was 6 years old, but his mother was a resourceful woman who set up a business in Salford and ensured that her son received a sound schooling. Most important for his education, however, was his friendship with the Manchester scientific luminary Dr. Dalton, who instructed him in practical mathematics. These studies led Hodgkinson to devise a new form of cast-iron girder, carefully tested by experiments and which was widely adopted for fire-proof structures in the nineteenth century. Following Dalton, Hodgkinson became an active member of the Manchester Philosophical Society, of which he was elected President in 1848. He also became an active member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Hodgkinson's work on cast-iron girders secured him a Fellowship of the Royal Society, and the Royal Medal of the Society, in 1841. It was Hodgkinson also who verified the mathematical value of the pioneering experiments carried out by William Fairbairn for Robert Stephenson's proposed wrought-iron tube structure which, in 1849, became the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits. He received a Silver Medal for this work at the Paris Exhibition of 1858. Hodgkinson served as a member of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the application of iron to railway structures. In 1847 he was appointed Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering at University College, London, but his health began to fail shortly after. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1851. Described as "singularly simple and guileless", he was widely admired and respected.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    President, Manchester Philosophical Society 1848. FRS 1841. Royal Society Medal 1841.
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of National Biography, London.
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 21:542–5.
    AB

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  • 15 invariable

    adj.
    1 invariable.
    2 fixed, unchanging.
    * * *
    1 invariable
    * * *
    * * *
    a) <precio/estado> constant, stable
    b) (Ling) invariable
    * * *
    = hard and fast, invariant, monotone, unvarying, invariable, unchanged, ironclad [iron-clad].
    Ex. There is no hard and fast answer to this question.
    Ex. Because authority file invariant and document-specific (variable) information are not separated in a MARC record, both are usually entered each time a document is cataloged.
    Ex. The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex. An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.
    Ex. The standardization of type-sizes never became complete or invariable during the hand-press period.
    Ex. The most recent book on the subject, almost fifty years later, makes it plain that the situation is unchanged.
    Ex. A review of the research shows that there are no clear and ironclad answers.
    * * *
    a) <precio/estado> constant, stable
    b) (Ling) invariable
    * * *
    = hard and fast, invariant, monotone, unvarying, invariable, unchanged, ironclad [iron-clad].

    Ex: There is no hard and fast answer to this question.

    Ex: Because authority file invariant and document-specific (variable) information are not separated in a MARC record, both are usually entered each time a document is cataloged.
    Ex: The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.
    Ex: An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.
    Ex: The standardization of type-sizes never became complete or invariable during the hand-press period.
    Ex: The most recent book on the subject, almost fifty years later, makes it plain that the situation is unchanged.
    Ex: A review of the research shows that there are no clear and ironclad answers.

    * * *
    1 ‹precio/estado› constant, stable
    2 ( Ling) invariable
    * * *

    invariable adjetivo
    a) ‹precio/estado› constant, stable

    b) (Ling) invariable

    invariable adjetivo invariable
    ' invariable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antiaborto
    - antibalas
    - antidisturbios
    - antiincendios
    - antimanchas
    - aparte
    - así
    - azul
    - bien
    - burdeos
    - cada
    - carmín
    - cascarrabias
    - chárter
    - chatarra
    - chic
    - chispa
    - contraincendios
    - crema
    - demás
    - espía
    - este
    - exclusive
    - exprés
    - fiaca
    - gagá
    - gilipollas
    - granate
    - hembra
    - in
    - inclusive
    - júnior
    - lanzamisiles
    - light
    - machete
    - mal
    - más
    - menos
    - modelo
    - multiuso
    - nordeste
    - noroeste
    - norte
    - oeste
    - oro
    - pastel
    - piola
    - popis
    - premamá
    - probeta
    English:
    equable
    - invariable
    - rule
    - unchangeable
    - hazel
    * * *
    1. [que no varía] invariable
    2. Ling invariable
    * * *
    adj invariable
    * * *
    : invariable

    Spanish-English dictionary > invariable

  • 16 lit

    lit [li]
    1. masculine noun
       a. ( = meuble) bed
    • lit d'une personne or à une place single bed
    • lit de deux personnes or à deux places double bed
    • aller or se mettre au lit to go to bed
    • au lit, les enfants ! off to bed children!
    • tu es tombé du lit ! you're up bright and early!
       c. [de rivière] bed
    * * *
    li
    nom masculin
    1) ( meuble) bed

    lit à une place or d'une personne — single bed

    lit à deux places or de deux personnes — double bed

    aller or se mettre au lit — to go to bed

    tirer quelqu'un du lit — lit to drag somebody out of bed

    au lit! — ( à un enfant) bedtime!

    2) ( structure) bed
    3) ( literie) bed
    5) Droit ( mariage) marriage
    6) Culinaire ( couche) bed
    •
    Phrasal Verbs:
    ••

    comme on fait son lit on se couche — Proverbe as you make your bed so you must lie in it Proverbe

    * * *
    li nm
    1) (= meuble) bed

    Je n'ai pas eu le temps de faire mon lit ce matin. — I didn't have time to make my bed this morning.

    3) [rivière] bed

    le lit de la rivière — the river bed, the bed of the river

    4) (= couche) bed
    * * *
    lit nm
    1 ( meuble) bed; lit à une place or d'une personne single bed; lit à deux places or de deux personnes double bed; lit dur/moelleux hard/soft bed; aller or se mettre au lit to go to bed; garder le lit to stay in bed; être/rester/fumer au lit to be/stay/smoke in bed; mettre qn au lit to put sb to bed; tirer qn du lit lit to drag sb out of bed; le réveil le tira du lit the alarm got him out of bed; elle est pas mal au lit◑ she's pretty good in bed○; il voudrait bien la mettre or l'avoir dans son lit○ he would like to get her into bed; au lit! ( à un enfant) bedtime!;
    2 ( structure) bed; lit métallique/en acajou metal/mahogany bed;
    3 ( literie) bed; faire/défaire un lit to make/unmake a bed; le lit était tout défait the bedclothes were rumpled; le lit n'était pas défait the bed had not been slept in;
    4 ( unité d'accueil) bed; un hôtel/hôpital de 300 lits a 300-bed hotel/hospital; cette station offre 2 500 lits there are 2,500 beds available in this resort;
    5 Jur ( mariage) marriage; enfants (nés) du même/premier lit children from the same/first marriage;
    6 Culin, Géol ( couche) bed;
    7 Géog ( de cours d'eau) bed; la rivière est sortie de son lit the river has overflowed its banks; détourner un fleuve de son lit to alter the course of a river;
    lit à baldaquin four-poster bed; lit bateau sleigh bed; lit breton = lit clos; lit de camp camp bed GB, cot US; lit clos box bed; lit de douleur liter bed of pain; lit empilable stacking bed; lit d'enfant cot GB, crib US; lit fluvial Géog riverbed; lit gigogne hideaway bed; lit mécanique adjustable bed GB, hospital bed US; lit de mort death-bed; lit pliant folding bed; lit en portefeuille apple-pie bed; lit de repos day-bed; lits superposés bunk bed.
    comme on fait son lit on se couche Prov as you make your bed so you must lie in it Prov.
    [li] nom masculin
    1. [meuble] bed
    lit en pin/en fer pine/iron bed
    garder le lit, rester au lit to stay ou to be in bed
    envoyer/mettre quelqu'un au lit to send/to put somebody to bed
    maintenant, au lit! come on now, it's bedtime!
    le lit est/n'est pas défait the bed has/hasn't been slept in
    lit de jour ou de repos daybed
    lit d'enfant, petit lit cot (UK), crib (US)
    lit à deux places ou pour deux personnes double bed
    lits superposés bunk bed, bunks
    comme on fait son lit on se couche (proverbe) as you make your bed, so you must lie in it (proverbe)
    2. DROIT [mariage]
    enfant d'un premier/deuxième lit child of a first/second marriage
    3. [couche] bed, layer
    lit de feuilles/mousse bed of leaves/moss
    le lit du vent the set of the wind, the wind's eye

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > lit

  • 17 Brunelleschi, Filippo

    [br]
    b. 1377 Florence, Italy
    d. 15 April 1446 Florence, Italy
    [br]
    Italian artist, craftsman and architect who introduced the Italian Renaissance style of classical architecture in the fifteenth century.
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    Brunelleschi was a true "Renaissance Man" in that he excelled in several disciplines, as did most artists of the Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was a goldsmith and sculptor; fifteenth-century writers acknowledge him as the first to study and demonstrate the principles of perspective, and he clearly possessed a deep mathematical understanding of the principles of architectural structure.
    Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital in Florence, begun in 1419, is accepted as the first Renaissance building, one whose architectural style is based upon a blend of the classical principles and decoration of Ancient Rome and those of the Tuscan Romanesque. Brunelleschi went on to design a number of important Renaissance structures in Florence, such as the basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito, the Pazzi Chapel at Santa Croce, and the unfinished church of Santa Maria degli Angeli.
    However, the artistic and technical feat for which Brunelleschi is most famed is the completion of Florence Cathedral by constructing a dome above the octagonal drum which had been completed in 1412. The building of this dome presented what appeared to be at the time insuperable problems, which had caused previous cathedral architects to shy away from tackling it. The drum was nearly 140 ft (43 m) in diameter and its base was 180 ft (55 m) above floor level: no wooden centering was possible because no trees long enough to span the gap could be found, and even if they had been available, the weight of such a massive framework would have broken centering beneath. In addition, the drum had no external abutment, so the weight of the dome must exert excessive lateral thrust. Aesthetically, the ideal Renaissance dome, like the Roman dome before it (for example, the Pantheon) was a hemisphere, but in the case of the Florence Cathedral such a structure would have been unsafe, so Brunelleschi created a pointed dome that would create less thrust laterally. He constructed eight major ribs of stone and, between them, sixteen minor ones, using a light infilling. He constructed a double-shell dome, which was the first of this type but is a design that has been followed by nearly all major architects since this date (for example Michelangelo's Saint Peter's in Rome, and Wren's Saint Paul's in London). Further strength is given by a herringbone pattern of masonry and brick infilling, and by tension chains of massive blocks, fastened with iron and with iron chains above, girding the dome at three levels. A large lantern finally stops the 50 ft (15.25 m) diameter eye at the point of the dome. Construction of the Florence Cathedral dome was begun on 7 August 1420 and was completed to the base of the lantern sixteen years later. It survives as the peak of Brunelleschi's Renaissance achievement.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Peter Murray, 1963, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance, Batsford, Ch. 2. Howard Saalman, 1980, Filippo Brunelleschi: The Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore, Zwemmer.
    Piero Sanpaolesi, 1977, La Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore: Il Progetto: La Costruzione, Florence: Edam.
    Eugenio Battisti, 1981, Brunelleschi: The Complete Work, Thames and Hudson.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Brunelleschi, Filippo

  • 18 Percy, John

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 23 March 1817 Nottingham, England
    d. 19 June 1889 London, England
    [br]
    English metallurgist, first Professor of Metallurgy at the School of Mines, London.
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    After a private education, Percy went to Paris in 1834 to study medicine and to attend lectures on chemistry by Gay-Lussac and Thenard. After 1838 he studied medicine at Edinburgh, obtaining his MD in 1839. In that year he was appointed Professor of Chemistry at Queen's College, Birmingham, moving to Queen's Hospital at Birmingham in 1843. During his time at Birmingham, Percy became well known for his analysis of blast furnace slags, and was involved in the manufacture of optical glass. On 7 June 1851 Percy was appointed Metallurgical Professor and Teacher at the Museum of Practical Geology established in Jermyn Street, London, and opened in May 1851. In November of 1851, when the Museum became the Government (later Royal) School of Mines, Percy was appointed Lecturer in Metallurgy. In addition to his work at Jermyn Street, Percy lectured on metallurgy to the Advanced Class of Artillery at Woolwich from 1864 until his death, and from 1866 he was Superintendent of Ventilation at the Houses of Parliament. He served from 1861 to 1864 on the Special Committee on Iron set up to examine the performance of armour-plate in relation to its purity, composition and structure.
    Percy is best known for his metallurgical text books, published by John Murray. Volume I of Metallurgy, published in 1861, dealt with fuels, fireclays, copper, zinc and brass; Volume II, in 1864, dealt with iron and steel; a volume on lead appeared in 1870, followed by one on fuels and refractories in 1875, and the first volume on gold and silver in 1880. Further projected volumes on iron and steel, noble metals, and on copper, did not materialize. In 1879 Percy resigned from his School of Mines appointment in protest at the proposed move from Jermyn Street to South Kensington. The rapid growth of Percy's metallurgical collection, started in 1839, eventually forced him to move to a larger house. After his death, the collection was bought by the South Kensington (later Science) Museum. Now comprising 3,709 items, it provides a comprehensive if unselective record of nineteenth-century metallurgy, the most interesting specimens being those of the first sodium-reduced aluminium made in Britain and some of the first steel produced by Bessemer in Baxter House. Metallurgy for Percy was a technique of chemical extraction, and he has been criticized for basing his system of metallurgical instruction on this assumption. He stood strangely aloof from new processes of steel making such as that of Gilchrist and Thomas, and tended to neglect early developments in physical metallurgy, but he was the first in Britain to teach metallurgy as a discipline in its own right.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1847. President, Iron and Steel Institute 1885, 1886.
    Bibliography
    1861–80, Metallurgy, 5 vols, London: John Murray.
    Further Reading
    S.J.Cackett, 1989, "Dr Percy and his metallurgical collection", Journal of the Hist. Met. Society 23(2):92–8.
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Percy, John

  • 19 Smirke, Sydney

    [br]
    b. 1798 London, England
    d. 8 December 1877 Tunbridge Wells, England
    [br]
    English architect who created the circular reading room in the British Museum in London.
    [br]
    Apart from his considerable architectural practice, Sydney Smirke was responsible, in particular, for two structures in which he utilized the increasingly popular combination of iron and glass, their popularity stemming not least from the fire hazard in urban centres. In 1834 he adapted James Wyatt's Pantheon, the famous concert and masquerade hall in Oxford Street that had been opened in 1772, refitting the building as a shopping centre.
    Smirke is best known for his creation of the circular reading room in London's British Museum, which had been designed by his brother Sir Robert Smirke (1823–47). The reading room was designed within a central courtyard, conceived as a circular domed structure by the Chief Librarian and Keeper of the Department of Printed Books, Antonio Panizzi, and executed by Smirke; he covered the courtyard with a cast-iron domed structure (1854–7).
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    RA 1859. Royal Academy Professor of Architecture 1861–5. FRS. RIBA Royal Gold Medal 1860.
    Further Reading
    Roger Dixon and Stefan Muthesius, 1978, Victorian Architecture, Thames \& Hudson. J.Mordaunt-Crook, 1977, Seven Victorian Architects, Pennsylvania State University Press.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Smirke, Sydney

  • 20 Lohngefüge

    Lohngefüge n PERS wage structure, wage pattern
    * * *
    f < Person> wage structure, wage pattern
    * * *
    Lohngefüge
    pay (wage) structure;
    • sein Lohngefüge rationalisieren to rationalize its pay structure;
    • einbehaltene Lohngelder holdback pay (US);
    • Lohngerangel wage scramble;
    • eisernes Lohngesetz (Lasalle) iron law of wages;
    • Lohngleichheit wage adequacy, equality in wages (of pay);
    • Lohngleichheitsgesetz Equal Pay Act (Br.);
    • Lohngleitformel escalator formula;
    • Lohngleitklausel escalator clause, cost-of-living escalator;
    • Lohngleitregelung wage escalation;
    • Lohngrundlage time standard;
    • Lohngruppe wage-rate group, wage scale (bracket);
    • höhere Lohngruppen upper pay brackets;
    • Lohngruppierung wage classification;
    • Lohnguthaben unclaimed wages;
    • Lohnherabsetzung cutting (reduction) of wages, pay reduction;
    • Lohnhöhe wage level;
    • Lohnindex wage index;
    • Lohnindexierung wage indexation;
    • Lohninflation wage[-push] inflation;
    • Lohninstanz wage tribunal;
    • Lohnintensität wage impact.

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