Перевод: со всех языков на английский

с английского на все языки

source engine

Толкование Перевод

41 punto

m.

1 spot, dot (marca).

recorte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

2 full stop (British), period (United States).

dos puntos (sobre i, j, en dirección de correo electrónico) colon

poner los puntos sobre las íes (figurative) to dot the i's and cross the t's

y punto (informal) and that's that

punto y aparte full stop o (British) period, new paragraph (United States)

punto y coma semicolon

punto final full stop (British), period (United States)

poner punto final a algo (figurative) to bring something to a close

punto y seguido full stop (British), period (United States)

puntos suspensivos (no new paragraph) dots, suspension points

3 point.

ganar/perder por seis puntos to win/lose by six points

4 point (asunto).

punto débil/fuerte weak/strong point

puntos a tratar matters to be discussed

punto de vista point of view, viewpoint

5 spot, place (place).

este es el punto exacto donde ocurrió todo this is the exact spot where it all happened

punto de apoyo fulcrum; (en palanca) backup, support (figurative)

punto cardinal point of the compass, cardinal point (specialist term)

punto de contacto point of contact

punto de encuentro meeting point

punto negro blackhead; (grano) accident blackspot (en carretera)

punto de venta (commerce) point of sale; retail outlet (tienda)

6 point, moment (momento).

llegar a un punto en que… to reach the stage where…

estando las cosas en este punto things being as they are

punto culminante high point

punto de ebullición/fusión boiling/melting point

punto de inflexión turning point

punto de partida starting point

7 stitch (puntada).

punto de cruz cross-stitch

8 knitting.

hacer punto to knit

un jersey de punto a knitted jumper

punto de ganchillo crochet

9 period, full stop.

10 guy.

11 pixel.

12 punctus, punctum.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: puntar.

* * *

punto

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) point

2 (marca) dot

3 (tanto) point

■ nos llevan cinco puntos de ventaja they're five points ahead of us

4 (detrás de abreviatura) dot; (al final de la oración) full stop, US period

5 (lugar) spot

■ ¿en qué punto de la carretera se encuentran? exactly where on the road are they?

6 (tema) point

7 (tejido) knitwear

■ me he comprado una falda de punto I bought a knitted skirt

8 (en costura, sutura) stitch

■ me caí y me dieron tres puntos en la barbilla I fell and needed three stitches on my chin

9 (de libro) bookmark

10 (en la media) ladder, US run

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a punto de caramelo (en repostería) caramelized 2 (en su punto) just right, perfect

■ pídele el aumento ahora que está a punto de caramelo ask him for a rise now that he's in the mood

a punto de nieve stiff

■ tienes que batir las claras a punto de nieve you have to beat the egg whites stiff

al punto (rápidamente) immediately

coger un punto familiar to get tipsy, get merry

con puntos y comas in detail

dar en el punto to hit the nail on the head

de todo punto absolutely

en punto sharp, on the dot

■ son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock

estar a punto to be ready

estar a punto de to be about to, be on the point of

■ ese jarrón está a punto de caerse that vase is about to fall

■ estuvimos a punto de matarnos we nearly got killed

estar en su punto (comida) to be cooked to perfection

■ la pasta está en su punto the pasta is just right

■ este pastel te ha quedado en su punto this cake has turned out perfect

ganar puntos to win points

ganar por puntos to win on points

hacer punto to knit

hasta cierto punto up to a certain point

hasta tal punto que... to such an extent that...

llegar a punto to arrive on time

perder puntos (gen) to lose points 2 (alumno) to lose marks

■ perdió puntos porque su letra era mala he lost marks because of his bad handwriting

poner los puntos sobre las íes to dot one's i's and cross one's t's

poner punto final a algo to put an end to something

¡punto en boca! mum's the word!

punto por punto in detail

dos puntos colon

punto cadena chain stitch

punto cardinal cardinal point

punto culminante climax

punto de apoyo (en palanca) fulcrum 2 (base) cornerstone

punto de arranque beginning

punto de break break point

punto de congelación freezing point

punto de contacto point of contact

punto de cruz cross-stitch

punto de ebullición boiling point

punto de encuentro meeting point

punto de fusión melting point

punto de libro bookmark

punto de media stocking stitch

punto de mira (objetivo) target 2 (en rifle) sight, front sight 3 (punto de vista) viewpoint

punto de partida starting point

punto de partido match point

punto de referencia point of reference

punto de ruptura break point

punto de servicio service point

punto de set set point

punto de sutura stitch

punto de venta sales outlet

punto de vista point of view

punto débil weak point

punto decimal decimal point

punto del revés purl stitch

punto final (en dictado) full stop, US period

punto flaco weak point

punto fuerte strong point

punto muerto (en un coche) neutral 2 (en una negociación) standstill, stalemate, deadlock

■ deja el coche en punto muerto leave the car in neutral

■ las negociaciones ha entrado en punto muerto the negotiations have reached a stalemate

punto negro (en la piel) blackhead 2 (en la carretera) black spot

punto neurálgico nerve centre

punto y aparte (en ortografía) full stop, new paragraph, US period, new paragraph

punto y coma semicolon

punto y seguido full stop, new sentence, US period, new sentence

* * *

noun m.

1) point

2) dot

3) period

4) stitch

•

- dos puntos
- punto final
- punto y coma
* * *

SM

1) (=topo) [en un diseño] dot, spot; [en plumaje] spot, speckle; [en carta, dominó] spot, pip

aparecen en la piel unos puntos rojos — red spots appear on the skin

línea de puntos — dotted line

punto de luz — light

punto negro — (=espinilla) blackhead

2) (=signo) [en la i] dot; [de puntuación] full stop, period (EEUU)

• dos puntos — colon

- con puntos y comas

les contó con puntos y comas lo que había pasado — she told them what had happened down to the last detail

- poner los puntos sobre las íes

le puso los puntos sobre las íes — she corrected him, she drew attention to his inaccuracies

- sin faltar punto ni coma

y punto —

¡lo digo yo y punto! — I'm telling you so and that's that!

punto acápite — LAm [en dictado] full stop, new paragraph, period, new paragraph (EEUU)

punto final — full stop, period (EEUU); (fig) end

poner punto final a la discusión — to put an end to the argument, draw a line under the argument

puntos suspensivos — [gen] suspension points; [en dictado] dot, dot, dot

punto y aparte — [en dictado] full stop, new paragraph, period, new paragraph (EEUU)

esto marca un punto y aparte en la historia del teatro — this marks a break with tradition o the past in the theatre

este es un vino punto y aparte — this is an uncommonly good o exceptional wine

punto y coma — semicolon

punto y seguido — [en dictado] full stop (no new paragraph), period (no new paragraph) (EEUU)

3) (Dep) point

con ocho puntos a favor y tres en contra — with eight points for and three against

los dos están empatados a puntos — the two of them are level on points

ganar o vencer por puntos — to win on points

perdieron por tres puntos — they lost by three points

completó la ronda con cero puntos — she had a clear round

- perder muchos puntos

¡qué punto te has marcado con lo que has dicho! — * what you said was spot-on *

4) (=tema) [gen] point; [en programa de actividades] item

no quiero extenderme sobre ese punto — I don't wish to elaborate on that point

los puntos en el orden del día son... — the items on the agenda are...

contestar punto por punto — to answer point by point

punto capital — crucial point

puntos a tratar — matters to be discussed

puntos de consulta — terms of reference

5) (=labor) knitting; (=tejido) knitted fabric, knit

prendas de punto — knitwear sing

falda de punto — knitted skirt

chaqueta de punto — cardigan

• hacer punto — to knit

punto del derecho — plain knitting

punto del revés — purl

punto de media — plain knitting

6) (Cos, Med) (=puntada) stitch; [de media] loose stitch

me tuvieron que dar cinco puntos — I had to have five stitches

me van a quitar los puntos — I am having my stitches out

- ¡punto en boca!

punto de costado — (=dolor) stitch

tengo un punto de costado — I've got a stitch, I've got a pain in my side

punto de cruz — cross stitch

punto de sutura — stitch

7) (=lugar) [gen] spot, place; (Geog, Mat) point; [de proceso] point, stage; [en el tiempo] point, moment

al llegar a este punto — at this point o stage

punto cardinal — cardinal point

los cuatro puntos cardinales — the four points of the compass

punto ciego — (Anat) blind spot

punto clave — key point

el punto clave de su razonamiento — the key point of her argument

punto crítico — critical point

punto culminante — high point

llegar a su punto culminante — to reach its climax

punto de asistencia — (Aut) checkpoint

punto débil — weak point o spot

punto de calor — heat source

punto de congelación — freezing point

punto de contacto — point of contact

punto de control — checkpoint

punto de ebullición — boiling-point

punto de encuentro — meeting point

punto de equilibrio — (Com) break-even point

punto de fuga — vanishing point

punto de fusión — melting-point

punto de inflamación — flashpoint

punto de información — information centre

punto de mira — [de rifle] sight; (=objetivo) aim, objective; (=punto de vista) point of view

estar en el punto de mira de algn —

su comportamiento está en el punto de mira de la prensa — his behaviour has come under scrutiny in the press

el fraude fiscal está en el punto de mira de Hacienda — the Treasury has targeted tax evasion

Tokio está en el punto de mira de sus misiles — their missiles are pointing towards Tokyo

punto de inflexión — turning point

punto de no retorno — point of no return

punto de partida — starting point

punto de penalti — penalty spot

punto de referencia — point of reference

punto de taxis — taxi stand, cab rank

punto de venta — point of sale

terminales punto de venta — point of sale terminals

está presente en 3.000 puntos de venta — it's available at 3,000 outlets

punto de vista — point of view, viewpoint

él lo mira desde otro punto de vista — he sees it differently, he looks at it from another point of view

punto flaco — weak point, weak spot

punto muerto — (Mec) dead centre; (Aut) neutral (gear); (=estancamiento) deadlock, stalemate

las negociaciones están en un punto muerto — the negotiations are deadlocked, the talks have reached a stalemate

punto negro — (Aut) (accident) black spot; (fig) blemish

punto neurálgico — (Anat) nerve centre o (EEUU) center; (fig) key point

punto neutro — (Mec) dead centre; (Aut) neutral (gear)

8) [otras locuciones]

• a punto — ready

está a punto — it's ready

con sus cámaras a punto para disparar — with their cameras at the ready

llegar a punto — to come just at the right moment

poner un motor a punto — to tune an engine

• al punto — at once, immediately

estar al punto — LAm * to be high **

• bajar de punto — to decline, fall off, fall away

• a punto de, a punto de caramelo — caramelized

poner el azúcar a punto de caramelo — to caramelize the sugar

batir las claras a punto de nieve — beat the egg whites until stiff o until they form stiff peaks

estar a punto de hacer algo — to be on the point of doing sth, be about to do sth

estábamos a punto de salir cuando llamaste — we were about to go out when you phoned

estuve a punto de llamarte — I almost called you

estaba a punto de llorar — he was on the verge of tears

estuve a punto de perder el tren — I very nearly missed the train

• en punto, a las siete en punto — at seven o'clock sharp o on the dot

llegó en punto — he arrived right on time

• en su punto — [carne] done to a turn; [fruta] just ripe

el arroz está en su punto — the rice is just right

pongamos las cosas en su punto — let's be absolutely clear about this

• hasta cierto punto — up to a point, to some extent

hasta tal punto que... — to such an extent that...

la tensión había llegado hasta tal punto que... — the tension had reached such a pitch that...

• subir de punto — (=aumentar) to grow, increase; (=empeorar) to get worse

- coger o ligar o pillar un buen punto

- cogerle o pillarle el punto a algn

darle el punto a algn ** —

si me da el punto, voy — if I feel like it, I'll go

si le da el punto es capaz de cualquier cosa — if he gets it into his head he can do anything

- saber algo a punto fijo

- de todo punto

9) Esp * (=hombre) guy *; pey rogue

¡vaya un punto!, ¡está hecho un punto filipino! — he's a right rogue! *

10) (=agujero) hole

darse dos puntos en el cinturón — to let one's belt out a couple of holes

11) (Inform) pixel

punto de parada — break-point

punto de referencia — benchmark

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (señal, trazo) dot

un punto en el horizonte — a dot o speck on the horizon

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; ( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE)

a punto fijo — exactly, for certain

... y punto: lo harás y punto you'll do it and that's that; poner los puntos sobre las íes — ( aclarar algo) to make something crystal clear; ( detallar algo) to dot the i's and cross the t's; dos I

- punto decimal

- punto final

- puntos suspensivos

- punto y aparte

- punto y coma

- punto y seguido

2)

a) (momento, lugar) point

en ese punto de la conversación — at that point in the conversation

busca un local en un punto céntrico — he's looking for premises somewhere central

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente — the spot o place where the accident happened

b) ( en geometría) point

- punto álgido

- punto cardinal

- punto culminante

- punto de apoyo

- punto débil

- punto de caramelo

- punto de congelación/ebullición/fusión

- punto de mira

- punto de nieve

- punto de partida

- punto de penalty or penalti

- punto de referencia

- punto de venta

- punto de vista

- punto fijo

- punto flaco/fuerte

- punto muerto

- punto neurálgico

3) ( grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón — she's right, up to a point

hasta tal punto que... — so much so that...

4) (asunto, aspecto) point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión — the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting

analizar algo punto por punto — to analyze something point by point

5) (en locs)

a punto — ( a tiempo) just in time

a punto DE + INF: estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner; estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over; a punto de llorar on the verge of tears; en su punto just right; al punto (Esp) at once; en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp; son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock; llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time; de todo punto — absolutely, totally

6)

a) (en costura, labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto — I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto — knitwear

hacer punto — (Esp) to knit

punto en boca — (fam)

tú punto en boca — keep your mouth shut

b) ( en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura — stitch

- punto cruz

- punto del derecho

- punto del revés

- punto elástico

7) (Dep, Jueg) point; (Educ) point, mark; (Fin) point

vencer por puntos — to win on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark — he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

matarle el punto a alguien — (CS fam) to go one better than somebody

- punto para partido/set

8) (Per, RPl arg) ( tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a alguien de punto — (Per, RPl arg)

lo agarraron de punto — ( burlándose de él) they made him the butt of their jokes; ( aprovechándose de él) they took him for a ride

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto — the teacher has it in for me (colloq)

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (señal, trazo) dot

un punto en el horizonte — a dot o speck on the horizon

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; ( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE)

a punto fijo — exactly, for certain

... y punto: lo harás y punto you'll do it and that's that; poner los puntos sobre las íes — ( aclarar algo) to make something crystal clear; ( detallar algo) to dot the i's and cross the t's; dos I

- punto decimal

- punto final

- puntos suspensivos

- punto y aparte

- punto y coma

- punto y seguido

2)

a) (momento, lugar) point

en ese punto de la conversación — at that point in the conversation

busca un local en un punto céntrico — he's looking for premises somewhere central

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente — the spot o place where the accident happened

b) ( en geometría) point

- punto álgido

- punto cardinal

- punto culminante

- punto de apoyo

- punto débil

- punto de caramelo

- punto de congelación/ebullición/fusión

- punto de mira

- punto de nieve

- punto de partida

- punto de penalty or penalti

- punto de referencia

- punto de venta

- punto de vista

- punto fijo

- punto flaco/fuerte

- punto muerto

- punto neurálgico

3) ( grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón — she's right, up to a point

hasta tal punto que... — so much so that...

4) (asunto, aspecto) point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión — the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting

analizar algo punto por punto — to analyze something point by point

5) (en locs)

a punto — ( a tiempo) just in time

a punto DE + INF: estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner; estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over; a punto de llorar on the verge of tears; en su punto just right; al punto (Esp) at once; en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp; son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock; llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time; de todo punto — absolutely, totally

6)

a) (en costura, labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto — I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto — knitwear

hacer punto — (Esp) to knit

punto en boca — (fam)

tú punto en boca — keep your mouth shut

b) ( en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura — stitch

- punto cruz

- punto del derecho

- punto del revés

- punto elástico

7) (Dep, Jueg) point; (Educ) point, mark; (Fin) point

vencer por puntos — to win on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark — he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

matarle el punto a alguien — (CS fam) to go one better than somebody

- punto para partido/set

8) (Per, RPl arg) ( tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a alguien de punto — (Per, RPl arg)

lo agarraron de punto — ( burlándose de él) they made him the butt of their jokes; ( aprovechándose de él) they took him for a ride

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto — the teacher has it in for me (colloq)

* * *

punto¹

¹ = point, pointer.

Ex: Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.

Ex: Seven pointers follow which are useful for discriminating between documents to be abstracted and those not worth abstracting.

* aclarar un punto = clarify + point.

* adoptar un punto de vista = embrace + view.

* analizar desde un punto de vista crítico = cast + a critical eye over.

* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.

* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.

* comprender un punto de vista = take + point.

* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).

* desde el punto de vista de la nutrición = in terms of, from the vantage of, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, mitotically, nutritionally speaking, nutritionally.

* desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.

* desde el punto de vista de la archivística = archivally.

* desde el punto de vista de la calidad = on quality grounds.

* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.

* desde el punto de vista de la conservación = preservationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la funcionalidad = functionally.

* desde el punto de vista de la informática = computationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la logística = logistically.

* desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically.

* desde el punto de vista de la música = musically.

* desde el punto de vista de la notación = notationally.

* desde el punto de vista de la química = chemically.

* desde el punto de vista de la realidad = factually.

* desde el punto de vista de las matemáticas = mathematically.

* desde el punto de vista de la tonalidad = tonally.

* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.

* desde el punto de vista del estilo = stylistically.

* desde el punto de vista del funcionamiento = operationally.

* desde el punto de vista del + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.

* desde el punto de vista de los hechos = factually.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desde el punto de vista de + Nombre = in + Nombre + eyes.

* desde el punto de vista judicial = judicially.

* desde el punto de vista lingüístico = linguistically.

* desde el punto de vista político = politically.

* desde el punto de vista profesional = career-wise [careerwise].

* desde este punto de vista = viewed in this light.

* desde mi punto de vista = in my opinion, in my view, in my books.

* desde + punto de vista = against + backdrop.

* desde todos los puntos de vista = in every sense.

* desde un punto de vista académico = academically.

* desde un punto de vista antropológico = anthropologically.

* desde un punto de vista clínico = medically, clinically.

* desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], with a critical eye, critically.

* desde un punto de vista cultural = culturally.

* desde un punto de vista económico = economically, monetarily.

* desde un punto de vista estético = aesthetically [esthetically, -USA].

* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.

* desde un punto de vista étnico = ethnically.

* desde un punto de vista filosófico = philosophically.

* desde un punto de vista general = in a broad sense.

* desde un punto de vista histórico = historically.

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista más general = in a broader sense.

* desde un punto de vista médico = medically.

* desde un punto de vista medioambiental = environmentally.

* desde un punto de vista morfológico = morphologically.

* desde un punto de vista operativo = operationally.

* desde un punto de vista racista = racially + Adjetivo.

* desde un punto de vista religioso = religiously.

* desde un punto de vista socioeconómico = socioeconomically.

* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.

* fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.

* manifestar un punto de vista = air + view.

* mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.

* mi punto de vista = in my view.

* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.

* no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.

* probar un punto = prove + point.

* promover un punto de vista = promote + view.

* punto a favor = asset.

* punto conflictivo = hot spot.

* punto de la agenda = agenda item.

* punto del orden del día = agenda item.

* punto de una agenda = item of business.

* punto de vista = angle, point of view, side, stance, standpoint, view, viewpoint, outlook, eye, world view [worldview/world-view], bent of mind.

* punto principal = main point.

* puntos a favor y puntos en contra = pros and cons.

* puntos comunes = common ground.

* puntos principales = key issues.

* puntos secundarios = secondary points.

* que consta de tres puntos = three-point.

* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = contemplate + view.

* tener en cuenta un punto de vista = take into + account + viewpoint.

* tocar un punto = touch on + a point.

* ver Algo desde el punto de vista + Adjetivo = view + Nombre + through + Adjetivo + eyes.

punto²

² = bullet point.

Ex: Readers like bullet points because they are visually appealing and make it easy to quickly find pertinent information.

* alcanzar el punto crítico = come to + a head.

* alcanzar el punto culminante = climax.

* alcanzar el punto más álgido = peak, come into + full bloom.

* alcanzar + Posesivo + punto álgido = reach + Posesivo + peak.

* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.

* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.

* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.

* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.

* en qué punto = at what point.

* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].

* en su punto más álgido = at its height.

* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.

* en un punto bajo = at a low ebb.

* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.

* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.

* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.

* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.

* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.

* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.

* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.

* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.

* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.

* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.

* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.

* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* llegado este punto = at this juncture.

* llegado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* llegar al punto álgido = reach + a head.

* llegar al punto crítico = come to + a head.

* llegar al punto de = be at the point of.

* llegar al punto de + Infinitivo = go + (as/so) far as + Infinitivo.

* llegar a un punto crítico = reach + turning point.

* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.

* pasado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.

* poner a punto = overhaul, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.

* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.

* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.

* puesta a punto = fine tuning [fine-tuning], tuning, tune-up.

* punto álgido = peak.

* punto a punto = point-to-point.

* punto central = focal point.

* punto ciego = blind spot.

* punto clave = key point, watershed, tipping point.

* punto crítico = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.

* punto culminante = zenith, climax, peak, capstone.

* punto de acceso = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point.

* punto de apoyo = foothold.

* punto débil = downside, weak point, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto débl = blind spot.

* punto de contacto = point of contact, interface, contact point.

* punto de convergencia = junction point, similarity.

* punto de discusión = bone of contention.

* punto de distribución = outlet.

* punto de divergencia = stepping-off point.

* punto de división = break.

* punto de encuentro = meeting point.

* punto de entrada = entry point, entrance point, point of entry.

* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.

* punto de información = information kiosk.

* punto de interés = point of interest.

* punto de llegada = point of arrival.

* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.

* punto de partida = point of departure, starting point, take-off point, baseline [base line], beginning point.

* punto de penalti, el = penalty mark, the.

* punto de recepción y envío = shipping point.

* punto de recogida = pick-up point, drop-off point.

* punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.

* punto de referencia común = common framework.

* punto de ruptura = breaking point.

* punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].

* punto de servicio = service point.

* punto de una lista = bullet point.

* punto de venta = outlet, point of sale.

* punto esencial = essential point.

* punto final = end point [endpoint].

* punto flaco = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link.

* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.

* punto fuerte = strength, upside, forte, strong point.

* punto g, el = G-spot, the.

* punto intermedio = middle ground.

* punto medio = happy medium, mid-point.

* punto muerto = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* punto negro = blackhead.

* punto positivo = asset.

* puntos de acceso = entry vocabulary.

* punto silla = saddle point.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.

* tomar como punto de partida = build on/upon.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

punto³

³ = dot, full stop (.), period, stop.

Ex: Braille is the term used to refer to material intended for the visually impaired and using embossed characters formed by raised dots in six-dot cells.

Ex: You have observed the correct use of the facet indicators. (full stop) for S and ' (single inverted comma) for T.

Ex: For instance, to delete the period where the cursor is located, press the < Del> key.

Ex: Such as categorisation may depend rather arbitrarily upon whether stops have been used between letters or not.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* arco de punto rebajado = segmental arch.

* dos puntos (:) = colon (:).

* dpi (puntos por pulgada) = dpi (dots per inch).

* en el punto de mira = in the spotlight, in the crosshairs.

* en + Posesivo + punto de mira = in + Posesivo + sights.

* línea de puntos = dotted line.

* matriz de puntos de impacto = impact dot matrix.

* nube de puntos = scatterplot, cloud of points.

* poner punto final a = put + an end to, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, close + the book on.

* poner punto y final a = put + a stop to, sound + the death knell for.

* punto (.) = point (.).

* puntos por pulgada = dots per inch.

* punto y coma (;) = semi-colon (;).

* subrayar con puntos = underdot.

punto⁴

⁴ = point.

Ex: Taking 197 as the base year, the price index of journals for an academic veterinary library has risen 143.00 points, an annual average of 15.89 points through 1986.

* alcanzar el punto de ebullición = reach + boiling point.

* punto de ebullición = boiling point.

* punto de fundición = melting point.

* punto de fusión = melting point, fusion point.

* punto de saturación = saturation point.

* punto porcentual = percentage point.

* sistema de deducción de puntos = points system.

punto⁵

⁵ = stitch.

Ex: It may be seen that one or more pairs of leaves, joined to each other at the back, are held in place by a double stitch of thread running up the fold.

* aguja de hacer punto = knitting needle.

* géneros de punto = knitwear.

* hacer punto = knitting.

* patrón de hacer punto = knitting pattern.

* ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.

* ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!, shut your mouth!, shut your face!.

* * *

punto

masculine

A

1 (señal, trazo) dot

desde el avión la ciudad se veía como un conjunto de puntos luminosos from the plane the city looked like a cluster of pinpoints of light o of bright dots

el barco no era más que un punto en el horizonte the boat was no more than a dot o speck on the horizon

2 ( Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot; (signo de puntuación) period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE)

a punto fijo exactly, for certain

no le sabría decir a punto fijo cuándo llegan I couldn't tell you exactly o for certain when they will be arriving

… y punto: si te parece mal se lo dices y punto if you don't like it you just tell him, that's all there is to it

lo harás como yo digo y punto you'll do it the way I tell you and that's that, you'll do it the way I tell you, period ( AmE) o ( BrE) full stop

poner los puntos sobre las íes (dejar algo en claro) to make sth crystal clear; (terminar algo con mucho cuidado) to dot the i's and cross the t's

sin faltar un punto ni una coma down to the last detail

dos¹ (↑ dos (1))

Compuestos:

● punto decimal

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] decimal point

● punto final

period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE)

poner punto final a algo to end sth

decidió poner punto final a sus relaciones he decided to end their relationship

● puntos suspensivos

mpl ellipsis ( tech), suspension points (pl) ( AmE), dot, dot, dot

● punto y aparte

period, new paragraph ( AmE), full stop, new paragraph ( BrE)

● punto y coma

semicolon

● punto y seguido

period ( AmE), full stop ( BrE) ( no new paragraph)

B

1 (momento) point

en ese punto de la conversación at that point in the conversation

su popularidad alcanzó su punto más bajo his popularity reached its lowest ebb o point

2 (lugar) point; (en geometría) point

fijó la mirada en un punto lejano del horizonte she fixed her gaze on a distant point on the horizon

están buscando un local en un punto céntrico they are looking for premises somewhere central

en el punto en que la carretera se divide at the point where the road divides

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened

Compuestos:

● punto aéreo

( Esp) ( Aviac) air mile

● punto álgido

crucial moment o point

● punto cardinal

cardinal point

● punto ciego

blind spot

● punto crítico

critical point

● punto culminante

high point

● punto de apoyo

(para una palanca) fulcrum

no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder

constituía el punto de apoyo de su defensa it formed the cornerstone of his defense

● punto de arranque

punto de partida

● punto débil

weak point

● punto de caramelo

a punto de caramelo ‹almíbar› caramelized

(en su mejor momento) ( fam): este queso está a punto de caramelo this cheese is just right (for eating)

yo no lo encuentro viejo, para mí está a punto de caramelo I don't think he's old, if you ask me he's in his prime o he's just right

la situación está a punto de caramelo para otro golpe militar the situation is ripe for another military coup

● punto de congelación

freezing point

● punto de contacto

point of contact

el movimiento tiene muchos puntos de contacto con el surrealismo the movement has a lot in common with surrealism

● punto de control

checkpoint

● punto de ebullición

boiling point

● punto de fuga

vanishing point

● punto de fusión

melting point

● punto de inflexión

point of inflexion ( on a curve)

● punto de interrupción

( Inf) breakpoint

● punto de libro

( Esp) bookmark

● punto de mira

(de un rifle) front sight; (blanco) target; (objetivo) aim, objective; (punto de vista) point of view

● punto de nieve

batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks

● punto de no retorno

point of no return

● punto de partida

(sitio) starting point; (de un proceso, razonamiento) starting point

esta dramática escalada tiene un claro punto de partida en los sucesos del mes pasado this dramatic escalation clearly has its origins in the events of last month

● punto de penalty or penalti

penalty spot

● punto de referencia

reference point

● punto de reunión

meeting place, assembly point

● punto de turrón

( Méx) punto de nieve

● punto de venta

point of sale, outlet, sales outlet

● punto único de venta

unique selling point

● punto de vista

(perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view; (opinión) views (pl)

desde un punto de vista técnico from a technical viewpoint, from a technical point of view

todos conocen mi punto de vista sobre este asunto you all know my views on this matter

● punto fijo

( Chi) (lugar) permanent or semi-permanent guard post; (vigilante) guard

está en punto fijo toda la noche he is on guard duty all night

● punto flaco

weak point

● punto medio

habrá que esperar a que las cosas lleguen a su punto medio we'll have to wait until things sort themselves out

hay que buscar el punto medio entre las dos cosas you have to strike a balance between the two things

● punto muerto

( Auto) neutral; ( Fin) break even point; (en negociaciones) deadlock

las conversaciones han llegado a un punto muerto the talks have reached deadlock o stalemate

el proceso está en punto muerto the process is deadlocked

● punto negro

(en la carretera) black spot; (en la piel) blackhead

● punto neurálgico

( Anat) nerve center*; (de una organización, un sistema) nerve center*

un accidente en uno de los puntos neurálgicos de la ciudad an accident at one of the busiest spots o points in the city

uno de los puntos neurálgicos de la economía one of the key elements of the economy

C (grado) point, extent

hasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point

hasta cierto punto me alegro de que se vaya to a certain extent o in a way I'm glad she's going

claro que fue atento y amable, hasta tal punto que llegó a resultarnos pesado of course he was attentive and kind, so much so that it got a bit much for us

D (asunto, aspecto) point

en ese punto no estoy de acuerdo contigo I don't agree with you on that point

los puntos a tratar en la reunión de hoy the matters o items on the agenda for today's meeting

hay algunos puntos de coincidencia entre los dos enfoques the two approaches have some points in common

analizamos la propuesta punto por punto we analyzed the proposal point by point

E ( en locs):

a punto (a tiempo) just in time

( Coc) en su punto

has llegado a punto para ayudarme you've arrived just in time to help me

a punto DE + INF:

estábamos a punto de cenar cuando llamaste we were about to have dinner when you phoned

estuvo a punto de matarse en el accidente he was nearly killed in the accident, he came within an inch of being killed in the accident

estaba a punto de decírmelo cuando tú entraste she was on the point of telling me o she was about to tell me when you came in

se notaba que estaba a punto de llorar you could see she was on the verge of tears

en su punto just right

el arroz está en su punto the rice is just right

la carne estaba en su punto the meat was done to a turn

al punto ( Esp); right away, at once, straightaway ( BrE)

en punto: te espero a las 12 en punto I'll expect you at 12 o'clock sharp

son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock

llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time, they arrived on the dot o dead on time ( colloq)

de todo punto absolutely, totally

eso es de todo punto inaceptable that is totally o completely unacceptable

se negaba de todo punto a hacerlo she absolutely o flatly refused to do it

F

1 (en costura) stitch

punto en boca ( fam): y ya saben, diga lo que diga él, nosotros punto en boca and remember, whatever he says, we keep our mouths shut

2 (en cirugía) tb

punto de sutura stitch

le tuvieron que poner puntos she had to have stitches

3 (en labores) stitch

se me ha escapado un punto I've dropped a stitch

artículos de punto knitwear

hacer punto ( Esp); to knit

Compuestos:

● punto atrás

backstitch

● punto cadena

chain stitch

● punto cruzado

herringbone stitch

● punto (de) cruz

cross-stitch

● punto de escapulario

herringbone stitch

● punto del derecho

plain stitch

● punto del revés

purl stitch

● punto de media

stocking stitch

● punto elástico

rib, ribbing

● punto jersey

stocking stitch

● punto Santa Clara

garter stitch

● punto sombra

shadow stitch

G

1 (unidad) ( Dep, Jueg) point; ( Educ) point, mark

venció por puntos he won on points

tiene dos punto de ventaja sobre Clark he is two points ahead of Clark, he has a two point advantage over Clark

pierdes dos puntos por cada falta de ortografía you lose two marks o points for every spelling mistake

anotarse/marcarse un punto ( fam): la paella está exquisita, te has anotado un punto ten out of ten o ( BrE) full marks for the paella, it's delicious

matarle el punto a algn (CS fam); to go one better than sb

subir de punto «ira/admiración» to grow;

«discusión» to heat up, grow heated

2 ( Fin) point

Compuestos:

● punto de or para partido

match point

● punto de ruptura

break point

● punto de or para set

set point

● punto porcentual

percentage point

H

(poco, pizca): es orgulloso, con un punto de bravuconería he's proud, with just a touch o hint of boastfulness about him

I

1 (Per, RPl arg) (tonto) idiot

agarrar or tomar a algn de punto (Per, RPl arg): lo han agarrado de punto (burlándose de él) they've made him the butt of their jokes; (aprovechándose de él) they've taken him for a ride ( colloq)

la profesora me ha agarrado de punto the teacher has it in for me ( colloq)

2 ( RPl arg) (tipo) guy ( colloq)

* * *

punto sustantivo masculino
1
a) (señal, marca) dot

b) (Ling) (sobre la `i', la `j') dot;

( signo de puntuación) period (AmE), full stop (BrE);
◊ punto decimal decimal point ;

punto final period (AmE), full stop (BrE);
puntos suspensivos ellipsis (tech), suspension points (pl) (AmE), dot, dot, dot;
punto y aparte period (AmE) o (BrE) full stop, new paragraph;
punto y coma semicolon;
punto com (Com, Inf) dot.com;
a punto fijo exactly, for certain;
… y punto … and that's that, … period (AmE);
See Also→ dos
2
a) (momento, lugar) point;

◊ en ese punto de la conversación at that point in the conversation;

el punto donde ocurrió el accidente the spot o place where the accident happened;
punto cardinal cardinal point ;
punto ciego blind spot;
punto de apoyo ( de palanca) fulcrum;
no hay ningún punto de apoyo para la escalera there is nowhere to lean the ladder;
punto de vista ( perspectiva) viewpoint, point of view;

( opinión) views;
◊ punto flaco/fuerte weak/strong point;

punto muerto (Auto) neutral;

( en negociaciones) deadlock
b) ( en geometría) point

3 ( grado) point, extent;
◊ hasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point;

hasta tal punto que … so much so that …
4 (asunto, aspecto) point;
◊ analizar algo punto por punto to analyze sth point by point;

los puntos a tratar en la reunión the matters o items on the agenda for the meeting
5 ( en locs)
◊ a punto ( a tiempo) just in time;

estábamos a punto de cenar we were about to have dinner;
estuvo a punto de caerse he almost fell over;
batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks;
en su punto just right;
en punto: a las 12 en punto at 12 o'clock sharp;
son las tres en punto it's exactly three o'clock;
llegaron en punto they arrived exactly on time
6
a) (en costura, labores) stitch;

◊ artículos de punto knitwear;

hacer punto (Esp) to knit;
punto (de) cruz cross-stitch
b) ( en cirugía) tb

◊ punto de sutura stitch

7 ( unidad)
a) Dep, Jueg) point;

◊ punto para partido/set (Méx) match/set point

b) (Educ) point, mark;

(Fin) point
punto sustantivo masculino
1 point
punto de vista, point of view
punto flaco, weak point
punto muerto, (situación sin salida) deadlock, Auto neutral
2 (lugar) place, point: está perdido en algún punto de Marruecos, it's way out somewhere in Morocco
3 (pintado, dibujado) dot
línea de puntos, dotted line
4 (en una competición) point: le dieron tres puntos a Irlanda, Ireland scored three points
5 (en un examen) mark: la pregunta vale dos puntos, the question is worth two marks
6 Cost Med stitch: se le infectó un punto, one of the stitches became infected
7 (grado, medida) point: hasta cierto punto, to a certain extent
8 Ling full stop
dos puntos, colon
punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph
punto y coma, semicolon
puntos suspensivos, dots
♦ Locuciones: hacer punto, to knit
a punto, ready
a punto de, on the point of
en punto, sharp, on the dot: a las seis en punto, at six o'clock sharp
Culin en su punto, just right
' punto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
álgida
- álgido
- aparte
- borde
- cadeneta
- caer
- caramelo
- cardinal
- cerca
- cierta
- cierto
- coincidir
- coma
- concretar
- culminante
- cúspide
- débil
- desde
- distanciarse
- ebullición
- Ecuador
- este
- extrema
- extremo
- flaca
- flaco
- fuerte
- luminosa
- luminoso
- mareada
- mareado
- media
- medio
- muerta
- muerto
- nivel
- novedosa
- novedoso
- para
- puesta
- referencia
- regresar
- relativamente
- respetable
- sazón
- sesgar
- talón
- tanta
- tanto
- tomate
English:
about
- angle
- aspect
- bankrupt
- benchmark
- blackhead
- boiling point
- cardigan
- certain
- chink
- circle
- climax
- close
- cluster
- coast
- conclude
- contention
- cottage industry
- crop up
- cross-stitch
- crossroads
- crunch
- culmination
- cut-off
- deadlock
- degree
- dot
- essential
- extent
- eye
- failing
- feature
- focal point
- follow through
- foothold
- forthcoming
- freezing point
- full stop
- head
- height
- high
- impasse
- interface
- item
- just
- knit
- knitting
- knitting needle
- knitwear
- labour

* * *

punto

♦ nm

1. [marca] dot, spot;
[en geometría] point;
recorte por la línea de puntos cut along the dotted line

Comp
punto de fuga vanishing point
2. [signo ortográfico] [al final de frase] Br full stop, US period;
[sobre i, j, en dirección de correo electrónico] dot;
dos puntos colon;
Fam
no vas a ir, y punto you're not going, and that's that;

Comp

poner los puntos sobre las íes to dot the i's and cross the t's

Comp
Bol, Perú punto acápite semicolon;
punto y aparte Br full stop o US period, new paragraph;

punto y coma semicolon;

punto final Br full stop, US period;

Comp

poner punto final a algo to bring sth to an end;

punto y seguido Br full stop, US period [no new paragraph];

puntos suspensivos suspension points

3. [unidad] [en juegos, competiciones, exámenes, bolsa] point;

ganar/perder por seis puntos to win/lose by six points;

ganar por puntos [en boxeo] to win on points;

el índice Dow Jones ha subido seis puntos the Dow Jones index is up six points;

los tipos de interés bajarán un punto interest rates will go down by one (percentage) point

Comp
punto de break break point;
punto de juego game point;

punto de partido match point;

punto porcentual percentage point;

punto de set set point

4. [asunto, parte] point;

pasemos al siguiente punto let's move on to the next point;

te lo explicaré punto por punto I'll explain it to you point by point;

tenemos los siguientes puntos a tratar we have the following items on the agenda

Comp
punto débil weak point;
punto fuerte strong point

5. [lugar] spot, place;

éste es el punto exacto donde ocurrió todo this is the exact spot where it all happened;

hay retenciones en varios puntos de la provincia there are delays at several different points across the province

Comp
punto de apoyo [en palanca] fulcrum; Ling punto de articulación point of articulation;
los puntos cardinales the points of the compass, Espec the cardinal points;

punto ciego [en el ojo] blind spot;

punto de encuentro meeting point;
Dep punto fatídico penalty spot;
punto G g-spot;

punto de inflexión tipping point;

punto de mira [en armas] sight;

Comp

está en mi punto de mira [es mi objetivo] I have it in my sights;

punto negro [en la piel] blackhead;
[en carretera] accident Br blackspot o US hot spot;
punto neurálgico [de ser vivo, organismo] nerve centre;

la plaza mayor es el punto neurálgico de la ciudad the main square is the town's busiest crossroads;

éste es el punto neurálgico de la negociación this is the central issue at stake in the negotiations;

punto de partida starting point;

punto de penalti o penalty penalty spot;

punto de referencia point of reference;

punto de reunión meeting point;
Com punto de venta:
en el punto de venta at the point of sale;

tenemos puntos de venta en todo el país we have (sales) outlets across the country;

punto de venta autorizado authorized dealer;

punto de venta electrónico electronic point of sale;

punto de vista point of view, viewpoint;

bajo mi punto de vista… in my view…;

desde el punto de vista del dinero… in terms of money…

6. [momento] point, moment;

lo dejamos en este punto del debate y seguimos tras la publicidad we'll have to leave the discussion here for the moment, we'll be back after the break;

al punto at once, there and then;

en punto exactly, on the dot;

a las seis en punto at six o'clock on the dot, at six o'clock sharp;

son las seis en punto it's (exactly) six o'clock;

estar a punto to be ready;

estuve a punto de cancelar el viaje I was on the point of cancelling the trip;

estamos a punto de firmar un importante contrato we are on the verge o point of signing an important contract;

estaba a punto de salir cuando… I was about to leave when…;

estuvo a punto de morir ahogada she almost drowned;

llegar a punto (para hacer algo) to arrive just in time (to do sth)

Comp
punto crítico critical moment o point; [de reactor] critical point;
alcanzar el punto crítico [reactor] to go critical

7. [estado, fase] state, condition;

estando las cosas en este punto things being as they are;

llegar a un punto en que… to reach the stage where…;

estar en su punto to be just right;

¿cómo quiere el filete? – a punto o [m5] al punto how would you like your steak? – medium, please;

poner a punto [motor] to tune;
Fig [sistema, método] to fine-tune
Comp
punto de congelación freezing point;
punto culminante high point;

punto de ebullición boiling point;

punto de fusión melting point;

punto muerto [en automóviles] neutral;
Fig [en negociaciones] deadlock;
estar en un punto muerto [negociaciones] to be deadlocked;

ir en punto muerto [automóvil] to freewheel;

punto de nieve: [m5] batir a punto de nieve to beat until stiff

8. [grado] degree;

de todo punto [completamente] absolutely;

hasta cierto punto to some extent, up to a point;

el ruido era infernal, hasta el punto de no oír nada o [m5] de que no se oía nada the noise was so bad that you couldn't hear a thing;

hasta tal punto que to such an extent that

9. [cláusula] clause

10. [puntada] [en costura, en cirugía] stitch;
[en unas medias] hole;
tienes o [m5] se te ha escapado un punto en el jersey you've pulled a stitch out of your jumper, you've got a loose stitch on your jumper;

le dieron diez puntos en la frente he had to have ten stitches to his forehead;

coger puntos to pick up stitches

Comp
punto atrás backstitch;
punto de cadeneta chain stitch;

punto de cruz cross-stitch;

punto del revés purl;
Med punto de sutura suture
11. [estilo de tejer] knitting;

un jersey de punto a knitted sweater;

prendas de punto knitwear;

hacer punto to knit

Comp
punto de ganchillo crochet
12. [pizca, toque] touch;

son comentarios un punto racistas they are somewhat racist remarks

13. Arquit
de medio punto [arco, bóveda] semicircular

14. Esp Fam [borrachera ligera]
cogerse/tener un punto to get/be merry

15. Esp Fam [reacción, estado de ánimo]
le dan unos puntos muy raros he can be really weird sometimes;

le dio el punto generoso he had a fit of generosity

16. Esp Fam [cosa estupenda]
¡qué punto! that's great o fantastic!

17. Comp
RP Fam
agarrar a alguien de punto to tease sb, Br to take the mickey out of sb

♦ punto com nf
[empresa] dotcom
* * *

punto

m

1 point;

punto por punto point by point;

ganar por puntos win on points

2 señal dot;

en punto on the dot;

a las tres en punto at three sharp, at three on the dot

3 signo de punctuación period, Br

full stop;

dos puntos colon;

punto y coma semicolon;

con puntos y comas fig in full detail;

poner punto final a algo fig end sth, put an end to sth;

y punto period;

poner los puntos sobre las íes fam make things crystal clear;

empresa punto.com dot.com (company)

4 en costura, sutura stitch;

hacer punto knit;

de punto knitted

5

:

a punto ( listo) ready; (a tiempo) in time llegar a punto para … arrive just in time to …;

estar a punto be ready;

estar a punto de be about to;

el arroz está en su punto the rice is ready;

poner a punto TÉC tune;

puesta a punto tune-up

6 alcance

:

hasta cierto punto up to a point;

hasta qué punto to what extent;

me pregunto hasta qué punto lo que dice es verdad o una exageración I wonder how much of what he says is true and how much is exaggeration;

hasta tal punto que to such an extent that

7

:

batir las claras a punto de nieve beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks

* * *

punto nm

1) : dot, point

2) : period (in punctuation)

3) : item, question

4) : spot, place

5) : moment, stage, degree

6) : point (in a score)

7) : stitch

8)

en punto : on the dot, sharp

a las dos en punto: at two o'clock sharp

9)

al punto : at once

10)

a punto fijo : exactly, certainly

11)

dos puntos : colon

12)

hasta cierto punto : up to a point

13)

punto decimal : decimal point

14)

punto de vista : point of view

15)

punto y coma : semicolon

16)

y punto : period

es el mejor que hay y punto: it's the best there is, period

17)

puntos cardinales : points of the compass

* * *

punto n

1. (en general) point

una victoria vale tres puntos a win is worth three points

el punto de partida the starting point

2. (señal) dot

la línea de puntos the dotted line

3. (lugar) spot / place

¿en qué punto de la ciudad? where exactly in the city?

4. (puntada) stitch

le dieron cuatro puntos he had four stitches

5. (signo ortográfico) full stop

se debe poner un punto cuando finaliza una frase you must put a full stop at the end of a sentence

a punto ready

tengo todo a punto I've got everything ready

a punto de (en general) about to (por poco) nearly

estoy a punto de salir I'm about to go out

estuvo a punto de caerse he nearly fell

de punto knitted

en punto exactly

estar en su punto to be just right

hacer punto to knit

punto y coma semicolon

punto débil weak point

punto de congelación freezing point

punto de ebullición boiling point

punto de vista point of view

Spanish-English dictionary > punto
42 зависеть

Зависеть от (числа Рэлея)-- The natural length scale was Rayleigh number dependent. Зависеть от (мнения)-- The question of what is a stable flame is very subject to the opinion and experience of the test operator. зависеть от -- to depend on, to rely on, to rely upon; to respond to; to be dependent on, to be contingent on (upon); to be...-dependent, to be... -specific; to be a function of, to be a matter of; to be affected by, to be influenced by, to be governed by; to be subject to; to be sensitive to
The solubility of an alkali metal silicate depends on the ratio of silica to alkali metal oxide.

The success of the stress-analysis method relies on stress and deformation details very near the crack tip.

Tool life was found to respond to the tempering temperature.

Contingent residual stresses are those stresses that are contingent on (or subject to) the coexistence of the source from which they are derived.

The recommendation was contingent upon further development efforts.

The abrasive wear mechanism is also temperature-dependent (... зависит от температуры).

Many inferences are context-specific (Многие выводы зависят от контекста).

The position of start of transition from a laminar to a turbulent boundary layer is affected by turbulence intensity.

This long term wear rate is governed by engine design, ring and linear materials and, of course, lubrication.

— в большой степени зависеть от

— в основном не зависит

— во многом зависеть от

— вообще не зависеть от

— зависеть больше от..., чем от

— зависеть в наименьшей степени от

— зависеть в основном от опыта

— зависеть в равной степени от... и от

— зависеть линейно от

— зависеть не столько от..., сколько от

— зависеть от места и времени

— зависеть от работы

— зависеть от результатов испытаний

— зависеть от того, как

— зависеть сложным образом от

— зависит от того, насколько удастся преодолеть

— менее зависеть от

— может зависеть от

— не зависеть от

— не зависит... и от

— непосредственно зависеть от

— от... также многое зависит

— от такого... зависит будущность

— относительно не зависит от

— очень сильно зависеть от

— по существу не зависеть от

— полностью зависеть от

— сильно зависеть от

— слабо зависеть от

— успех... зависит от

— что именно используется..., зависит от

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > зависеть
43 приводить

Приводить(ся) в - to be listed, to be summarized, to be included, to be detailed Приводить к - to result in, to lead to, to bring about, to give rise to, to act to, to produce, to yield (давать в результате); to tend to (вести обычно к); to allow, to incur (влечь за собой что-либо нежелательное); a (the) effect of... is (результатом является)
This improvement, however, frequently resulted in regression coefficient instability.

Also, substituting equation (...) into equation (...) leads to the following formula:

The hardened wear debris in addition to being the source of electrical noise, also gives rise to additional abrasive wear of the softer material.

However, there will be slip at both inner and outer contacts, which will act to decrease (приводит к уменьшению) the ball spin rate, d.

This low weight combined with some ply to ply cohesion allowed the infrequent acquisition of two plies (... приводил иногда к подъему двух лоскутов).

It is also assumed that to measure the emissions from every engine would incur unnecessary expense.

The effect of higher turbine inlet temperature is to increase the overall cycle efficiency (Повышение температуры на входе в турбину приводит к...).

см. тж. привести

— анализ... приводит к противоположному результату

— если эти меры не приводят к исправлению неисправности

— использование... не приводит к значительному улучшению

— использование... привело бы к

— кратковременная работа с... не приводила к каким-либо повреждениям в

— может быть настолько сильным, что приведёт к

— не приводить к заметному изменению

— не приводить к значительному улучшению

— не приводить к нарушению работы

— неизменно приводили к

— но это приводит лишь к замене...

— подробности анализа приведены в работе

—подробности, касающиеся..., приведены на

—полученные результаты приведены в виде графика на рис.

— приведем теперь выражения для расчёта

— приведен к

— приведен с целью иллюстрации и не является исчерпывающим

— привело главным образом к тому, что

— приводит к тому, что пропадает всякое желание

— приводить... к частичному успеху

— приводить в виде

— приводить в движение

—приводить в действие

— приводить в подтверждение

— приводить в полном виде

— приводить в рабочее состояние

— приводить в равновесие

— приводить в соответствие с

— приводить в соприкосновение с

— приводить в состояние

— приводить все в порядок

— приводить вывод формулы

— приводить доводы

— приводить к... опасности

— приводить к... осложнениям

— приводить к... последствиям

— приводить к... потерям времени и средств

—приводить к безразмерному виду делением на

— приводить к выводу о том, что

— приводить к мысли о целесообразности

— приводить к необходимости

— приводить к отказу

— приводить к отклонению от

— приводить к парадоксу

— приводить к проигрышу в виде

— приводить к решению

— приводить к ряду интересных

— приводить к самым разным последствиям

— приводить к удорожанию

— приводить к уменьшению

— приводить обычно к

— приводить тем самым к

— такой ход рассуждений приводит нас к утверждению

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > приводить
44 с юридической точки зрения

С юридической точки зрения-- It is not legally clear that jet engine test cells are subject to stationary source performance standards.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > с юридической точки зрения
45 prac|a

Ⅰ f 1. sgt (działalność) work; (fizyczna) labour
- mieć dużo pracy to have a lot of work (to do)

- jest jeszcze dużo pracy there’s still a lot of work to be done

- zabrać się a. wziąć się do pracy to set to a. get down to a. go to work

- przykładać się do pracy to apply oneself to one’s work

- przerwać pracę (zastrajkować) to come out a. go (out) on strike

- włożyć w coś wiele pracy to put a lot of work into sth

- dojść do majątku (własną) pracą to get wealthy through one’s own efforts

- wszystko osiągnął ciężką pracą he owes everything to his own hard work

- cała jego praca poszła na marne all his work came to naught a. went down the drain pot.

- (jego) praca nad filmem/nową rolą (his) work on a film/a new role

- praca przy a. na komputerze/taśmie work on the computer/the production line

- praca z dziećmi upośledzonymi umysłowo work with mentally handicapped children

- praca z młodzieżą youth work

- praca fizyczna physical work, manual labour

- praca umysłowa (urzędnicza) white-collar work; (intelektualna) intellectual work

- praca zarobkowa paid work, gainful employment

- praca badawcza research work

- praca społeczna voluntary a. community work

- praca polityczna political activity

- praca charytatywna charity work

- praca papierkowa paperwork

- praca niewolnicza slave labour

- praca ponad siły superhuman work

- praca zespołowa team work

- praca w grupach group work

- praca wykonywana z zamiłowaniem a labour of love

- człowiek pracy a working man

- świat pracy the working classes, the world of work

- narzędzia pracy tools; przen. the tools of the trade

- nawał a. ogrom pracy pressure of work

- podział pracy Ekon. the division of labour

- tempo pracy the pace of work

- wypadek przy pracy an accident at work; an industrial accident; przen. a mishap; a slip-up pot.

- mieć pracę to be in work, to have a job

- nie mieć pracy to be out of work a. out of a job

- szukać pracy to look a. to be looking for work a. a job, to job-hunt

- iść do pracy (zacząć zarabiać) to begin a. start work

- rozpoczynać/kończyć pracę to begin a. start/finish work

- dostać/stracić pracę to get/lose a job

- zmienić pracę to change jobs

- żyć z pracy własnych rąk to earn one’s living by honest work

- dać komuś pracę to give sb work a. a job

- zwolnić kogoś z pracy to give sb (their) notice, to dismiss sb

- podziękować komuś za pracę to let sb go euf.

- praca w pełnym/niepełnym wymiarze godzin a full-time/a part-time job

- praca w systemie zmianowym shift work

- praca etatowa/stała a permanent/a steady job

- praca dorywcza (fizyczna) an odd job, casual work; (biurowa) a temping job

- praca sezonowa seasonal work

- praca sezonowa przy zbiorze truskawek seasonal work as a strawberry picker

- praca wakacyjna a holiday job

- praca dodatkowa an extra job

- praca na akord piecework

- praca zlecona a. na zlecenie contract work

- dorabiał do pensji pracami zleconymi he supplemented his income with contract work

- praca na własny rachunek self-employment

- praca zawodowa career

- praca zawodowa przy domowym terminalu telecommuting

- praca z utrzymaniem a live-in job, work with bed and board

- dobrze płatna praca a well-paid job

- ciągłość pracy continuity of employment

- staż pracy seniority, length of service

- długi/krótki staż pracy long/short service

- czas pracy working time a. hours

- ruchomy czas pracy flexitime

- skrócony czas pracy short time

- dzień pracy a working day

- dzień wolny od pracy a holiday

- godziny pracy (pracownika) working hours; (biura, sklepu) business hours

- miejsce pracy work(place)

- tworzenie nowych miejsc pracy job creation

- rynek pracy the labour market

- zakład pracy workplace

- umowa o pracę contract of employment, employment contract

- nagroda za 10 lat pracy a bonus for 10 years of service
3. (miejsce zatrudnienia) work
- być w pracy to be at work

- pójść/przyjść do pracy to go/come to work

- jeszcze nie wrócił (do domu) z pracy he’s not home from work yet

- ona zawsze spóźnia się do pracy she’s always late for work

- nie dzwoń do mnie do pracy don’t phone me at work

- koledzy/koleżanki z pracy colleagues from work, fellow workers, workmates

- nieobecność w pracy absence from work
4. (utwór, książka, obraz) work
- praca monograficzna a monograph

- praca źródłowa a study based on sources a. on source materials

- praca o muzyce/sztuce a. na temat muzyki/sztuki a work on a. about music/art

- praca z (zakresu a. dziedziny) genetyki a work on genetics

- napisać/ogłosić pracę z zakresu fizyki to write/publish a paper on physics

- wystawa prac młodych artystów an exhibition of work(s) by young artists

- na konkurs zgłoszono 20 prac there were 20 entries for the competition

- praca domowa homework

- odrabiać pracę domową to do homework

- zadać uczniom pracę domową to give pupils homework a. an assignment US

- praca klasowa a class test

- praca semestralna a term a. an end-of-term paper

- praca egzaminacyjna an examination paper a. script

- praca dyplomowa/magisterska a Bachelor’s dissertation/a Master’s dissertation a. master’s thesis

- praca doktorska/habilitacyjna a doctoral/a postdoctoral dissertation

- praca pisemna z języka polskiego a Polish essay

- poprawiać prace studentów to mark students’ work
6. sgt (funkcjonowanie) workings pl, functioning, operation
- praca serca the action of the heart

- zatrzymanie pracy serca cardiac arrest

- praca mięśni the work of the muscles

- praca nerek the functioning of the kidneys

- praca nóg Sport footwork

- praca umysłu ludzkiego the workings of the human mind

- praca maszyny/silnika the work a. operation of a machine/an engine

- praca bez zakłóceń smooth running

- tryb pracy (urządzenia) a mode
7. Komput. job
- sterowanie pracami job control

- język sterowania pracami job control language

- kolejka prac a job queue
8. sgt Fiz. work
- jednostka pracy unit of work
Ⅱ prace plt work U
- prace badawcze/badawczo-rozwojowe research/research and development work

- prace przygotowawcze/wykończeniowe preparatory/completion work

- prace murarskie/transportowe masonry a. bricklaying work/transport

- prace remontowe/restauracyjne repair/restoration work

- prace polowe/żniwne work in the field/harvesting

- prace budowlane building work(s)

- prace ziemne earthworks

- prace budowlane jeszcze trwają the building work is still going on a. in progress

- □ praca mechaniczna Techn. mechanical work także przen.

- praca nakładcza outwork

- praca nieprodukcyjna Ekon. non-productive labour

- praca organiczna Hist. ≈ organic work (a programme of economic and cultural development, launched by the Polish positivists)

- praca produkcyjna Ekon. productive labour

- praca u podstaw Hist. ≈ work at the grass roots (a programme of spreading literacy and popularizing science among the masses, launched by the Polish positivists)

- prace domowe housework

- prace ręczne Szkol. handicrafts

■ praca benedyktyńska książk. painstaking work

- praca herkulesowa a Herculean task

- praca syzyfowa książk. Sisyphean task a. labours

- cześć pracy! pot. (pożegnanie) cheerio! pot.; (powitanie) howdy! US pot.

- bez pracy nie ma kołaczy przysł. no gains without pains

- cierpliwością i pracą ludzie się bogacą przysł. all things come to those who wait przysł.

- jaka praca, taka płaca przysł. ≈ you only get paid for what you do

- żadna praca nie hańbi przysł. ≈ honest work is nothing to be ashamed of

- praca nie zając, nie ucieknie pot. work can wait

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > prac|a
46 повреждение от дискретного воздействия

повреждение от дискретного воздействия

Повреждение конструкции воздушного судна, которое, вероятно, является результатом столкновения с птицей, нелокализованного разрушения лопаток вентилятора, нелокализованного разрушения двигателя, нелокализованного разрушения быстровращающихся деталей механизмов или аналогичных причин.

discrete source damage

Structural damage of the aeroplane that is likely to result from: impact with a bird, uncontained fan blade failure, uncontained engine failure, uncontained high energy rotating machinery failure or similar causes.

(AN 8)

Русско-английский словарь международной организации гражданской авиации > повреждение от дискретного воздействия
47 ионный

1. electrostatic

2. ionic

жидкометаллический ионный источник — liquid-metal ion source

блок коммутации ионных датчиков — ionic sensor patch panel

асимметрия ионной атмосферы — ionic atmosphere asymmetry

прибор СВЧ с ионной фокусировкой — ionic focusing tube

плотность ионной атмосферы — ionic atmosphere density

3. ion

ионные плазменные колебания — ion plasma oscillations

частично ионный характер — partial ionic character

радиус ионной атмосферы — ionic atmosphere radius

ионный двигатель на рубидии — rubidium ion engine

ионное произведение воды — ionic product of water

Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > ионный
48 мощность

1. ж. power

большой мощности — high-power

малой мощности — low-power

обмениваться мощностями — exchange power

отбирать мощность — take off power

ответвлять мощности — tap some power

отдавать мощность — put out power

передавать мощность — transfer power

передавать мощность — transmit power

поглощать мощность — absorb power

форсирование мощности — augmenting power

гидравлическая мощность — hydraulic power

нагрузка на единицу мощности — power load

передаваемая ремнем мощность — belt power

полезная эффективная мощность — net power

2. ж. мат. cardinality, cardinal number

3. ж. capacity

работа на полную мощность — capacity operation

работать на полную мощность — work at capacity

работы на полную мощность — capacity operations

мощность логического вывода — inference capacity

мощность средств связи — communications capacity

4. ж. thickness

аварийная мощность — emergency power

активная мощность — active power

базисная мощность — base power

буксировочная мощность — tow-rope horse power

мощность вагоноопрокидывателя — tonnage of a car dumper

взлётная мощность — take-off power

мощность в импульсе — peak power

мощность в лошадиных силах — horse-power

мощность возбуждения — driving power

входная мощность — input power

выходная мощность — output power

мощность двигателя — power of an engine

длительная мощность — continuous power

мощность дозы облучения — dose rate

допустимая мощность — power-carrying capacity

единичная мощность — unit power

мощность зажигания резонансного разрядника — firing power

мощность звука — sound power

мощность излучения — radiating power

индикаторная мощность — indicated power

мощность источника — source strength

кажущаяся мощность — apparent power

коммутируемая мощность — power handling

мощность короткого замыкания — short-circuit power

мощность котла — boiler capacity

крюковая мощность — draught power

максимальная мощность — maximum power

мгновенная мощность — instantaneous power

мощность множества — cardinality of a set

мощность на валу — shaft power

мощность на зажимах генератора — generator terminal output

мощность на испытании — trial horse-power

мощность накачки — pump power

мощность на муфте — coupling power

мощность на приводном валу — power at the drive shaft

мощность на режиме малого газа — idling power

мощность на согласованной нагрузке — matched-load power

мощность несущей — carrier output

номинальная мощность — rated power

мощность облучения — exposure rate

отдаваемая мощность — power delivered

мощность отражённого сигнала — echo-signal power

паразитная мощность — parasitic losses

мощность пика — peak power

мощность питания — supply power

мощность пласта — thickness of a seam

поглощаемая мощность — terminating power

мощность вскрыши — cover thickness

мощность песчаника — sand thickness

мощность отложений — thickness of deposit

промышленная мощность — minable thickness

мощность междупластья — interbed thickness

Синонимический ряд:

силы (сущ.) мощи; силы

Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > мощность
49 ontstaan

ontstaan¹

〈 het〉

1 origin ⇒ creation 〈 van de aarde〉, development, coming into existence

♦voorbeelden:

1   zijn ontstaan vinden in • have one's origin in

————————

ontstaan²

〈 onovergankelijk werkwoord〉

1 [zich vormen] come into being ⇒ arise

2 [beginnen] originate ⇒ start

♦voorbeelden:

1   de eilanden zijn ontstaan in de ijstijd • the islands came into being during the ice age

     langzamerhand is de gewoonte ontstaan • gradually the custom arose

     daarover ontstond ontevredenheid • dissatisfaction arose over this

     we moeten kijken waar de problemen ontstaan • we must trace these problems back to their source

     hierdoor ontstaan er storingen • this causes malfunctions

     door haar vertrek ontstaat een vacature • her departure has created a vacancy

     doen ontstaan • create 〈 toestand, vraag〉; bring about 〈 vriendschap〉; cause 〈 pijn〉; raise 〈 twijfel〉

     schade, ontstaan door nalatigheid • damage arising from/by neglect

2   de brand ontstond in de machinekamer • the fire started in the engine room

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > ontstaan
50 данные

data
(собранные сведения) — summary
-, весовые — weight data
-, входные — input data
-, геометрические — dimensional data
-, геометрические (& разделa 1 рлэ) — other dimensional data
- двигателя — engine data
-, загрузочные — loading data
-, записанные (вручную) — (manually) recorded data
-, информационные — information
- испытаний — test data
-, исходные — initial data
-, летные — flight data
-, метеорологические — weather data
- о местоположении ла, прямые — direct position data
получаемые от радиотехнических средств, астроданных и от искусственных спутников. — obtained from radio aids, radar checkpoints, stellar fixes, and artificial satellites.
-, опытные — experimental data
- основного снаряжения, центровочные — operational items balance data
-, основные технические — main data
-, основные технические (в паспорте изделия) — specifications
-, основные технические (заголовок раздела рр) — (equipment) specifications
- по весу — weight data
- по взлетным (посадочным) дистанциям (& разд. 5 рлэ) — takeoff (landing) field lengths
- по катастрофам и авариям (сведения) — accident and incident summary
- по массе (весовые) — mass data
- пассажиров, центровочные — passenger balance data
-, полученные от вычислительного устройства — computerized data
-, прямые (получаемые непосредственно от источника информации) — direct data
-, расчетные — design data
- снаряжения, центровочные — operational items balance data
- счисления пути получаемые от инерциальной, доплеровской систем и cbc. — dead-reckoning data obtained from inertial, dорpler and air-data sensors.
-, технические — specifications
-, технические (описание работы системы и параметров) — technical data
-, центровочные — (weight and) balance data
-, экспериментальные — experimental data
-, эксплуатационные — operational data
ввод д. — data input
источник д. — source of data
обработка д. — data processing
осреднение д. — data smoothing
начинать ввод д. с нулей — precede the data with zeros

Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > данные
51 питание

supply, power
"-" (надпись у выключателя) — power, pwr
- (параметр технических данных) — power requirements power requirements... 115 vac, 400 hz
-, аэродромное (эл.) — external power (supply), (ext pwr, eps)
"- аэродромное включено" (табло) — ехt pwr avail
-, бортовое (б/с) (от бортовой электросети ла) — power from aircraft (electrical system) 27 vdc from а/с
-, дублирующее (эл.) — alternative power (alt pwr)
- к (потребителю) — supply to (consumer, load)
- кабины (система кондиционирования воздуха) — cabin /cockpit/ pneumatic (power) system
- кислородом, профилактическое (члена экипажа при длительном полете) — (crew member) oxygen supply for safety
- кислородом, терапевтическое — first-aid oxygen supply
-, наземное (эл.) — external power (supply)
-, объединенное (эл.) — tie bus power

all generators are connected in parallel to the ас tie bus.
"-от аккумулятора)" (табло) — ватт in use
"- от аккум" (надпись у выключателя) — ватт
- от (от источника питания) прибор работает от 3-фазного источника питания nеременного тока 36 в 400 гц с потребляемой мощностью 15 b'a. — supply from (power source) the instrument operates from а supply of 36 v, threephase, 400 hz ас with а consumption of 15 v'a.
- от бортовой электросети "борт" — aircraft electrical power, aircraft power (а/с pwr)
включить бортовое питание и проверить, что все аэс включены. — turn on, the aircraft electrical power and check that all circuit breakers are closed.
- от (эл.) бортсети (б/с) — power from aircraft (electrical system), (27 vdc) from aircraft
- подается (в систему) выключателем (через выключатель) — switch powers (system)
-, рабочее (эл.) — normal power (norm pwr)
- pb (реле времени) — time relay power (supply)
-, резервное (эл.) — standby power
- (топливом) самотеком "-сист. заправки вкл." — (fuel) gravity feed refuel power on
- топливом — fuel feed
выключить насосы второй левой и правой группы для выравнивания подачи питания топливом из баков данной группы. — turn off the operative 2l or 2r pumps to equalize fuel feed from 2l/2r tanks.
- топливом двигателя (n 1) — engine (1) fuel feed
- шин, резервное — bus standby power
- электроэнергией — electric power supply
"аварийное питание включено" (табло) — emer pwr in use
вилка аэродромного п. (на борту самолета, шрап) — external power receptacle
"нет (не подключено) аэр. пит." — ехт pwr not avail
розетка аэродромного п. (шрап - штепсельный разъем аэродромного питания) — external power receptacle
включать бортовое (самолетное) питание (27 в) к-л системы — energize the system with (power оf) 27 vdc derived /provided/ from aircraft (electrical system)
включать (эл.) п. (агрегата) — energize (the unit)
включать п. какого-либо агрегата — switch /turn/ on power supply to the unit
вьжлючать п. агрегата (обесточивать) — de-energize the unit
выравнивать п. топливом из лев, и прав, баков — equalize fuel feed from l and r tanks
отключать п. — turn off power (supply)
отключать п. (путем рэзъединения цепи питания) — disconnect from рower supply
подавать п. на... — supply power to...
подключать п. — connect power supply
подключать, аэродромное п. к шрап — plug external power supply (eps) in
подсоединять источник п. — connect power supply
получать п. от... — be supplied from...
питание подается от сети пост. тока через преобразователь. — роwer supply is provided from dc system through /via/ аn inverter.
оборудование получает эл. питание от шины no... — electrical supplies for the equipment arе derived from bus no....
работать от источника п. — operate from а supply (of 25 vdс)
снимать (отключать) п. — de-energize

Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > питание
52 Bedson, George

SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy

[br]

b. 3 November 1820 Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England

d. 12 December 1884 Manchester (?), England

[br]

English metallurgist, inventor of the continuous rolling mill.

[br]

He acquired a considerable knowledge of wire-making in his father's works before he took a position in 1839 at the works of James Edleston at Warrington. From there, in 1851, he went to Manchester as Manager of Richard Johnson \& Sons' wire mill, where he remained for the rest of his life. It was there that he initiated several important improvements in the manufacture of wire. These included a system of circulating puddling furnace water bottoms and sides, and a galvanizing process. His most important innovation, however, was the continuous mill for producing iron rod for wiredrawing. Previously the red-hot iron billets had to be handled repeatedly through a stand or set of rolls to reduce the billet to the required shape, with time and heat being lost at each handling. In Bedson's continuous mill, the billet entered the first of a succession of stands placed as closely to each other as possible and emerged from the final one as rod suitable for wiredrawing, without any intermediate handling. A second novel feature was that alternate rolls were arranged vertically to save turning the piece manually through a right angle. That improved the quality as well as the speed of production. Bedson's first continuous mill was erected in Manchester in 1862 and had sixteen stands in tandem. A mill on this principle had been patented the previous year by Charles While of Pontypridd, South Wales, but it was Bedson who made it work and brought it into use commercially. A difficult problem to overcome was that as the piece being rolled lengthened, its speed increased, so that each pair of rolls had to increase correspondingly. The only source of power was a steam engine working a single drive shaft, but Bedson achieved the greater speeds by using successively larger gear-wheels at each stand.

Bedson's first mill was highly successful, and a second one was erected at the Manchester works; however, its application was limited to the production of small bars, rods and sections. Nevertheless, Bedson's mill established an important principle of rolling-mill design that was to have wider applications in later years.

[br]

Further Reading

Obituary, 1884, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute 27:539–40. W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 81–2.

LRD

Biographical history of technology > Bedson, George
53 Clement (Clemmet), Joseph

SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering

[br]

bapt. 13 June 1779 Great Asby, Westmoreland, England

d. 28 February 1844 London, England

[br]

English machine tool builder and inventor.

[br]

Although known as Clement in his professional life, his baptism at Asby and his death were registered under the name of Joseph Clemmet. He worked as a slater until the age of 23, but his interest in mechanics led him to spend much of his spare time in the local blacksmith's shop. By studying books on mechanics borrowed from his cousin, a watchmaker, he taught himself and with the aid of the village blacksmith made his own lathe. By 1805 he was able to give up the slating trade and find employment as a mechanic in a small factory at Kirkby Stephen. From there he moved to Carlisle for two years, and then to Glasgow where, while working as a turner, he took lessons in drawing; he had a natural talent and soon became an expert draughtsman. From about 1809 he was employed by Leys, Mason \& Co. of Aberdeen designing and making power looms. For this work he built a screw-cutting lathe and continued his self-education. At the end of 1813, having saved about £100, he made his way to London, where he soon found employment as a mechanic and draughtsman. Within a few months he was engaged by Joseph Bramah, and after a trial period a formal agreement dated 1 April 1814 was made by which Clement was to be Chief Draughtsman and Superintendent of Bramah's Pimlico works for five years. However, Bramah died in December 1814 and after his sons took over the business it was agreed that Clement should leave before the expiry of the five-year period. He soon found employment as Chief Draughtsman with Henry Maudslay \& Co. By 1817 Clement had saved about £500, which enabled him to establish his own business at Prospect Place, Newington Butts, as a mechanical draughtsman and manufacturer of high-class machinery. For this purpose he built lathes for his own use and invented various improvements in their detailed design. In 1827 he designed and built a facing lathe which incorporated an ingenious system of infinitely variable belt gearing. He had also built his own planing machine by 1820 and another, much larger one in 1825. In 1828 Clement began making fluted taps and dies and standardized the screw threads, thus anticipating on a small scale the national standards later established by Sir Joseph Whitworth. Because of his reputation for first-class workmanship, Clement was in the 1820s engaged by Charles Babbage to carry out the construction of his first Difference Engine.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Society of Arts Gold Medal 1818 (for straightline mechanism), 1827 (for facing lathe); Silver Medal 1828 (for lathe-driving device).

Bibliography

Examples of Clement's draughtsmanship can be found in the Transactions of the Society of Arts 33 (1817), 36 (1818), 43 (1925), 46 (1828) and 48 (1829).

Further Reading

S.Smiles, 1863, Industrial Biography, London, reprinted 1967, Newton Abbot (virtually the only source of biographical information on Clement).

L.T.C.Rolt, 1965, Tools for the Job, London (repub. 1986); W.Steeds, 1969, A History of Machine Tools 1700–1910, Oxford (both contain descriptions of his machine tools).

RTS

Biographical history of technology > Clement (Clemmet), Joseph
54 Davidson, Robert

SUBJECT AREA: Electricity, Land transport, Railways and locomotives

[br]

b. 18 April 1804 Aberdeen, Scotland

d. 16 November 1894 Aberdeen, Scotland

[br]

Scottish chemist, pioneer of electric power and builder of the first electric railway locomotives.

[br]

Davidson, son of an Aberdeen merchant, attended Marischal College, Aberdeen, between 1819 and 1822: his studies included mathematics, mechanics and chemistry. He subsequently joined his father's grocery business, which from time to time received enquiries for yeast: to meet these, Davidson began to manufacture yeast for sale and from that start built up a successful chemical manufacturing business with the emphasis on yeast and dyes. About 1837 he started to experiment first with electric batteries and then with motors. He invented a form of electromagnetic engine in which soft iron bars arranged on the periphery of a wooden cylinder, parallel to its axis, around which the cylinder could rotate, were attracted by fixed electromagnets. These were energized in turn by current controlled by a simple commutaring device. Electric current was produced by his batteries. His activities were brought to the attention of Michael Faraday and to the scientific world in general by a letter from Professor Forbes of King's College, Aberdeen. Davidson declined to patent his inventions, believing that all should be able freely to draw advantage from them, and in order to afford an opportunity for all interested parties to inspect them an exhibition was held at 36 Union Street, Aberdeen, in October 1840 to demonstrate his "apparatus actuated by electro-magnetic power". It included: a model locomotive carriage, large enough to carry two people, that ran on a railway; a turning lathe with tools for visitors to use; and a small printing machine. In the spring of 1842 he put on a similar exhibition in Edinburgh, this time including a sawmill. Davidson sought support from railway companies for further experiments and the construction of an electromagnetic locomotive; the Edinburgh exhibition successfully attracted the attention of the proprietors of the Edinburgh 585\& Glasgow Railway (E \& GR), whose line had been opened in February 1842. Davidson built a full-size locomotive incorporating his principle, apparently at the expense of the railway company. The locomotive weighed 7 tons: each of its two axles carried a cylinder upon which were fastened three iron bars, and four electromagnets were arranged in pairs on each side of the cylinders. The motors he used were reluctance motors, the power source being zinc-iron batteries. It was named Galvani and was demonstrated on the E \& GR that autumn, when it achieved a speed of 4 mph (6.4 km/h) while hauling a load of 6 tons over a distance of 1 1/2 miles (2.4 km); it was the first electric locomotive. Nevertheless, further support from the railway company was not forthcoming, although to some railway workers the locomotive seems to have appeared promising enough: they destroyed it in Luddite reaction. Davidson staged a further exhibition in London in 1843 without result and then, the cost of battery chemicals being high, ceased further experiments of this type. He survived long enough to see the electric railway become truly practicable in the 1880s.

[br]

Bibliography

1840, letter, Mechanics Magazine, 33:53–5 (comparing his machine with that of William Hannis Taylor (2 November 1839, British patent no. 8,255)).

Further Reading

1891, Electrical World, 17:454.

J.H.R.Body, 1935, "A note on electro-magnetic engines", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 14:104 (describes Davidson's locomotive).

F.J.G.Haut, 1956, "The early history of the electric locomotive", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 27 (describes Davidson's locomotive).

A.F.Anderson, 1974, "Unusual electric machines", Electronics \& Power 14 (November) (biographical information).

—1975, "Robert Davidson. Father of the electric locomotive", Proceedings of the Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering Institution of Electrical Engineers, 8/1–8/17 (the most comprehensive account of Davidson's work).

A.C.Davidson, 1976, "Ingenious Aberdonian", Scots Magazine (January) (details of his life).

PJGR / GW

Biographical history of technology > Davidson, Robert
55 Houldsworth, Henry

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

[br]

b. 1797 Manchester (?), England

d. 1868 Manchester (?), England

[br]

English cotton spinner who introduced the differential gear to roving frames in Britain.

[br]

There are two claimants for the person who originated the differential gear as applied to roving frames: one is J.Green, a tinsmith of Mansfield, in his patent of 1823; the other is Arnold, who had applied it in America and patented it in early 1823. This latter was the source for Houldsworth's patent in 1826. It seems that Arnold's gearing was secretly communicated to Houldsworth by Charles Richmond, possibly when Houldsworth visited the United States in 1822–3, but more probably in 1825 when Richmond went to England. In return, Richmond received information about parts of a cylinder printing machine from Houldsworth. In the working of the roving frame, as the rovings were wound onto their bobbins and the diameter of the bobbins increased, the bobbin speed had to be reduced to keep the winding on at the same speed while the flyers and drawing rollers had to maintain their initial speed. Although this could be achieved by moving the driving belt along coned pulleys, this method did not provide enough power and slippage occurred. The differential gear combined the direct drive from the main shaft of the roving frame with that from the cone drive, so that only the latter provided the dif-ference between flyer and bobbin speeds, i.e. the winding speeds, thus taking away most of the power from that belt. Henry Houldsworth Senior (1774–1853) was living in Manchester when his son Henry was born, but by 1800 had moved to Glasgow. He built several mills, including a massive one at Anderston, Scotland, in which a Boulton \& Watt steam engine was installed. Henry Houldsworth Junior was probably back in Manchester by 1826, where he was to become an influential cotton spinner as chief partner in his mills, which he moved out to Reddish in 1863–5. He was also a prominent landowner in Cheetham. When William Fairbairn was considering establishing the Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions in 1854, he wanted to find an influential manufacturer and mill-owner and he made a happy choice when he turned to Henry Houldsworth for assistance.

[br]

Bibliography

1826, British patent no. 5,316 (differential gear for roving frames).

Further Reading

Details about Henry Houldsworth Junior are very sparse. The best account of his acquisition of the differential gear is given by D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution. The Diffusion of Textile Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830, Oxford.

W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (an explanation of the mechanisms of the roving frame).

W.Pole, 1877, The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart., London (provides an account of the beginning of the Manchester Steam Users' Association for the Prevention of Steam-boiler Explosions).

RLH

Biographical history of technology > Houldsworth, Henry
56 Meikle, Andrew

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

[br]

b. 1719 Scotland

d. 27 November 1811

[br]

Scottish millwright and inventor of the threshing machine.

[br]

The son of the millwright James Meikle, who is credited with the introduction of the winnowing machine into Britain, Andrew Meikle followed in his father's footsteps. His inventive inclinations were first turned to developing his father's idea, and together with his own son George he built and patented a double-fan winnowing machine.

However, in the history of agricultural development Andrew Meikle is most famous for his invention of the threshing machine, patented in 1784. He had been presented with a model of a threshing mill designed by a Mr Ilderton of Northumberland, but after failing to make a full-scale machine work, he developed the concept further. He eventually built the first working threshing machine for a farmer called Stein at Kilbagio. The patent revolutionized farming practice because it displaced the back-breaking and soul-destroying labour of flailing the grain from the straw. The invention was of great value in Scotland and in northern England when the land was becoming underpopulated as a result of heavy industrialization, but it was bitterly opposed in the south of England until well into the nineteenth century. Although the introduction of the threshing machine led to the "Captain Swing" riots of the 1830s, in opposition to it, it shortly became universal.

Meikle's provisional patent in 1785 was a natural progression of earlier attempts by other millwrights to produce such a machine. The published patent is based on power provided by a horse engine, but these threshing machines were often driven by water-wheels or even by windmills. The corn stalks were introduced into the machine where they were fed between cast-iron rollers moving quite fast against each other to beat the grain out of the ears. The power source, whether animal, water or wind, had to cause the rollers to rotate at high speed to knock the grain out of the ears. While Meikle's machine was at first designed as a fixed barn machine powered by a water-wheel or by a horse wheel, later threshing machines became mobile and were part of the rig of an agricultural contractor.

In 1788 Meikle was awarded a patent for the invention of shuttered sails for windmills. This patent is part of the general description of the threshing machine, and whilst it was a practical application, it was superseded by the work of Thomas Cubitt.

At the turn of the century Meikle became a manufacturer of threshing machines, building appliances that combined the threshing and winnowing principles as well as the reciprocating "straw walkers" found in subsequent threshing machines and in conventional combine harvesters to the present day. However, he made little financial gain from his invention, and a public subscription organized by the President of the Board of Agriculture, Sir John Sinclair, raised £1,500 to support him towards the end of his life.

[br]

Bibliography

1831, Threshing Machines in The Dictionary of Mechanical Sciences, Arts and Manufactures, London: Jamieson, Alexander.

7 March 1768, British patent no. 896, "Machine for dressing wheat, malt and other grain and for cleaning them from sand, dust and smut".

9 April 1788, British patent no. 1,645, "Machine which may be worked by cattle, wind, water or other power for the purpose of separating corn from the straw".

Further Reading

J.E.Handley, 1953, Scottish Farming in the 18th Century, and 1963, The Agricultural Revolution in Scotland (both place Meikle and his invention within their context).

G.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of the early development of harvesting and cereal treatment machinery).

KM / AP

Biographical history of technology > Meikle, Andrew
57 Reichenbach, Georg Friedrich von

SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering, Photography, film and optics, Public utilities

[br]

b. 24 August 1772 Durlach, Baden, Germany

d. 21 May 1826 Munich, Germany

[br]

German engineer.

[br]

While he was attending the Military School at Mannheim, Reichenbach drew attention to himself due to the mathematical instruments that he had designed. On the recommendation of Count Rumford in Munich, the Bavarian government financed a two-year stay in Britain so that Reichenbach could become acquainted with modern mechanical engineering. He returned to Mannheim in 1793, and during the Napoleonic Wars he was involved in the manufacture of arms. In Munich, where he was in the service of the Bavarian state from 1796, he started producing precision instruments in his own time. His basic invention was the design of a dividing machine for circles, produced at the end of the eighteenth century. The astronomic and geodetic instruments he produced excelled all the others for their precision. His telescopes in particular, being perfect in use and of solid construction, soon brought him an international reputation. They were manufactured at the MathematicMechanical Institute, which he had jointly founded with Joseph Utzschneider and Joseph Liebherr in 1804 and which became a renowned training establishment. The glasses and lenses were produced by Joseph Fraunhofer who joined the company in 1807.

In the same year he was put in charge of the technical reorganization of the salt-works at Reichenhall. After he had finished the brine-transport line from Reichenhall to Traunstein in 1810, he started on the one from Berchtesgaden to Reichenhall which was an extremely difficult task because of the mountainous area that had to be crossed. As water was the only source of energy available he decided to use water-column engines for pumping the brine in the pipes of both lines. Such devices had been in use for pumping purposes in different mining areas since the middle of the eighteenth century. Reichenbach knew about the one constructed by Joseph Karl Hell in Slovakia, which in principle had just been a simple piston-pump driven by water which did not work satisfactorily. Instead he constructed a really effective double-action water-column engine; this was a short time after Richard Trevithick had constructed a similar machine in England. For the second line he improved the system and built a single-action pump. All the parts of it were made of metal, which made them easy to produce, and the pumps proved to be extremely reliable, working for over 100 years.

At the official opening of the line in 1817 the Bavarian king rewarded him generously. He remained in the state's service, becoming head of the department for roads and waterways in 1820, and he contributed to the development of Bavarian industry as well as the public infrastructure in many ways as a result of his mechanical skill and his innovative engineering mind.

[br]

Further Reading

Bauernfeind, "Georg von Reichenbach" Allgemeine deutsche Biographie 27:656–67 (a reliable nineteenth-century account).

W.Dyck, 1912, Georg v. Reichenbach, Munich.

K.Matschoss, 1941, Grosse Ingenieure, Munich and Berlin, 3rd edn. 121–32 (a concise description of his achievements in the development of optical instruments and engineering).

WK

Biographical history of technology > Reichenbach, Georg Friedrich von
58 источник тока

current source

ток холостого хода — no-load current; open-circuit current

ток в точке максимальной крутизны — inflection-point current

система демпфирования вихревыми токами — eddy current damper

подводить ток к двигателю — to deliver current to an engine

номинальный ток автоматического выключателя — current rating

Русско-английский новый политехнический словарь > источник тока
59 источник тока

current source

ток холостого хода — no-load current; open-circuit current

ток в точке максимальной крутизны — inflection-point current

система демпфирования вихревыми токами — eddy current damper

подводить ток к двигателю — to deliver current to an engine

номинальный ток автоматического выключателя — current rating

Русско-английский военно-политический словарь > источник тока
60 КПД двигателя
1. power-heat relation
КПД двигателя
—
[ http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en]

EN

power-heat relation
The ratio of the work done by an engine to the heat supplied. (Source: UVAROV)
[http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en]

Тематики
- охрана окружающей среды
EN
- power-heat relation
DE
- Wärme-Kraft-Beziehung
FR
- ratio chaleur/ énergie fournie
Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > КПД двигателя

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

Source-Engine — Entwickler: Valve Betriebssystem: Microsoft Windows … Deutsch Wikipedia
Source Engine — Entwickler Valve Betriebssystem Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X … Deutsch Wikipedia
Source Engine — est un moteur de jeu créé par la société Valve Software pour les besoins de son jeu Half Life 2 (HL²). A la base, le Source engine est une refonte du moteur de Quake. C est un moteur complet qui gère graphisme, son et interactions physiques. Ces… … Wikipédia en Français
Source engine — est un moteur de jeu créé par la société Valve Software pour les besoins de son jeu Half Life 2 (HL²). A la base, le Source engine est une refonte du moteur de Quake. C est un moteur complet qui gère graphisme, son et interactions physiques. Ces… … Wikipédia en Français
Source Engine — Логотип Source и скриншоты из игр Team Fortress 2 и Half Life 2: Episode Two … Википедия
Source engine — Логотип Source и скриншоты из игр Team Fortress 2 и Half Life 2: Episode Two … Википедия
Valve Source engine — Source engine Source engine est un moteur de jeu créé par la société Valve Software pour les besoins de son jeu Half Life 2 (HL²). A la base, le Source engine est une refonte du moteur de Quake. C est un moteur complet qui gère graphisme, son et… … Wikipédia en Français
Valve Source Engine — Source Engine Логотип Source и скриншоты из игр Team Fortress 2 и Half Life 2: Episode Two … Википедия
List of Source engine mods — This is a selected list of Source engine Mods (modifications). This list is divided into single player and multiplayer mods. Contents 1 Single player mods 2 Multiplayer mods 3 See also 4 … Wikipedia
Source (game engine) — Source engine … Wikipedia
Source — Engine … Википедия

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: со всех языков на английский

source engine

Тематики

EN

DE

FR

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

Перевод: со всех языков на английский

source engine

Тематики

EN

DE

FR

См. также в других словарях:

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка: