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  • 61 flashlight

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    [English Word] flashlight
    [English Plural] flashlights
    [Swahili Word] hunrunzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] flashlight
    [English Plural] flashlights
    [Swahili Word] kurunzi
    [Swahili Plural] kurunzi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Definition] a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
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    [English Word] flashlight
    [English Plural] flashlights
    [Swahili Word] siraji
    [Swahili Plural] siraji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] flashlight
    [English Plural] flashlights
    [Swahili Word] tochi
    [Swahili Plural] tochi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] eng
    [English Example] If the electricity fails, they will use their <b>flashlights</b> to see inside.
    [Swahili Example] Umeme ukikatwa, watazitumia <b>tochi</b> zao kuona ndani.
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    English-Swahili dictionary > flashlight

  • 62 operate

    1.
    ['ɒpəreɪt]intransitive verb
    1) (be in action) in Betrieb sein; [Bus, Zug usw.:] verkehren; (have an effect) sich auswirken
    2) (function) arbeiten

    the torch operates on batteries — die Taschenlampe arbeitet mit Batterien

    3) (perform operation) operieren; arbeiten

    operate [on somebody] — (Med.) [jemanden] operieren

    4) (exercise influence)

    operate [up]on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas einwirken

    5) (follow course of conduct) agieren
    6) (produce effect) wirken
    7) (Mil.) operieren
    2. transitive verb
    bedienen [Maschine]; betätigen [Hebel, Bremse]; betreiben [Unternehmen]; unterhalten [Werk, Post, Busverbindung]
    * * *
    ['opəreit]
    1) (to act or work: The sewing-machine isn't operating properly.) arbeiten
    2) (to do or perform a surgical operation: The surgeon operated on her for appendicitis.) operieren
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    - academic.ru/51872/operation">operation
    - operational
    - operative
    - operator
    - operating room
    * * *
    op·er·ate
    [ˈɒpəreɪt, AM ˈɑ:-]
    I. vi
    1. (work, run) funktionieren
    to \operate at maximum capacity auf Höchststufe laufen
    2. (act) vorgehen, zu Werke gehen geh; MIL operieren; [criminal] mind arbeiten
    destructive forces are clearly operating within the community innerhalb der Gemeinschaft sind eindeutig zersetzende Kräfte am Werk
    to \operate on a budget sich akk an ein Budget halten
    to \operate at a loss/profit mit Verlust/Gewinn arbeiten
    3. (produce an effect) [be]wirken, sich akk auswirken
    the film \operated strongly on her emotions der Film bewegte sie sehr
    the propaganda is beginning to \operate die Propaganda zeitigt schon Wirkung
    4. (perform surgery) operieren
    ▪ to \operate on sb/sth jdn/etw operieren
    5. (do business) operieren geh, Geschäfte betreiben
    to \operate in the stock market im Börsengeschäft tätig sein
    II. vt
    ▪ to \operate sth
    1. (work) etw bedienen
    to \operate sth manually etw manuell betreiben
    2. (manage) etw betreiben
    to \operate a farm eine Farm bewirtschaften
    to \operate a firm eine Firma leiten
    to \operate a store ein Geschäft betreiben [o führen
    3. (perform) etw ausführen
    to \operate undercover activities Geheimoperationen durchführen
    * * *
    ['ɒpəreɪt]
    1. vi
    1) (machine, mechanism) funktionieren; (= be powered) betrieben werden (by, on mit); (= be in operation) laufen, in Betrieb sein; (fig worker) arbeiten
    2) (theory, plan, law) sich auswirken; (causes, factors) hinwirken (on, for auf +acc); (organization, system) arbeiten; (medicine) wirken

    to operate against sb/sth — gegen jdn/etw wirken

    to operate in favour of sb/sth — zugunsten or zu Gunsten von jdm/etw wirken

    3) (= carry on one's business) operieren; (company) operieren, Geschäfte tätigen; (airport, station) in Betrieb sein; (buses, planes) verkehren

    I don't like the way he operates —

    that firm operates by defrauding its customers — es gehört zu den (Geschäfts)methoden der Firma, die Kunden zu betrügen

    4) (MIL) operieren
    5) (MED) operieren (on sb/sth jdn/etw)

    he operated on him for appendicitis/a cataract — er operierte ihn am Blinddarm/auf grauen Star

    2. vt
    1) (person) machine, switchboard etc bedienen; (= set in operation) in Betrieb setzen; brakes etc betätigen; (lever, button etc) betätigen; (electricity, batteries etc) betreiben
    2) (= manage) business betreiben, führen
    3) (= put into practice) system, law anwenden, arbeiten nach; policy also betreiben
    4) (airline etc) route bedienen; bus etc service unterhalten; holiday, tours veranstalten
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    operate [ˈɒpəreıt; US ˈɑ-]
    A v/i
    1. besonders TECH arbeiten, in Betrieb oder Tätigkeit sein, funktionieren, laufen (Maschine etc), ansprechen (Relais):
    operate on batteries mit Batterien betrieben werden;
    operate at a deficit WIRTSCH mit Verlust arbeiten
    2. wirksam werden oder sein, (ein)wirken (on, upon auf akk), hinwirken ( for auf akk):
    operate to the prejudice of sich zum Nachteil (gen) auswirken
    3. MED operieren ([up]on sb jemanden):
    be operated on for appendicitis am Blinddarm operiert werden
    4. WIRTSCH
    a) spekulieren:
    operate for a fall (rise) auf Baisse (auf Hausse) oder à la baisse (à la hausse) spekulieren
    b) tätig sein
    5. MIL operieren, strategische Bewegungen durchführen
    B v/t
    1. bewirken, verursachen, schaffen, (mit sich) bringen
    2. TECH eine Maschine laufen lassen, bedienen, ein Gerät handhaben, einen Schalter, eine Bremse etc betätigen, einen Arbeitsvorgang steuern, regulieren, ein Auto etc lenken, fahren: → safe A 3
    3. ein Unternehmen, Geschäft betreiben, führen, etwas aus-, durchführen
    * * *
    1.
    ['ɒpəreɪt]intransitive verb
    1) (be in action) in Betrieb sein; [Bus, Zug usw.:] verkehren; (have an effect) sich auswirken
    2) (function) arbeiten
    3) (perform operation) operieren; arbeiten

    operate [on somebody] — (Med.) [jemanden] operieren

    operate [up]on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas einwirken

    7) (Mil.) operieren
    2. transitive verb
    bedienen [Maschine]; betätigen [Hebel, Bremse]; betreiben [Unternehmen]; unterhalten [Werk, Post, Busverbindung]
    * * *
    v.
    bedienen v.
    betätigen v.
    einwirken v.
    handhaben v.
    operieren v.
    wirken v.

    English-german dictionary > operate

  • 63 battery

    battery [ˈbætərɪ]
    1. noun
       a. [of torch, radio] pile f ; [of vehicle] batterie f
       b. ( = number of similar objects) batterie f
    * * *
    ['bætərɪ]
    1) Electricity pile f; Automobile batterie f
    2) Military batterie f
    3) Agriculture ( for hens) batterie f
    4) fig ( large number) (of objects, tests) batterie f; ( of questions) feu m nourri
    5) Law coups mpl et blessures fpl

    English-French dictionary > battery

  • 64 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) spēja
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) spēks; enerģija
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) vara
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) tiesības
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) autoritāte; ietekmīgs cilvēks
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) lielvalsts, lielvara
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) pakāpe
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power
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    spēja; jauda, enerģija; vara, spēks; lielvalsts; valsts; pilnvara; liels daudzums; pakāpe; palielināšanas spēja, stiprums; apgādāt ar dzinējspēku

    English-Latvian dictionary > power

  • 65 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) galia, gebėjimas
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) jėga, elektra
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) valdžia
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) įgaliojimas
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) įtakingas asmuo
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) galinga valstybė
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) laipsnis
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > power

  • 66 power

    adj. kraft-; motor-; mekanisk
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    n. kraft; styrka; förmåga; begåvning; makt, auktoritet; dignitet (inom matematik); kapacitet (ström)
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    v. förse med elektricitet; starta; driva
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    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) makt, kraft[], förmåga
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) styrka, kraft; el-, maskin-
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) makt, [] våld
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) befogenhet
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) maktfaktor
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) stormakt
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potens
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Swedish dictionary > power

  • 67 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) moc, schopnost
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) síla; mechanický
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) moc
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) pravomoc
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) vlivná osobnost
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocnost
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) mocnina
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power
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    • proud
    • síla
    • moc
    • mocnina
    • mocnost
    • energie

    English-Czech dictionary > power

  • 68 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) moc; schopnosť; kompetencia
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) sila; mechanický
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) moc
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) právomoc
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) vplyvná osobnosť
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocnosť
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) mocnina
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power
    * * *
    • výkon
    • schopnost
    • sila
    • energia
    • mocnost
    • mohutnost
    • moc
    • mocnina

    English-Slovak dictionary > power

  • 69 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) putere, facultate
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) pu­tere, energie (electrică)
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) putere
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) drept; putere
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) persoană influ­entă
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) putere
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) putere
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Romanian dictionary > power

  • 70 solar

    1 adj
    CONST solar
    2

    English-Spanish technical dictionary > solar

  • 71 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) ικανότητα
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) ισχύς,ενέργεια
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) δύναμη,ισχύς,εξουσία
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) εξουσία
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) ισχυρό πρόσωπο
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) δύναμη
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) δύναμη
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    - powerful
    - powerfully
    - powerfulness
    - powerless
    - powerlessness
    - power cut
    - failure
    - power-driven
    - power point
    - power station
    - be in power

    English-Greek dictionary > power

  • 72 power

    adv.
    in power -> en el poder.
    s.
    1 poder (authority)
    2 capacidad, facultad (capacity)
    3 potencia (physical strength)
    4 autoridad (powerful person); potencia (powerful group, nation)
    5 competencia (ley)
    6 electricidad (electricity), energía (energy)
    7 potencia (matemáticas)
    8 poder, potestad, dominio, imperio, autoridad, jurisdicción (authority), documento legal que confiere tal poder o autoridad.
    9 gran fuerza que produce su efecto.
    10 potencia, el producto que resulta de la multiplicación continua de un número por sí mismo.
    11 poder, las fuerzas militares de un Estado.
    12 potentado, potestad.
    13 el estado o cuerpo político de una nación importante e influyente; potencia.
    14 potencia, fuerza mecánica, cualquier forma de energía capaz de hacer trabajo.
    15 potencia, facultad de aumentar que tiene un lente. (Óptica)
    16 ente celeste, divinidad.
    17 una gran cantidad, gran número, muchedumbre. (Vulgarismo)
    18 facilidad de aceleración.
    19 corriente.
    v.
    1 propulsar, impulsar. (provide with power)
    2 energizar, accionar, mover. (pt & pp powered)

    Nuevo Diccionario Inglés-Español > power

  • 73 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) pouvoir, faculté
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) puissance
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) pouvoir
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) pouvoir
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) personne influente
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) puissance
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) puissance
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    - powerful - powerfully - powerfulness - powerless - powerlessness - power cut - failure - power-driven - power point - power station - be in power

    English-French dictionary > power

  • 74 power

    1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) poder, capacidade
    2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) energia
    3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) poder
    4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) poder
    5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) autoridade
    6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) potência
    7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potência
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    - powerful - powerfully - powerfulness - powerless - powerlessness - power cut - failure - power-driven - power point - power station - be in power

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > power

  • 75 on

    on
    ❢ When on is used as a straightforward preposition expressing position ( on the beach, on the table) it is generally translated by sur: sur la plage, sur la table ; on it is translated by dessus: there's a table over there, put the key on it = il y a une table là-bas, mets la clé dessus.on is often used in verb combinations in English ( depend on, rely on, cotton on etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (depend, rely, cotton etc).
    If you have doubts about how to translate a phrase or expression beginning with on ( on demand, on impulse, on top etc) consult the appropriate noun or other entry (demand, impulse, top etc).
    This dictionary contains usage notes on such topics as dates, islands, rivers etc. Many of these use the preposition on.
    For examples of the above and further uses of on, see the entry below.
    A prep
    1 ( position) sur ; on the table/the pavement sur la table/le trottoir ; on the coast/the lake sur la côte/le lac ; on top of the piano sur le piano ; on the wall/ceiling/blackboard au mur/plafond/tableau noir ; on the floor par terre ; there's a stain on it il y a une tache dessus ; to live on Park Avenue habiter Park Avenue ; it's on Carson Road c'est sur Carson Road ; on the M4 motorway sur l'autoroute M4 ; a studio on Avenue Montaigne un studio Avenue Montaigne ; the paintings on the wall les tableaux qui sont au mur ; accidents on and off the piste des accidents sur la piste et en dehors ; to climb/leap on to sth grimper/sauter sur qch ; ⇒ get, hang, jump, pin, sew, tie ;
    2 (indicating attachment, contact) to hang sth on a nail accrocher qch à un clou ; on a string au bout d'une or attaché à une ficelle ; to put a hand on sb's shoulder mettre la main sur l'épaule de qn ; to punch sb on the nose/on the chin donner un coup dans le nez/sur le menton de qn ; ⇒ hit, pat, slap ;
    3 ( on or about one's person) I've got no small change on me je n'ai pas de monnaie sur moi ; have you got the keys on you? est-ce que tu as les clés (sur toi)? ; to have a ring on one's finger avoir une bague au doigt ; the finger with the ring on it le doigt qui porte la bague ; a girl with sandals on her feet une fille avec des sandales aux pieds ; to have a smile/to have a frown on one's face sourire/froncer les sourcils ;
    4 (about, on the subject of) sur ; a book/a programme on Africa un livre/une émission sur l'Afrique ; information on the new tax des renseignements sur le nouvel impôt ; to read Freud on dreams lire ce que Freud a écrit sur les rêves ; have you heard him on electoral reform? est-ce que tu l'as entendu parler de la réforme électorale? ; we're on fractions in maths en maths, nous en sommes aux fractions ;
    5 (employed, active) to be on faire partie de [team] ; être membre de [board, committee, council] ; to be on the Gazette travailler pour la Gazette ; a job on the railways un travail dans les chemins de fer ; there's a bouncer on the door il y a un videur à la porte ; there are 20 staff on this project il y a 20 personnes qui travaillent sur ce projet ;
    6 ( in expressions of time) on 22 February le 22 février ; on Friday vendredi ; on Saturdays le samedi ; on the night of 15 May la nuit du 15 mai ; on or about the 23rd vers le 23 ; on sunny days quand il fait beau ; on Christmas Day le jour de Noël ; on your birthday le jour de ton anniversaire ; ⇒ dot, hour ;
    7 ( immediately after) on his arrival à son arrivée ; on the death of his wife à la mort de sa femme ; on hearing the truth she… quand elle a appris la vérité, elle… ; on reaching London he… quand il est arrivé à Londres, il… ;
    8 (taking, using) to be on tablets/steroids/heroin prendre des médicaments/des stéroïdes/de l'héroïne ; to be on drugs se droguer ; to be on 40 (cigarettes) a day fumer 40 cigarettes par jour ; to be on a bottle of whisky a day boire une bouteille de whisky par jour ; ⇒ antibiotic, pill, tranquillizer ;
    9 ( powered by) to work ou run on batteries marcher à piles, fonctionner sur piles ; to run on electricity être électrique ;
    10 ( indicating support) sur ; to stand on one leg se tenir sur un pied ; to lie on one's back s'allonger sur le dos ; put it on its side pose-le sur le côté ;
    11 ( indicating a medium) on TV/the radio à la télé/radio ; I heard it on the news j'ai entendu ça au journal ; on video/cassette en vidéo/cassette ; on disk/computer sur disquette/ordinateur ; on channel four sur la quatrième chaîne ; to play sth on the piano jouer qch au piano ; with Lou Luciano on drums avec Lou Luciano à la batterie ;
    12 (income, amount of money) to be on £20,000 a year gagner 20 000 livres sterling par an ; to be on a salary ou income of £15,000 gagner 15 000 livres sterling ; he's on more than me il gagne plus que moi ; to be on a low income avoir un bas salaire ; ⇒ dole, grant, live, overtime ;
    13 (paid for by, at the expense of) this round is on me c'est ma tournée ; have a beer on me je te paye une bière ; ⇒ credit, expenses, house ;
    14 ( repeated events) disaster on disaster désastre sur désastre ; defeat on defeat défaite sur défaite ;
    15 ( in scoring) to be on 25 points avoir 25 points ; Martin is the winner on 50 points Martin est le gagnant avec 50 points ;
    16 Turf he's got £10 on Easy Rider il a parié 10 livres sterling sur Easy Rider ; I'll have 50 dollars on Rapido je parie 50 dollars sur Rapido ; ⇒ odds ;
    17 Transp to travel on the bus/train voyager en bus/train ; to be on the plane/the train être dans l'avion/le train ; to be on the yacht être sur le yacht ; to be on one's bike être à vélo ; to leave on the first train/flight prendre le premier train/avion ; ⇒ foot, horseback.
    B adj
    1 (taking place, happening) to be on [event] avoir lieu ; is the match still on? est-ce que le match aura lieu? ; the engagement is back on again ils sont à nouveau fiancés ; while the meeting is on pendant la réunion ; there's a war/recession on il y a une guerre/récession ; I've got nothing on tonight je n'ai rien de prévu pour ce soir ; to have something on avoir quelque chose de prévu ; I've got a lot on je suis très occupé ;
    2 (being broadcast, performed, displayed) Euro-express is on tonight il y a Euro-express à la télé ce soir ; the news is on in 10 minutes le journal est dans 10 minutes ; it's on at the Rex ça passe au Rex ; there's an exhibition on at the Town Hall il y a une exposition à la mairie ; what's on? ( on TV) qu'est-ce qu'il y a à la télé? ; ( at the cinema) qu'est-ce qui passe au cinéma? ; ( at the theatre) qu'est-ce qu'il y a à l'affiche or au théâtre? ; there's nothing on il n'y a rien de bien ; Hamlet is still on Hamlet est toujours à l'affiche ;
    3 (functional, live) to be on [TV, oven, heating, light] être allumé ; [handbrake] être serré ; [dishwasher, radio, washing machine] marcher ; [hot tap, gas tap] être ouvert ; the power is on il y a du courant ; the power is back on le courant est rétabli ; the switch is in the ‘on’ position l'interrupteur est en position ‘allumé’ ; ⇒ switch on (switch), turn on (turn) ;
    4 GB ( permissible) it's just ou simply not on ( out of the question) c'est hors de question ; ( not the done thing) ça ne se fait pas ; ( unacceptable) c'est inadmissible ; it's simply not on to expect me to do that c'est inadmissible de penser que je vais faire ça ;
    5 (attached, in place) to be on [lid, top, cap] être mis ; the cap isn't properly on le couvercle est mal mis ; once the roof is on une fois le toit construit ; ⇒ put, screw.
    C adv
    1 ( on or about one's person) to have a hat/coat on porter un chapeau/manteau ; to have one's glasses on porter ses lunettes ; he's got his suit on il est en costume ; to have nothing on être nu, ne rien avoir sur le dos ; on with your coats! allez, mettez vos manteaux! ; to have make-up on être maquillé ; with sandals/slippers on en sandales/pantoufles ; ⇒ put, try ;
    2 ( ahead in time) 20 years on he was still the same 20 ans plus tard, il n'avait pas changé ; a few years on from now dans quelques années ; from that day on à partir de ce jour-là ; to be well on in years ne plus être tout jeune ; the party lasted well on into the night la soirée s'est prolongée tard dans la nuit ; ⇒ later, now ;
    3 ( further) to walk on continuer à marcher ; to walk on another 2 km faire encore 2 km ; to go on to Newcastle continuer jusqu'à Newcastle ; to go to Paris then on to Marseilles aller à Paris et de là à Marseille ; to play/work on continuer à jouer/travailler ; a little further on un peu plus loin ; ⇒ carry, go, move, press, read ;
    4 ( on stage) I'm on after the juggler je passe juste après le jongleur ; he's not on until Act II il n'entre en scène qu'au deuxième acte ; you're on! en scène!
    D on and off adv phr ( also off and on) to see sb on and off voir qn de temps en temps ; she's been working at the novel on and off for years ça fait des années que son roman est en chantier ; he lives there on and off il y habite de temps en temps ; to flash on and off clignoter.
    E on and on adv phr to go on and on [speaker] parler pendant des heures ; [lectures, speech] durer des heures ; he went ou talked on and on about the war il n'a pas arrêté de parler de la guerre ; the list goes on and on la liste n'en finit pas.
    you're on d'accord ; are you still on for tomorrow's party? c'est toujours d'accord pour la soirée de demain? ; to be always on at sb être toujours sur le dos de qn ; she's always on at me to get my hair cut elle est toujours sur mon dos pour que je me fasse couper les cheveux ; what's he on about? GB qu'est-ce qu'il raconte? ; I don't know what you're on about je ne sais pas de quoi tu parles ; he's been on to me about the lost files GB il m'a contacté à propos des dossiers perdus. ⇒ get, go, put.

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  • 76 Aubert, Jean

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals, Civil engineering
    [br]
    b. 7 February 1894 Paris, France
    d. 25 November 1984 Paris, France
    [br]
    French civil engineer.
    [br]
    Aubert was educated at the Lycée Louis-leGrand in Paris, and entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1913. His studies were interrupted by the First World War, when he served as an artillery officer, being wounded twice and awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1916. He returned to the Ecole Polytechnique in 1919, and from 1920 to 1922 he attended the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées; he graduated as Bachelor of Law from the University of Paris.
    In 1922 he began his long career, devoted principally to river and canal works. He was engineer in charge of the navigation works in Paris until 1932; he was then appointed Professor in the Chair of Internal Navigation at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, a post he held until his retirement in 1961. From 1933 to 1945 he was general manager and later chairman of the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône; from 1945 to 1953, chairman of the electricity board of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer français; and from 1949 to 1967, chairman of the Rhine Navigation Company. Following his retirement, he was chairman of the Société des Constructions des Batignolles, and from 1966 consulting engineer and honorary chairman of SPIE Batignolles; he was also chairman of several other companies.
    In 1919 he published La Probabilité dans les tires de guerre, for which he was awarded the Pierson-Perrim prize by the Académie des Sciences in 1922. During his career he wrote numerous articles and papers on technical and economic subjects, his last, entitled "Philosophic de la pente d'eau", appearing in the journal Travaux in 1984 when he was ninety years old.
    Aubert's principal works included the construction of the Pont Edouard-Herriort on the Rhône at Lyon; the design and construction of the Génissiat and Lonzères-Mondragon dams on the Rhône; and the conception and design of the Denouval dam on the Seine near Andresy, completed in 1980. He was awarded the Caméré prize in 1934 by the Académie des Sciences for a new type of movable dam. Overseas governments and the United Nations consulted him on river navigation inter alia in Brazil, on the Mahanadi river in India, on the Konkomé river in Guinea, on the Vistula river in Poland, on the Paraguay river in South America and others.
    In 1961 he published his revolutionary ideas on the pente d'eau, or "water slope", which was designed to eliminate delays and loss of water in transferring barges from one level to another, without the use of locks. This design consisted of a sloping flume or channel through which a wedge of water, in which the barge was floating, was pushed by a powered unit. A prototype at Mon tech on the Canal Latéral at La Garonne, bypassing five locks, was opened in 1973. A second was opened in 1984 on the Canal du Midi at Fonserannes, near Béziers.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Croix de Guerre 1916. Académie des Sciences: Prix Pierson-Perrim 1922, Prix Caméré 1934. Ingénieur Général des Ponts et Chaussées 1951. Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur 1960.
    Further Reading
    David Tew, 1984, Canal Inclines and Lifts, Gloucester: Alan Sutton.
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  • 77 Cockerell, Christopher Sydney

    [br]
    b. 4 June 1910 Cambridge, England
    [br]
    British designer and engineer who invented the hovercraft.
    [br]
    He was educated at Gresham's School in Holt and at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, where he graduated in engineering in 1931; he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1974. Cockerell entered the engineering firm of W.H.Allen \& Sons of Bedford as a pupil in 1931, and two years later he returned to Cambridge to engage in radio research for a further two years. In 1935 he joined Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, working on very high frequency (VHF) transmitters and direction finders. During the Second World War he worked on airborne navigation and communication equipment, and later he worked on radar. During this period he filed thirty six patents in the fields of radio and navigational systems.
    In 1950 Cockerell left Marconi to set up his own boat-hire business on the Norfolk Broads. He began to consider how to increase the speed of boats by means of air lubrication. Since the 1870s engineers had at times sought to reduce the drag on a boat by means of a thin layer of air between hull and water. After his first experiments, Cockerell concluded that a significant reduction in drag could only be achieved with a thick cushion of air. After experimenting with several ways of applying the air-cushion principle, the first true hovercraft "took off" in 1955. It was a model in balsa wood, 2 ft 6 in. (762 mm) long and weighing 4½ oz. (27.6 g); it was powered by a model-aircraft petrol engine and could travel over land or water at 13 mph (20.8 km/h). Cockerell filed his first hovercraft patent on 12 December 1955. The following year he founded Hovercraft Ltd and began the search for a manufacturer. The government was impressed with the invention's military possibilities and placed it on the secret list. The secret leaked out, however, and the project was declassified. In 1958 the National Research and Development Corporation decided to give its backing, and the following year Saunders Roe Ltd with experience of making flying boats, produced the epoch-making SR N1, a hovercraft with an air cushion produced by air jets directed downwards and inwards arranged round the periphery of the craft. It made a successful crossing of the English Channel, with the inventor on board.
    Meanwhile Cockerell had modified the hovercraft so that the air cushion was enclosed within flexible skirts. In this form it was taken up by manufacturers throughout the world and found wide application as a passenger-carrying vehicle, for military transport and in scientific exploration and survey work. The hover principle found other uses, such as for air-beds to relieve severely burned patients and for hover mowers.
    The development of the hovercraft has occupied Cockerell since then and he has been actively involved in the several companies set up to exploit the invention, including Hovercraft Development Ltd and British Hovercraft Corporation. In the 1970s and 1980s he took up the idea of the generation of electricity by wavepower; he was Founder of Wavepower Ltd, of which he was Chairman from 1974 to 1982.
    [br]
    Principal Honours find Distinctions
    Knighted 1969. CBE 1955. FRS 1967.
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  • 78 Ilgner, Karl

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
    [br]
    b. 27 July 1862 Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland)
    d. 18 January 1921 Berthelsdorf, Silesia
    [br]
    German electrical engineer, inventor of a transformer for electromotors.
    [br]
    Ilgner graduated from the Gewerbeakademie (the forerunner of the Technical University) in Berlin. As the representative of an electric manufacturing company in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) from 1897, he was confronted with the fact that there were no appropriate drives for hoisting-engines or rolling-plants in steelworks. Two problems prevented the use of high-capacity electric motors in the mining as well as in the iron and steel industry: the reactions of the motors on the circuit at the peak point of stress concentration; and the complicated handling of the control system which raised the risks regarding safety. Having previously been head of the department of electrical power transmission in Hannover, he was concerned with the development of low-speed direct-current motors powered by gas engines.
    It was Harry Ward Leonard's switchgear for direct-current motors (USA, 1891) that permitted sudden and exact changes in the speed and direction of rotation without causing power loss, as demonstrated in the driving of a rolling sidewalk at the Paris World Fair of 1900. Ilgner connected this switchgear to a large and heavy flywheel which accumulated the kinetic energy from the circuit in order to compensate shock loads. With this combination, electric motors did not need special circuits, which were still weak, because they were working continuously and were regulated individually, so that they could be used for driving hoisting-engines in mines, rolling-plants in steelworks or machinery for producing tools and paper. Ilgner thus made a notable advance in the general progress of electrification.
    His transformer for hoisting-engines was patented in 1901 and was commercially used inter alia by Siemens \& Halske of Berlin. Their first electrical hoisting-engine for the Zollern II/IV mine in Dortmund gained international reputation at the Düsseldorf exhibition of 1902, and is still preserved in situ in the original machine hall of the mine, which is now a national monument in Germany. Ilgner thereafter worked with several companies to pursue his conception, became a consulting engineer in Vienna and Breslau and had a government post after the First World War in Brussels and Berlin until he retired for health reasons in 1919.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1901, DRP no. 138, 387 1903, "Der elektrische Antrieb von Reversier-Walzenstraßen", Stahl und Eisen 23:769– 71.
    Further Reading
    W.Kroker, "Karl Ilgner", Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. X, pp. 134–5. W.Philippi, 1924, Elektrizität im Bergbau, Leipzig (a general account).
    K.Warmbold, 1925, "Der Ilgner-Umformer in Förderanlagen", Kohle und Erz 22:1031–36 (a detailed description).
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  • 79 Kaplan, Viktor

    [br]
    b. 27 November 1876 Mutz, Austria
    d. 23 August 1834 Unterach, Austria
    [br]
    Austrian engineer, inventor of the Kaplan turbine.
    [br]
    Kaplan was educated at the Realschule in Vienna and went on to the Technische Hochschule to study machine construction, gaining his engineer's diploma in 1900. He spent a year in voluntary service in the Navy before entering Ganz \& Co. at Lebersdorf, where he was engaged in the manufacture of diesel engines. In 1903 he turned to an academic career, first with a professorship in kinematics, theoretical machine studies and machine construction at the Technische Hochschule in Brunn (now Brno). In 1918 he became Professor of Water Turbine Construction, remaining as such until his early retirement for health reasons in 1931.
    Kaplan's first publication on turbines, in 1908, was an extension of work carried out for his doctorate at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna and concerned the Francis-type turbine. Kaplan went on to develop and patent the form of water turbine that came to bear his name. It is a reaction turbine which uses a large flow on a low head and which is made like a ship's propeller with variable-pitch vanes running in a close-fitting casing. Its application was neglected at first, but since the 1920s it has become the basic turbine for most high-powered hydroelectric plant: the turbines have been capable of around 85 per cent efficiency and modern developments have raised this figure still further. Perhaps the most impressive application of the Kaplan turbine and its derivatives is the great tidal-power scheme in the estuary of the Rance by St-Malo in France, completed in 1966. The turbines probably have to meet a greater demand for flexibility than any others, for they must operate at constant speed with variable head, as the tide ebbs and flows.
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  • 80 Lewis, Colonel Isaac Newton

    SUBJECT AREA: Weapons and armour
    [br]
    b. 12 October 1858 New Salem, Pennsylvania, USA
    d. 9 November 1931 Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
    [br]
    American soldier and weapons designer.
    [br]
    Lewis graduated from the US Military Academy, West Point, in 1884 and was commissioned into the Artillery. He soon displayed his technical aptitude and in 1891 patented an artillery ranging device. This was followed by further gunnery devices to improve artillery accuracy and a quick-firing field gun. He also displayed an interest in electricity and designed a car lighting system and wind-powered electric lighting.
    In 1911 he patented the gun that bears his name. The significance of this compared with existing machine guns was its comparatively light weight, which enabled it to be carried and operated by one person. Even so, the US Army showed no interest and so Lewis, by now retired from the Army, moved to Europe and set up a factory to produce it at Liège in Belgium. At the outbreak of war he moved his operation to England and merged it with the Birmingham Small Arms Company. The Lewis gun became the British Army's standard light machine gun during the First World War and was also used on aircraft. The USA eventually had a change of heart and also used the Lewis gun.
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