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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > negative material
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Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > negative material
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1) Техника: негативный фотоматериал2) Кино: негативный материал -
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Англо-русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу > negative material
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1) материал; вещество2) ткань, материал3) мн. ч. детали ( для обработки)•to calibrate a material — (точно) определять свойства материала-
ablative material
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abrasive material
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absorbent material
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acceptor material
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acoustical material
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acoustic material
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active laser material
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active material
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adding material
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advanced material
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air-equivalent material
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air-wall material
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amorphous magnetic material
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anisotropic material
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anodic material
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antiferroelectric material
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antiferromagnetic material
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antifriction material
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antihalation material
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antirot material
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antislip material
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antisun material
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asbestos-cement material
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atmospheric reentry material
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attached foreign material
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backfilling material
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backfill material
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backing material
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barrier material
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base material
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basic material
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batch material
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bed material
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bimetallic conductor material
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binding material
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bituminous material
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black-and-white material
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blanket material
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bonding material
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borrow material
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bottoming material
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bred material
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breeder material
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brittle material
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bubble material
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building material
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bulk material
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bulk semiconductor material
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burden material
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carbon electrical material
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carrier material
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case material
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cast stone material
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caved material
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cementing material
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ceramic foam material
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ceramic material
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charge material
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charging material
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clad dielectric material
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clad material
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coal-tar raw material
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coating material
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coherent material
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cohesionless material
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cohesive material
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coiled material
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cold-charged material
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color material
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combustible material
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combustion materials
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compact material
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composite material
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compounding material
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concrete materials
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conducting material
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conductor material
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constant bandgap material
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constructional material
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contact conductor material
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core material
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corrosion-resistance material
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cover material
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covering material
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crib material
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crucible material
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crystalline material
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cushioning material
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damping material
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degenerative semiconductor material
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diamagnetic material
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dielectric material
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difficult-to-cut material
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diffusion transfer material
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direct bandgap material
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discrete material
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disordered material
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dolomite-based material
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dopant material
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doping material
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dredged material
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ductile material
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dye bleach material
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earthy raw materials
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elastic material
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electret material
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electric contact material
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electric insulating material
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electrochromic material
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electrode material
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electroluminescent material
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electronic-grade material
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electronic material
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electrooptical material
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electrooptic material
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electrostrictive material
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electrotechnical material
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ENG/EFP tape material
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engineering material
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epitaxial material
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evaporated material
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evaporation material
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excavated material
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excessive uncut material
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expanded material
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explosive material
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extraneous material
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extraterrestrial material
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extrinsic material
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fabric-filled molding material
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facing material
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feed material
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ferrimagnetic material
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ferroelectric material
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ferromagnetic material
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ferrous material
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fertile material
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fettling material
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fiber glass material
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fiber-filled molding material
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fiber-forming material
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fiber-reinforced material
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fibrous material
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filling material
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finished material
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finishing material
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fireclay material
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fired material
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fireproof material
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fire-resistant material
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fissile material
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fissionable material
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fission material
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flammable material
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float material
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fluxing material
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foam material
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foam-type refractory material
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food raw material
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foreign material
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foundation material
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frost-resistant material
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fuel material
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fungicidal packaging material
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gaseous fissionable material
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gasket material
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glass-bonded reinforced dielectric material
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glass-bonded dielectric material
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glass-ceramic material
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glass-fiber material
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glass-forming material
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graded bandgap material
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granular material
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greasy material
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grinding material
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gunned material
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half-finished material
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hard material
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hard-magnetic material
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hard-to-machine material
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heat-insulating material
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heat-resistant material
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heat-resisting conductor material
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heat-resisting material
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heat-softenable material
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heat-transfer material
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high-alloy material
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high-coercivity material
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high-conductivity material
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high-definition material
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high-expansion material
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high-performance material
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high-resistivity material
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high-resolution material
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high-Z material
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honeycombed material
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honeycomb material
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host material
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hot material
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hydraulic insulating material
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hydrocarbon material
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hyperconductor material
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ideal granular material
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imaging material
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incombustible material
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inedible raw material
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inedible material
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inert material
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inflammable material
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in-process material
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insulating material
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intergranular material
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intermediate material
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intrinsic material
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isotropic material
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jointing material
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joint-sealing material
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laminated material
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large-gap material
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laser material
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lasing material
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library material
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light-sensitive material
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linearly elastic material
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lining material
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liquid fissionable material
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loading material
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loose material
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lossy material
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lost circulation material
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low-bandgap material
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low-gap material
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low-coercitivity material
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low-expansion material
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low-loss material
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low-mobility photovoltaic material
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low-resistivity material
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lump material
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magnetic material
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magnetically hard material
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magnetically soft material
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magnetodielectric material
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magnetooptic material
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magnetostrictive material
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man-made material
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materials of construction
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metallic conductor material
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metallic material
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mine-run material
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minus material
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molding material
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monocrystalline material
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multicorrugating material
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multilayer conductor material
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multilayer material
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narrow-bandgap material
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natural material
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negative electron affinity material
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negative material
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negative-image material
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nonabrasive material
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noncoherent material
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noncombustible material
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nonconductivity material
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nonfired material
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nonflammable material
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nonfood raw material
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nonmagnetic material
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nonretentive material
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nonsilver material
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nonterrestrial material
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n-type material
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nuclear material
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oil-resistant material
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optical material
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oversize material
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oxide-metal material
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packaging material
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packing material
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paintwork material
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paramagnetic material
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parent material
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patching material
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pavement material
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paving material
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phosphor material
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photochromic material
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photoconductive material
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photographic material
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photoresponsive material
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photosensitive material
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phototropic material
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photovoltaic material
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piezoelectric material
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plastic material
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polycrystalline material
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poromeric material
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positive electron affinity material
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positive material
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positive-image material
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preformed material
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pressure sensitive material
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prestrained material
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p-type material
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pulp-making material
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pyroelectric material
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ramming material
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random material
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rapid-access photographic material
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raw material
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receiving material
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recording material
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recycled material
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reference nuclear materials
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refractory conductor material
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refractory material
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reject material
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rejected material
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resistance material
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resistive material
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retentive material
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returned fissile material
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reversal material
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road-building material
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roll material
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roll-compacted powder material
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rooting material
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rough material
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rubber-cord material
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rubber-like material
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rubber-reinforced material
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rubbery material
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sandwiched material
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scrap material
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sealing material
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secondary hardening material
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secondary raw materials
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self-adhesive material
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self-developing material
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semiconducting material
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semiconductive material
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semisolid bituminous materials
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sensitive material
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sheet material
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shielding material
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silicate concrete material
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silverless material
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sintered material
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sintered metal-powder material
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slagging material
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slip-cast material
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soft material
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soft-magnetic material
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solar energy storage material
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solid bituminous material
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solid fissionable material
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solid-foamed material
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solvent-resistant material
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sound-absorbing material
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sound-insulating material
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space-manufactured material
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spalling-resistant material
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special fissionable material
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square-loop material
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standard nuclear materials
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starting material
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stealth material
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stemming material
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stowing material
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structural material
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superconducting material
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superconductive material
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superrefractory material
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surface-active material
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surface-inactive material
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tamping material
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tar-dolomite material
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tar-stabilized dolomite material
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temperature sensitive material
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termination material
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textured material
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thermographic material
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thermomagnetic material
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thermosetting material
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thermost material
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timber-based material
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tool material
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tree-length material
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two-gap material
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two-valley material
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ultrarefractory material
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unclad dielectric material
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undersize material
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upholstery material
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vaporproof material
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vesicular material
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video material
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vitrocrystalline material
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wall-building material
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washing material
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waste material
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waterproofing material
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web material
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weighting material
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widebandgap material
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widegap material
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wood raw material
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1) негатив
2) минусовый
3) негативный
4) отрицательный
5) отрицание
6) отрицательный ответ
7) отрицательная величина
8) противоположный
– black-and-white negative
– color negative
– combine a negative
– cut a negative
– details of negative
– film negative
– flat negative
– half-tone negative
– hard negative
– key negative
– large-area negative
– line negative
– master negative
– negative acceleration
– negative acknowledgement
– negative acknowledgment
– negative balance
– negative booster
– negative carrier
– negative carry
– negative catalysis
– negative clamping
– negative definite
– negative density
– negative developer
– negative eye-piece
– negative feedback
– negative film
– negative glow
– negative image
– negative ion
– negative limiting
– negative logic
– negative material
– negative meniscus
– negative number
– negative orthant
– negative phase-sequence
– negative photoresist
– negative pulse
– negative terminal
– negative time
– negative tolerance
– negative value
– plate negative
– reduce a negative
– reverse a negative
– shadow in negative
negative electron affinity — <chem.> сродство электронное отрицательное
negative pitching moment — <phys.> момент пикирующий
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1) материал
2) материальный
3) складский
4) вещество
5) вещественный
6) ткань
– accessory material
– acid-proof material
– acoustical material
– activated material
– active material
– alkali-resting material
– anisotropic material
– anode material
– anticorrosive material
– ash-shade material
– asphaltic material
– bar material
– base material
– binding material
– breeder material
– brittle material
– building material
– bulk material
– calcinable material
– ceramic material
– class of material
– classified material
– cleaning material
– cold-charge material
– combustible material
– comminuted material
– composite material
– composition material
– contact material
– container material
– corrosion-resistant material
– covering material
– crushed material
– crystalline material
– current-conducting material
– damping material
– depleted material
– diamagnetic material
– disperse material
– donor material
– doping material
– dryable material
– edible raw material
– elastic material
– elasto-plastic material
– electrooptic material
– electrotecnical material
– engineering material
– enriched material
– facing material
– ferroelectric material
– ferromagnetic material
– fettling material
– fibrous material
– film-forming material
– fire-proof material
– fire-resistant material
– fissible material
– flaw-detecting material
– floatable material
– fluorescent material
– frost-proof material
– glass-fibre material
– granular material
– grinding material
– heat-insulating material
– heterogeneous material
– high-energy material
– high-temperature material
– homogeneous material
– in-process material
– incidental material
– incompressible material
– inert material
– inflammable material
– inflexible material
– insulating material
– interplanetary material
– interstellar material
– investigated material
– ion-exchange material
– isotropic material
– joint-sealing material
– laser material
– laster material
– light-sensitive material
– loose material
– low-energy material
– low-grade material
– luminescent material
– lump material
– lunar material
– magnetic material
– magnetized material
– magneto-optic material
– magnetostrictive material
– material acquisitiveness
– material authority
– material constant
– material point
– material test
– miscible material
– molding material
– multilayer material
– natural material
– negative material
– non-edible raw material
– non-flammable material
– non-gray material
– non-magnetic material
– non-metallic material
– non-porous material
– nuclear material
– oil-resistant material
– optoacoustic material
– organic material
– ozone-resisting material
– packaging material
– packed material
– packing material
– paintwork material
– paramagnetic material
– parent material
– phase material
– photoelastic material
– photoemissive material
– photographic material
– piezoresistive material
– plastic material
– polymeric material
– porous material
– positive material
– powder material
– printed material
– raw material
– reflecting material
– refracting material
– road-building material
– roofing material
– saving in material
– scarce material
– sealing material
– section material
– semiconducting material
– settling material
– sheet material
– shielding material
– single material
– single-phase material
– sintered material
– slag-forming material
– solar material
– sound-absorbing material
– sound-damping material
– source material
– sponge material
– steam-cured material
– stowage material
– tanning material
– thermomagnetic material
– thermoplastic material
– thin-film material
– tool material
– transfer of material
– translucent material
– transparent material
– traverse material
– upholstery material
– viscoelastic material
– wrapping material
breadth of rolled material — ширина прокатываемого материала
electrical insulating material — электроизоляционный материал
geksanit borazon material — <engin.> гексанит
hard magnetic material — магнитно-жесткий материал, <phys.> материал магнитнотвердый
hydraulic binding material — вяжущий гидравлический материал
ismit borazon material — <tech.> исмит
kubonit borazon material — <tech.> кубонит
soft magnetic material — магнитно-мягкий материал, <phys.> материал магнитномягкий
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материал; веществоАнгло-русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу > material
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1) материала) вещество; средаб) совокупность данных; факты2) материальный; вещественный3) существенный; важный4) pl-принадлежности•- active laser material
- active maser material
- alignment material
- antiferroelectric material
- antiferromagnetic material
- base material
- bleached photographic material
- bubble material
- cast magnetic material
- cathodochromic material
- cermet material
- class-A insulating material
- class-B insulating material
- class-C insulating material
- class-E insulating material
- class-F insulating material
- class-H insulating material
- class-O insulating material
- composite material
- conducting material
- conductor material
- deformable magnetic material
- degenerate material
- desiccant packing material
- diamagnetic material
- diazo material
- diazosulfonate material
- dielectric material
- disordered magnetic material
- dopant material
- doped material
- doping material
- electret material
- electroluminescent material
- electronic material
- electronic-grade material
- electrooptical material
- encapsulating material
- ferrielectric material
- ferrimagnetic material
- ferroelectric material
- ferromagnetic material
- floating-zone material
- fluorescent material
- garnet-structured material
- hard magnetic material
- high-dielectric material
- high-energy material
- high-energy-product material
- high-frequency magnetic material
- high-k material
- highly remanent material
- host material
- intrinsic material
- laser material
- light-sensitive material
- low-energy material
- low-energy-product material
- low-moment magnetic material
- luminescent material
- magnetic material
- magnetic material for data carriers
- magnetic material for hysteresis-motor rotors
- magnetic material for permanent magnets
- magnetic material for semi-permanent magnets
- magnetic bubble material
- magnetodielectric material
- magnetooptic material
- magnetostrictive material
- maser material
- metal magnetic material
- metal-plastic magnetic material
- microwave-absorbing material
- microwave magnetic material
- nanocrystalline material
- nanophase material
- narrow gap material
- narrow-band gap material
- NEA material
- negative electron affinity material
- negative-image-producing material
- nondegenerate material
- n-type material
- nuclear paramagnetic material
- optical material
- organic magnetic material
- original material
- oxide material
- paramagnetic material
- PEA material
- phosphor material
- photochromic material
- photoconductive material
- photoelastic material
- photoelectric material
- photoemissive material
- photomagnetic material
- photosensitive material
- piezoelectric material
- piezomagnetic material
- polarized ferromagnetic material
- poly material
- polycrystalline material
- positive electron affinity material
- positive-image-producing material
- potting material
- powder material
- p-type material
- pyroelectric material
- radar absorbing material
- raw material
- regrown material
- semiconductor material
- semiconductor-grade material
- semi-hard magnetic material
- single-crystal material
- soft magnetic material
- square-loop material
- square-loop magnetic material
- substrate material
- superconducting material
- superconductive material
- superconductor material
- surface-passivating material
- temperature-sensitive magnetic material
- textured material
- thermal diazo material
- thermomagnetic material
- thermomagnetic-recording material
- thermosetting material
- tissue-equivalent material
- two-valley material
- vesicular material
- wide gap material
- wide-band gap material -
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1) материала) вещество; средаб) совокупность данных; факты2) материальный; вещественный3) существенный; важный4) pl. принадлежности•- active maser material
- active material
- alignment material
- antiferroelectric material
- antiferromagnetic material
- base material
- bleached photographic material
- bubble material
- cast magnetic material
- cathodochromic material
- cermet material
- class-A insulating material
- class-B insulating material
- class-C insulating material
- class-E insulating material
- class-F insulating material
- class-H insulating material
- class-O insulating material
- composite material
- conducting material
- conductor material
- deformable magnetic material
- degenerate material
- desiccant packing material
- diamagnetic material
- diazo material
- diazosulfonate material
- dielectric material
- disordered magnetic material
- dopant material
- doped material
- doping material
- electret material
- electroluminescent material
- electronic material
- electronic-grade material
- electrooptical material
- encapsulating material
- ferrielectric material
- ferrimagnetic material
- ferroelectric material
- ferromagnetic material
- floating-zone material
- fluorescent material
- garnet-structured material
- hard magnetic material
- high-dielectric material
- high-energy material
- high-energy-product material
- high-frequency magnetic material
- high-k material
- highly remanent material
- host material
- intrinsic material
- laser material
- light-sensitive material
- low-energy material
- low-energy-product material
- low-moment magnetic material
- luminescent material
- magnetic bubble material
- magnetic material for data carriers
- magnetic material for hysteresis-motor rotors
- magnetic material for permanent magnets
- magnetic material for semi-permanent magnets
- magnetic material
- magnetodielectric material
- magnetooptic material
- magnetostrictive material
- maser material
- metal magnetic material
- metal-plastic magnetic material
- microwave magnetic material
- microwave-absorbing material
- nanocrystalline material
- nanophase material
- narrow gap material
- narrow-band gap material
- NEA material
- negative electron affinity material
- negative-image-producing material
- nondegenerate material
- n-type material
- nuclear paramagnetic material
- optical material
- organic magnetic material
- original material
- oxide material
- paramagnetic material
- PEA material
- phosphor material
- photochromic material
- photoconductive material
- photoelastic material
- photoelectric material
- photoemissive material
- photomagnetic material
- photosensitive material
- piezoelectric material
- piezomagnetic material
- polarized ferromagnetic material
- poly material
- polycrystalline material
- positive electron affinity material
- positive-image-producing material
- potting material
- powder material
- p-type material
- pyroelectric material
- radar absorbing material
- raw material
- regrown material
- semiconductor material
- semiconductor-grade material
- semi-hard magnetic material
- single-crystal material
- soft magnetic material
- square-loop magnetic material
- square-loop material
- substrate material
- superconducting material
- superconductive material
- superconductor material
- surface-passivating material
- temperature-sensitive magnetic material
- textured material
- thermal diazo material
- thermomagnetic material
- thermomagnetic-recording material
- thermosetting material
- tissue-equivalent material
- two-valley material
- vesicular material
- wide gap material
- wide-band gap materialThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > material
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матеріал - acceptor material
- adulterated semiconductor material
- base material
- binding material
- brittle material
- bubble material
- carrier material
- cermet material
- coarse-featured resist material
- composite material
- compound semiconductor material
- conductivity-type imparting material
- contact material
- contrast enhancing material
- dopant masking material
- doped material
- doping material
- electronic material
- electron resist material
- encapsulating material
- encapsulation material
- epitaxial material
- etchant masking material
- etching material
- evaporated material
- evaporation material
- filler material
- film material
- fine-featured resist material
- foreign material
- fragile material
- group III-V compound semiconductor material
- heavily doped material
- high-resistivity material
- host material
- impurity material
- laminated material
- liquid-crystal material
- lowly doped material
- low-resistivity material
- LSCO material
- magnetostrictive material
- mask-forming material
- mask material
- mismatched materials
- molding material
- multilayer material
- negative-image material
- organosilicone material
- packaging material
- parent material
- patterned material
- photoresist material
- photoresponsive material
- photosensitive material
- piezoelectric material
- plastic material
- polycrystalline material
- positive-image material
- refractory material
- resist material
- resistive material
- semiconductive material
- semiconductor material
- semiconductor-glass composite material
- silicon-on-insulator material
- silicon-on-sapphire material
- Si-MBE material
- single-crystal material
- spinel material
- starting material
- stop-etch material
- substrate material
- superconducting material
- support material
- thallium-based material
- thixotropic material
- virgin material
- Y–Ba–Cu–O material
- Y1–Ba2–Cu3–O7-x material
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['neɡətiv] 1. adjective1) (meaning or saying `no'; denying something: a negative answer.) záporný2) (expecting to fail: a negative attitude.) záporný3) (less than zero: -4 is a negative or minus number.) záporný4) (having more electrons than normal: The battery has a negative and a positive terminal.) záporný2. noun1) (a word etc by which something is denied: `No' and `never' are negatives.) zápor2) (the photographic film, from which prints are made, on which light and dark are reversed: I gave away the print, but I still have the negative.) negatív•* * *• veto• vetovat• vyjadrujúci zákaz• vyvrátit• vyvážit• záporný• zápor• záporka• zavrhnút• zákazový• záporná velicina• záporná vlastnost• zamietnut• zákaz• znicit• zmarit• spätný• anulovat• dokázat nepravdu• opozícia• oponent• právo veta• podnormálny• popriet• poprenie• lavotocivý• mínusový• marit• negatív• neutralizovat• neprítomnost• nesúhlas• negatívna hodnota• nepriaznivý• nedostatok• negatívny (pól)• negatívny materiál• negatívny• nepriznat• negatívne vyjadrenie• odmietnut• odmietat• odmietnutie• odmietavý• opak -
18 negative variance
учет отрицательное отклонение (отрицательная разница между запланированными и реальными показателями; напр., отрицательная разница между запланированными и фактическими затратами, означающая, что была получена меньшая прибыль, чем ожидалось)The unexpected increase in raw material prices meant a negative variance of $5000. — Неожиданный рост цен на сырье привел к отрицательному отклонению в 5000 долл.
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19 material evidence
not a rag of evidence — никаких улик, ни тени доказательства
negative evidence — отрицающее, опровергающее доказательство
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20 negative balance
1. отрицательный итог; отрицательный остаток2. пассивный баланс
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