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  • 41 thank

    [θæŋk]
    гл.

    thank you ever so much — разг. очень вам благодарен

    thank you for nothing! — спасибо и на том! (иронически, в ответ на отказ)

    thank God, God be thanked, thank goodness, thank heaven — благодаря Богу, благодаря небесам

    to thank smb. heartily (formally, humbly, sincerely, warmly, effusively, volubly) — благодарить кого-л. сердечно (официально, робко, искренне, тепло, экспансивно, многословно)

    I can't thank you enough. — Я вам бесконечно благодарен, я не знаю, как вас благодарить.

    I will thank you to be a little more polite. — Я бы попросил вас быть повежливее.

    I have only myself to thank for this mess. — Я сам виноват, что заварил эту кашу.

    Please thank him for the trouble taken. — Пожалуйста, поблагодарите его за заботу.

    Thank him for me. — Поблагодарите его за меня.

    I'll (I should) thank you for some more tea. — Нельзя ли мне ещё чашечку чаю?

    Did you thank him for coming? — Вы поблагодарили его за то, что он пришёл?

    Thank you, young man, for seeing me across that busy street. — Спасибо, молодой человек, что перевели меня через эту оживлённую улицу.

    Gram:
    [ref dict="LingvoGrammar (En-Ru)"]Thanking people[/ref]

    Англо-русский современный словарь > thank

  • 42 debate

    A n ( formal) débat m (on, about sur) ; ( more informal) discussion f (about à propos de) ; parliamentary debate débats mpl parlementaires ; the abortion debate le débat sur l'avortement ; to hold a debate organiser un débat ; to hold a debate on débattre de [issue, proposal] ; after (a) lengthy debate après avoir longuement discuté ; to be open to debate être discutable ; the plan is still under debate on discute encore du plan.
    B vtr gen, Pol ( formally) débattre de [issue, proposal, bill] ; ( more informally) discuter de [question] (with avec) ; I am debating whether to leave je me demande si je dois partir ; a much debated issue un sujet très controversé.
    C vi to debate about sth discuter de qch (with avec).

    Big English-French dictionary > debate

  • 43 Capacity measurement

    British liquid measurements
    20 fl oz = 0,57l (litre)
    1 qt = 1,13l* (litres)
    1 pt = 0,57l
    1 gal = 4,54l
    * There are three ways of saying 1,13l, and other measurements like it: un virgule treize litres, or (less formally) un litre virgule treize, or un litre treize. For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
    American liquid measurements
    16 fl oz = 0,47l
    1 qt = 0,94l
    1 pt = 0,47l
    1 gal = 3,78l
    Phrases
    what does the tank hold?
    = combien le réservoir contient-il?
    what’s its capacity?
    = quelle est sa contenance?
    it’s 200 litres
    = il fait 200 litres
    its capacity is 200 litres
    = il fait 200 litres
    my car does 28 miles to the gallon
    = ma voiture fait dix litres aux cent† or ma voiture fait du dix litres aux cent
    they use 20,000 litres a day
    = ils utilisent 20000 litres par jour
    † Note that the French calculate petrol consumption in litres per 100 km. To convert miles per gallon to litres per 100 km and vice versa simply divide the factor 280 by the
    known figure.
    A holds more than B
    = A contient plus que B
    B holds less than A
    = B contient moins que A
    A has a greater capacity than B
    = A a une plus grande contenance que B
    B has a smaller capacity than A
    = B a une moins grande contenance que A
    A and B have the same capacity
    = A et B ont la même contenance
    20 litres of wine
    = 20 litres de vin
    it’s sold by the litre
    = cela se vend au litre
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-litre tank
    = un réservoir de 200 litres

    Big English-French dictionary > Capacity measurement

  • 44 Parker, George Safford

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. 1 November 1863 Shullsberg, Wisconsin, USA
    d. 19 July 1937 USA
    [br]
    American perfector of the fountain pen and founder of the Parker Pen Company.
    [br]
    Parker was born of English immigrant stock and grew up on his parents' farm in Iowa. He matriculated at Upper Iowa University and then joined the Valentine School of Telegraphy at Jamesville, Wisconsin: within a year he was on the staff. He supplemented his meagre school-master's pay by selling fountain pens to his students. He found that the pens needed constant attention, and his students were continually bringing them back to him for repair. The more he sold, the more he repaired. The work furnished him, first, with a detailed knowledge of the design and construction of the fountain pen and then with the thought that he could make a better pen himself. He gave up his teaching career and in 1888 began experimenting. He established his own company and in the following year he registered his first patent. The Parker Pen Company was formally incorporated on 8 March 1892.
    In the following years he patented many improvements, including the Lucky Curve pen and ink-feed system, patented in 1894. That was the real breakthrough for Parker and the pen was an immediate success. It solved the problem that had bedevilled the fountain pen before and since, by incorporating an ink-feed system that ensured a free and uniform flow of ink to where it was wanted, the nib, and not to other undesirable places.
    Parker established a reputation for manufacturing high-quality pens that looked good and worked well and reliably. The pens were in demand worldwide and the company grew.
    During the First World War, Parker introduced the Trench Pen for use on the Western Front. A tablet of pigment was inserted in a blind cap at the end of the pen. When this tablet was placed in the barrel and the barrel was filled with water, the pen was ready for use.
    Later developments included the Duofold pen, designed and launched in 1920. It had an enlarged ink capacity, a red barrel and a twentyfive-year guarantee on the nib. It became immensely popular with the public and was the flagship product throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, until the Vacumatic was launched in 1933.
    Parker handed over control of the company to this two sons, Kenneth and Russell, during the 1920s, remaining President until his retirement in 1933.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1937, Jamesville Gazette 19 July (an appreciation by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright was published simultaneously). No biography has appeared, but Parker gave details of his career in an article in Systems
    Review, October 1926.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Parker, George Safford

  • 45 Schemata

       Once we have accepted a configuration of schemata, the schemata themselves provide a richness that goes far beyond our observations.... In fact, once we have determined that a particular schema accounts for some event, we may not be able to determine which aspects of our beliefs are based on direct sensory information and which are merely consequences of our interpretation. (Rumelhart, 1980, p. 38)
       Through most of its history, the notion of the schema has been rejected by mainstream experimental psychologists as being too vague. As a result, the concept of the schema was largely shunned until the mid-1970s. The concept was then revived by an attempt to offer more clearly specified interpretation of the schema in terms of explicitly specified computer implementations or, similarly, formally specified implementations of the concept. Thus, Minsky (1975) postulated the concept of the frame, Schank and Abelson (1977) focused on the concept of the script, and Bobrow and Norman (1975) and Rumelhart (1975) developed an explicit notion of the schema. Although the details differed in each case, the idea was essentially the same.... Minsky and the others argued that some higher-level "suprasentential" or, more simply, conceptual structure is needed to represent the complex relations implicit in our knowledge base. The basic idea is that schemata are data structures for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are schemata for generalized concepts underlying objects, situations, events, sequences of events, actions, and sequences of actions. Roughly, schemata are like models of the outside world. To process information with the use of a schema is to determine which model best fits the incoming information. Ultimately, consistent configurations of schemata are discovered which, in concert, offer the best account for the input. This configuration of schemata together constitutes the interpretation of the input. (Rumelhart, Smolensky, McClelland & Hinton, 1986, pp. 17-18)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Schemata

  • 46 report

    re·port [rɪʼpɔ:t, Am -ʼpɔ:rt] n
    1) ( news) Meldung f (on über +akk);
    newspaper \report Zeitungsbericht m, Zeitungsmeldung f;
    \reports in the newspaper/ press Zeitungs-/Presseberichte mpl
    2) ( formal statement) Bericht m (on über +akk);
    the project leader gave a progress \report on what had been achieved so far der Projektleiter erstattete Bericht über die bisher gemachten Fortschritte;
    [school] \report ( Brit) Schulzeugnis nt;
    stock market/weather \report Börsen-/Wetterbericht m;
    annual/financial \report [of a company] Jahres-/Rechenschaftsbericht m [einer Firma];
    weekly/yearly \report wöchentlicher/jährlicher Bericht;
    to give [or make] [or submit] a \report einen Bericht vorlegen
    3) ( unproven claim) Gerücht nt;
    according to \reports... Gerüchten zufolge...
    4) (form: sound of gunshot) Knall m;
    \report of a gun Knallen nt eines Gewehrs;
    sharp \report durchdringender Knall vt
    to \report sth [to sb] [jdm] etw berichten [o melden];
    the assassination was \reported in all the cities über den Mordanschlag wurde in allen Städten berichtet;
    he was \reported missing in action er wurde als vermisst gemeldet;
    to \report casualties Verluste melden;
    to \report a crime/ break-in/theft [to the police] ein Verbrechen/einen Einbruch/einen Diebstahl anzeigen [o [der Polizei] melden];
    to \report information to the authorities Informationen an die Behörden weiterleiten;
    to \report having seen sth aussagen, dass man etw gesehen hat;
    several people \reported having seen the stolen car mehrere Leute gaben an, das gestohlene Auto gesehen zu haben
    2) ( denounce)
    to \report sb jdn melden;
    the foreman \reported the lorry driver to the boss der Vorarbeiter meldete den Lastwagenfahrer beim Chef;
    to \report sb to the police jdn anzeigen
    3) ( claim)
    sb/sth is \reported to be sth jd/etw soll etw sein;
    the new management are \reported to be more popular among the staff es heißt, dass die neue Geschäftsleitung bei der Belegschaft beliebter sei
    to \report sth etw wiedergeben;
    I heard that the account \reported in the press is completely false ich habe gehört, der Bericht in der Presse sei völlig falsch vi
    1) ( make public) Bericht erstatten;
    to \report on sb/ sth to sb [or to sb on sb/ sth] ( once) jdm über jdn/etw Bericht erstatten;
    ( ongoing) jdn über jdn/etw auf dem Laufenden halten;
    I want you to \report on progress every Friday ich möchte, dass sie mir jeden Freitag über die gemachten Fortschritte Bericht erstatten;
    to \report [that]... mitteilen, [dass]...
    to \report to sb jdm unterstehen;
    you will \report directly to the boss Sie sind direkt dem Chef unterstellt
    to \report for duty/ work sich akk zum Dienst/zur Arbeit melden;
    to \report sick ( esp Brit) sich akk krankmelden
    to \report to [or at] somewhere/sb sich akk irgendwo/bei jdm melden, irgendwo/bei jdm vorsprechen;
    some foreigners have to \report to the police station once a month manche Ausländer müssen sich einmal im Monat bei der Polizei melden

    English-German students dictionary > report

  • 47 part

    1. I
    1) they refused to part они не пожелали расстаться
    2) the crowd parted and let us through толпа расступилась и дала нам пройти; the curtain parted занавес раздвинулся; the clouds parted между туч наметился просвет; the roads (the stream, etc.) parted дороги и т.д. расходятся
    3) the rope parted веревка порвалась; cable parted кабель лопнул.
    2. II
    1) part in some manner part amicably (meekly, formally, suddenly, slowly, quickly, airily, etc.) расставаться мирно /полюбовно/ и т.д.; they'll part no more они больше не будут разлучаться
    2) part somewhere our roads part here здесь наши пути расходятся; part in some manner the crowd parted right and left to make way for the soldiers толпа отступила вправо и влево и освободила путь для солдат
    3. III
    1) part smb., smth. part friends а) разлучать друзей; б) расставаться друзьями; we parted the best of friends мы расстались лучшими друзьями; part company a) расходиться или разъезжаться; б) ссориться, перестать дружить
    2) part smb., smth. part fighters (combatants, etc.) разнимать дерущихся и т.д.; I parted the fighting dogs я разнял сцепившихся собак; the soldiers (the policemen on horseback, etc.) parted the crowd солдаты и т.д. заставили толпу расступиться; an islet parts the stream речка разделяется островком; а smile parted her lips ее губы раскрылись в улыбке; part one's hair расчесывать волосы на пробор
    3) part smth. part a rope (a cable, etc.) рвать веревку и т.д.; the strain parted the rope веревка лопнула от напряжения
    4. IV
    1) part smb. in some manner part smb. cruelly безжалостно разлучить кого-л.
    2) part smth. in some manner part one's hair carefully тщательно расчесывать волосы ни пробор
    5. XI
    1) be parted the lovers were parted влюбленных разлучили; friends were parted друзей заставили расстаться
    2) be parted in some manner his hair was parted exactly in the middle пробор у него был /шел/ точно посередине; он аккуратно расчесывал волосы на прямой пробор; her heir was parted at the side она расчесывала волосы на косой пробор; our garden is parted from theirs by a low fence наш сад отделен от их сада низким забором
    6. XIII
    part to do smth. the crowd parted to let him through толпа расступилась и дала ему пройти
    7. XVI
    1) part at (in, on, etc.) smth. part at the corner (at the gate, on the quay, in the square, etc.) расставаться на углу и т.д.; part from /with/ smb. part from a friend (with one's child, etc.) расставаться /прощаться/ с другом и т.д.; I parted from him reluctantly я неохотно расстался с ним; part in smth. part in anger разойтись, разругавшись; part from smb. at smth. I parted from him at Tokyo station я расстался /распрощался/ с ним на вокзале в Токио; part for some time part for a year расставаться на год; part for ever расставаться навсегда
    2) part with smb. part with one's secretary (with one's agent, etc.) отпускать /увольнять/ секретаря и т.д., давать расчет секретарю и т.д.; part with smth. part with one's property отказываться от своей собственности; part with one's house покинуть или продать свой дом; I wouldn't part with that book at any price эту книгу я не отдам ни за какие деньги; he hates to part with his money он терпеть не может платить
    3) part under smth. the rope parted under the strain (under the pressure, etc.) веревка лопнула от напряжения и т.д.
    8. XX1
    part as smb. part as friends расставаться /расходиться/ друзьями
    9. XXI1
    1) part smth. into smth. the island parts the river into two branches остров делит реку на два рукава; part smth., smb. from smth., smb. part an island from the mainland (North America from Asia, calves from the herd, etc.) отделять остров от материка и т.д.; Bering Strait parts North America from Asia от Азии Северную Америку отделяет Берингов пролив
    2) part smb. from smb. the war parted them from their families война разлучала их с семьями If part company with smb. расставаться с кем-л.; I am afraid I must part company with you боюсь, что я должен с вами распрощаться

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > part

  • 48 definition

    1) определение, дефиниция, формулировка
    2) ясность, понятность
    3) чёткость, резкость ( изображения)
    •

    definition by abstraction — матем. определение путём абстракции

    definition by contraposition — матем. определение через противоположение

    definition by correlation — матем. определение через корреляционное отношение

    definition by induction — матем. определение по индукции

    definition by recursion — матем. рекурсивное определение

    English-Russian scientific dictionary > definition

  • 49 Chronology

      15,000-3,000 BCE Paleolithic cultures in western Portugal.
      400-200 BCE Greek and Carthaginian trade settlements on coast.
      202 BCE Roman armies invade ancient Lusitania.
      137 BCE Intensive Romanization of Lusitania begins.
      410 CE Germanic tribes — Suevi and Visigoths—begin conquest of Roman Lusitania and Galicia.
      714—16 Muslims begin conquest of Visigothic Lusitania.
      1034 Christian Reconquest frontier reaches Mondego River.
      1064 Christians conquer Coimbra.
      1139 Burgundian Count Afonso Henriques proclaims himself king of Portugal; birth of Portugal. Battle of Ourique: Afonso Henriques defeats Muslims.
      1147 With English Crusaders' help, Portuguese seize Lisbon from Muslims.
      1179 Papacy formally recognizes Portugal's independence (Pope Alexander III).
      1226 Campaign to reclaim Alentejo from Muslims begins.
      1249 Last Muslim city (Silves) falls to Portuguese Army.
      1381 Beginning of third war between Castile and Portugal.
      1383 Master of Aviz, João, proclaimed regent by Lisbon populace.
      1385 April: Master of Aviz, João I, proclaimed king of Portugal by Cortes of Coimbra. 14 August: Battle of Aljubarrota, Castilians defeated by royal forces, with assistance of English army.
      1394 Birth of "Prince Henry the Navigator," son of King João I.
      1415 Beginning of overseas expansion as Portugal captures Moroccan city of Ceuta.
      1419 Discovery of Madeira Islands.
      1425-28 Prince D. Pedro, older brother of Prince Henry, travels in Europe.
      1427 Discovery (or rediscovery?) of Azores Islands.
      1434 Prince Henry the Navigator's ships pass beyond Cape Bojador, West Africa.
      1437 Disaster at Tangier, Morocco, as Portuguese fail to capture city.
      1441 First African slaves from western Africa reach Portugal.
      1460 Death of Prince Henry. Portuguese reach what is now Senegal, West Africa.
      1470s Portuguese explore West African coast and reach what is now Ghana and Nigeria and begin colonizing islands of São Tomé and Príncipe.
      1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas between kings of Portugal and Spain.
      1482 Portuguese establish post at São Jorge da Mina, Gold Coast (now Ghana).
      1482-83 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches mouth of Congo River and Angola.
      1488 Navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and finds route to Indian Ocean.
      1492-93 Columbus's first voyage to West Indies.
      1493 Columbus visits Azores and Portugal on return from first voyage; tells of discovery of New World. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between kings of Portugal and Spain: delimits spheres of conquest with line 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands (claimed by Portugal); Portugal's sphere to east of line includes, in effect, Brazil.
       King Manuel I and Royal Council decide to continue seeking all-water route around Africa to Asia.
       King Manuel I expels unconverted Jews from Portugal.
      1497-99 Epic voyage of Vasco da Gama from Portugal around Africa to west India, successful completion of sea route to Asia project; da Gama returns to Portugal with samples of Asian spices.
      1500 Bound for India, Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral "discovers" coast of Brazil and claims it for Portugal.
      1506 Anti-Jewish riots in Lisbon.
       Battle of Diu, India; Portugal's command of Indian Ocean assured for some time with Francisco de Almeida's naval victory over Egyptian and Gujerati fleets.
       Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa, India; beginning of Portuguese hegemony in south Asia.
       Portuguese conquest of Malacca; commerce in Spice Islands.
      1519 Magellan begins circumnavigation voyage.
      1536 Inquisition begins in Portugal.
      1543 Portuguese merchants reach Japan.
      1557 Portuguese merchants granted Chinese territory of Macau for trading factory.
      1572 Luís de Camões publishes epic poem, Os Lusíadas.
      1578 Battle of Alcácer-Quivir; Moroccan forces defeat army of King Sebastião of Portugal; King Sebastião dies in battle. Portuguese succession crisis.
      1580 King Phillip II of Spain claims and conquers Portugal; Spanish rule of Portugal, 1580-1640.
      1607-24 Dutch conquer sections of Asia and Brazil formerly held by Portugal.
      1640 1 December: Portuguese revolution in Lisbon overthrows Spanish rule, restores independence. Beginning of Portugal's Braganza royal dynasty.
      1654 Following Dutch invasions and conquest of parts of Brazil and Angola, Dutch expelled by force.
      1661 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance treaty signed: England pledges to defend Portugal "as if it were England itself." Queen Catherine of Bra-ganza marries England's Charles II.
      1668 February: In Portuguese-Spanish peace treaty, Spain recognizes independence of Portugal, thus ending 28-year War of Restoration.
      1703 Methuen Treaties signed, key commercial trade agreement and defense treaty between England and Portugal.
      1750 Pombal becomes chief minister of King José I.
      1755 1 November: Massive Lisbon earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
      1759 Expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal and colonies.
      1761 Slavery abolished in continental Portugal.
      1769 Abandonment of Mazagão, Morocco, last Portuguese outpost.
      1777 Pombal dismissed as chief minister by Queen Maria I, after death of José I.
      1791 Portugal and United States establish full diplomatic relations.
      1807 November: First Napoleonic invasion; French forces under Junot conquer Portugal. Royal family flees to colony of Brazil and remains there until 1821.
      1809 Second French invasion of Portugal under General Soult.
      1811 Third French invasion of Portugal under General Masséna.
      1813 Following British general Wellington's military victories, French forces evacuate Portugal.
      1817 Liberal, constitutional movements against absolutist monarchist rule break out in Brazil (Pernambuco) and Portugal (Lisbon, under General Gomes Freire); crushed by government. British marshal of Portugal's army, Beresford, rules Portugal.
       Liberal insurrection in army officer corps breaks out in Cadiz, Spain, and influences similar movement in Portugal's armed forces first in Oporto.
       King João VI returns from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and early draft of constitution; era of constitutional monarchy begins.
      1822 7 September: João VI's son Pedro proclaims independence of
       Brazil from Portugal and is named emperor. 23 September: Constitution of 1822 ratified.
       Portugal recognizes sovereign independence of Brazil.
       King João VI dies; power struggle for throne ensues between his sons, brothers Pedro and Miguel; Pedro, emperor of Brazil, abdicates Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter, D. Maria II, too young to assume crown. By agreement, Miguel, uncle of D. Maria, is to accept constitution and rule in her stead.
      1828 Miguel takes throne and abolishes constitution. Sections of Portugal rebel against Miguelite rule.
      1831 Emperor Pedro abdicates throne of Brazil and returns to Portugal to expel King Miguel from Portuguese throne.
      1832-34 Civil war between absolutist King Miguel and constitutionalist Pedro, who abandons throne of Brazil to restore his young daughter Maria to throne of Portugal; Miguel's armed forces defeated by those of Pedro. Miguel leaves for exile and constitution (1826 Charter) is restored.
      1834-53 Constitutional monarchy consolidated under rule of Queen Maria II, who dies in 1853.
      1851-71 Regeneration period of economic development and political stability; public works projects sponsored by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo.
      1871-90 Rotativism period of alternating party governments; achieves political stability and less military intervention in politics and government. Expansion of colonial territory in tropical Africa.
       January: Following territorial dispute in central Africa, Britain delivers "Ultimatum" to Portugal demanding withdrawal of Portugal's forces from what is now Malawi and Zimbabwe. Portugal's government, humiliated in accepting demand under threat of a diplomatic break, falls. Beginning of governmental and political instability; monarchist decline and republicanism's rise.
       Anglo-Portuguese treaties signed relating to delimitation of frontiers in colonial Africa.
      1899 Treaty of Windsor; renewal of Anglo-Portuguese defense and friendship alliance.
      1903 Triumphal visit of King Edward VII to Portugal.
      1906 Politician João Franco supported by King Carlos I in dictatorship to restore order and reform.
      1908 1 February: Murder in Lisbon of King Carlos I and his heir apparent, Prince Dom Luís, by Portuguese anarchists. Eighteen-year-old King Manuel II assumes throne.
      1910 3-5 October: Following republican-led military insurrection in armed forces, monarchy falls and first Portuguese republic is proclaimed. Beginning of unstable, economically troubled, parliamentary republic form of government.
       May: Violent insurrection in Lisbon overturns government of General Pimenta de Castro; nearly a thousand casualties from several days of armed combat in capital.
       March: Following Portugal's honoring ally Britain's request to confiscate German shipping in Portuguese harbors, Germany declares war on Portugal; Portugal enters World War I on Allied side.
       Portugal organizes and dispatches Portuguese Expeditionary Corps to fight on the Western Front. 9 April: Portuguese forces mauled by German offensive in Battle of Lys. Food rationing and riots in Lisbon. Portuguese military operations in Mozambique against German expedition's invasion from German East Africa. 5 December: Authoritarian, presidentialist government under Major Sidónio Pais takes power in Lisbon, following a successful military coup.
      1918 11 November: Armistice brings cessation of hostilities on Western Front in World War I. Portuguese expeditionary forces stationed in Angola, Mozambique, and Flanders begin return trip to Portugal. 14 December: President Sidónio Pais assassinated. Chaotic period of ephemeral civil war ensues.
      1919-21 Excessively unstable political period, including January
      1919 abortive effort of Portuguese monarchists to restore Braganza dynasty to power. Republican forces prevail, but level of public violence, economic distress, and deprivation remains high.
      1921 October: Political violence attains peak with murder of former prime minister and other prominent political figures in Lisbon. Sectors of armed forces and Guarda Nacional Republicana are mutinous. Year of financial and corruption scandals, including Portuguese bank note (fraud) case; military court acquits guilty military insurrectionists, and one military judge declares "the country is sick."
       28 May: Republic overthrown by military coup or pronunciamento and conspiracy among officer corps. Parliament's doors locked and parliament closed for nearly nine years to January 1935. End of parliamentary republic, Western Europe's most unstable political system in this century, beginning of the Portuguese dictatorship, after 1930 known as the Estado Novo. Officer corps assumes reins of government, initiates military censorship of the press, and suppresses opposition.
       February: Military dictatorship under General Óscar Carmona crushes failed republican armed insurrection in Oporto and Lisbon.
       April: Military dictatorship names Professor Antônio de Oliveira Salazar minister of finance, with dictatorial powers over budget, to stabilize finances and rebuild economy. Insurrectionism among military elements continues into 1931.
      1930 Dr. Salazar named minister for colonies and announces balanced budgets. Salazar consolidates support by various means, including creation of official regime "movement," the National Union. Salazar engineers Colonial Act to ensure Lisbon's control of bankrupt African colonies by means of new fiscal controls and centralization of authority. July: Military dictatorship names Salazar prime minister for first time, and cabinet composition undergoes civilianization; academic colleagues and protégés plan conservative reform and rejuvenation of society, polity, and economy. Regime comes to be called the Estado Novo (New State). New State's constitution ratified by new parliament, the National Assembly; Portugal described in document as "unitary, corporative Republic" and governance influenced by Salazar's stern personality and doctrines such as integralism, Catholicism, and fiscal conservatism.
      1936 Violent instability and ensuing civil war in neighboring Spain, soon internationalized by fascist and communist intervention, shake Estado Novo regime. Pseudofascist period of regime features creation of imitation Fascist institutions to defend regime from leftist threats; Portugal institutes "Portuguese Youth" and "Portuguese Legion."
      1939 3 September: Prime Minister Salazar declares Portugal's neutrality in World War II. October: Anglo-Portuguese agreement grants naval and air base facilities to Britain and later to United States for Battle of the Atlantic and Normandy invasion support. Third Reich protests breach of Portugal's neutrality.
       6 June: On day of Allies' Normandy invasion, Portugal suspends mining and export of wolfram ore to both sides in war.
       8 May: Popular celebrations of Allied victory and Fascist defeat in Lisbon and Oporto coincide with Victory in Europe Day. Following managed elections for Estado Novo's National Assembly in November, regime police, renamed PIDE, with increased powers, represses opposition.
      1947 Abortive military coup in central Portugal easily crushed by regime. Independence of India and initiation of Indian protests against Portuguese colonial rule in Goa and other enclaves.
      1949 Portugal becomes founding member of NATO.
      1951 Portugal alters constitution and renames overseas colonies "Overseas Provinces." Portugal and United States sign military base agreements for use of air and naval facilities in Azores Islands and military aid to Lisbon. President Carmona dies in office, succeeded by General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58). July: Indians occupy enclave of Portuguese India (dependency of Damão) by means of passive resistance movement. August: Indian passive resistance movement in Portuguese India repelled by Portuguese forces with loss of life. December: With U.S. backing, Portugal admitted as member of United Nations (along with Spain). Air force general Humberto Delgado, in opposition, challenges Estado Novo's hand-picked successor to Craveiro Lopes, Admiral Américo Tomás. Delgado rallies coalition of democratic, liberal, and communist opposition but loses rigged election and later flees to exile in Brazil. Portugal joins European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
       January and February: Estado Novo rocked by armed African insurrection in northern Angola, crushed by armed forces. Hijacking of Portuguese ocean liner by ally of Delgado, Captain Henrique Galvão. April: Salazar defeats attempted military coup and reshuffles cabinet with group of younger figures who seek to reform colonial rule and strengthen the regime's image abroad. 18 December: Indian army rapidly defeats Portugal's defense force in Goa, Damão, and Diu and incorporates Portugal's Indian possessions into Indian Union. January: Abortive military coup in Beja, Portugal.
      1965 February: General Delgado and his Brazilian secretary murdered and secretly buried near Spanish frontier by political police, PIDE.
      1968 August and September: Prime Minister Salazar, aged 79, suffers crippling stoke. President Tomás names former cabinet officer Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor. Caetano institutes modest reforms in Portugal and overseas.
      1971 Caetano government ratifies amended constitution that allows slight devolution and autonomy to overseas provinces in Africa and Asia. Right-wing loyalists oppose reforms in Portugal. 25 April: Military coup engineered by Armed Forces Movement overthrows Estado Novo and establishes provisional government emphasizing democratization, development, and decolonization. Limited resistance by loyalists. President Tomás and Premier Caetano flown to exile first in Madeira and then in Brazil. General Spínola appointed president. September: Revolution moves to left, as President Spínola, thwarted in his program, resigns.
       March: Military coup by conservative forces fails, and leftist response includes nationalization of major portion of economy. Polarization between forces and parties of left and right. 25 November: Military coup by moderate military elements thwarts leftist forces. Constituent Assembly prepares constitution. Revolution moves from left to center and then right.
       March: Constitution ratified by Assembly of the Republic. 25 April: Second general legislative election gives largest share of seats to Socialist Party (PS). Former oppositionist lawyer, Mário Soares, elected deputy and named prime minister.
      1977-85 Political pendulum of democratic Portugal moves from center-left to center-right, as Social Democratic Party (PSD) increases hold on assembly and take office under Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. July
      1985 elections give edge to PSD who advocate strong free-enterprise measures and revision of leftist-generated 1976 Constitution, amended modestly in 1982.
      1986 January: Portugal joins European Economic Community (EEC).
      1987 July: General, legislative elections for assembly give more than 50 percent to PSD led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva. For first time, since 1974, Portugal has a working majority government.
      1989 June: Following revisions of 1976 Constitution, reprivatization of economy begins, under PS government.
       January: Presidential elections, Mário Soares reelected for second term. July: General, legislative elections for assembly result in new PSD victory and majority government.
       January-July: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC). December: Tariff barriers fall as fully integrated Common Market established in the EEC.
       November: Treaty of Maastricht comes into force. The EEC officially becomes the European Union (EU). Portugal is signatory with 11 other member-nations.
       October: General, legislative elections for assembly result in PS victory and naming of Prime Minister Guterres. PS replace PSD as leading political party. November: Excavations for Lisbon bank uncover ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Christian ruins.
       January: General, presidential elections; socialist Jorge Sampaio defeats PSD's Cavaco Silva and assumes presidency from Dr. Mário Soares. July: Community of Portuguese Languages Countries (CPLP) cofounded by Portugal and Brazil.
       May-September: Expo '98 held in Lisbon. Opening of Vasco da Gama Bridge across Tagus River, Europe's longest (17 kilometers/ 11 miles). June: National referendum on abortion law change defeated after low voter turnout. November: National referendum on regionaliza-tion and devolution of power defeated after another low voter turnout.
       October: General, legislative elections: PS victory over PSD lacks clear majority in parliament. Following East Timor referendum, which votes for independence and withdrawal of Indonesia, outburst of popular outrage in streets, media, and communications of Portugal approves armed intervention and administration of United Nations (and withdrawal of Indonesia) in East Timor. Portugal and Indonesia restore diplomatic relations. December: A Special Territory since 1975, Colony of Macau transferred to sovereignty of People's Republic of China.
       January-June: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the EU; end of Discoveries Historical Commemoration Cycle (1988-2000).
       United Nations forces continue to occupy and administer former colony of East Timor, with Portugal's approval.
       January: General, presidential elections; PS president Sampaio reelected for second term. City of Oporto, "European City of Culture" for the year, hosts arts festival. December: Municipal elections: PSD defeats PS; socialist prime minister Guterres resigns; President Sampaio calls March parliamentary elections.
       1 January: Portugal enters single European Currency system. Euro currency adopted and ceases use of former national currency, the escudo. March: Parliamentary elections; PSD defeats PS and José Durão Barroso becomes prime minister. Military modernization law passed. Portugal holds chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
       May: Municipal law passed permitting municipalities to reorganize in new ways.
       June: Prime Minister Durão Barroso, invited to succeed Romano Prodi as president of EU Commission, resigns. Pedro Santana Lopes becomes prime minister. European Parliament elections held. Conscription for national service in army and navy ended. Mass grave uncovered at Academy of Sciences Museum, Lisbon, revealing remains of several thousand victims of Lisbon earthquake, 1755.
       February: Parliamentary elections; PS defeats PSD, socialists win first absolute majority in parliament since 1975. José Sócrates becomes prime minister.
       January: Presidential elections; PSD candidate Aníbal Cavaco Silva elected and assumes presidency from Jorge Sampaio. Portugal's national soccer team ranked 7th out of 205 countries by international soccer association. European Union's Bologna Process in educational reform initiated in Portugal.
       July-December: Portugal holds presidency of the Council of the European Union. For reasons of economy, Portugal announces closure of many consulates, especially in France and the eastern US. Government begins official inspections of private institutions of higher education, following scandals.
      2008 January: Prime Minister Sócrates announces location of new Lisbon area airport as Alcochete, on south bank of Tagus River, site of air force shooting range. February: Portuguese Army begins to receive new modern battle tanks (Leopard 2 A6). March: Mass protest of 85,000 public school (primary and secondary levels) teachers in Lisbon schools dispute recent educational policies of minister of education and prime minister.

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  • 50 Catholic church

       The Catholic Church and the Catholic religion together represent the oldest and most enduring of all Portuguese institutions. Because its origins as an institution go back at least to the middle of the third century, if not earlier, the Christian and later the Catholic Church is much older than any other Portuguese institution or major cultural influence, including the monarchy (lasting 770 years) or Islam (540 years). Indeed, it is older than Portugal (869 years) itself. The Church, despite its changing doctrine and form, dates to the period when Roman Lusitania was Christianized.
       In its earlier period, the Church played an important role in the creation of an independent Portuguese monarchy, as well as in the colonization and settlement of various regions of the shifting Christian-Muslim frontier as it moved south. Until the rise of absolutist monarchy and central government, the Church dominated all public and private life and provided the only education available, along with the only hospitals and charity institutions. During the Middle Ages and the early stage of the overseas empire, the Church accumulated a great deal of wealth. One historian suggests that, by 1700, one-third of the land in Portugal was owned by the Church. Besides land, Catholic institutions possessed a large number of chapels, churches and cathedrals, capital, and other property.
       Extensive periods of Portuguese history witnessed either conflict or cooperation between the Church as the monarchy increasingly sought to gain direct control of the realm. The monarchy challenged the great power and wealth of the Church, especially after the acquisition of the first overseas empire (1415-1580). When King João III requested the pope to allow Portugal to establish the Inquisition (Holy Office) in the country and the request was finally granted in 1531, royal power, more than religion was the chief concern. The Inquisition acted as a judicial arm of the Catholic Church in order to root out heresies, primarily Judaism and Islam, and later Protestantism. But the Inquisition became an instrument used by the crown to strengthen its power and jurisdiction.
       The Church's power and prestige in governance came under direct attack for the first time under the Marquis of Pombal (1750-77) when, as the king's prime minister, he placed regalism above the Church's interests. In 1759, the Jesuits were expelled from Portugal, although they were allowed to return after Pombal left office. Pombal also harnessed the Inquisition and put in place other anticlerical measures. With the rise of liberalism and the efforts to secularize Portugal after 1820, considerable Church-state conflict occurred. The new liberal state weakened the power and position of the Church in various ways: in 1834, all religious orders were suppressed and their property confiscated both in Portugal and in the empire and, in the 1830s and 1840s, agrarian reform programs confiscated and sold large portions of Church lands. By the 1850s, Church-state relations had improved, various religious orders were allowed to return, and the Church's influence was largely restored. By the late 19th century, Church and state were closely allied again. Church roles in all levels of education were pervasive, and there was a popular Catholic revival under way.
       With the rise of republicanism and the early years of the First Republic, especially from 1910 to 1917, Church-state relations reached a new low. A major tenet of republicanism was anticlericalism and the belief that the Church was as much to blame as the monarchy for the backwardness of Portuguese society. The provisional republican government's 1911 Law of Separation decreed the secularization of public life on a scale unknown in Portugal. Among the new measures that Catholics and the Church opposed were legalization of divorce, appropriation of all Church property by the state, abolition of religious oaths for various posts, suppression of the theology school at Coimbra University, abolition of saints' days as public holidays, abolition of nunneries and expulsion of the Jesuits, closing of seminaries, secularization of all public education, and banning of religious courses in schools.
       After considerable civil strife over the religious question under the republic, President Sidónio Pais restored normal relations with the Holy See and made concessions to the Portuguese Church. Encouraged by the apparitions at Fátima between May and October 1917, which caused a great sensation among the rural people, a strong Catholic reaction to anticlericalism ensued. Backed by various new Catholic organizations such as the "Catholic Youth" and the Academic Center of Christian Democracy (CADC), the Catholic revival influenced government and politics under the Estado Novo. Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar was not only a devout Catholic and member of the CADC, but his formative years included nine years in the Viseu Catholic Seminary preparing to be a priest. Under the Estado Novo, Church-state relations greatly improved, and Catholic interests were protected. On the other hand, Salazar's no-risk statism never went so far as to restore to the Church all that had been lost in the 1911 Law of Separation. Most Church property was never returned from state ownership and, while the Church played an important role in public education to 1974, it never recovered the influence in education it had enjoyed before 1911.
       Today, the majority of Portuguese proclaim themselves Catholic, and the enduring nature of the Church as an institution seems apparent everywhere in the country. But there is no longer a monolithic Catholic faith; there is growing diversity of religious choice in the population, which includes an increasing number of Protestant Portuguese as well as a small but growing number of Muslims from the former Portuguese empire. The Muslim community of greater Lisbon erected a Mosque which, ironically, is located near the Spanish Embassy. In the 1990s, Portugal's Catholic Church as an institution appeared to be experiencing a revival of influence. While Church attendance remained low, several Church institutions retained an importance in society that went beyond the walls of the thousands of churches: a popular, flourishing Catholic University; Radio Re-nascenca, the country's most listened to radio station; and a new private television channel owned by the Church. At an international conference in Lisbon in September 2000, the Cardinal Patriarch of Portugal, Dom José Policarpo, formally apologized to the Jewish community of Portugal for the actions of the Inquisition. At the deliberately selected location, the place where that religious institution once held its hearings and trials, Dom Policarpo read a declaration of Catholic guilt and repentance and symbolically embraced three rabbis, apologizing for acts of violence, pressures to convert, suspicions, and denunciation.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Catholic church

  • 51 East Timor

       Colony of Portugal from the 16th century to December 1975, with an area of 40,000 square kilometers (18,989 square miles). East Timor is located on the eastern portion of the island of Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. From 1975 to August 1999, when it was forcibly annexed and occupied by Indonesia, until May 2002, when it achieved full independence, East Timor was, in effect, a ward of the United Nations.
       In the 16th century, the Portuguese established trading posts on the island, but for centuries few Portuguese settled there, and the "colony" remained isolated and neglected. After the Dutch won control of Indonesia, there was a territorial dispute with Portugal as to who "owned" what on the island of Timor. In 1859, this question was decided as the Dutch and Portuguese governments formally divided the island into a Dutch portion (west) and the Portuguese colony (east) and established the frontier. From the late 19th century to World War I, Portugal consolidated its control of East Timor by means of military campaigns against the Timorese tribes. In addition to colonial officials, a few Portuguese missionaries and merchants occupied East Timor, but few Portuguese ever settled there.
       East Timor's geographic location close to the north coast of Australia and its sharing of one island in the Dutch colony catapulted it into world affairs early in World War II. To forestall a Japanese invasion of Timor, a joint Dutch-Australian expedition landed on 17 December 1941; the Portuguese authorities neither resisted nor cooperated. In February 1942, when Japanese troops landed in Timor, the small allied force fled to the hills and later was evacuated to Australia. Japan occupied all of Timor and the remainder of the Dutch East Indies until Japan's surrender in September 1945. Portugal soon reassumed control.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, East Timorese nationalist parties hoped for rapid decolonization and independence with Lisbon's cooperation. But on 28 November 1975, before a preoccupied Portugal could work out a formal transfer of power, the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), then in control of the former colony's capital, declared independence, and, on 7 December 1975, Indonesian armed forces swiftly invaded, occupied, and annexed East Timor. In the following years, a tragic loss of life occurred. Portugal refused to recognize Indonesia's sovereignty over East Timor and claimed legal sovereignty before the United Nations.
       As Indonesia persistently and brutally suppressed Timorese nationalist resistance, world media attention focused on this still remote island. Several sensational international and Indonesian events altered the status of occupied East Timor, following the continuation of FRETILIN guerrilla resistance. In November 1991, world media disseminated information on the Indonesian forces' slaughter of East Timorese protesters at a cemetery demonstration in the capital of Dili. In 1996, two East Timorese, Bishop Belo and José Ramos Horta, each a symbol of East Timorese resistance and the desire for independence, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Then, in 1998, in Indonesia, the Suharto regime collapsed and was replaced by a more democratic government, which in January 1999 pledged a free referendum in East Timor. On 30 August 1999, the referendum was held, and nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese voters voted for independence from Indonesia.
       However, Indonesian armed forces and militias reacted brutally, using intimidation, murder, mayhem, and razing of buildings to try to reverse the people's will. Following some weeks of confusion, a United Nations (UN) armed forces, led by Australia, took control of East Timor and declared it a UN protectorate, to last until East Timor was secure from Indonesian aggression and prepared for full independence. East Timor had changed from a Portuguese colony to an Indonesian protectorate/colony to a fledgling nation-in-the-making.
       The status of East Timor as a ward of the UN was made official on 25 October 1999, as the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor began to prepare the country for independence. Appalling conditions prevailed: 70 percent of the country's buildings had been destroyed and nearly half of the population of 800,000 had been driven out of East Timor into uneasy refuge in West Timor, under Indonesian control. A territory without an economy, East Timor lacked police, civil servants, schools, and government records.
       With UN assistance, general elections were held in the spring of 2002; the majority of parliamentary seats were won by FRETILIN, and José "Xanana" Gusmão was elected the first president. On 20 May 2002, East Timor became independent. World luminaries adorned the independence celebrations: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and other celebrities attended. But East Timor's travails continued with civil strife and uncertainty.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > East Timor

  • 52 Length measurement

    1 in
    = 2,54 cm* (centimètres)
    1 ft
    = 30,48 cm
    1 yd
    = 91,44 cm
    1 furlong
    = 201,17 m (mètres)
    1 ml
    = 1,61 km (kilomètres)
    * There are three ways of saying 2,54 cm, and other measurements like it: deux virgule cinquante-quatre centimètres, or (less formally) deux centimètres virgule cinquante-quatre, or deux centimètres cinquante-quatre. For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
    Length
    how long is the rope?
    = de quelle longueur est la corde?
    it’s ten metres long
    = elle fait dix mètres
    a rope about six metres long
    = une corde d’environ six mètres de* long
    A is longer than B
    = A est plus long que B
    B is shorter than A
    = B est plus court que A
    A is as long as B
    = A est aussi long que B
    A is the same length as B
    = A a la même longueur que B
    A and B are the same length
    = A et B ont la même longueur or A et B sont de* la même longueur
    it’s three metres too short
    = il est trop court de trois mètres
    it’s three metres too long
    = il est trop long de trois mètres
    ten metres of rope
    = dix mètres de corde
    sold by the metre
    = vendu au mètre
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a six-foot-long python
    = un python de six pieds de* long
    an avenue four kilometres long
    = une avenue de quatre kilomètres de* long
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Height
    People
    how tall is he?
    = quelle est sa taille? or combien est-ce qu’il mesure?
    he’s six feet tall
    = il fait un mètre quatre-vingts or il mesure un mètre quatre-vingts
    he’s 1m 50
    = il fait 1,50 m ( say un mètre cinquante)
    he’s about five feet
    = il fait à peu près un mètre cinquante
    A is taller than B
    = A est plus grand que B
    B is smaller than A
    = B est plus petit que A
    A is as tall as B
    = A est aussi grand que B
    A is the same height as B
    = A a la même taille que B
    A and B are the same height
    = A et B ont la même taille or A et B sont de* la même taille
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a six-foot-tall athlete
    = un athlète d’un mètre quatre-vingts
    a footballer over six feet in height
    = un footballeur de plus d’un mètre quatre-vingts
    Things
    how high is the tower?
    = quelle est la hauteur de la tour?
    it’s 50 metres
    = elle fait 50 mètres or elle mesure 50 mètres
    about 25 metres high
    = environ 25 mètres de* haut
    it’s 100 metres high
    = elle fait cent mètres de* haut or elle fait cent mètres de hauteur
    at a height of two metres
    = à une hauteur de deux mètres or à deux mètres de hauteur
    A is higher than B
    = A est plus haut que B
    B is lower than A
    = B est moins haut que A
    A is as high as B
    = A est aussi haut que B
    A is the same height as B
    = A a la même hauteur que B
    A and B are the same height
    = A et B ont la même hauteur or A et B sont de* la même hauteur
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 100-metre-high tower
    = une tour de 100 mètres de* haut
    a mountain over 4,000 metres in height
    = une montagne de plus de quatre mille mètres
    how high is the plane
    = à quelle hauteur or à quelle altitude est l’avion?
    what height is the plane flying at?
    = à quelle altitude l’avion vole-t-il?
    the plane is flying at 5,000 metres
    = l’avion vole à une altitude de cinq mille mètres or à cinq mille mètres d’altitude*
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Distance
    what’s the distance from A to B?
    = quelle distance y a-t-il entre A et B?
    how far is it from Paris to Nice?
    = combien y a-t-il de kilomètres de Paris à Nice?
    how far away is the school from the church?
    = à quelle distance l’école est-elle de l’église?
    it’s two kilometres
    = il y a deux kilomètres
    at a distance of five kilometres
    = à une distance de 5 kilomètres or à cinq kilomètres de distance
    C is nearer B than A is
    = C est plus près de B que A
    A is nearer to B than to C
    = A est plus près de B que de C
    A is as far away as B
    = A est aussi loin que B
    A and B are the same distance away
    = A et B sont à la même distance
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a ten-kilometre walk
    = une promenade de dix kilomètres
    Width/breadth
    In the following examples, broad may replace wide and breadth may replace width, but the French remains large and largeur.
    what width is the river?
    = de* quelle largeur est la rivière?
    how wide is it?
    = combien fait-elle de* large?
    about seven metres wide
    = environ sept mètres de* large
    it’s seven metres wide
    = elle fait sept mètres de* large or de* largeur
    A is wider than B
    = A est plus large que B
    B is narrower than A
    = B est plus étroit que A
    A is as wide as B
    = A est aussi large que B
    A is the same width as B
    = A a la même largeur que B
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a ditch two metres wide
    = un fossé de deux mètres de* large
    a piece of cloth two metres in width
    = une pièce de tissu de deux mètres de* largeur
    a river 50 metres wide
    = une rivière de 50 mètres de* largeur
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Depth
    what depth is the river?
    = de* quelle profondeur est la rivière?
    how deep is it?
    = combien fait-elle de* profondeur?
    it’s four metres deep
    = elle fait quatre mètres de* profondeur
    at a depth of ten metres
    = à dix mètres de* profondeur or à une profondeur de* dix mètres
    A is deeper than B
    = A est plus profond que B
    B is shallower than A
    = B est moins profond que A
    Note that French has no word for shallow:
    A is as deep as B
    = A est aussi profond que B
    A is the same depth as B
    = A a la même profondeur que B
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a well 20 metres deep
    = un puits de vingt mètres de* profondeur
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.

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  • 53 Surface area measurements

    Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
    1 sq in = 6,45 cm2 ( centimètres carrés)*
    1 sq ft = 929,03 cm2
    1 sq yd = 0,84 m2 ( mètres carrés)
    1 acre = 40,47 ares = 0,4 ha ( hectares)
    1 sq ml = 2,59 km2 ( kilomètres carrés)
    * There are three ways of saying 6,45 cm2, and other measurements like it:
    six virgule quarante-cinq centimètres carrés, or ( less formally) six centimètres carrés virgule quarante-cinq, or six centimètres carrés quarante-cinq.
    For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
    how big is your garden?
    = quelle est la superficie de votre jardin?
    what’s its area?
    = il a quelle superficie?
    it’s 200 square metres
    = il mesure 200 mètres carrés
    its surface area is 200 square metres
    = il mesure 200 mètres carrés de superficie
    it’s 20 metres by 10 metres
    = il mesure 20 mètres sur 10 mètres or il fait 20 mètres sur 10 mètres
    sold by the square metre
    = vendu au mètre carré
    there are 10,000 square centimetres in a square metre
    = il y a 10000 centimètres carrés dans un mètre carré
    10,000 square centimetres make one square metre
    = 10000 centimètres carrés font un mètre carré
    A is the same area as B
    = A a la même superficie que B
    A and B are the same area
    = A et B ont la même superficie
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-square-metre plot
    = un terrain de 200 mètres carrés

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  • 54 Volume measurement

    For pints, gallons, litres etc. ⇒ Capacity measurement.
    Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
    1 cu in
    = 16,38 cm3
    1 cu ft
    = 0,03 m3
    1 cu yd
    = 0,76 m3
    There are three ways of saying 16,38 cm3, and other measurements like it: seize virgule trente-huit centimètres cubes or (less formally) seize centimètres cubes virgule trente-huit or seize centimètres cubes trente-huit. For more details on how to say numbers ⇒ Numbers.
    what is its volume?
    = quel est son volume?
    its volume is 200 cubic metres
    = ça fait 200 mètres cubes
    it’s 200 cubic metres
    = ça fait 200 mètres cubes
    it’s one metre by two metres by three metres
    = ça mesure un mètre sur deux mètres sur trois mètres
    sold by the cubic metre
    = vendu au mètre cube
    A has a greater volume than B
    = le volume de A est supérieur à celui de B
    B has a smaller volume than A
    = le volume de B est inférieur à celui de A
    Note the use of de in this construction.
    there are a million cubic centimetres in a cubic metre
    = il y a un million de centimètres cubes dans un mètre cube
    a million cubic centimetres make one cubic metre
    = un million de centimètres cubes font un mètre cube
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-cubic-metre tank
    = un réservoir de 200 mètres cubes

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  • 55 Shoenberg, Isaac

    [br]
    b. 1 March 1880 Kiev, Ukraine
    d. 25 January 1963 Willesden, London, England
    [br]
    Russian engineer and friend of Vladimir Zworykin; Director of Research at EMI, responsible for creating the team that successfully developed the world's first all-electronic television system.
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    After his initial engineering education at Kiev Polytechnic, Shoenberg went to London to undertake further studies at the Royal College of Science. In 1905 he returned to Russia and rose to become Chief Engineer of the Russian Wireless Telegraphy Company. He then returned to England, where he was a consultant in charge of the Patent Department and then joint General Manager of the Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company (see Marconi). In 1929 he joined the Columbia Graphophone Company, but two years later this amalgamated with the Gramophone Company, by then known as His Master's voice (HMV), to form EMI (Electric and Musical Industries), a company in which the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) had a significant shareholding. Appointed Director of the new company's Research Laboratories in 1931, Shoenberg gathered together a team of highly skilled engineers, including Blumlein, Browne, Willans, McGee, Lubszynski, Broadway and White, with the objective of producing an all-electronic television system suitable for public broadcasting. A 150-line system had already been demonstrated using film as the source material; a photoemissive camera tube similar to Zworykin's iconoscope soon followed. With alternate demonstrations of the EMI system and the mechanical system of Baird arranged with the object of selecting a broadcast system for the UK, Shoenberg took the bold decision to aim for a 405-line "high-definition" standard, using interlaced scanning based on an RCA patent and further developed by Blumlein. This was so successful that it was formally adopted as the British standard in 1935 and regular broadcasts, the first in the world, began in 1937. It is a tribute to Shoenberg's vision and the skills of his team that this standard was to remain in use, apart from the war years, until finally superseded in 1985.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1954. Institution of Electrical Engineers Faraday Medal 1954.
    Further Reading
    A.D.Blumlein et al., 1938, "The Marconi-EMI television system", Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers 83:729 (provides a description of the development of the 405-line system).
    For more background information, see Proceedings of the International Conference on the History of Television. From Early Days to the Present, November 1986, Institution of Electrical Engineers Publication No. 271.
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Shoenberg, Isaac

  • 56 Türr, Istvan (Stephen, Etienne)

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals, Civil engineering
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    b. 10 August 1825 Baja, Hungary
    d. 3 May 1908 Budapest, Hungary
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    Hungarian army officer and canal entrepreneur.
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    He entered the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Army in 1842 and, as a lieutenant, fought against the Piedmontese in 1848. In January 1849 he deserted to the Piedmontese and tried to form a Hungarian legion against Austria. Defeated at Novara he fled to London and intrigued with Kossuth and Pulszky against Austria. In 1852 he was Kossuth's agent in Italy and was involved with Mazzini in the Milan rising of 1853. He was expelled from Italy and joined the Turkish army as a volunteer until 1854. The Crimean War saw him as a British agent procuring horses in the Balkans for the British forces, but he was caught by the Austrians and sentenced to death as a deserter. Through English intervention the sentence was commuted to banishment. He was ill until 1859, but then returned to Genoa and offered his services to Garibaldi, becoming his Aide-de-Camp in the invasion of Sicily in 1860. On the unification of Italy he joined the regular Italian army as a general, and from 1870 was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to King Victor Emanuel II.
    From then on he was more interested in peaceful projects. Jointly with Lucien Wyse, he obtained a concession in 1875 from the Columbian government to build a canal across Panama and formed the Société Civile Internationale du Canal Interocéanique du Darien. In 1879 he sold the concession to de Lesseps, and with the money negotiated a concession from King George of Greece for building the Corinth Canal. A French company undertook the work in April 1882, but financial problems led to the collapse of the company in 1889, at the same time as de Lesseps's financial storm. A Greek company then took over and completed the canal in 1893.
    The canal was formally opened on 6 August 1893 by King George on his royal yacht; the king paid tribute to General Turr, who was accompanying him, saying that he had completed the work the Romans had begun. The general's later years were devoted to peace propaganda and he attended every peace conference held during those years.
    JHB

    Biographical history of technology > Türr, Istvan (Stephen, Etienne)

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