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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > powered by petrol engine
2 powered by petrol engine

(UK) с приводом от бензинового двигателя

Англо-русский дорожно-транспортный словарь > powered by petrol engine
3 engine

1) двигатель, мотор

2) ж.-д. локомотив

3) машина

4) процессор

•

to restart the engine in flight — запускать двигатель в полёте;

to run up the engine — опробовать двигатель ( на режимах работы);

to unreverse the engine — выводить двигатель из режима реверса

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light bulb engine
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accelerating engine
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adiabatic engine
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air breathing engine
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air engine
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air-cell engine
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air-chamber engine
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air-cooled engine
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aircraft engine
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air-feed jet engine
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air-injection engine
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airless-injection engine
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alcohol engine
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analytical engine
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anchor engine
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apogee engine
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approach-correcting engine
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arc jet engine
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arrow engine
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ascent engine
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assisted takeoff engine
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AV-1 engine
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aviation engine
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axial-flow gas turbine engine
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bare engine
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baseline engine
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basic engine
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beating engine
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bipropellant engine
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bismuth ion engine
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bleaching engine
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blowing engine
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blown engine
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booster engine
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boxer engine
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brake engine
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Brayton engine
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breaker engine
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bypass engine
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catalytic engine
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centrifugal expansion engine
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ceramic engine
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coaxial MPD engine
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cogging engine
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cold-reaction engine
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commercial engine
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compression ignition engine
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computing engine
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constant 1 engine
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conventional engine
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crankcase compression engine
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crest engine
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cross-compound blowing engine
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cross-mounted engine
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cryogenic expansion engine
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cryogenic rocket engine
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dead engine
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derated engine
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descent engine
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diesel engine
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diesel-electric engine
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difference engine
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digital engine
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direct-injection engine
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displacement engine
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docking engine
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donkey engine
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double-row engine
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double-row radial engine
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down-rated engine
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drilling engine
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dual-flow turbojet engine
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dual-mode engine
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duct-burning bypass engine
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ducted-fan engine
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electric arcjet engine
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electron-bombardment engine
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emergency propulsion engine
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energy-cell diesel engine
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erosion engine
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expansion engine
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external combustion engine
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F-head engine
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fire engine with extension ladder
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fire engine
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fixed head engine
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flat engine
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flat-head engine
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fluorine-hydrogen engine
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four-barrel engine
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four-cycle engine
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Gardner engine
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gas discharge ionizator electrostatic engine
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gas engine
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gas turbine engine
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gas-driven blowing engine
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gas blowing engine
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gasoline engine
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graphics engine
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heat engine
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heavy equipment diesel engine
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heavy-duty engine
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high bypass ratio engine
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high-compression engine
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high-efficiency engine
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high-I engine
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horizontal engine
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horizontally opposed engine
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Horning engine
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hump engine
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hybrid air-breathing engine
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hybrid-propellant engine
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hydrogen-fueled engine
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I-head engine
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impact volume ionization ion engine
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inboard engine
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indirect-injection engine
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individual cylinder head engine
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industrial application engine
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inference engine
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inlet over exhaust engine
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in-line engine
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ionic engine
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ion engine
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jet engine
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ladle-car engine
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laser air-jet engine
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laser-driven rocket engine
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laser-heated rocket engine
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laser-propulsion rocket engine
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Lauson engine
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L-head engine
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lift engine
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lift jet engine
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light duty diesel engine
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linear MPD engine
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liquid air cycle engine
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liquid petroleum gases engine
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liquid-propellant engine
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long-stroke engine
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low bypass ratio engine
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low-I engine
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LOX/HC engine
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LOX/LH engine
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magnetogasdynamic engine
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maneuvering engine
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marine application engine
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marine engine
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mercury ion engine
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mid-flight engine
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model diesel engine
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monkey engine
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motored engine
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multifuel engine
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nacelle-mounted engine
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naturally aspirated engine
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nonturbo engine
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oil engine
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oil-electric engine
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OMS engine
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one-shaft engine
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open-cylinder engine
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opposed-piston engine
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Otto engine
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outboard engine
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overhead valve engine
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oversquare engine
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pancake engine
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petrol engine
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Petter AV-I Diesel engine
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Petter W-1 engine
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photon engine
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piston ported engine
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plasmajet rocket engine
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plasma rocket engine
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podded engine
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pollution-free engine
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potassium ion engine
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prechamber engine
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propulsion engine
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pulping engine
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pulsejet engine
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pusher engine
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quench-car engine
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racing engine
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radial engine
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radiation-heated rocket engine
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radio-frequency ion engine
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ram engine
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ramjet engine
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Rankine engine
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RCS engine
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reciprocating solar engine
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rectenna-powered ion engine
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remanufactured engine
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restartable engine
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rotary engine
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rubidium ion engine
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separation engine
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shaft-turbine engine
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shunting engine
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single-shaft gas turbine engine
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six-cylinder in-line engine
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solar Brayton engine
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solar engine
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solar photon rocket engine
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solar-heated gas engine
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solar gas engine
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solar-powered engine
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spacer plate engine
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special arrangement engine
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square engine
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starting engine
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steam-driven blowing engine
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steam blowing engine
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steering engine
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Stirling engine
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stock engine
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subsonic engine
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supercharged engine
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surface ionization engine
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swirl-chamber diesel engine
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switch engine
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take-home engine
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tee engine
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test bed engine
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T-head engine
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thermal arc engine
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thermoelectronic engine
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three-flow turbojet engine
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towing engine
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trans-rear engine
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transverse engine
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traveling wave plasma engine
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trimmer engine
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tripropellant engine
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truck engine
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turbine engine
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turbine expansion engine
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turbocharged engine
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turbo engine
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turbofan engine
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turbojet engine
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turboprop engine
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turboshaft engine
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turbulence-chamber engine
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twin rotor engine
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two-rotor engine
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two-shaft gas turbine engine
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two-spool engine
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unblown engine
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undersquare engine
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variable compression engine
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variable cycle engine
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variable cylinder engine
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vehicular engine
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V-engine
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volume collision ionization engine
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Wankel engine
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warmed-up engine
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washing engine
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waste-heat recovery Stirling engine
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water-cooled engine
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windmilling engine
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wing engine
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W-type engine
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yard engine

Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > engine
4 engine

двигатель; мотор; машина

bank into the dead engine — накреняться в сторону неработающего двигателя

bring the engine up to full power — выводить двигатель на режим полной тяги

buzz up an engine — жарг. запускать двигатель

clean the engine — прогазовывать [прочищать] двигатель (кратковременной даней газа)

close down the engine — полностью убирать газ

continuous flow gas turbine engine — двигатель с осевым компрессором

engine engine in military — двигатель на боевом режиме

engine of bypass ratio 10: 1 — двигатель с коэффициентом [степенью] двухконтурности 10:1

equivalent engine in parts — комплект деталей для одного двигателя

flight discarded jet engine — реактивный двигатель, отработавший лётный ресурс

fluorine(-propel lant rocket) engine — ЖРД на жидком фторе

kick the engine over — разг. запускать двигатель

knock out the engine — выводить двигатель из строя

liquid-hydrogen(-fueled) rocket engine — водородный ЖРД

lunar module ascent engine — подъёмный двигатель лунного модуля [отсека]

monofuel rocket engine — ЖРД на однокомпонентном [унитарном] топливе

multibarreled rocket engine — многокамерный ЖРД

open the engine up — давать газ, увеличивать тягу или мощность двигателя

prepackaged liquid propellant engine — ЖРД на топливе длительного хранения; заранее снаряжаемый ЖРД

production(-standard, -type) engine — серийный двигатель, двигатель серийного образца [типа]

pull the engine out of afterburner — выключать форсаж

rear fuselage (mounted) engine — двигатель в хвостовой части фюзеляжа

return and landing engine — ксм. двигатель для возвращения и посадки

reversed rocket engine — тормозной ракетный двигатель; ксм. тормозная двигательная установка

run up the engine — опробовать [«гонять»] двигатель

secure the engine — выключать [останавливать, глушить] двигатель

shut down the engine — выключать [останавливать, глушить] двигатель

shut off the engine — выключать [останавливать, глушить] двигатель

solid(-fuel, -grain) rocket engine — ракетный двигатель твёрдого топлива

stability guidance jet engine — двигатель реактивной системы стабилизации и управления

throttle back the engine — (за)дросселировать двигатель

turn the engine over — проворачивать [прокручивать] двигатель [вал двигателя]

twin-spool compressor turbojet engine — ТРД с двухкаскадным компрессором

two-thrust chamber rocket engine — двухкамерный ЖРД

with one engine cut — с одним неработающим двигателем

with one engine out — с одним неработающим двигателем

with the engine running — с работающим двигателем

with two engines lost — при двух отказавших двигателях

— ablation-protected engine

— ablative engine

— abort engine

— accelerating rocket engine

— acid-cooled rocket engine

— actual engine

— adjustable-thrust rocket engine

— aerojet engine

— aeropulse engine

— aerothermodynamic integration engine

— afterburning engine

— aft-fan engine

— ailing engine

— air engine

— airborne rocket engine

— air-breathing engine

— air-burning engine

— air-collection engine

— air-feed engine

— air-jet engine

— airline engine

— airplane engine

— airstream engine

— alcohol engine

— all-attitude engine

— all-fuel engine

— ancillary engine

— annihilation rocket engine

— antispin rocket engine

— apogee engine

— arcjet engine

— arresting engine

— ascent engine

— assist-climb rocket engine

— assisted takeoff engine

— atmospheric jet engine

— attitude-control engine

— augmented turbofan engine

— auxiliary rocket engine

— axial engine

— axial-centrifugal-flow engine

— axial-flow engine

— bare engine

— barrel engine

— basic engine

— below-wing engine

— bench engine

— bifuel rocket engine

— bipropellant rocket engine

— bleedoff rocket engine

— block-cast engine

— booster engine

— bottom engine

— brake engine

— braking engine

— buried engine

— burned engine

— bypass engine

— calibrated engine

— calibrated-thrust engine

— capacitative-cooled engine

— capsular engine

— carburetted engine

— carburettor engine

— center engine

— centrifugal-flow engine

— ceramic-coated engine

— cesium-ion engine

— chemical fuel engine

— chemical-ignition engine

— cigarette-burning rocket engine

— clear the engine

— closed-cycle engine

— clustered engine

— coaxial plasma engine

— cold engine

— cold-jet engine

— cold-reaction engine

— combustion engine

— composite engine

— compound engine

— compressorless engine

— conk-out engine

— constant-duty engine

— constant-speed engine

— constant-thrust engine

— control engine

— controllable-thrust engine

— cooled engine

— core engine

— coupled engines

— cowled engine

— critical engine

— cruise engine

— cruising engine

— cryogenic engine

— cut the engine

— dead engine

— deflected-thrust engine

— demonstrator engine

— deorbit engine

— descent engine

— development engine

— direct-drive engine

— direct-injection engine

— direct-lift engine

— disintegrating engine

— diverted-jet engine

— docking engine

— double-flow engine

— double-nozzled engine

— double-row engine

— double-unit engine

— down-rated engine

— downwind engine

— driving engine

— droppable engine

— dry engine

— dry-fuel rocket engine

— dry-sump engine

— dual function engine

— dual-chamber rocket engine

— dual-flow engine

— dual-thrust rocket engine

— ducted rocket engine

— ducted-fan engine

— duplex engine

— earth-satellite engine

— ejection-seat rocket engine

— ejector-seat rocket engine

— electrical rocket engine

— electric-ignition engine

— electromagnetic jet engine

— electrostatic rocket engine

— electrothermal jet engine

— end-burning rocket engine

— engine got sick

— engine out

— environmental engine

— escape rocket engine

— evaporative-cooled engine

— expendable engine

— expended engine

— explosive engine

— external engine

— external-burning engine

— failed engine

— fan engine

— fan-afterburner engine

— fan-burning jet engine

— fast-response rocket engine

— feathered engine

— film-cooled engine

— final-stage rocket engine

— finite-thrust engine

— finned-rocket engine

— first-stage engine

— fixed-geometry engine

— flame-ignition rocket engine

— flameout engine

— flat engine

— flat-rated engine

— flat-rating engine

— flight-cleared engine

— flight-qualified engine

— flight-type engine

— flightworthy engine

— flyable engine

— forced-induction engine

— forward-facing rocket engine

— forward-firing rocket engine

— forward-thrust jet engine

— four-chamber engine

— four-stroke engine

— free-turbine engine

— front-fan engine

— fuel-optimal engine

— full-scale engine

— full-sized engine

— fuselage-mounted engine

— gas-generator engine

— gasoline engine

— gas-pressurized rocket engine

— gas-turbine engine

— geared engine

— gearless engine

— good engine

— gun an engine

— healthy engine

— heat engine

— heat-sponge engine

— helicopter engine

— helium-injection engine

— high-bypass ratio engine

— high-compression-ratio engine

— higher-powered engine

— highly developed engine

— high-performance engine

— high-power engine

— high-pressure engine

— high-speed engine

— high-thrust engine

— high-time engine

— honeycomb engine

— horizontal-mounted engine

— hot engine

— hot peroxide engine

— hot-reaction rocket engine

— hybrid engine

— hybrid-propellant engine

— hydrazine engine

— hydrogen-burning engine

— hydrogen-electrothermal engine

— hydrogen-fluorine engine

— hydrogen-oxygen engine

— hydrogen-peroxide engine

— hydrojet engine

— hypergolic engine

— hypersonic engine

— hypothetical engine

— ideal-cycle engine

— idling engine

— ignite the engine

— impulse-duct engine

— impulse-rocket engine

— inboard engine

— inhibited engine

— injected engine

— in-line engine

— inoperative engine

— installed engine

— intermittent-cycle engine

— intermittent-detonation engine

— internal engine

— internal-combustion engine

— interplanetary engine

— inverted vee engine

— ionic engine

— ionospheric ramjet engine

— isentropic engine

— jato engine

— jet attitude engine

— jet-propulsion engine

— jet transport engine

— jet-control engine

— jet-lift engine

— jettison engine

— jumbo engine

— kerosene-burning engine

— kerosene-fueled engine

— kick engine

— kill the engine

— lander engine

— lateral-burning rocket engine

— launch vehicle engine

— launching rocket engine

— left-handed engine

— lift jet engine

— lift/propulsion engine

— lift/thrust engine

— lift-cruise engine

— liftoff engine

— lightweight engine

— limited-life engine

— limited-thrust engine

— liquid-air engine

— liquid-chemical rocket engine

— liquid-cooled engine

— liquid-fuelrocket engine

— liquid-oxygen rocket engine

— liquid-propellant rocket engine

— liquid-solid rocket engine

— liquid-sustainer engine

— live engine

— long-burning engine

— long-duration engine

— long-life engine

— long-period engine

— long-stroke engine

— low-altitude engine

— low-consumption engine

— lower-powered engine

— low-mounted engine

— low-noise-level engine

— low-performance engine

— low-pressure engine

— low-thrust engine

— lox/liquid hydrogen engine

— lunar engine

— lunar module engine

— lunar rover engine

— lunar-descent engine

— lunar-takeoff engine

— magnetic-pinch plasma engine

— magnetogasdynamie engine

— magnetohydrodynamic engine

— main engine

— main propulsion engine

— malfunctioning engine

— maneuvering engine

— master engine

— matched engine

— microrocket engine

— midcourse correction engine

— middle engine

— military engine

— missile engine

— modular engine

— monopropellant rocket engine

— monopropellant-plus-fuel engine

— movable engine

— multibank engine

— multichamber rocket engine

— multifuel engine

— multilift engines

— multiple engine

— multiple-beam ion engine

— multiple-chamber rocket engine

— multiple-nozzle engine

— multirow engine

— multi-unit rocket engine

— nacelle-mounted engine

— nameplate engine

— nonafterburning engine

— noncryogenic engine

— nonexpendable engine

— nonregenerative engine

— non-supercharged engine

— nonthrottleable engine

— nonthrust rocket engine

— nuclear-electric engine

— nuclear-fission engine

— one-flow engine

— one-shaft engine

— one-shot engine

— one-spool engine

— open-cycle engine

— operational engine

— opposed-cylinder engine

— opposed-piston engine

— orbital module engine

— orbiter engine

— orbiting ramjet engine

— ordnance turbojet engine

— orienting-thrust engine

— outboard engine

— outer engine

— outer-space engine

— overcooled engine

— oversized engine

— oxidizer-cooled rocket engine

— paired engine

— paper engine

— parallel booster engines

— peroxide engine

— petrol engine

— photon engine

— pickle an engine

— pilot engine

— piston-driven engine

— pitch-control jet engine

— pivoted engine

— plasma engine

— plasmajet engine

— plenum-chamber-burning engine

— plug-in engine

— plug-nozzle engine

— podded engine

— pod-mounted engine

— porous-cooled engine

— powder rocket engine

— powerful engine

— power-limited engine

— preproduction engine

— pressure-feed engine

— propellant-cooled engine

— propulsion engine

— propulsive jet engine

— pulse reaction engine

— pulsejet engine

— pump-fed rocket engine

— pure lift engine

— pylon-mounted engine

— quadruple-chamber rocket engine

— quantum engine

— quiet engine

— race the engine

— radial engine

— radioisotope engine

— ramjet engine

— rato engine

— RCS engine

— reaction propulsion engine

— real engine

— reciprocating engine

— recombination ramjet engine

— refractory-liner rocket engine

— regenerative engine

— regeneratively-cooled engine

— reheated engine

— relight the engine

— rematched engine

— remotely-controlled engine

— replace the engine

— replacement engine

— research engine

— resonant jet engine

— restartable engine

— restricted-burning rocket engine

— retarding rocket engine

— retractable engine

— retrofire rocket engine

— retrograde rocket engine

— retrorocket engine

— retrothrust engine

— return engine

— reusable engine

— reversed engine

— reverse-thrust rocket engine

— right-handed engine

— ring engine

— rocket engine

— rocket-ramjet engine

— roll-control jet engine

— rotary engine

— rotatable-nozzles engine

— rough-running engine

— rubber engine

— run down engine

— running engine

— satellite-like engine

— scaled-down engine

— scaled-up engine

— sealed rocket engine

— sea-level engine

— secondary engine

— second-stage engine

— segmented-rocket engine

— selfcontained-rocket engine

— separable engine

— separation engine

— series-produced engine

— service engine

— service propulsion engine

— shaft-turbine engine

— short-burning engine

— short-duration engine

— short-life engine

— short-period engine

— short-stroke engine

— shut-down engine

— shuttle engine

— side engine

— side-burning rocket engine

— simulated failed engine

— single-barrelled rocket engine

— single-chamber rocket engine

— single-nozzle engine

— single-row engine

— single-shaft engine

— single-shot engine

— single-start engine

— sleeve-valve engine

— smoke-free engine

— smokeless engine

— smoky engine

— solar engine

— solid sustainer engine

— solid-liquid rocket engine

— solid-propellant boost engine

— solid-propellant rocket engine

— space engine

— space shuttle engine

— space vehicle engine

— spaceborne engine

— spacecraft engine

— spare engine

— spark-ignition engine

— spindown engine

— spinup engine

— split-compressor engine

— stage engine

— stage-one engine

— start the engine

— starting engine

— station-keeping engine

— steam-burning rocket engine

— steerable rocket engine

— steering engine

— stopcock the engine

— storable liquid-propellant engine

— straight-jet engine

— strap-on engine

— study engine

— submerged engine

— subscale engine

— subsonic jet engine

— supercharged engine

— supercompression engine

— superperformance engine

— supersonic combustion engine

— supersonic jet engine

— supplementary engine

— surge-free engine

— sustainer engine

— sustaining engine

— sweat-cooled engine

— swiveling engine

— swiveling-nozzle engine

— symmetrically opposite engine

— tail-mounted engine

— takeoff rocket engine

— tandem boost engine

— test engine

— testbed engine

— thermal-jet engine

— thermionic engine

— thermochemical rocket engine

— thermojet engine

— thermonuclear rocket engine

— three-barreled engine

— three-chambered engine

— three-shaft engine

— three-spool engine

— throttleable engine

— throttled back engine

— thrust engine

— tiltable engine

— tilting engine

— tiny engine

— tip engine

— trajectory-correction engine

— transonic engine

— transpiration-cooled rocket engine

— transtage engine

— traveling-wave plasma engine

— tri-chamber engine

— trim rocket engine

— triple-barreled engine

— triple-chamber engine

— turbine engine

— turboelectric engine

— turbofan engine

— turbofanramjet engine

— turbofed engine

— turbojet engine

— turboprop engine

— turbopump rocket engine

— turboram rocket engine

— turboramjet engine

— turborocket engine

— turbosupercharged engine

— twin-combustion-chamber engine

— twin-shaft engine

— two-chamber engine

— two-dimensional-ion engine

— two-propellants rocket engine

— two-row engine

— two-segment engine

— two-shaft engine

— two-spool engine

— uncooled rocket engine

— underslung engine

— underwing engine

— unreheated engine

— unrestricted-burning rocket engine

— unsegmented engine

— unsilenced engine

— unsupercharged engine

— upper-stage engine

— uprated engine

— upwind engine

— V/STOL engine

— valveless engine

— vapor-cycle-cooled engine

— vaporization-cooled engine

— variable-geometry engine

— variable-thrust engine

— vectorable engine

— vectored-thrust engine

— vee engine

— vernier engine

— vertical lift engine

— vertical-mounted engine

— vibration-free engine

— Wankel engine

— warmed engine

— water-cooled engine

— water-injection engine

— wet-sump engine

— widely-throttleable engine

— wing pod engine

— wing-mounted engine

— wing-root-buried engine

— wingtip-mounted engine

— wlndmllling engine

— wraparound boost engine

— zero-stage engine

Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > engine
5 engine

двигатель; мотор

- adiabatic engine
- air-cooled engine
- alcohol engine
- aluminum engine
- aspirate engine
- atmospheric engine
- automobile engine
- automotive engine
- axial engine
- balance shaft engine
- blown engine
- bored-out engine
- boxer engine
- bus engine
- car engine
- carburetor engine
- charge-cooled engine
- cold-starting engine
- compression ignition engine
- counterbalanced engine
- crosswise engine
- dead engine
- derated engine
- diesel engine
- diesel-electric engine
- direct-injection engine
- divided-chamber engine
- double overhead camshaft engine
- dry sump engine
- dual-fuel engine
- eight-cylinder engine
- failed engine
- federal engine
- fire engine
- five-cylinder engine
- fixed engine
- flat engine
- four-cylinder engine
- four-stroke engine
- front-mounted engine
- fuel-injection engine
- gas engine
- gasoline engine
- heat engine
- heavy-duty engine
- heavy-oil engine
- high-compression engine
- high-efficiency engine
- high-performance engine
- high-power engine
- high-powered engine
- high-speed engine
- hopped-up engine
- horizontal engine
- hot engine
- hydrogen engine
- inclined engine
- indirect injection engine
- industrial engine
- injection-type engine
- in-line engine
- intercooled diesel engine
- internal-combustion engine
- lean-burn engine
- L-head engine
- light engine
- liquid-cooled engine
- longitudinal engine
- long-stroke engine
- low-compression engine
- low-consumption engine
- low-emission engine
- low-performance engine
- low-speed engine
- modular engine
- multicylinder engine
- multifuel engine
- naturally-aspirated engine
- oil engine
- one-cylinder engine
- opposed engine
- overhead valve engine
- oversquare engine
- overstroked engine
- petrol engine
- piston engine
- prechamber engine
- precombustion chamber engine
- pushrod engine
- qual-cam engine
- racing engine
- ram induction engine
- rear-mounted engine
- rebuilt engine
- reconditioned engine
- research-cylinder engine
- rotary engine
- short-stroke engine
- side valve engine
- single-cylinder engine
- six-cylinder engine
- slanted engine
- sleeveless engine
- slope engine
- slow-running engine
- slow-speed engine
- spark-ignition engine
- spark-ignition fuel-injection engine
- square engine
- square-stroke engine
- stalled engine
- starting engine
- stationary engine
- Stirling engine
- stratified charge engine
- stripped engine
- supercharged engine
- supplementary engine
- swirl-chamber diesel engine
- three-cylinder engine
- transversally-mounted engine
- truck engine
- turbocharged engine
- turbocharged-and-aftercoo-led engine
- turbo-compound engine
- twin cam engine
- two-cylinder engine
- two-stroke engine
- unblown engine
- underfloor engine
- undersquare engine
- uprated engine
- variable compression engine
- variable valve-timing engine
- variable-stroke engine
- V-engine
- vertical engine
- vertical vortex engine
- warm engine
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6 с приводом от бензинового двигателя

1) Military: gas engine driven

2) Engineering: powered by gas engine

3) British English: powered by petrol engine

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > с приводом от бензинового двигателя
7 Ricardo, Sir Harry Ralph

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Steam and internal combustion engines

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b. 26 January 1885 London, England

d. 18 May 1974 Graffham, Sussex, England

[br]

English mechanical engineer; researcher, designer and developer of internal combustion engines.

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Harry Ricardo was the eldest child and only son of Halsey Ricardo (architect) and Catherine Rendel (daughter of Alexander Rendel, senior partner in the firm of consulting civil engineers that later became Rendel, Palmer and Tritton). He was educated at Rugby School and at Cambridge. While still at school, he designed and made a steam engine to drive his bicycle, and by the time he went up to Cambridge in 1903 he was a skilled craftsman. At Cambridge, he made a motor cycle powered by a petrol engine of his own design, and with this he won a fuel-consumption competition by covering almost 40 miles (64 km) on a quart (1.14 1) of petrol. This brought him to the attention of Professor Bertram Hopkinson, who invited him to help with research on turbulence and pre-ignition in internal combustion engines. After leaving Cambridge in 1907, he joined his grandfather's firm and became head of the design department for mechanical equipment used in civil engineering. In 1916 he was asked to help with the problem of loading tanks on to railway trucks. He was then given the task of designing and organizing the manufacture of engines for tanks, and the success of this enterprise encouraged him to set up his own establishment at Shoreham, devoted to research on, and design and development of, internal combustion engines.

Leading on from the work with Hopkinson were his discoveries on the suppression of detonation in spark-ignition engines. He noted that the current paraffinic fuels were more prone to detonation than the aromatics, which were being discarded as they did not comply with the existing specifications because of their high specific gravity. He introduced the concepts of "highest useful compression ratio" (HUCR) and "toluene number" for fuel samples burned in a special variable compression-ratio engine. The toluene number was the proportion of toluene in heptane that gave the same HUCR as the fuel sample. Later, toluene was superseded by iso-octane to give the now familiar octane rating. He went on to improve the combustion in side-valve engines by increasing turbulence, shortening the flame path and minimizing the clearance between piston and head by concentrating the combustion space over the valves. By these means, the compression ratio could be increased to that used by overhead-valve engines before detonation intervened. The very hot poppet valve restricted the advancement of all internal combustion engines, so he turned his attention to eliminating it by use of the single sleeve-valve, this being developed with support from the Air Ministry. By the end of the Second World War some 130,000 such aero-engines had been built by Bristol, Napier and Rolls-Royce before the piston aero-engine was superseded by the gas turbine of Whittle. He even contributed to the success of the latter by developing a fuel control system for it.

Concurrent with this was work on the diesel engine. He designed and developed the engine that halved the fuel consumption of London buses. He invented and perfected the "Comet" series of combustion chambers for diesel engines, and the Company was consulted by the vast majority of international internal combustion engine manufacturers. He published and lectured widely and fully deserved his many honours; he was elected FRS in 1929, was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1944–5 and was knighted in 1948. This shy and modest, though very determined man was highly regarded by all who came into contact with him. It was said that research into internal combustion engines, his family and boats constituted all that he would wish from life.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Knighted 1948. FRS 1929. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1944–5.

Bibliography

1968, Memo \& Machines. The Pattern of My Life, London: Constable.

Further Reading

Sir William Hawthorne, 1976, "Harry Ralph Ricardo", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 22.

JB

Biographical history of technology > Ricardo, Sir Harry Ralph
8 бензиновый двигатель

1) General subject: gasolene-engine, gasoline-powered engine

2) Aviation: gasoline motor

3) Naval: petrol motor

4) Automobile industry: gasoline engine, petrol engine

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > бензиновый двигатель
9 motor

'məutə
1. noun
(a machine, usually a petrol engine or an electrical device, that gives motion or power: a washing-machine has an electric motor; (also adjective) a motor boat/vehicle.) motor

2. verb
(to travel by car: We motored down to my mother's house at the weekend.) ir en coche

- motorist
- motorize
- motorise
- motorcade
- motorway
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- motor car
- motorcyclist

motor n motor

motor 1

◊ - triz, motor -tora adjetivo
motor ( before n)
motor 2 sustantivo masculino 1 (Tec) engine;
◊ motor fuera (de) borda outboard motor
2 ( impulsor) driving force
motor, motriz adjetivo motor
fuerza motriz, driving/ motive/propelling force
motor sustantivo masculino
1 (de combustible) engine (eléctrico) motor
motor de arranque, starter (motor)
motor de explosión, internal-combustion engine
motor de reacción, jet engine ➣ Ver nota en engine 2 fig (propulsor, fuerza motriz) el motor de la Historia, the driving force of History ' motor' also found in these entries: Spanish: ahogarse - amaraje - borda - DGT - echar - enloquecer - escudería - fallo - fiable - forzar - fueraborda - motricidad - motriz - reacción - reactor - salirse - salón - tiempo - vuelo - acelerar - adaptar - afinar - aflojar - agarrotar - ahogar - alimentación - alimentar - apagado - apagar - arrancar - atascar - automotor - automovilismo - automovilístico - calar - calentar - caminar - carburar - cargar - chingar - chorro - cilindro - culata - desarmar - detonación - económico - eléctrico - encender - enfriar - escobilla English: burn out - check - combustion engine - conk out - crank - cut out - die - diesel engine - engine - engine driver - fume - gliding - hang-gliding - horsepower - inboard - internal-combustion engine - misfire - motor - motor racing - motor-car - outboard - powered - race - response - rev - seize up - speed up - starter - take apart - whine - coast - combustion - formula - jet - launch - out - pack - power - run - scooter - steam

motor

tr['məʊtə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (engine) motor nombre masculino

2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (car) coche nombre masculino, automóvil nombre masculino

adjective

1 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL motor,-ra

2 SMALLBIOLOGY/SMALL motor,-ra, motriz

intransitive verb

1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL dated (travel by car) ir en coche

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

motor industry industria del automóvil

motor mechanic mecánico,-a de coches

motor racing carreras nombre femenino plural de coches

motor show salón nombre masculino del automóvil

motor trade sector nombre masculino del automóvil

motor vehicle vehículo a motor

■ the motor vehicle industry la industria del automóvil

motor ['mo:t̬ər] vi

: viajar en coche

motor n

: motor m

motor

adj.

• motor adj.

n.

• automóvil s.m.

• motor s.m.

v.

• ir en automóvil v.

I 'məʊtər, 'məʊtə(r)
noun

a) ( engine) motor m

b) ( car) (BrE colloq) coche m, carro m (AmL exc CS), auto m (esp CS)

II

adjective (before n)

1) (Auto, Mech Eng) <parts/spares> de automóvil; < mechanic> de automóviles

motor racing — carreras fpl automovilísticas

motor show — salón m del automóvil

motor sport — automovilismo m

motor vehicle — (vehículo m) automóvil m (frml)

2) ( Physiol) <neuron/nerve> motor [The feminine of motor is motriz or motora]

['mǝʊtǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=engine) motor m

2) * (=car) coche m, automóvil m, carro m (LAm), auto m (esp LAm)

2.

VI † ir en coche etc

we motored down to Ascot — fuimos en coche a Ascot

we motored over to see them — fuimos a visitarlos (en coche)

3.

ADJ (=giving motion) [nerve, muscle] motor (fem: motora/motriz) ; (=motorized) automóvil

4.

CPD

motor accident N — accidente m de circulación

motor home N — autocaravana f

motor industry N — industria f automovilística

motor insurance N — seguro m de automóvil

motor launch N — lancha f motora

motor mechanic N — mecánico(-a) m / f de automóviles

motor neurone disease, motor neuron disease N — esclerosis f lateral amiotrófica

motor oil N — aceite m para motores

motor racing N — (Sport) carreras fpl de coches, automovilismo m

motor racing track N — pista f de automovilismo, circuito m de automovilismo

motor scooter N — Vespa ® f, escúter m, motoneta f (LAm)

motor show N — feria f de automóviles

the Paris motor show — el salón del automóvil de París

motor trade N —

• the motor trade — el sector automovilístico

motor transport N — transporte m rodado, transporte m motorizado

motor vehicle N — automóvil m

motor vessel N — motonave f

* * *

I ['məʊtər, 'məʊtə(r)]
noun

a) ( engine) motor m

b) ( car) (BrE colloq) coche m, carro m (AmL exc CS), auto m (esp CS)

II

adjective (before n)

1) (Auto, Mech Eng) <parts/spares> de automóvil; < mechanic> de automóviles

motor racing — carreras fpl automovilísticas

motor show — salón m del automóvil

motor sport — automovilismo m

motor vehicle — (vehículo m) automóvil m (frml)

2) ( Physiol) <neuron/nerve> motor [The feminine of motor is motriz or motora]

English-spanish dictionary > motor
10 Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Weapons and armour

[br]

b. 5 February 1840 Brockway's Mills, Maine, USA

d. 24 November 1916 Streatham, London, England

[br]

American (naturalized British) inventor; designer of the first fully automatic machine gun and of an experimental steam-powered aircraft.

[br]

Maxim was born the son of a pioneer farmer who later became a wood turner. Young Maxim was first apprenticed to a carriage maker and then embarked on a succession of jobs before joining his uncle in his engineering firm in Massachusetts in 1864. As a young man he gained a reputation as a boxer, but it was his uncle who first identified and encouraged Hiram's latent talent for invention.

It was not, however, until 1878, when Maxim joined the first electric-light company to be established in the USA, as its Chief Engineer, that he began to make a name for himself. He developed an improved light filament and his electric pressure regulator not only won a prize at the first International Electrical Exhibition, held in Paris in 1881, but also resulted in his being made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. While in Europe he was advised that weapons development was a more lucrative field than electricity; consequently, he moved to England and established a small laboratory at Hatton Garden, London. He began by investigating improvements to the Gatling gun in order to produce a weapon with a faster rate of fire and which was more accurate. In 1883, by adapting a Winchester carbine, he successfully produced a semi-automatic weapon, which used the recoil to cock the gun automatically after firing. The following year he took this concept a stage further and produced a fully automatic belt-fed weapon. The recoil drove barrel and breechblock to the vent. The barrel then halted, while the breechblock, now unlocked from the former, continued rearwards, extracting the spent case and recocking the firing mechanism. The return spring, which it had been compressing, then drove the breechblock forward again, chambering the next round, which had been fed from the belt, as it did so. Keeping the trigger pressed enabled the gun to continue firing until the belt was expended. The Maxim gun, as it became known, was adopted by almost every army within the decade, and was to remain in service for nearly fifty years. Maxim himself joined forces with the large British armaments firm of Vickers, and the Vickers machine gun, which served the British Army during two world wars, was merely a refined version of the Maxim gun.

Maxim's interests continued to occupy several fields of technology, including flight. In 1891 he took out a patent for a steam-powered aeroplane fitted with a pendulous gyroscopic stabilizer which would maintain the pitch of the aeroplane at any desired inclination (basically, a simple autopilot). Maxim decided to test the relationship between power, thrust and lift before moving on to stability and control. He designed a lightweight steam-engine which developed 180 hp (135 kW) and drove a propeller measuring 17 ft 10 in. (5.44 m) in diameter. He fitted two of these engines into his huge flying machine testrig, which needed a wing span of 104 ft (31.7 m) to generate enough lift to overcome a total weight of 4 tons. The machine was not designed for free flight, but ran on one set of rails with a second set to prevent it rising more than about 2 ft (61 cm). At Baldwyn's Park in Kent on 31 July 1894 the huge machine, carrying Maxim and his crew, reached a speed of 42 mph (67.6 km/h) and lifted off its rails. Unfortunately, one of the restraining axles broke and the machine was extensively damaged. Although it was subsequently repaired and further trials carried out, these experiments were very expensive. Maxim eventually abandoned the flying machine and did not develop his idea for a stabilizer, turning instead to other projects. At the age of almost 70 he returned to the problems of flight and designed a biplane with a petrol engine: it was built in 1910 but never left the ground.

In all, Maxim registered 122 US and 149 British patents on objects ranging from mousetraps to automatic spindles. Included among them was a 1901 patent for a foot-operated suction cleaner. In 1900 he became a British subject and he was knighted the following year. He remained a larger-than-life figure, both physically and in character, until the end of his life.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 1881. Knighted 1901.

Bibliography

1908, Natural and Artificial Flight, London. 1915, My Life, London: Methuen (autobiography).

Further Reading

Obituary, 1916, Engineer (1 December).

Obituary, 1916, Engineering (1 December).

P.F.Mottelay, 1920, The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, London and New York: John Lane.

Dictionary of National Biography, 1912–1921, 1927, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

See also: Pilcher, Percy Sinclair

CM / JDS

Biographical history of technology > Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens
11 bensindrevet

adj. petrol-powered adj. US: powered by gas engine

Norsk-engelsk ordbok > bensindrevet
12 Cockerell, Christopher Sydney

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Ports and shipping

[br]

b. 4 June 1910 Cambridge, England

[br]

British designer and engineer who invented the hovercraft.

[br]

He was educated at Gresham's School in Holt and at Peterhouse College, Cambridge, where he graduated in engineering in 1931; he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1974. Cockerell entered the engineering firm of W.H.Allen \& Sons of Bedford as a pupil in 1931, and two years later he returned to Cambridge to engage in radio research for a further two years. In 1935 he joined Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, working on very high frequency (VHF) transmitters and direction finders. During the Second World War he worked on airborne navigation and communication equipment, and later he worked on radar. During this period he filed thirty six patents in the fields of radio and navigational systems.

In 1950 Cockerell left Marconi to set up his own boat-hire business on the Norfolk Broads. He began to consider how to increase the speed of boats by means of air lubrication. Since the 1870s engineers had at times sought to reduce the drag on a boat by means of a thin layer of air between hull and water. After his first experiments, Cockerell concluded that a significant reduction in drag could only be achieved with a thick cushion of air. After experimenting with several ways of applying the air-cushion principle, the first true hovercraft "took off" in 1955. It was a model in balsa wood, 2 ft 6 in. (762 mm) long and weighing 4½ oz. (27.6 g); it was powered by a model-aircraft petrol engine and could travel over land or water at 13 mph (20.8 km/h). Cockerell filed his first hovercraft patent on 12 December 1955. The following year he founded Hovercraft Ltd and began the search for a manufacturer. The government was impressed with the invention's military possibilities and placed it on the secret list. The secret leaked out, however, and the project was declassified. In 1958 the National Research and Development Corporation decided to give its backing, and the following year Saunders Roe Ltd with experience of making flying boats, produced the epoch-making SR N1, a hovercraft with an air cushion produced by air jets directed downwards and inwards arranged round the periphery of the craft. It made a successful crossing of the English Channel, with the inventor on board.

Meanwhile Cockerell had modified the hovercraft so that the air cushion was enclosed within flexible skirts. In this form it was taken up by manufacturers throughout the world and found wide application as a passenger-carrying vehicle, for military transport and in scientific exploration and survey work. The hover principle found other uses, such as for air-beds to relieve severely burned patients and for hover mowers.

The development of the hovercraft has occupied Cockerell since then and he has been actively involved in the several companies set up to exploit the invention, including Hovercraft Development Ltd and British Hovercraft Corporation. In the 1970s and 1980s he took up the idea of the generation of electricity by wavepower; he was Founder of Wavepower Ltd, of which he was Chairman from 1974 to 1982.

[br]

Principal Honours find Distinctions

Knighted 1969. CBE 1955. FRS 1967.

LRD

Biographical history of technology > Cockerell, Christopher Sydney
13 Lebaudy, Paul

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace

[br]

b. 1858 Enghien, France

d. 1937 Rosny-sur-Seine, France

[br]

French airship pioneer responsible for the first practical airship, in collaboration with his brother Pierre (1861–1924).

[br]

Soon after Alberto Santos-Dumont had made his first successful flight in a small airship, Paul and Pierre Lebaudy decided to construct a large airship. The two brothers were sugar manufacturers in Moisson, France, and in 1899 they commissioned their chief engineer, Henri Julliot, to build them a large airship. Julliot was conscientious and cautious, and consequently he spent many months studying the problems and working out a feasible design. The Lebaudy I was not completed until late in 1902 and made its first flight on 13 November. It was 57 m (187 ft) long and powered by a 30 kW (40 hp) Daimler petrol engine driving two propellers which enabled it to fly at 40 km/h (25 mph); it could overcome all but very strong winds. During the ensuing months, Lebaudy I made many successful flights, often carrying passengers, and usually returning to its base at Moisson. On 12 November 1903 it flew a distance of 62 km (381/2 miles) in 1 hour 41 minutes, from Moisson to Paris, where it was put on display and attracted huge crowds. After being damaged, Lebaudy I was rebuilt as Lebaudy II, although it was often called La Jaune because of the yellow fabric of the envelope. In 1905 it made a flight lasting over 3 hours; few would argue that this was the first really successful airship.

[br]

Further Reading

Basil Clarke, 1961, The History of Airships, London.

Wilfrid de Fonvieille, 1911, Histoire de la navigation aérienne, Paris.

JDS

Biographical history of technology > Lebaudy, Paul
14 Mavor, Henry Alexander

SUBJECT AREA: Electricity, Ports and shipping, Public utilities

[br]

b. 1858 Stranraer, Scotland

d. 16 July 1915 Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland

[br]

Scottish engineer who pioneered the use of electricity for lighting, power and the propulsion of ships.

[br]

Mavor came from a distinguished Scottish family with connections in medicine, industry and the arts. On completion of his education at Glasgow University, he joined R.J.Crompton \& Co.; then in 1883, along with William C.Muir, he established the Glasgow firm which later became well known as Mavor and Coulson. It pioneered the supply of electricity to public undertakings and equipped the first two generating stations in Scotland. Mavor and his fellow directors appreciated the potential demand by industry in Glasgow for electricity. Two industries were especially well served; first, the coal-mines, where electric lighting and power transformed efficiency and safety beyond recognition; and second, marine engineering. Here Mavor recognized the importance of the variable-speed motor in working with marine propellers which have a tighter range of efficient working speeds. In 1911 he built a 50 ft (15 m) motor launch, appropriately named Electric Arc, at Dumbarton and fitted it with an alternating-current motor driven by a petrol engine and dynamo. Within two years British shipyards were building electrically powered ships, and by the beginning of the First World War the United States Navy had a 20,000-ton collier with this new form of propulsion.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Vice-President, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1894–6.

Bibliography

Mavor published several papers on electric power supply, distribution and the use of electricity for marine purposes in the Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland between the years 1890 and 1912.

Further Reading

Mavor and Coulson Ltd, 1911, Electric Propulsion of Ships, Glasgow.

FMW

Biographical history of technology > Mavor, Henry Alexander
15 Wright, Wilbur

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace

[br]

b. 16 April 1867 Millville, Indiana, USA

d. 30 May 1912 Dayton, Ohio, USA

[br]

American co-inventor, with his brother Orville Wright (b. 19 August 1871 Dayton, Ohio, USA; d. 30 January 1948 Dayton, Ohio, USA), of the first powered aeroplane capable of sustained, controlled flight.

[br]

Wilbur and Orville designed and built bicycles in Dayton, Ohio. In the 1890s they developed an interest in flying which led them to study the experiments of gliding pioneers such as Otto Lilienthal in Germany, and their fellow American Octave Chanute. The Wrights were very methodical and tackled the many problems stage by stage. First, they developed a method of controlling a glider using movable control surfaces, instead of weight-shifting as used in the early hand-gliders. They built a wind tunnel to test their wing sections and by 1902 they had produced a controllable glider. Next they needed a petrol engine, and when they could not find one to suit their needs they designed and built one themselves.

On 17 December 1903 their Flyer was ready and Orville made the first short flight of 12 seconds; Wilbur followed with a 59-second flight covering 853 ft (260 m). An improved design, Flyer II, followed in 1904 and made about eighty flights, including circuits and simple ma-noeuvres. In 1905 Flyer III made several long flights, including one of 38 minutes covering 24½ miles (39 km). Most of the Wrights' flying was carried out in secret to protect their patents, so their achievements received little publicity. For a period of two and a half years they did not fly, but they worked to improve their Flyer and to negotiate terms for the sale of their invention to various governments and commercial syndi-cates.

In 1908 the Wright Model A appeared, and when Wilbur demonstrated it in France he astounded the European aviators by making several flights lasting more than one hour and one of 2 hours 20 minutes. Considerable numbers of the Model A were built, but the European designers rapidly caught up and overtook the Wrights. The Wright brothers became involved in several legal battles to protect their patents: one of these, with Glenn Curtiss, went on for many years. Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912. Orville sold his interest in the Wright Company in 1915, but retained an interest in aeronautical research and lived on to see an aeroplane fly faster than the speed of sound.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Royal Aeronautical Society (London) Gold Medal (awarded to both Wilbur and Orville) May 1909. Medals from the Aero Club of America, Congress, Ohio State and the City of Dayton.

Bibliography

1951, Miracle at Kitty Hawk. The Letters of Wilbur \& Orville Wright, ed. F.C.Kelly, New York.

1953, The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, ed. Marvin W.McFarland, 2 vols, New York.

Orville Wright, 1953, How We Invented the Aeroplane, ed. F.C.Kelly, New York.

Further Reading

A.G.Renstrom, 1968, Wilbur \& Orville Wright. A Bibliography, Washington, DC (with 2,055 entries).

C.H.Gibbs-Smith, 1963, The Wright Brothers, London (reprint) (a concise account).

J.L.Pritchard, 1953, The Wright Brothers', Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (December) (includes much documentary material).

F.C.Kelly, 1943, The Wright Brothers, New York (reprint) (authorized by Orville Wright).

H.B.Combs with M.Caidin, 1980, Kill Devil Hill, London (contains more technical information).

T.D.Crouch, 1989, The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur \& Orville Wright, New York (perhaps the best of various subsequent biographies).

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Biographical history of technology > Wright, Wilbur
16 Hamilton, Harold Lee (Hal)

SUBJECT AREA: Land transport, Railways and locomotives, Steam and internal combustion engines

[br]

b. 14 June 1890 Little Shasta, California, USA

d. 3 May 1969 California, USA

[br]

American pioneer of diesel rail traction.

[br]

Orphaned as a child, Hamilton went to work for Southern Pacific Railroad in his teens, and then worked for several other companies. In his spare time he learned mathematics and physics from a retired professor. In 1911 he joined the White Motor Company, makers of road motor vehicles in Denver, Colorado, where he had gone to recuperate from malaria. He remained there until 1922, apart from an eighteenth-month break for war service.

Upon his return from war service, Hamilton found White selling petrol-engined railbuses with mechanical transmission, based on road vehicles, to railways. He noted that they were not robust enough and that the success of petrol railcars with electric transmission, built by General Electric since 1906, was limited as they were complex to drive and maintain. In 1922 Hamilton formed, and became President of, the Electro- Motive Engineering Corporation (later Electro-Motive Corporation) to design and produce petrol-electric rail cars. Needing an engine larger than those used in road vehicles, yet lighter and faster than marine engines, he approached the Win ton Engine Company to develop a suitable engine; in addition, General Electric provided electric transmission with a simplified control system. Using these components, Hamilton arranged for his petrol-electric railcars to be built by the St Louis Car Company, with the first being completed in 1924. It was the beginning of a highly successful series. Fuel costs were lower than for steam trains and initial costs were kept down by using standardized vehicles instead of designing for individual railways. Maintenance costs were minimized because Electro-Motive kept stocks of spare parts and supplied replacement units when necessary. As more powerful, 800 hp (600 kW) railcars were produced, railways tended to use them to haul trailer vehicles, although that practice reduced the fuel saving. By the end of the decade Electro-Motive needed engines more powerful still and therefore had to use cheap fuel. Diesel engines of the period, such as those that Winton had made for some years, were too heavy in relation to their power, and too slow and sluggish for rail use. Their fuel-injection system was erratic and insufficiently robust and Hamilton concluded that a separate injector was needed for each cylinder.

In 1930 Electro-Motive Corporation and Winton were acquired by General Motors in pursuance of their aim to develop a diesel engine suitable for rail traction, with the use of unit fuel injectors; Hamilton retained his position as President. At this time, industrial depression had combined with road and air competition to undermine railway-passenger business, and Ralph Budd, President of the Chicago, Burlington \& Quincy Railroad, thought that traffic could be recovered by way of high-speed, luxury motor trains; hence the Pioneer Zephyr was built for the Burlington. This comprised a 600 hp (450 kW), lightweight, two-stroke, diesel engine developed by General Motors (model 201 A), with electric transmission, that powered a streamlined train of three articulated coaches. This train demonstrated its powers on 26 May 1934 by running non-stop from Denver to Chicago, a distance of 1,015 miles (1,635 km), in 13 hours and 6 minutes, when the fastest steam schedule was 26 hours. Hamilton and Budd were among those on board the train, and it ushered in an era of high-speed diesel trains in the USA. By then Hamilton, with General Motors backing, was planning to use the lightweight engine to power diesel-electric locomotives. Their layout was derived not from steam locomotives, but from the standard American boxcar. The power plant was mounted within the body and powered the bogies, and driver's cabs were at each end. Two 900 hp (670 kW) engines were mounted in a single car to become an 1,800 hp (l,340 kW) locomotive, which could be operated in multiple by a single driver to form a 3,600 hp (2,680 kW) locomotive. To keep costs down, standard locomotives could be mass-produced rather than needing individual designs for each railway, as with steam locomotives. Two units of this type were completed in 1935 and sent on trial throughout much of the USA. They were able to match steam locomotive performance, with considerable economies: fuel costs alone were halved and there was much less wear on the track. In the same year, Electro-Motive began manufacturing diesel-electrie locomotives at La Grange, Illinois, with design modifications: the driver was placed high up above a projecting nose, which improved visibility and provided protection in the event of collision on unguarded level crossings; six-wheeled bogies were introduced, to reduce axle loading and improve stability. The first production passenger locomotives emerged from La Grange in 1937, and by early 1939 seventy units were in service. Meanwhile, improved engines had been developed and were being made at La Grange, and late in 1939 a prototype, four-unit, 5,400 hp (4,000 kW) diesel-electric locomotive for freight trains was produced and sent out on test from coast to coast; production versions appeared late in 1940. After an interval from 1941 to 1943, when Electro-Motive produced diesel engines for military and naval use, locomotive production resumed in quantity in 1944, and within a few years diesel power replaced steam on most railways in the USA.

Hal Hamilton remained President of Electro-Motive Corporation until 1942, when it became a division of General Motors, of which he became Vice-President.

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Further Reading

P.M.Reck, 1948, On Time: The History of the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation, La Grange, Ill.: General Motors (describes Hamilton's career).

PJGR

Biographical history of technology > Hamilton, Harold Lee (Hal)
17 fahren

das Fahren

driving

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fah|ren ['faːrən] pret fuhr [fuːɐ] ptp gefahren [gə'faːrən]
1. INTRANSITIVES VERB

1) = sich fortbewegen (aux sein) (Fahrzeug, Fahrgast) to go; (Autofahrer) to drive; (Zweiradfahrer) to ride; (Schiff) to sail; (Kran, Kamera, Rolltreppe etc) to move

mit dem Auto fahren — to go by car

mit dem Zug fahren — to go by train or rail

mit dem Rad fahren — to cycle, to go by bike

mit dem Motorrad/Taxi fahren — to go by motorbike/taxi

mit dem Bus fahren — to go by bus, to ride the bus (US)

mit dem Aufzug fahren — to take the lift, to ride or take the elevator (US)

ich fuhr mit dem Fahrrad/Auto in die Stadt — I cycled/drove into town, I went into town on my bike/in the car

möchtest du lieber mit dem Fahrrad oder mit dem Auto fahren? — would you rather go by bike or by car?

wir sind mit dem Auto gekommen, und meine Frau ist gefahren — we came by car and my wife drove

wollen wir fahren oder zu Fuß gehen? — shall we go by car or walk?

links/rechts fahren — to drive on the left/right

wie lange fährt man von hier nach Basel? — how long does it take to get to Basle from here?

ich fahre mit dem Auto nach Schweden — I'm taking the car to Sweden, I'm going to Sweden by car

mein Chor fährt nächstes Jahr wieder nach Schottland — next year my choir is going to Scotland again

wie fährt man von hier zum Bahnhof? — how do you get to the station from here?

wie fährt man am schnellsten zum Bahnhof? — what is the quickest way to the station?

ich fahre lieber in der Stadt — I prefer driving or to drive in town

zweiter Klasse fahren — to travel or go second class

per Anhalter or Autostopp fahren — to hitch(hike)

gegen einen Baum fahren — to drive or go into a tree

über den See fahren — to cross the lake

die Lok fährt elektrisch/mit Dampf — the engine is powered by electricity/is steam-driven

der Wagen fährt sehr ruhig — the car is very quiet

gen Himmel fahren (liter) — to ascend into heaven

zur Hölle fahren (liter) — to descend into hell

fahr zur Hölle or zum Teufel! (old) — the devil take you! (old)

2) = losfahren (aux sein) (Verkehrsmittel, Fahrer, Mitfahrer) to go, to leave

wann fährt der nächste Bus nach Bamberg? — when does the next bus to Bamberg go or leave?

wann fährst du morgen nach Glasgow? fährst du früh? — when are you leaving for Glasgow tomorrow? are you leaving early in the morning?

einen fahren lassen (inf) — to let off (inf)

3)

= verkehren (aux sein) es fahren täglich zwei Fähren — there are two ferries a day

fahren da keine Züge? — don't any trains go there?

fahren Sie bis Walterplatz? — do you go as far as Walterplatz?

der Bus fährt alle fünf Minuten — there's a bus every five minutes

4)

= rasen, schießen (aux sein) es fuhr ihm durch den Kopf, dass... — the thought flashed through his mind that...

was ist ( denn) in dich gefahren? — what's got into you?

in die Kleider fahren — to throw on one's clothes

ich bin hastig in die Kleider gefahren — I hastily pulled on my clothes

der Blitz fuhr in die Eiche — the lightning struck the oak

die Katze fuhr ihm ins Gesicht — the cat leapt or sprang at his face

der Hexenschuss fuhr ihm durch den Rücken — a twinge of lumbago shot up his back

5)

= zurechtkommen (aux sein) (mit jdm) gut fahren — to get on well (with sb)

mit etw gut fahren — to be OK with sth (inf)

mit ihm sind wir gut/schlecht gefahren — we made a good/bad choice when we picked him

mit diesem teuren Modell fahren Sie immer gut — you'll always be OK with this expensive model (inf)

mit der Billigreise nach Tunesien sind wir schlecht gefahren — the cheap trip to Tunisia turned out badly

(bei etw) gut/schlecht fahren — to do well/badly (with sth)

du fährst besser, wenn... — you would do better if...

6)

= streichen (aux sein or haben) er fuhr mit der Hand/einem Tuch über den Tisch — he ran his hand/a cloth over the table

ihre Hand fuhr sanft über sein Haar — she gently ran her hand over his hair

jdm/sich durchs Haar fahren — to run one's fingers through sb's/one's hair

mit der Hand über die Stirn fahren — to pass one's hand over one's brow

7) FILM (aux haben) (= eine Kamerafahrt machen) to track

die Kamera fuhr auf seine Hand — the camera tracked to his hand

2. TRANSITIVES VERB

1) = lenken (aux haben) Auto, Bus, Zug etc to drive; Fahrrad, Motorrad to ride

schrottreif or zu Schrott fahren (durch Unfall) — to write off; (durch Verschleiß) to drive into the ground

2) = benutzen: Straße, Strecke etc (aux sein) to take

welche Strecke fährt die Linie 59? — which way does the number 59 go?

einen Umweg fahren — to go a long way round, to go out of one's way

wir sind die Umleitung gefahren — we followed the diversion or detour

ich fahre lieber Autobahn — I prefer (driving on) motorways (Brit) or freeways (US)

diesen steilen Berg musst du im ersten Gang fahren — you have to go up or take this steep hill in first gear

eine so gebirgige Strecke darfst du im Winter nicht ohne Schneeketten fahren — you shouldn't drive such a mountainous route in winter without snow chains

3) = benutzen: Kraftstoff etc (aux haben) to use; Reifen to drive on

4) = befördern (aux haben) to take; (= hierherfahren) to bring; Personen to drive, to take

Kinder in die Schule fahren — to take children to school

jemanden ins Krankenhaus fahren — to take sb to hospital

die Spedition fährt Fisch von der Nordsee nach Nürnberg — the haulage firm transports or takes fish from the North Sea to Nuremberg

wer hat Sie hierher ins Krankenhaus gefahren? — who brought you to the hospital?

ich fahre dich nach Hause — I'll take or drive you home

jdn in den Tod fahren (geh) — to kill sb

5) Geschwindigkeit (aux sein) to do

er fuhr über 80 km/h — he did over 80 km/h, he drove at over 80 km/h

in der Stadt darf man nur Tempo 50 fahren — in town the speed limit is 50 km/h

6) SPORT (aux haben or sein) Rennen to take part in; Runde etc to do; Zeit, Rekord etc to clock up

7) TECH (aux haben) (= steuern, betreiben) to run; (= senden) to broadcast; (= durchführen) Überstunden to do, to work; Angriff to launch

ein Experiment fahren — to run an experiment

einen Versuch fahren — to run a test

eine Sonderschicht fahren — to put on an extra shift

Überstunden fahren — to do overtime

eine Aufnahme fahren — to do a shot

einen harten Kurs fahren (fig) — to take a hard line

3. REFLEXIVES VERB

diams; sich gut fahren mit diesem Wagen fährt es sich gut — it's good driving this car

bei solchem Wetter/auf dieser Straße fährt es sich gut — it's good driving in that kind of weather/on this road

der neue Wagen fährt sich gut —

mit dem neuen Belag fährt sich die Straße gut — the road is good to drive on since it's been resurfaced

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1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) drive

2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) drive

3) (to travel by car: We motored down to my mother's house at the weekend.) motor

4) (to sail in a particular direction: We put out to sea; The ship put into harbour for repairs.) put

5) (to travel in a car etc: We were rolling along merrily when a tyre burst.) roll

6) (to travel or be carried (in a car, train etc or on a bicycle, horse etc): He rides to work every day on an old bicycle; The horsemen rode past.) ride

7) (to (be able to) ride on and control (a horse, bicycle etc): Can you ride a bicycle?) ride

8) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) run

9) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) run

10) (to go from place to place; to journey: I travelled to Scotland by train; He has to travel a long way to school.) travel

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fah·ren

[ˈfa:rən]

I. INTRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich fortbewegen: als Fahrgast) to go

mit dem Bus/der Straßenbahn/dem Taxi/dem Zug \fahren to go by bus/tram/taxi/train

erster/zweiter Klasse \fahren to travel [or go] first/second class; (als Fahrer) to drive

zur Arbeit \fahren to drive to work; (mit dem Fahrrad) to cycle to work

mit dem Auto \fahren to drive, to go by car

mit dem [Fahr]rad/Motorrad fahren to cycle/motorcycle, to go by bike/motorcycle

links/rechts \fahren to drive on the left/right

gegen einen Baum/eine Wand \fahren to drive [or go] into a tree/wall

wie fährt man von hier am besten zum Bahnhof? what's the best way to the station from here?

wer fährt? who's driving?

\fahren Sie nach Heidelberg/zum Flughafen? are you going to Heidelberg/to the airport?

\fahren wir oder laufen wir? shall we go by car/bus etc. or walk?

wie lange fährt man von hier nach München? how long does it take to get to Munich from here?; (auf Karussell, Achterbahn)

ich will nochmal \fahren! I want to have another ride!

fahr doch bitte langsamer! please slow down!

sie fährt gut she's a good driver

ich fahre lieber auf der Autobahn I prefer to drive on the motorway

mein Auto fährt nicht my car won't go

heutzutage \fahren alle Bahnen elektrisch all railways are electrified these days

die Rolltreppe fährt bis in den obersten Stock the escalator goes up to the top floor; s.a. Teufel

2.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (losfahren) to go, to leave

wir \fahren in 5 Minuten we'll be going [or leaving] in 5 minutes

wann fährst du morgen früh? when are you leaving tomorrow morning?

3.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (verkehren) to run

wann fährt der nächste Zug nach Berlin? when is the next train to Berlin?

der nächste Bus fährt [erst] in 20 Minuten the next bus [only] leaves in twenty minutes

die Bahn fährt alle 20 Minuten the train runs [or goes] every 20 minutes

von Lübeck nach Travemünde \fahren täglich drei Busse there are three busses a day from Lübeck to Travemünde

diese Fähre fährt zwischen Ostende und Dover this ferry runs between Ostend and Dover

auf der Strecke Berlin-Bremen fährt ein ICE a high speed train runs between Berlin and Bremen

dieser Bus fährt nur bis Hegelplatz this bus only goes as far as Hegelplatz

der Intercity 501 fährt heute nur bis Köln the intercity 501 will only run as far as Cologne today

4.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (reisen)

in [den] Urlaub \fahren to go on holiday

ins Wochenende \fahren to leave for the weekend; (tatsächlich wegfahren) to go away for the weekend

fährst du mit dem Auto nach Italien? are you taking the car to Italy?, are you going to Italy by car?

fahrt ihr nächstes Jahr wieder nach Norwegen? are you going to Norway again next year?

5.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (bestimmtes Fahrverhalten haben)

dieser Wagen fährt sehr schnell this car can go very fast, this car is a real goer fam

das Auto hier fährt sehr ruhig this car is a very quiet runner

6.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (blitzschnell bewegen)

aus dem Bett \fahren to leap out of bed

in die Höhe \fahren to jump up with a start

jdm an die Kehle fahren Hund to leap at sb's throat

in die Kleider \fahren to dress hastily

aus dem Schlaf \fahren to wake with a start

blitzartig fuhr es ihm durch den Kopf, dass... the thought suddenly flashed through his mind that...

diese Idee fuhr mir durch den Kopf, als ich die Bilder sah that idea came to me when I saw the pictures

der Schreck fuhr ihr durch alle Glieder the shock made her tremble all over

was ist denn in dich gefahren? what's got into you?

es fuhr mir in den Rücken suddenly I felt a stabbing pain in my back

der Blitz fuhr in den Baum the lightning struck the tree; s.a. Mund, Haut

7.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein o haben (streichen, wischen)

sich dat mit der Hand über die Stirn \fahren to pass one's hand over one's brow

sie fuhr mit dem Tuch über den Tisch she ran the cloth over the table

sie fuhr sich mit der Hand durchs Haar she run her fingers through her hair

8.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (zurechtkommen)

[mit etw dat] gut/schlecht \fahren to do well/badly [with sth]

mit dieser Methode sind wir immer gut gefahren this method has always worked well for us

mit jdm gut \fahren to get on all right with sb, to fare well with sb

mit jdm schlecht \fahren to not fare [or get on] very well with sb

mit ihr sind wir ganz schlecht gefahren she was a total loser

II. TRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (lenken)

▪ etw \fahren to drive sth

ein Auto \fahren to drive a car

ein Fahrrad/Motorrad \fahren to ride a bicycle/motorbike

wer von Ihnen hat das Auto gefahren? who drove?

sie fährt einen roten Jaguar she drives a red Jaguar

2.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich mit etw fortbewegen)

▪ etw \fahren to drive sth

Auto \fahren to drive [a car]

Bus \fahren to ride on a bus

Fahrrad/Motorrad \fahren to ride a bicycle/motorbike

Schlitten \fahren to go tobogganing

Schlittschuh fahren to skate

Ski \fahren to ski

Zug \fahren to go on a train

3.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (verwenden)

▪ etw \fahren Kraftstoff to use sth

ich fahre nur Diesel I only use diesel

fährst du noch immer Sommerreifen? are you still using [or driving on] normal tyres

4.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (befördern, mitnehmen)

▪ jdn \fahren to take [or drive] sb

jdn ins Krankenhaus \fahren to take sb to hospital

ich fahre noch schnell die Kinder in die Schule I'll just take the kids to school

ich fahr' dich nach Hause I'll take [or drive] you home, I'll give you a lift home

▪ etw \fahren Sand, Mist, Waren to take [or transport] sth

5.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (eine Strecke zurücklegen)

Autobahn \fahren to drive on a motorway BRIT [or AM freeway]

eine Umleitung \fahren to follow a diversion

einen Umweg \fahren to make a detour

der 84er fährt jetzt eine andere Strecke the 84 takes a different route now

diese Strecke darf man nur mit Schneeketten \fahren you need snow chains to drive on this route

6.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein (mit bestimmter Geschwindigkeit)

90 km/h \fahren to be doing 90 km/h

hier darf man nur 30 km/h \fahren the speed limit here is 30 km/h

dieser Wagen hier fährt 240 km/h this car will do 240 km/h

was/wie viel fährt der Wagen denn Spitze? what's the car's top speed?

7.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: sein o haben SPORT

ein Rennen \fahren to take part in a race

die beste Zeit \fahren to do [or clock] the best time

mit nur 4 Stunden fuhr er Bestzeit his time of only four hours was the best

die Rennfahrerin fuhr einen neuen Weltrekord the racing driver set a new world record

die Wagen \fahren jetzt die achte Runde the cars are now on the eighth lap

8.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben TECH

▪ etw \fahren to operate sth

einen Hochofen \fahren to control a blast furnace

9.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (fachspr sl: ablaufen lassen)

ein Angebot/Sortiment nach oben/unten \fahren to increase/reduce an offer/a product range

die Produktion mit 50 % \fahren to run production at 50%

die Produktion nach oben/unten \fahren to step up/cut down production

ein neues Programm \fahren to start [or launch] a new programme [or AM -gram

10.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (sl: arbeiten)

eine Sonderschicht in der Fabrik \fahren to put on an extra shift at the factory

Überstunden \fahren to do overtime

11.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben RADIO

▪ etw \fahren to broadcast sth

12.

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben (kaputt machen)

eine Beule in etw akk \fahren to dent sth

13.

▶ einen harten Kurs \fahren to take a hard line

▶ einen \fahren lassen (fam) to let [one] off fam

III. REFLEXIVES VERB

<fährt, fuhr, gefahren>

Hilfsverb: haben

▪ etw fährt sich akk ...:

dieser Wagen/dieses Fahrrad fährt sich gut [o mit diesem Wagen/Fahrrad fährt es sich gut] it's nice to drive this car/to ride this bicycle

bei solch einem Wetter fährt es sich herrlich it's wonderful to drive in that kind of weather

mit einer Servolenkung fährt es sich viel leichter it's much easier to drive with power steering

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1.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) (als Fahrzeuglenker) drive; (mit dem Fahrrad, Motorrad usw.) ride

mit dem Auto fahren — drive; (herfahren auch) come by car; (hinfahren auch) go by car

mit dem Fahrrad/Motorrad fahren — cycle/motorcycle; come/go by bicycle/motorcycle

mit 80 km/h fahren — drive/ride at 80 k.p.h.

links/rechts fahren — drive on the left/right; (abbiegen) bear or turn left/right

langsam fahren — drive/ride slowly

gegen etwas fahren — go into something

2) (mit dem Auto usw. als Mitfahrer; mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln usw./als Fahrgast) go ( mit by); (mit dem Aufzug/der Rolltreppe/der Seilbahn/dem Skilift) take the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator/escalator/cable-car/ski lift; (mit der Achterbahn, dem Karussell usw.) ride (auf + Dat. on); (per Anhalter) hitch-hike

erster/zweiter Klasse/zum halben Preis fahren — travel or go first/second class/at half-price

ich fahre nicht gern [im] Auto/Bus — I don't like travelling in cars/buses

fährst du mit mir? — are you coming with me?

3) (reisen) go

in Urlaub fahren — go on holiday

4) (losfahren) go; leave

5) < motor vehicle, train, lift, cable-car> go; < ship> sail

mein Auto fährt nicht — my car won't go

der Aufzug fährt heute nicht — the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator is out of service today

6) (verkehren) run

der Bus fährt alle fünf Minuten/bis Goetheplatz — the bus runs or goes every five minutes/goes to Goetheplatz

von München nach Passau fährt ein D-Zug — there's a fast train from Munich to Passau

7) (betrieben werden)

mit Diesel/Benzin fahren — run on diesel/petrol (Brit.) or (Amer.) gasoline

mit Dampf/Atomkraft fahren — be steam-powered/atomicpowered

8) (schnelle Bewegungen ausführen)

in die Kleider fahren — leap into one's clothes

in die Höhe fahren — jump up [with a start]

der Blitz ist in einen Baum gefahren — the lightning struck a tree

jemandem an die Kehle fahren — leap at somebody's throat

sich (Dat.) mit der Hand durchs Haar fahren — run one's fingers through one's hair

was ist denn in dich gefahren? — (fig.) what's got into you?

der Schreck fuhr ihm in die Glieder — (fig.) the shock went right through him

jemandem über den Mund fahren — (fig.) shut somebody up

aus der Haut fahren — (ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

etwas fahren lassen — (loslassen) let something go; (fig.): (aufgeben) abandon something

9) (Erfahrungen machen)

gut/schlecht mit jemandem/einer Sache fahren — get on well/badly with somebody/something
2.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (fortbewegen) drive <car, lorry, train, etc.>; ride <bicycle, motorcycle>

ein Boot fahren — sail a boat

Auto/Motorrad/Roller fahren — drive [a car]/ride a motorcycle/scooter

Bahn/Bus usw. fahren: go by train/bus — etc.

Kahn od. Boot/Kanu fahren — go boating/canoeing

Ski fahren — ski

Schlitten fahren — toboggan

Rollschuh fahren — [roller-]skate

Schlittschuh fahren — [ice-]skate

Aufzug/Rolltreppe fahren — take the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator/use the escalator

Sessellift fahren — ride in a/the chairlift

U-Bahn fahren — ride on the underground (Brit.) or (Amer.) subway

Karusell fahren — ride on the merry-go-round

2) mit sein ([als Strecke] zurücklegen) drive; (mit dem Motorrad, Fahrrad) ride; take < curve>

einen Umweg/eine Umleitung fahren — make a detour/follow a diversion

der Zug fährt jetzt eine andere Strecke — the train takes a different route now

3) (befördern) drive, take < person>; take < thing>; < vehicle> take; <ship, lorry, etc.> carry < goods>; (zum Sprecher) drive, bring < person>; bring < thing>; < vehicle> bring

4) mit sein

80 km/h fahren — do 80 k.p.h.

hier muss man 50 km/h fahren — you've got to keep to 50 k.p.h. here

5) meist mit sein

ein Rennen fahren — take part in a race

6) meist mit sein

einen Rekord fahren — set a record

1:23:45/eine gute Zeit fahren — do or clock 1.23.45/a good time

7)

ein Auto schrottreif fahren — write off a car; (durch lange Beanspruchung) run or drive a car into the ground

eine Beule in den Kotflügel fahren — dent the wing

8) (als Treibstoff benutzen) use < diesel, regular>
3.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1)

sich gut fahren — < car> handle well, be easy to drive

2) unpers

in dem Wagen/mit dem Zug fährt es sich bequem — the car gives a comfortable ride/it is comfortable travelling by train

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fahren; fährt, fuhr, gefahren

A. v/i (ist)

1. Person: (auch reisen) go (

mit by); längere Strecke: travel (by); auf Schiff: sail;

mit dem Aufzug/Bus etc

fahren auch take the lift (US elevator)/a ( oder the) bus etc;

ich fahre öffentlich (mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln) I use ( oder go by) public transport (US transportation);

fahr rechts (bleib rechts) keep to the right; (bieg rechts ab) turn right;

an den Straßenrand fahren pull over to the side of the road;

nach Köln fährt man sieben Stunden mit dem Auto: it’s a seven-hour drive to Cologne; mit dem Zug: it’s a seven-hour train journey to Cologne, it’s seven hours on the train to Cologne;

langsamer/schneller fahren slow down/accelerate;

über einen Fluss/Platz etc

fahren cross a river/square etc;

ich will noch mal fahren auf Karussell etc: I want another ride

2. (abfahren) leave, go;

wir fahren in fünf Minuten we’re leaving in five minutes

3. (in Fahrt sein) be moving; → fahrend B 1

4. selbst lenkend: drive; auf Fahrrad, Motorrad: ride;

sie fährt gut/schlecht she’s a good/bad driver

5. (verkehren) run;

das Boot/der Zug fährt zweimal am Tag the boat/train goes twice a day, there are two sailings/two trains a day

6. AUTO etc (funktionieren) go, run;

das Auto fährt nicht (ist kaputt)

/fährt wieder (ist repariert) the car isn’t going ( oder won’t go)/is going again;

das Auto fährt ruhig the car is quiet(-running);

mit Benzin/Diesel fahren Fahrzeug: run on petrol (US gas)/diesel; Person: have a petrol-(US gas)/diesel-engine car;

elektrisch oder

mit Strom fahren be driven by electric power;

mit Dampf fahren be steam-driven

7.

mit der Hand etc

durch/über etwas (akk)

fahren run one’s hand etc through/over sth

8.

in etwas (akk)

fahren Kugel, Messer etc: go into sth; Blitz: hit ( oder strike) sth;

in die Kleider fahren slip into ( oder slip on) one’s clothes;

aus dem Bett/in die Höhe fahren jump ( oder leap) out of bed/in the air;

der Hund fuhr ihm an die Kehle the dog leapt at his throat; → Himmel, Hölle etc

9.

etwas fahren lassen (loslassen) let go of sth;

alle Hoffnung etc

fahren lassen fig give up ( oder abandon) all hope;

einen fahren lassen umg let one go, fart vulg

10. BERGB:

in die Grube/aus der Grube fahren go down the pit/coe up out of the pit

11. fig:

gut/schlecht mit oder

bei etwas fahren do well/badly out of sth;

er ist sehr gut/schlecht damit gefahren he did very well/badly out of it;

was ist nur in ihn gefahren? what’s got into him?;

mir fuhr der Gedanke durch den Kopf, dass … it suddenly occurred to me that …;

der Schreck fuhr ihm in die Glieder he froze with terror; → Haut, Mund etc

B. v/t

1. (hat) (lenken, besitzen) drive; (Fahrrad, Motorrad) ride;

er hat das Auto gegen den Zaun gefahren he drove the car into the fence;

ein Auto zu Schrott fahren drive a car into the ground; bei einem Unfall: write a car off, US total a car;

ein Schiff auf Grund fahren run a ship aground;

jemanden über den Haufen fahren umg knock sb down, run sb over

2. (hat) (befördern) take, drive; (Güter) auch transport; → spazieren

3. (ist) (Aufzug, Skilift) ride in; (Karussell, U-Bahn etc) ride on; (Segelboot) sail; (Ruderboot) row;

Boot fahren go boating;

Rad fahren cycle;

Roller fahren scooter; (Motorroller) ride a scooter;

Rollschuh fahren roller-skate;

Schlittschuh fahren skate;

Schlitten fahren (rodeln) toboggan; (Pferdeschlitten) ride in a sledge (US sleigh);

Ski fahren ski

4. (hat oder ist) (Strecke) cover, travel; (Kurve, anderen Weg etc) take; (Umleitung) follow; (Rennen) take part in;

einen Umweg fahren make a detour;

sie fuhren eine andere Strecke they took a different route;

Kurven fahren weave about (US back and forth);

Slalom fahren do a slalom

5. (hat oder ist) (Zeit) record, clock; (Rekord) set;

wir fuhren gerade 100 km/h, als … we were doing 62 mph when …;

das Auto fährt 200 km/h (leistet) the car will do ( oder can reach) 124 mph

6. (hat) (Normal, Super) use, run on

7. TECH (Hochofen) operate; IT (Programm) run

8. (Sonderschicht) work

C. v/r (hat):

dieser Wagen fährt sich gut this car is pleasant to drive ( oder handles well); unpers:

auf dieser Straße fährt es sich gut this is a good road to drive on

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1.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) (als Fahrzeuglenker) drive; (mit dem Fahrrad, Motorrad usw.) ride

mit dem Auto fahren — drive; (herfahren auch) come by car; (hinfahren auch) go by car

mit dem Fahrrad/Motorrad fahren — cycle/motorcycle; come/go by bicycle/motorcycle

mit 80 km/h fahren — drive/ride at 80 k.p.h.

links/rechts fahren — drive on the left/right; (abbiegen) bear or turn left/right

langsam fahren — drive/ride slowly

gegen etwas fahren — go into something

2) (mit dem Auto usw. als Mitfahrer; mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln usw./als Fahrgast) go ( mit by); (mit dem Aufzug/der Rolltreppe/der Seilbahn/dem Skilift) take the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator/escalator/cable-car/ski lift; (mit der Achterbahn, dem Karussell usw.) ride (auf + Dat. on); (per Anhalter) hitch-hike

erster/zweiter Klasse/zum halben Preis fahren — travel or go first/second class/at half-price

ich fahre nicht gern [im] Auto/Bus — I don't like travelling in cars/buses

fährst du mit mir? — are you coming with me?

3) (reisen) go

in Urlaub fahren — go on holiday

4) (losfahren) go; leave

5) <motor vehicle, train, lift, cable-car> go; < ship> sail

mein Auto fährt nicht — my car won't go

der Aufzug fährt heute nicht — the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator is out of service today

6) (verkehren) run

der Bus fährt alle fünf Minuten/bis Goetheplatz — the bus runs or goes every five minutes/goes to Goetheplatz

von München nach Passau fährt ein D-Zug — there's a fast train from Munich to Passau

7) (betrieben werden)

mit Diesel/Benzin fahren — run on diesel/petrol (Brit.) or (Amer.) gasoline

mit Dampf/Atomkraft fahren — be steam-powered/atomicpowered

8) (schnelle Bewegungen ausführen)

in die Kleider fahren — leap into one's clothes

in die Höhe fahren — jump up [with a start]

der Blitz ist in einen Baum gefahren — the lightning struck a tree

jemandem an die Kehle fahren — leap at somebody's throat

sich (Dat.) mit der Hand durchs Haar fahren — run one's fingers through one's hair

was ist denn in dich gefahren? — (fig.) what's got into you?

der Schreck fuhr ihm in die Glieder — (fig.) the shock went right through him

jemandem über den Mund fahren — (fig.) shut somebody up

aus der Haut fahren — (ugs.) blow one's top (coll.)

etwas fahren lassen — (loslassen) let something go; (fig.): (aufgeben) abandon something

9) (Erfahrungen machen)

gut/schlecht mit jemandem/einer Sache fahren — get on well/badly with somebody/something
2.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (fortbewegen) drive <car, lorry, train, etc.>; ride <bicycle, motorcycle>

ein Boot fahren — sail a boat

Auto/Motorrad/Roller fahren — drive [a car]/ride a motorcycle/scooter

Bahn/Bus usw. fahren: go by train/bus — etc.

Kahn od. Boot/Kanu fahren — go boating/canoeing

Ski fahren — ski

Schlitten fahren — toboggan

Rollschuh fahren — [roller-]skate

Schlittschuh fahren — [ice-]skate

Aufzug/Rolltreppe fahren — take the lift (Brit.) or (Amer.) elevator/use the escalator

Sessellift fahren — ride in a/the chairlift

U-Bahn fahren — ride on the underground (Brit.) or (Amer.) subway

Karusell fahren — ride on the merry-go-round

2) mit sein ([als Strecke] zurücklegen) drive; (mit dem Motorrad, Fahrrad) ride; take < curve>

einen Umweg/eine Umleitung fahren — make a detour/follow a diversion

der Zug fährt jetzt eine andere Strecke — the train takes a different route now

3) (befördern) drive, take < person>; take < thing>; < vehicle> take; <ship, lorry, etc.> carry < goods>; (zum Sprecher) drive, bring < person>; bring < thing>; < vehicle> bring

4) mit sein

80 km/h fahren — do 80 k.p.h.

hier muss man 50 km/h fahren — you've got to keep to 50 k.p.h. here

5) meist mit sein

ein Rennen fahren — take part in a race

6) meist mit sein

einen Rekord fahren — set a record

1:23:45/eine gute Zeit fahren — do or clock 1.23.45/a good time

7)

ein Auto schrottreif fahren — write off a car; (durch lange Beanspruchung) run or drive a car into the ground

eine Beule in den Kotflügel fahren — dent the wing

8) (als Treibstoff benutzen) use <diesel, regular>
3.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1)

sich gut fahren — < car> handle well, be easy to drive

2) unpers

in dem Wagen/mit dem Zug fährt es sich bequem — the car gives a comfortable ride/it is comfortable travelling by train

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: fuhr, ist/hat gefahren)

= to drive v.

(§ p.,p.p.: drove, driven)

to navigate v.

to ply between expr.

to ride v.

(§ p.,p.p.: rode, ridden)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > fahren
18 автомобиль

motor

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автомоби́ль м.
брит. motor vehicle; амер. automobile; ( легковой) брит. (motor) car; амер. car; ( грузовой) брит. lorry; амер. truck
вести́ автомоби́ль «нака́том» — let a car free-wheel

вести́ автомоби́ль на пе́рвой, второ́й, тре́тьей ско́рости — the car drives in first, second, third gear, drive the car in first [second, third] gear

запуска́ть автомоби́ль «на ско́рости» ( с включённой передачей) — start a car in gear

автомоби́ль «клюё́т» ( при резком торможении) — the car nose-dives

консерви́ровать автомоби́ль на зи́му — lay up a car for winter

автомоби́ль «нае́здил» ( столько-то) [m2]км — the car has (so many) km on it

обка́тывать автомоби́ль — break in a (new) car

автомоби́ль облада́ет хоро́шей или плохо́й обтека́емостью — the car has good or poor wind [air] shape

оформля́ть вне́шний вид автомоби́ля — style a car

переводи́ть автомоби́ль на зи́мнюю эксплуата́цию — winterize a car

пуска́ть автомоби́ль в эксплуата́цию — put a (new) car on the road

автомоби́ль «слу́шается» руля́ изли́шне легко́ — the car oversteers

автомоби́ль «слу́шается» руля́ с замедле́нием [«ту́го»] — the car understeers

содержа́ть автомоби́ль в хоро́шем состоя́нии — keep a car properly tuned up

эксплуати́ровать автомоби́ль на ши́нах завы́шенного разме́ра — overtyre a car

эксплуати́ровать автомоби́ль на ши́нах зани́женного разме́ра — undertyre a car

автомоби́ль авари́йной слу́жбы — emergency service vehicle

аккумуля́торный автомоби́ль — battery car

безопа́сный автомоби́ль — wreck-resistant car

безра́мный автомоби́ль — frameless vehicle, unit-construction car

автомоби́ль высо́кой [повы́шенной] проходи́мости — cross-country vehicle

газобалло́нный автомоби́ль — compressed gas vehicle

газогенера́торный автомоби́ль — gas-producer vehicle

газотурби́нный автомоби́ль — (gas) turbine vehicle

грузово́й автомоби́ль — брит. lorry; амер. truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль большо́й грузоподъё́мности — heavy(-duty) truck

грузово́й, лё́гкий автомоби́ль — light(-duty) truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль ма́лой грузоподъё́мности — light(-duty) truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль с каби́ной над дви́гателем — cab-over-engine truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль с ку́зовом-платфо́рмой — platform [plank-body, flat bed] truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль с откидны́ми борта́ми — drop-side truck

грузово́й автомоби́ль сре́дней грузоподъё́мности — medium(-duty) truck

грузово́й, тяжё́лый автомоби́ль — heavy(-duty) truck

гру́зо-пассажи́рский автомоби́ль — брит. estate car; амер. station wagon, utility car

гу́сеничный автомоби́ль — track-type [crawler-type, track-laying, tracked] vehicle

двухо́сный автомоби́ль — two-axle vehicle

ди́зельный автомоби́ль — Diesel-powered [Diesel-engined] vehicle, Diesel-powered truck

автомоби́ль для вы́возки му́сора — garbage [removal, refuse collecting] truck

автомоби́ль для перево́зки скота́ — cattle truck

автомоби́ль для поли́вки у́лиц — street watering motor car

автомоби́ль для убо́рки у́лиц — communal truck, road sweeper, road broom, street cleaner

изотерми́ческий автомоби́ль — refrigerated truck

легково́й автомоби́ль — брит. (motor) car; амер. car

лесово́зный автомоби́ль — lumber carrier, timber truck

малолитра́жный автомоби́ль — economy [compact] car

микролитра́жный автомоби́ль — baby car, minicar

автомоби́ль о́бщего назначе́ния — utility vehicle

опера́торский автомоби́ль кфт. — camera car

о́пытный автомоби́ль — prototype car

парово́й автомоби́ль — steam car

пассажи́рский автомоби́ль — passenger car, passenger vehicle

автомоби́ль по доста́вке това́ров — delivery truck

пожа́рный автомоби́ль — fire-fighting vehicle, fire engine, fire appliance

полноприводно́й автомоби́ль — all-wheel-drive vehicle

почто́вый автомоби́ль — postal car, mail van, mail wag(g)on

прока́тный автомоби́ль — hire [rental] car

автомоби́ль, пу́щенный в произво́дство — production motor vehicle

автомоби́ль, рабо́тающий на сжи́женном га́зе — liquid-gas vehicle

санита́рный автомоби́ль — medical vehicle

автомоби́ль с бензи́новым дви́гателем и электри́ческой трансми́ссией — брит. petrol-electric vehicle; амер. gasoline-electric vehicle

автомоби́ль с двумя́ дви́гателями — two-engined [twin-engined] vehicle

автомоби́ль с жё́стким ве́рхом — hardtop (car)

автомоби́ль с за́дним расположе́нием дви́гателя — rear-engined car

автомоби́ль с карбюра́торным дви́гателем — брит. petrol-powered lorry; амер. gasoline-powered truck

автомоби́ль с карда́нной переда́чей — line axle car

автомоби́ль ско́рой по́мощи — ambulance (car)

автомоби́ль с ку́зовом «Универса́л» — station wag(g)on, estate car

снегоубо́рочный автомоби́ль — snow-fighting vehicle

автомоби́ль с незави́симой подве́ской колё́с — independently sprung car

автомоби́ль с несу́щим ку́зовом — frameless vehicle, unit-construction car

автомоби́ль с откидны́м ве́рхом — convertible [soft-top] car

автомоби́ль с пере́дними веду́щими колё́сами — front wheel drive car

спорти́вный автомоби́ль — sports car

автомоби́ль с при́водом на все колё́са — all-wheel drive vehicle

автомоби́ль с управля́емыми за́дними колё́сами — rear-steering car

автомоби́ль с цепно́й гла́вной переда́чей — chain driven car

автомоби́ль с четырьмя́ веду́щими колё́сами — four-wheel drive vehicle

тра́нспортный автомоби́ль — transport vehicle

трёхо́сный автомоби́ль — three-axle vehicle

эксперимента́льный автомоби́ль — experimental car

электри́ческий автомоби́ль — electric-battery car

Русско-английский политехнический словарь > автомобиль
19 funcionar

v.

1 to work, to run (machine).

funciona a pilas it works o runs off batteries

no funciona out of order (en letrero)

El motor anda bien The engine is working well.

2 to work for.

Me funcionó la idea The idea worked for me.

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funcionar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (desempeñar una función) to work, function

■ funciona con gasolina/diesel it runs on petrol/diesel

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer funcionar algo to operate something

'No funciona' "Out of order"

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verb

1) to function

2) run, work

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VI

1) [aparato, mecanismo] to work; [motor] to work, run; [sistema] to work, function

¿cómo funciona el vídeo? — how does the video work?, how do you work the video?

funciona con monedas de un euro — it works with one-euro coins

hacer funcionar una máquina — to operate a machine

no funciona — out of order

2) [plan, método] to work; [negocio, película] to be a success

su primer matrimonio no funcionó — her first marriage did not work out o was not a success

su última novela no ha funcionado tan bien como la anterior — his latest novel hasn't been as successful o as much of a success as the previous one

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verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

no funciona — out of order

funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

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= be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.

Ex. ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.

Ex. Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.

Ex. The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.

Ex. These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.

Ex. The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.

Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.

Ex. It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.

Ex. The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.

Ex. We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

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* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* funcionar además como = double as, double up as.

* funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].

* funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.

* funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.

* funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* funcionar en/a = run over.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.

* funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.

* funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.

* funcionar también como = double as, double up as.

* hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.

* hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.

* hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.

* hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.

* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.

* máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.

* no funcionar = be out of order.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.

* que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.

* que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.

* que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.

* que funciona manualmente = manually operated.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

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verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

no funciona — out of order

funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

* * *

= be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.

Ex: ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.

Ex: Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.

Ex: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.

Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.

Ex: The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.

Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.

Ex: It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.

Ex: The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.

Ex: We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* funcionar además como = double as, double up as.

* funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].

* funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.

* funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.

* funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* funcionar en/a = run over.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.

* funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.

* funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.

* funcionar también como = double as, double up as.

* hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.

* hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.

* hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.

* hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.

* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.

* máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.

* no funcionar = be out of order.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.

* que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.

* que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.

* que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.

* que funciona manualmente = manually operated.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* * *

funcionar [A1 ]

vi

to work

el reloj funciona a la perfección the clock works perfectly

¿cómo funciona este cacharro? how does this thing work?

[ S ] no funciona out of order

la relación no funcionaba their relationship wasn't working (out) ( colloq)

el servicio no puede funcionar con tan poco personal the service cannot operate o function with so few staff

funciona con pilas it works on o runs off batteries

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funcionar ( conjugate funcionar) verbo intransitivo [aparato/máquina] to work;
[ servicio] to operate;
( on signs) no funciona out of order;
◊ funcionar con pilas/gasolina to run off batteries/on gasoline

funcionar verbo intransitivo to work: no funciona, (en letrero) out of order

' funcionar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
- deteriorarse
- evolucionar
- ir
- marchar
- poner
- resultar
- vez
- bien
- carburar
English:
act
- act up
- behave
- dare
- function
- get
- go
- malfunction
- need
- operate
- perform
- run
- work
- develop
- die
- drive
- flush
- pack
- play
- turn

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funcionar vi

to work;

el sistema funciona de maravilla the system works superbly;

funciona con gasolina it runs on Br petrol o US gasoline;

funciona a o [m5] con pilas it uses o runs off batteries, it's battery-powered;

no funciona [en letrero] out of order;

su matrimonio no está funcionando their marriage isn't working (out);

conmigo los lloros no funcionan you won't get anywhere with me by crying

* * *

funcionar

v/i work;

no funciona out of order

* * *

funcionar vi

1) : to function

2) : to run, to work

* * *

funcionar vb

1. (en general) to work

la fotocopiadora no funciona the photocopier isn't working

2. (ir) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

este juguete funciona con pilas this toy runs on batteries

"no funciona" "out of order"

Spanish-English dictionary > funcionar
20 Langley, Samuel Pierpont

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace

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b. 22 August 1834 Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

d. 27 February 1906 Aiken, South Carolina, USA

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American scientist who built an unsuccessful aeroplane in 1903, just before the success of the Wright brothers.

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Professor Langley was a distinguished mathematician and astronomer who became Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (US National Museum) in 1887. He was also interested in aviation and embarked on a programme of experiments with a whirling arm to test wings and with a series of free-flying models. In 1896 one of his steam-powered models made a flight of 4,199 ft (1,280 m): this led to a grant from the Government to subsidize the construction of a manned aeroplane. Langley commissioned Stephen M. Balzer, an automobile engine designer, to build a lightweight aero-engine and appointed his assistant, Charles M.Manly, to oversee the project. After many variations, including rotary and radical designs, two versions of the Balzer-Manly engine were produced, one quarter size and one full size. In August 1903 the small engine powered a model which thus became the first petrol-engined aeroplane to fly. Langley designed his full-size aeroplane (which he called an Aerodrome) with tandem wings and a cruciform tail unit. The Balzer-Manly engine drove two pusher propellers. Manly was to be the pilot as Langley was now almost 70 years old. Most early aviators tested their machines by making tentative hops, but Langley decided to launch his Aerodrome by catapult from the roof of a houseboat on the Potomac river. Two attempts were made and on both occasions the Aerodrome crashed into the river: catapult problems and perhaps a structural weakness were to blame. The second crash occurred on 8 December 1903 and it is ironic that the Wright brothers, with limited funds and no Government support, successfully achieved a manned flight just nine days later. Langley was heartbroken. After his death there followed a strange affair in 1914 when Glenn Curtiss took Langley's Aerodrome, modified it, and tried to prove that but for the faulty catapult it would have flown before the Wrights' Flyer. A brief flight was made with floats instead of the catapult, and it flew rather better after more extensive modifications and a new engine.

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Bibliography

1897, Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Part 1, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution; 1911, Part 2.

Further Reading

J.Gordon Vaeth, 1966, Langley: Man of Science and Flight, New York (biography).

Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, 1985, Aviation, London (includes an analysis of Langley's work).

Tom D.Crouch, 1981, A Dream of Wings, New York.

Robert B.Meyer Jr (ed.), 1971, Langley's Aero Engine of 1903, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, No. 6 (provides details about the engine).

JDS

Biographical history of technology > Langley, Samuel Pierpont

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