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1 smallness

smallness

tr['smɔːlnəs]

noun

1 (size) pequeñez nombre femenino; (lack of importance) insignificancia

smallness ['smɔlnəs] n

: pequeñez f

smallness

n.

• menudencia s.f.

• mezquindad s.f.

• minucia s.f.

• parvedad s.f.

• pequeñez s.f.

'smɔːlnəs, 'smɔːlnɪs
mass noun lo pequeño, lo chico (esp AmL)

['smɔːlnɪs]
N
1) [of object, animal, room, hand, foot] pequeñez f, lo chico (LAm); [of income, sum, contribution] lo pequeño; (in height) [of person] lo bajo, lo chaparro (LAm); [of problem] insignificancia f ; [of waist] estrechez f ; [of group, population] lo poco numeroso; [of stock, supply] lo reducido; [of print, writing] pequeñez f, lo pequeño, lo menudo

2) (=small-mindedness) estrechez f de miras

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['smɔːlnəs, 'smɔːlnɪs]
mass noun lo pequeño, lo chico (esp AmL)

English-spanish dictionary > smallness
2 smallness

smallness ['smɔ:lnɪs]

noun

(a) (of child) petite taille f; (of hand, room) petitesse f; (of salary, fee) modicité f; (of extent) caractère m limité

(b) (pettiness)

∎ the smallness of his mind sa mesquinerie

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > smallness
3 smallness

[English Word] smallness

[Swahili Word] udogo

[Swahili Plural] udogo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Derived Word] -dogo adj

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English-Swahili dictionary > smallness
4 smallness

ограничение

Синонимический ряд:

1. insignificance (noun) insignificance; nothingness; unimportance; worthlessness

2. littleness (noun) casualness; inconsiderableness; ineffectualness; lightness; limitedness; littleness; meanness; minuteness; narrowness; petiteness; puniness

3. pettiness (noun) paltriness; pettiness; trivialities'; trivialness

4. remoteness (noun) remoteness; slenderness; slightness; slimness

English-Russian base dictionary > smallness
5 smallness

[smɔ:lnis]
noun

majhnost, neznatnost, majhno število; figuratively prostaštvo

English-Slovenian dictionary > smallness
6 pettiness

n мелочность; низость

Синонимический ряд:

1. insignificance (noun) insignificance; nothingness; unimportance; worthlessness

2. littleness (noun) casualness; inconsiderableness; lightness; littleness; minuteness; puniness

3. smallness (noun) paltriness; smallness; triviality; trivialness

English-Russian base dictionary > pettiness
7 paltriness

ничтожность

Синонимический ряд:

1. lack of importance (noun) immateriality; inconsequence; insignificance; irrelevance; lack of importance; no big deal; trifling matter; triviality; unimportance

2. smallness (noun) pettiness; smallness; trivialities'; trivialness

English-Russian base dictionary > paltriness
8 miracle

noun

Wunder, das

perform or work miracles — Wunder tun od. vollbringen; [Mittel, Behandlung usw.:] Wunder wirken

economic miracle — Wirtschaftswunder, das

be a miracle of ingenuity — ein Wunder an Genialität sein

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['mirəkl]
noun

1) (something which man is not normally capable of making happen and which is therefore thought to be done by a god or God: Christ's turning of water into wine was a miracle.) das Wunder

2) (a fortunate happening that has no obvious natural cause or explanation: It's a miracle he wasn't killed in the plane crash.) das Wunder

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- academic.ru/47145/miraculous">miraculous
- miraculously
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mira·cle

[ˈmɪrəkl̩]

n (supernatural event) Wunder nt; ( fig: surprising occurrence) Wunder nt

it's a \miracle that... es ist ein Wunder, dass...

it would be a \miracle if... es wäre ein Wunder, wenn...

a \miracle of perfection/tidiness ein Wunder an Perfektion/Sauberkeit

a \miracle of engineering ein Wunder der Technik

to be a \miracle of smallness unglaublich klein sein

to perform [or work] a \miracle ein Wunder vollbringen

don't expect me to work \miracles erwarte keine Wunder von mir

by some \miracle wie durch ein Wunder

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['mIrəkəl]
n
Wunder nt
to work or perform miracles (lit) — Wunder tun or wirken or vollbringen

I can't work miracles — ich kann nicht hexen or zaubern

by some miracle (fig) —

it will be a miracle if... it's a miracle he... — das wäre ein Wunder, wenn... es ist ein Wunder, dass er...

her recovery/his victory was a miracle — es war ein Wunder, dass sie wieder gesund geworden ist/dass er gewonnen hat

it'll take a miracle for us or we'll need a miracle to be finished on time — da müsste schon ein Wunder geschehen, wenn wir noch rechtzeitig fertig werden sollen

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miracle [ˈmırəkl] s

1. Wunder n (auch fig):

economic miracle Wirtschaftswunder n;

miracle man Wundertäter m;

be a miracle man wahre Wunderdinge vollbringen;

miracle drug MED Wunderdroge f, -mittel n;

a miracle of skill fig ein Wunder an Geschicklichkeit;

as if by (a) miracle wie durch ein Wunder;

a miracle überraschend gut, ausgezeichnet;

work (perform) miracles Wunder tun (vollbringen);

I can’t work miracles! ich kann doch nicht hexen oder zaubern!;

it would be a miracle if … es wäre ein Wunder, wenn …;

miracle of miracles!, the age of miracles is not past! bes hum

a) Wunder über Wunder!,

b) es gibt noch immer Wunder!

2. Wunderkraft f

3. auch miracle play HIST Mirakel(spiel) n (geistliches Spiel des Mittelalters)

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noun

Wunder, das

perform or work miracles — Wunder tun od. vollbringen; [Mittel, Behandlung usw.:] Wunder wirken

economic miracle — Wirtschaftswunder, das

be a miracle of ingenuity — ein Wunder an Genialität sein

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n.

Wunder - n.

Wundertat f.

English-german dictionary > miracle
9 Little

I 1. ['lɪtl]
(compar. less; superl. least) quantisostantivo femminile

little chance — poche o scarse possibilità

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado
2.
pronome

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

to make little of — (disparage) dare poca importanza a, non dare peso a [ victory]; (not understand) non capire molto, capirci poco di [ speech]
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Note:

When little is used as a quantifier ( little time, little hope, little money, little chance), it is translated by poco / poca / pochi / poche: poco tempo, poca speranza, pochi soldi, poche possibilità. For examples and particular usages, see I below. - When a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little), it is translated by un po' or un poco: dammene un po' / un poco. - When little is used alone as a pronoun ( there is little I can do), it is very often translated non... un granché: non posso fare un granché. - For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc.), see the entry below. - For uses of little and a little as adverbs, see the entry below. - Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary
II ['lɪtl]
avverbio

1) (not much) [speak, eat, go] poco

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

2) (scarcely)

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

3) (not at all)

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

4) a little (bit) (slightly) un po'

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

stay a little longer — rimani ancora un po' o un po' di più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

5) as little as

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te
III ['lɪtl]
aggettivo (compar. less; superl. least) When little is used with nouns to express such qualities as smallness, prettiness or disparagement, Italian may convey the same meaning by means of suffixes that alter the sense of the noun: a little house = una casetta; a little old man = un vecchietto; my little brother = il mio fratellino; her little sister = la sua sorellina; little girl = ragazzina; a little hat = un cappellino; little Mary = Mariuccia; a nasty little man = un perfido ometto; a silly little woman = una stupida donnetta. - Please note that, although smaller and smallest are generally used instead of littler e littlest, the Italian translation does not change: più piccolo, il più piccolo

1) (small) piccolo

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

2) (young) [sister, boy] piccolo

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

3) (feeble) [gesture, nod] piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

4) (lacking influence) [farmer, businessman] piccolo

5) (expressing scorn)

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

6) (short) [nap, holiday, break] breve

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

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['litl] 1. adjective
1) (small in size: He is only a little boy; when she was little (= a child).) piccolo

2) (small in amount; not much: He has little knowledge of the difficulties involved.) poco

3) (not important: I did not expect her to make a fuss about such a little thing.) piccolo, (poco importante)
2. pronoun
((only) a small amount: He knows little of the real world.) poco
3. adverb
1) (not much: I go out little nowadays.) poco

2) (only to a small degree: a little-known fact.) poco

3) (not at all: He little knows how ill he is.) (per niente)

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- a little
- little by little
- make little of
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(Surnames) Little /ˈlɪtl/
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I 1. ['lɪtl]
(compar. less; superl. least) quantisostantivo femminile

little chance — poche o scarse possibilità

there's so little time — c'è così poco tempo

too little money — troppo pochi soldi

there's little sense o point non ha molto senso; he speaks little German parla poco il tedesco; with no little difficulty non senza difficoltà; I see little of Paul these days — in questi giorni vedo Paul molto di rado
2.
pronome

I only ate a little — ne ho mangiato solo un po'

a little of the money — un po' del denaro

the little I saw — quel poco che ho visto

I did what little I could — ho fatto quel poco che ho potuto

he remembers very little — ricorda molto poco

little of what he says is true — poco di ciò che dice è vero

there's little I can do — non posso fare un granché

to have little to do with — c'entrare poco con

to do as little as possible — fare il meno possibile

to know little about — saper(ne) poco di

there's little to worry about — non c'è molto di che preoccuparsi

little of note — poco di interessante

it says very little for her — non depone molto a suo favore, non le fa molto onore

little or nothing — quasi nulla, praticamente niente

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little by little — poco a poco, poco per volta, gradualmente

to make little of — (disparage) dare poca importanza a, non dare peso a [ victory]; (not understand) non capire molto, capirci poco di [ speech]
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Note:

When little is used as a quantifier ( little time, little hope, little money, little chance), it is translated by poco / poca / pochi / poche: poco tempo, poca speranza, pochi soldi, poche possibilità. For examples and particular usages, see I below. - When a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little), it is translated by un po' or un poco: dammene un po' / un poco. - When little is used alone as a pronoun ( there is little I can do), it is very often translated non... un granché: non posso fare un granché. - For examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc.), see the entry below. - For uses of little and a little as adverbs, see the entry below. - Note that less and least are treated as separate entries in the dictionary
II ['lɪtl]
avverbio

1) (not much) [speak, eat, go] poco

his books are little read — i suoi libri sono poco letti

2) (scarcely)

her results were little better — i suoi risultati non erano molto migliori

little more than an hour ago — poco più di un'ora fa

it's little short of madness — rasenta la pazzia

a little-known novel — un romanzo poco conosciuto

3) (not at all)

little did he know that — era ben lontano dall'immaginare che

4) a little (bit) (slightly) un po'

a little (bit) surprised — un po' sorpreso

a little less, more — un po' meno, un po' più

stay a little longer — rimani ancora un po' o un po' di più

I was not a little offended — ero non poco offeso

5) as little as

for as little as 10 dollars — per soli 10 dollari

I like Mary as little as you do — non mi piace Mary più di quanto piaccia a te
III ['lɪtl]
aggettivo (compar. less; superl. least) When little is used with nouns to express such qualities as smallness, prettiness or disparagement, Italian may convey the same meaning by means of suffixes that alter the sense of the noun: a little house = una casetta; a little old man = un vecchietto; my little brother = il mio fratellino; her little sister = la sua sorellina; little girl = ragazzina; a little hat = un cappellino; little Mary = Mariuccia; a nasty little man = un perfido ometto; a silly little woman = una stupida donnetta. - Please note that, although smaller and smallest are generally used instead of littler e littlest, the Italian translation does not change: più piccolo, il più piccolo

1) (small) piccolo

a little house — una piccola casa, una casetta

a little something — qualcosina, una cosina

poor little thing — poveretto

a little old lady — una vecchietta deliziosa

he's a nice little thing — è un cosino delizioso

2) (young) [sister, boy] piccolo

when I was little — quando ero piccolo, da piccolo

3) (feeble) [gesture, nod] piccolo

a little voice said... — una vocina flebile disse

4) (lacking influence) [farmer, businessman] piccolo

5) (expressing scorn)

he's a little despot — è un piccolo despota

a nasty little boy — un ragazzino tremendo

6) (short) [nap, holiday, break] breve

I'll walk with you a little way — farò un pezzetto di strada con te

stay a little while — rimani un po'

English-Italian dictionary > Little
10 few

[fjuː] 1.
(compar. fewer; superl. fewest) quantisostantivo femminile

1) (not many) pochi

few visitors, letters — pochi visitatori, poche lettere

very few houses — pochissime case

on the few occasions that... — le rare volte che...

their needs are few — hanno poche necessità

to be few in number — essere pochi di numero

with few exceptions — con rare eccezioni

2) (some, several)

every few days — a intervalli di pochi giorni, ogni due o tre giorni

over the next few days — (in past) nei giorni successivi; (in future) nei giorni a venire

these past few days — nei giorni scorsi

3) a few qualche, alcuni

a few people, houses — alcune persone, case

I would like a few more — ne vorrei ancora qualcuno

quite a few people — un bel po' di o parecchie persone

we've lived here for a good few years — viviamo qui da un bel po' di anni

a few weeks earlier — qualche settimana fa o prima

in a few minutes — tra qualche minuto
2.
pronome

1) (not many) pochi m.pl. (-e)

few of us succeeded — pochi di noi ci sono riusciti

there are so few of them that — sono talmente pochi che

there are four too few — ne mancano quattro

as few as four people turned up — sono arrivate soltanto quattro persone

2) (some)

a few of the soldiers, countries — alcuni dei soldati, dei paesi

I only need a few — me ne servono solo alcuni

quite a few of the tourists come from Germany — un buon numero di turisti viene dalla Germania

a good few of the houses — un bel po' di case
3.
nome

the few who — i pochi o le poche persone che

it appeals only to the few — piace solo a una minoranza (di persone)

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to be few and far between — essere rarissimi

to have had a few (too many) — colloq. avere bevuto qualche bicchiere di troppo
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Note:

When few is used as a quantifier to indicate the smallness or insufficiency of a given number or quantity ( few horses, few shops, few people), it is translated by pochi + masculine nouns and poche + feminine nouns: pochi cavalli, pochi negozi, poche persone. Equally the few is translated by i pochi / le poche: the few people who knew her = le poche persone che la conoscevano. For examples and particular usages, see I.1 in the entry below. - When few is used as a quantifier in certain expressions to mean several, translations vary according to the expression: see I.2 in the entry below. - When a few is used as a quantifier ( a few books), it can often be translated by qualche, which is invariable and is always followed by the singular: qualche libro; however, for expressions such as quite a few books, a good few books, see I.3 in the entry below. - For translations of few used as a pronoun ( few of us succeeded, I only need a few), see II in the entry below. - For translations of the few used as a noun ( the few who voted for him), see III in the entry below

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[fju:]
adjective, pronoun

(not many; a very small number of: Few people visit me nowadays; every few minutes (= very frequently); Such opportunities are few.) poco

- a few
- few and far between
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[fjuː] 1.
(compar. fewer; superl. fewest) quantisostantivo femminile

1) (not many) pochi

few visitors, letters — pochi visitatori, poche lettere

very few houses — pochissime case

on the few occasions that... — le rare volte che...

their needs are few — hanno poche necessità

to be few in number — essere pochi di numero

with few exceptions — con rare eccezioni

2) (some, several)

every few days — a intervalli di pochi giorni, ogni due o tre giorni

over the next few days — (in past) nei giorni successivi; (in future) nei giorni a venire

these past few days — nei giorni scorsi

3) a few qualche, alcuni

a few people, houses — alcune persone, case

I would like a few more — ne vorrei ancora qualcuno

quite a few people — un bel po' di o parecchie persone

we've lived here for a good few years — viviamo qui da un bel po' di anni

a few weeks earlier — qualche settimana fa o prima

in a few minutes — tra qualche minuto
2.
pronome

1) (not many) pochi m.pl. (-e)

few of us succeeded — pochi di noi ci sono riusciti

there are so few of them that — sono talmente pochi che

there are four too few — ne mancano quattro

as few as four people turned up — sono arrivate soltanto quattro persone

2) (some)

a few of the soldiers, countries — alcuni dei soldati, dei paesi

I only need a few — me ne servono solo alcuni

quite a few of the tourists come from Germany — un buon numero di turisti viene dalla Germania

a good few of the houses — un bel po' di case
3.
nome

the few who — i pochi o le poche persone che

it appeals only to the few — piace solo a una minoranza (di persone)

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to be few and far between — essere rarissimi

to have had a few (too many) — colloq. avere bevuto qualche bicchiere di troppo
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Note:

When few is used as a quantifier to indicate the smallness or insufficiency of a given number or quantity ( few horses, few shops, few people), it is translated by pochi + masculine nouns and poche + feminine nouns: pochi cavalli, pochi negozi, poche persone. Equally the few is translated by i pochi / le poche: the few people who knew her = le poche persone che la conoscevano. For examples and particular usages, see I.1 in the entry below. - When few is used as a quantifier in certain expressions to mean several, translations vary according to the expression: see I.2 in the entry below. - When a few is used as a quantifier ( a few books), it can often be translated by qualche, which is invariable and is always followed by the singular: qualche libro; however, for expressions such as quite a few books, a good few books, see I.3 in the entry below. - For translations of few used as a pronoun ( few of us succeeded, I only need a few), see II in the entry below. - For translations of the few used as a noun ( the few who voted for him), see III in the entry below

English-Italian dictionary > few
11 meanness

1. n подлость, низость

2. n скупость, скаредность, мелочность

3. n бедность, скудость

4. n слабость; убожество, посредственность

Синонимический ряд:

1. averageness (noun) averageness; fairness; intermediateness; moderateness

2. cheapness (noun) cheapness; commonness; poorness; shoddiness; sleaziness; trashiness

3. contemptibleness (noun) beggarliness; contemptibleness; despicableness; pitiableness; pitifulness; shabbiness; sorriness

4. ignobleness (noun) baseness; humbleness; ignobleness; lowliness

5. littleness (noun) ineffectualness; limitedness; littleness; narrowness; smallness

6. lowness (noun) lowness; offishness; sickliness

7. mean action (noun) belittling; cheating; deceiving; defaming; defrauding; degrading; dishonoring; mean action; shaming

8. small-mindedness (noun) abjection; churlishness; debasement; frugality; small-mindedness; unkindness; unscrupulousness

9. stinginess (noun) closeness; costiveness; miserliness; penuriousness; stinginess; tightness

10. troublesomeness (noun) troublesomeness; ugliness; vexatiousness; wickedness

English-Russian base dictionary > meanness
12 remoteness

отдаленность

Синонимический ряд:

1. aloofness (noun) aloofness; casualness; detachedness; disinterestedness; incuriousness; numbness; unconcernedness; withdrawnness

2. distance (noun) detachment; distance

3. distantness (noun) distantness

4. obscureness (noun) deviousness; lonesomeness; obscureness; retiredness; secretness

5. outlandishness (noun) outlandishness; unsettledness

6. slenderness (noun) slenderness; slightness; slimness; smallness

7. spaciousness (noun) continuance; endlessness; expanse; expansion; extensiveness; length; lengthiness; loftiness; spaciousness

English-Russian base dictionary > remoteness
13 capacity

1. n ёмкость, вместимость, объём

lung capacity — жизненная ёмкость лёгких

capacity audience — переполненный зал; полный сбор

the play drew capacity audiences — пьеса шла с аншлагом

capacity of vehicle — вместимость транспортной единицы

capacity of craft — водоизмещение

measure of capacity — мера объёма

the hall has a seating capacity of 2000 — в зале 2000 мест

to play to capacity — делать полные сборы

variable capacity gasholder — газгольдер переменного объёма

gross fuel capacity — полная вместимость топливных цистерн

chemical capacity — вместимость ванны с рабочим раствором

water ballast capacity — вместимость балластных цистерн

liquid cargo capacity — вместимость для наливных грузов

2. n литраж, рабочий объём цилиндра

with a capacity of 5 gallons — ёмкостью в пять галлонов

liter capacity — литраж

litre capacity — литраж

stroke capacity — рабочий объем цилиндра

cylinder capacity — рабочий объем цилиндра

single chamber capacity — рабочий объем секции

3. n способность

capacity to pay — платёжеспособность

he had a capacity for friendship — он умел быть другом

a capacity for work — работоспособность

capacity for adjustments — приспособляемость

strain capacity — способность деформироваться без разрушения

peak-rate capacity — пиковое значение пропускной способности

filling capacity of tobacco — заполняющая способность табака

moisture retaining capacity — влагоудерживающая способность

capacity to sustain traffic — пропускная способность дороги

4. n юр. правоспособность

contractual capacity — договорная правоспособность

treaty making capacity — договорная правоспособность

passive capacity — правоспособность

5. n умственные способности

a person of capacity — способный человек

dump capacity — способность отвала

code capacity — пропускная способность

cutting capacity — режущая способность

flow capacity — пропускная способность

kill capacity — поражающая способность

6. n компетенция

in my capacity — в моей компетенции

7. n должность, качество; положение

in official capacity — в официальном качестве

in the capacity of — в качестве

managerial capacity — деловое качество

in official capacity — в официальном качестве

official capacity — должностное положение, должность

in a fiduciary capacity — в положении доверенного лица

8. n номинальная мощность; максимальная производительность

labour capacity — производительность труда

capacity load — полная нагрузка

capacity operations — работа на полную мощность

furnace capacity — мощность печи

capacity rating — расчет мощности

unit capacity — удельная мощность

modal capacity — условная мощность

idle capacity — резервная мощность

9. n производственные мощности

capacity rate — норма загрузки производственных мощностей

plant capacity — мощность установки

spare capacity — резервная мощность

ultimate capacity — полная мощность

useful capacity — полезная мощность

engine capacity — мощность двигателя

10. n электрическая ёмкость

capacity reactance — ёмкостное сопротивление

petrol capacity — ёмкость бензобаков; запас бензина

dielectric capacity — диэлектрическая проницаемость

inductive capacity — диэлектрическая постоянная

electric capacity — электрическая емкость

holding capacity — ёмкость, вместимость

11. n тех. предельные габариты обрабатываемого изделия

chucking capacity — максимальный диаметр изделия в патроне

ultimate bearing capacity — предельная несущая способность

12. n информ. вчт. объём, ёмкость

memory capacity — объём памяти

13. n информ. вчт. разрядность

register capacity — емкость регистра; разрядность регистра

14. n информ. вчт. пропускная способность

adhering capacity — клеящая способность

covering capacity — кроющая способность

adhering capacity — клеящая способность

binding capacity — связующая способность

bonding capacity — связующая способность

Синонимический ряд:

1. contents (noun) contents; cubic contents; dimensions; measure; room; size; space; spread; volume

2. degree (noun) degree; extent; limit

3. position (noun) area; charge; function; office; position; post; province; responsibility; role; sphere

4. potential (noun) ability; adequacy; aptitude; aptness; capability; competence; endowment; faculty; genius; might; potential; power; qualification; qualifiedness; strength

5. reach (noun) compass; grasp; range; reach; scope

6. status (noun) character; footing; place; quality; rank; situation; standing; state; station; status

Антонимический ряд:

inability; incapacity; incompetence; restriction; smallness

English-Russian base dictionary > capacity
14 magnitude

1. n величина; размеры

signed magnitude — величина со знаком

signet magnitude — величина со знаком

magnitude of value — величина стоимости

variable magnitude — изменяемая величина

magnitude scaling — масштабирование величин

2. n важность, значительность

a matter of the first magnitude — дело первостепенной важности

3. n величие

fully indoctrinated with a sense of magnitude — преисполненный сознания собственного величия

4. n астр. звёздная величина

star of the first magnitude — звезда первой величины

current magnitude — величина тока

base magnitude — базисная величина

star magnitude — звездная величина

magnitude display — индикация величин

order of magnitude — порядок величины

5. n модуль, абсолютное значение вектора

vector magnitude — модуль вектора

magnitude of force — числовое значение силы

variation in the magnitude — изменение значения

in absolute magnitude — по обсолютному значению; по модулю

6. n геол. магнитуда

aftershock magnitude — магнитуда афтершока

magnitude of earthquake — магнитуда землетрясения

Синонимический ряд:

1. amplitude (noun) amplitude; compass; range; reach

2. degree (noun) degree; extent; proportion

3. enormity (noun) enormity; enormousness; hugeness; immensity; tremendousness; vastness

4. importance (noun) consequence; distinction; eminence; import; importance; moment; momentousness; pith; renown; repute; significance; weight; weightiness

5. order (noun) matter; neighborhood; order; tune; vicinity

6. size (noun) admeasurement; bigness; breadth; bulk; dimension; dimensionality; dimensions; extent; greatness; largeness; mass; measure; proportion; sizableness; size; volume

Антонимический ряд:

insignificance; smallness

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15 narrowness

n узость, ограниченность

Синонимический ряд:

1. bigotry (noun) bias; bigotry; dogmatism; fanaticism; intolerance; jingoism; narrow-mindedness; prejudice; racism

2. definiteness (noun) definiteness; fixedness; limitedness; preciseness

3. illiberalness (noun) illiberalness

4. littleness (noun) ineffectualness; littleness; meanness; smallness

English-Russian base dictionary > narrowness
16 nothingness

1. n ничто, небытие

to pass into nothingness — переходить в небытие, исчезать без следа

2. n ничтожность, несущественность; ничтожное значение

3. n собир. пустяки; несущественные или не имеющие значения вещи

Синонимический ряд:

1. emptiness (noun) blank; emptiness; hollowness; oblivion; vacuum

2. insignificance (noun) insignificance; pettiness; smallness; unimportance; worthlessness

3. nothing (noun) non-existence; nothing; vacuities'

4. nullify (noun) barrenness; nada; nihility; nonexistence; nullify; nullity; vacuity; void

English-Russian base dictionary > nothingness
17 minuteness

малость; точность

Синонимический ряд:

1. fullness (noun) fullness; thoroughness

2. littleness (noun) casualness; inconsiderableness; lightness; littleness; pettiness; smallness

3. tininess (noun) diminutiveness; dwarfishness; dwarfness; tininess

English-Russian base dictionary > minuteness
18 triviality

1. n незначительность

the triviality of the objection — незначительность возражения

2. n мелочь, пустяк

3. n тривиальность, банальность

4. n общее место, банальность

to speak trivialities — говорить общими фразами; говорить ничего не значащие вещи

Синонимический ряд:

1. froth (noun) frivolity; froth

2. trifle (noun) inconsequential thing; indifference; insignificance; insignificant event; no big deal; paltriness; pettiness; smallness; technicality; trifle; trivialness; unimportance

3. trivia (noun) minutiae; small beer; small change; small potatoes; trifles; trivia

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19 diminutive

1. adjective
1) winzig

2) (Ling.) diminutiv
2. noun
(Ling.) Diminutiv[um], das

* * *

[di'minjutiv]

adjective (very small: a diminutive child.) winzig

* * *

di·minu·tive

[dɪˈmɪnjətɪv, AM -t̬-]

I. adj

1. (small) winzig, klein

2. (indicating smallness) diminutiv, Verkleinerungs-

II. n Diminutiv nt, Verkleinerungsform f

* * *
[dI'mInjʊtɪv]
1. adj
winzig, klein; (GRAM) diminutiv
2. n (GRAM)
Verkleinerungsform f, Diminutiv(um) nt; (of name) Kurzform f
* * *

diminutive [dıˈmınjʊtıv]

A adj (adv diminutively)

1. klein, winzig

2. LING diminutiv, Diminutiv…, Verkleinerungs…:

diminutive suffix Diminutivsuffix n

B s LING Diminutiv n, Verkleinerungsform f oder -silbe f

* * *
1. adjective
1) winzig

2) (Ling.) diminutiv
2. noun
(Ling.) Diminutiv[um], das

* * *

adj.

verkleinernd adj. n.

Diminutive f.

English-german dictionary > diminutive
20 modesty

modesty [ˈmɒdɪstɪ]

noun

modestie f

• false modesty fausse modestie f

* * *
['mɒdɪstɪ]
noun

1) ( humility) modestie f

2) ( demureness) ( of person) pudeur f; ( of dress) décence f

3) ( smallness) modicité f

English-French dictionary > modesty

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small — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of less than normal or usual size. 2) not great in amount, number, strength, or power. 3) not fully grown or developed; young. 4) insignificant; unimportant. 5) (of a business or its owner) operating on a modest scale. ► NOUN… … English terms dictionary
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