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1 reducción del valor
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2 atenuación
f.attenuation, mitigation, extenuation.* * *1 attenuation, lessening2 DERECHO extenuation* * *SF (=aminoración) attenuation; (Ling) understatement; [de efectos etc] lessening; (Jur) extenuation* * ** * *= mitigation, attenuation.Ex. Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.Ex. The effects of precipitation and foliage attenuation and depolarization are considered to have negligible effect on the microwave mobile systems.* * ** * *= mitigation, attenuation.Ex: Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.
Ex: The effects of precipitation and foliage attenuation and depolarization are considered to have negligible effect on the microwave mobile systems.* * *1 (moderación) toning down2 (de la responsabilidad) lessening, reduction* * *atenuación nf1. [de dolor] easing, alleviation;[de sonido, luz] attenuation* * *f lessening* * *atenuación nf, pl - ciones1) : lessening2) : understatement -
3 disminución
f.decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.* * *1 decrease, reduction\ir en disminución to diminish, decrease* * *noun f.decrease, drop, fall* * *SF1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reductionuna disminución en las importaciones — a drop o fall in imports
uno de los síntomas es la disminución de la actividad política — one of the symptoms is a decrease in political activity
continuar sin disminución — to continue unchecked o unabated
2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing* * *a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fallb) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlingc) ( al tejer) decreasing* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.----* disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.* disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* * *a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fallb) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlingc) ( al tejer) decreasing* * *= decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.* disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.* disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.* * *1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fallla disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in chargesla disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindlinguna disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest3 (al tejer) decreasing* * *
disminución sustantivo femenino
decrease, fall;
( de temperatura) drop;
( de tarifa) reduction
disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
' disminución' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
distensión
English:
decline
- decrease
- shrinkage
- fall
- slump
* * *disminución nf[de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;ir en disminución to be on the decrease* * *f decrease* * ** * *disminución n fall / drop -
4 menoscabo
m.1 damage.(ir) en menoscabo de (to be) to the detriment of2 nullification, impairment.3 diminution, damage, harm, deterioration.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: menoscabar.* * *1 (mengua) reduction, lessening2 (daño) damage3 (perjuicio) impairment\con menoscabo de to the detriment ofsin menoscabo de without detriment to* * *SM (=disminución) lessening, reduction; (=daño) damagecon o en menoscabo de — to the detriment of
debe haber cierta reserva, sin menoscabo de la amistad — certain things must remain in confidence, without being detrimental to one's friendship
* * *su salud no sufrió menoscabo alguno — his health was not impaired o adversely affected in any way
sin menoscabo de nuestra amistad — without detriment to o without damaging our friendship
sin menoscabo de su autoridad — without his authority being reduced o diminished in any way
* * *= derogation.Ex. This a common service department of the six principal institutions of the Communities operating under their joint management and without derogation from their ultimate responsibilities.* * *su salud no sufrió menoscabo alguno — his health was not impaired o adversely affected in any way
sin menoscabo de nuestra amistad — without detriment to o without damaging our friendship
sin menoscabo de su autoridad — without his authority being reduced o diminished in any way
* * *= derogation.Ex: This a common service department of the six principal institutions of the Communities operating under their joint management and without derogation from their ultimate responsibilities.
* * *su salud no sufrió menoscabo alguno his health was not impaired o adversely affected in any way, his health did not suffer any detrimental effectsu reputación ha sufrido gran menoscabo his reputation has been badly damaged o has suffered great harmuna medida que irá en menoscabo de los partidos minoritarios a measure which will prove damaging to the minority partiessin menoscabo de su autoridad without his authority being affected o reduced o diminished in any waysin menoscabo de nuestros lazos con el mundo occidental without detriment to our links with the West* * *
Del verbo menoscabar: ( conjugate menoscabar)
menoscabo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
menoscabó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
menoscabar
menoscabo
menoscabar ( conjugate menoscabar) verbo transitivo ‹autoridad/fortuna› to diminish, reduce;
‹ derechos› to impinge upon, infringe;
‹honor/fama/salud› to damage, harm
menoscabar verbo transitivo (un beneficio) to reduce, diminish
(una reputación) to discredit
(la salud) to undermine
menoscabo sustantivo masculino undermining, detriment, reduction
el menoscabo de su influencia, his loss of influence
' menoscabo' also found in these entries:
English:
prejudice
- erosion
* * *menoscabo nm[de fama, honra] damage; [de derechos, intereses, salud] harm; [de belleza, perfección] diminishing;nuestros intereses no han sufrido menoscabo our interests have not been damaged;(ir) en menoscabo de (to be) to the detriment of;sin menoscabo del papel de los profesores, se consultará también a los padres without in any way wishing to devalue o diminish the role of teachers, parents will also be consulted;defienden su lengua propia sin menoscabo de las demás they defend their own language without diminishing the importance of others* * *m1 ( mengua) reduction, diminution2 ( daño) harm* * *menoscabo nm1) : lessening, diminishing2) : disgrace, discredit3) : harm, damage -
5 hacer maravillas
v.to make wonders, to perform wonders, to do wonders, to work wonders.* * *to do wonders* * *(v.) = work + wondersEx. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.* * *(v.) = work + wondersEx: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
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6 hacer milagros
v.to work miracles, to perform wonders, to do miracles, to do wonders.* * *to work miracles* * *(v.) = work + wonders, work + miraclesEx. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.Ex. This action will simply not work miracles unless all aspects of the library service, including staff attitudes, are outgoing and relevant to the needs of all the community.* * *(v.) = work + wonders, work + miraclesEx: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
Ex: This action will simply not work miracles unless all aspects of the library service, including staff attitudes, are outgoing and relevant to the needs of all the community. -
7 mantener el interés
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8 mitigación
f.mitigation, lessening, relief, abatement.* * *1 mitigation* * *SF mitigation frm; (=de dolor) relief; [de sed] quenching* * ** * *= mitigation.Ex. Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.* * ** * *= mitigation.Ex: Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.
* * *( frml)* * *mitigación nf[de efecto] mitigation; [de miseria] alleviation; [de daño] reduction; [de ánimos] calming; [de sed] quenching; [de hambre] lessening; [de choque, golpe] softening; [de dudas, sospechas] allaying -
9 obstaculización
SF hindering, hampering* * *= impeding.Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.* * *= impeding.Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
* * *(de progreso, proyecto, plan) hindering, hampering, obstruction; (del tránsito) blocking, obstruction -
10 amaine
m.1 shortening, moderation, lessening.2 lowering, slackening, taking-in.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: amainar.* * *SM1) [de velas] shortening2) [de ira, viento] abatement, moderation; [de esfuerzo] lessening, slackening -
11 minorativo
adj.1 lessening, that decreases or lessens.2 diminishing, lessening. -
12 adormecimiento
m.drowsiness, slumber, sleepiness, numbness, mopishness.* * *1 (sueño) drowsiness, sleepiness2 (entumecimiento) numbness* * *SM (=soñolencia) sleepiness, drowsiness; [de un miembro] numbness* * *a) ( somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsinessb) ( de un miembro) numbness* * *= sleepiness, drowsiness.Ex. Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex. This amino acid has been widely used as a sleeping aid because it can produce drowsiness.* * *a) ( somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsinessb) ( de un miembro) numbness* * *= sleepiness, drowsiness.Ex: Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.
Ex: This amino acid has been widely used as a sleeping aid because it can produce drowsiness.* * *1 (somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsiness2 (de un miembro) numbness* * *
adormecimiento sustantivo masculino
* * *1. [sueño] sleepiness, drowsiness2. [entumecimiento] numbness3. [de pena, dolor] alleviation, lessening* * *m1 sleepiness2 de extremidades numbness* * *1) sueño: drowsiness, sleepiness2) insensibilidad: numbness -
13 aminoración
f.lessening, decrease, letup, reduction.* * *1 reduction, decrease* * *= dimming.Ex. Further evidence for the historian includes the relative eminence of authors in terms of citedness, the brightening or dimming of reputations.* * *= dimming.Ex: Further evidence for the historian includes the relative eminence of authors in terms of citedness, the brightening or dimming of reputations.
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14 atisbar
v.1 to make out.2 to observe, to spy on.3 to peek, to glance, to be on the lookout for, to eye.Ella vislumbró el valle She glimpsed the valley.* * *1 (observar) to spy on, observe, watch2 figurado (vislumbrar) to make out, discern* * *VT1) (=espiar) to spy on, watch; (=mirar) to peep at2) (=lograr ver) to see, make out, discern frm* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( vislumbrar)atisbaron a lo lejos unas casas — (liter) they sighted o (liter) discerned a few houses in the distance
se atisban indicios de mejoría — (period) we are beginning to detect signs of improvement
b) ( espiar) to spy on, watch; ( mirar furtivamente) to peep at2.atisbar vi (liter) to look out* * *= glimpse, peep.Ex. The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.Ex. While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( vislumbrar)atisbaron a lo lejos unas casas — (liter) they sighted o (liter) discerned a few houses in the distance
se atisban indicios de mejoría — (period) we are beginning to detect signs of improvement
b) ( espiar) to spy on, watch; ( mirar furtivamente) to peep at2.atisbar vi (liter) to look out* * *= glimpse, peep.Ex: The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is bounded?.
Ex: While peeping is an offense, it falls under 'disorderly conduct,' and therefore the possible punishments are very limited.* * *atisbar [A1 ]vt1(vislumbrar): atisbaron a lo lejos las primeras casas del pueblo ( liter); they sighted o made out o ( liter) discerned the first houses of the town in the distanceno se atisba ninguna posibilidad de mejora económica ( period); there does not appear to be any chance of an economic recoveryse atisbaban los primeros indicios de distensión ( period); we were just beginning to detect o discern the first signs of a lessening of tension2 (espiar) to spy on, watch; (mirar furtivamente) to peep at■ atisbarvi( liter); to look outla vi atisbando desde detrás de las cortinas I caught sight of her peeping out o looking out from behind the curtains* * *
atisbar verbo transitivo to make out
' atisbar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entrever
* * *♦ vt1. [vislumbrar] to make out;se atisbaba un castillo en el horizonte a castle could (just) be made out on the horizon;se atisba un principio de acuerdo the first signs of an agreement are becoming apparent;no atisbaban ninguna salida a la crisis they could not see any way out of the crisis2. [acechar] to watch, to spy on;atisbaba por un agujero lo que ocurría en la otra habitación he was spying on o watching what was happening in the other room through a hole♦ vito peep* * *v/t see, make out* * *atisbar vt1) : to spy on, to watch2) : to catch a glimpse of, to make out -
15 empequeñecimiento
m.diminution, lessening, reduction.* * *1 diminishment, reduction2 figurado belittlement* * *SM belittling* * *1. [de tamaño] diminishing, reduction2. [de importancia] overshadowing -
16 minoración
f.reduction, lessening, diminution, weakening.* * *SF reduction, diminution -
17 amenguamiento
• diminishing• lessening -
18 aminoración
• decrease• lessening• letup• reduction -
19 disminución
• abatement• decrease• diminishing• diminishment• diminution• drop• falling-off• lessening• reduction• step down -
20 empequeńecimiento
• diminution• lessening• reduction
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