source+engine

1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) vaciar, drenar

2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) escurrirse

3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) escurrir

4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) apurar, vaciar

5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) agotar

1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) desaguadero

2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) desgaste, sangría

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- drainage

drain¹ n desagüe / alcantarilla

drain² vb

1. drenar / vaciar

2. escurrir / escurrirse

tr[dreɪn]

noun

1 (pipe - for water) (tubería de) desagüe nombre masculino, desaguadero; (underground pipe - for sewage) alcantarilla; (grating) alcantarilla, sumidero

2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (plughole) desagüe

3 figurative use (thing, person) desgaste nombre masculino, agotamiento, sangría

■ the boys are a drain on her energy los niños la dejan agotada

■ defence spending is a drain on our country los gastos de defensa son una sangría para nuestro país

■ the mortgage is a real drain on your income la hipoteca es una sangría para los ingresos

transitive verb

1 (empty - radiator, engine, tank, etc) vaciar; (- wound, bladder, blood) drenar

2 (rice, pasta, vegetables, etc) escurrir

3 (dry out - swamp, marshes) drenar, avenar; (pond, river, channel, reservoir, region) desecar, desaguar

4 (drink up - glass, etc) apurar, vaciar

5 figurative use (exhaust - strength, energy, resources) agotar, consumir; (weaken - person) agotar

■ looking after her grandchildren drains all her energy cuidar a los niños la agota

intransitive verb

1 (discharge - pipes, rivers) desaguar; (flow away) irse

■ the sewage drains off into the sea las aguas residuales desaguan en el mar

■ the blood drained from her face perdió el color de la cara

2 (dry out) escurrir ( off, -), escurrirse ( off, -)

■ leave the glasses to drain deja que los vasos se escurran

3 figurative use (strength, energy, etc) irse agotando

plural noun the drains

1 (of town) el alcantarillado m sing; (of building) las tuberías nombre femenino plural del desagüe

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to go down the drain (business etc) venirse abajo

that's money down the drain eso es tirar el dinero

drain ['dreɪn] vt

1) empty: vaciar, drenar

2) exhaust: agotar, consumir

drain vi

1) : escurrir, escurrirse

the dishes are draining: los platos están escurriéndose

2) empty: desaguar

to drain away : irse agotando

drain n

1) : desagüe m

2) sewer: alcantarilla f

3) grating: sumidero m, resumidero m, rejilla f

4) exhaustion: agotamiento m, disminución f (de energía, etc.)

to be a drain on: agotar, consumir

to throw down the drain : tirar por la ventana

• albañal s.m.

• albellón s.m.

• alcantarilla s.f.

• cañería s.f.

• desaguadero s.m.

• desagüe s.m.

• sangrador s.m.

• vaciadero s.m.

• vertedero s.m.

• vertedor s.m.

• zanja s.f.

• avenar v.

• colar v.

• desaguar v.

• desaguazar v.

• desangrar v.

• desecar v.

• drenar v.

• encañar v.

• escurrir v.

• evacuar v.

• purgar v.

• vaciar v.

1)

a) ( pipe) sumidero m, resumidero m (AmL)

b) ( grid) (BrE) sumidero m, resumidero m (AmL)

2) ( plughole) desagüe m

3) (no pl)

a) ( cause of depletion)

b) (outflow, loss) fuga f

1)

a) \<\<container/tank\>\> vaciar*; \<\<land/swamp\>\> drenar, avenar; \<\<blood\>\> drenar; \<\<sap/water\>\> extraer*

b) ( Culin) \<\<vegetables/pasta\>\> escurrir, colar*

c) ( Med) drenar

2) ( drink up) \<\<glass/cup\>\> vaciar*, apurar

3) (consume, exhaust) \<\<resources/strength\>\> agotar, consumir

a) ( dry) \<\<dishes\>\> escurrir(se)

b) ( disappear)

c) ( discharge) \<\<pipes/river\>\> desaguar*

- drain away

- drain off

1. N

1) (=outlet) (in house) desagüe m; (in street) boca f de alcantarilla, sumidero m; (Agr) zanja f de drenaje

- throw one's money down the drain

- go down the drain

2) (fig) (=source of loss)

2. VT

1) (Agr) [+ land, marshes, lake] drenar, desecar; [+ vegetables, last drops] escurrir; [+ glass, radiator etc] vaciar; (Med) [+ wound etc] drenar

2) (fig) agotar, consumir

VI [washed dishes, vegetables] escurrir; [liquid] desaguar; [stream] desembocar ( into en)

- drain away

- drain off

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1)

a) ( pipe) sumidero m, resumidero m (AmL)

b) ( grid) (BrE) sumidero m, resumidero m (AmL)

2) ( plughole) desagüe m

3) (no pl)

a) ( cause of depletion)

b) (outflow, loss) fuga f

1)

a) \<\<container/tank\>\> vaciar*; \<\<land/swamp\>\> drenar, avenar; \<\<blood\>\> drenar; \<\<sap/water\>\> extraer*

b) ( Culin) \<\<vegetables/pasta\>\> escurrir, colar*

c) ( Med) drenar

2) ( drink up) \<\<glass/cup\>\> vaciar*, apurar

3) (consume, exhaust) \<\<resources/strength\>\> agotar, consumir

a) ( dry) \<\<dishes\>\> escurrir(se)

b) ( disappear)

c) ( discharge) \<\<pipes/river\>\> desaguar*

- drain away

- drain off

< aerospace> (rocket engine) ■ Selbstzündung f

< chem> ■ Selbstentzündung f

ISO 13943 <chem.comb> (from a rise of temperature without separate ignition source) ■ Spontanzündung f ISO 13943

<tech.gen> ■ Hülse f

<tech.gen> (not primarily for fluid transport; e.g. structural or heat transfer t.) ■ Rohr n

<av> ■ Schwingspulen-Träger m

coll <build.traff> ■ Tunnelröhre f prakt ; Röhre f ugs

pract <el> (cathode-ray or thermionic) ■ Elektronenröhre f ; Röhre f prakt

coll <el> (glass body of electron tube or tubular light source) ■ Röhrenkolben m

<med.tech> (instrument used for intubation) ■ Tubus m

< mvhcl> (in tire) ■ Schlauch m

< pack> (of packaging material; e.g. sheet) ■ Packstoffschlauch m DIN 55 405

< pack> (e.g. for tooth paste) ■ Tube f DIN 55405 ; Quetschtube f

< pps> (for fluid transport; flexible; typ. of rubber; e.g. for engine coolant) ■ Schlauch m

< proc> (filter element) ■ Kerze f

< textil> (cop) ■ Garnträger m ; Hülse f

< vhcl> ■ Rohr n

1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) teči

2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) teči

3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) teči

4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) teči; spraviti v tek

5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) voditi

6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) tekmovati

7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) voziti

8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) biti na sporedu

9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) voziti

10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) razlivati se

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

12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) iti skozi; premikati

13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) postati

1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.) tek

2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.) izlet

3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.) obdobje

4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.) spuščena zanka

5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.) prosta uporaba

6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.) kurnik

7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.)

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- runner

- runny

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tekanje, tek, sport vztrajnostni tek, tekmovanje, dirka, hiter galop; naval, lov ( for na), hajka; hoja, vožnja, (hitro) potovanje; pot, izlet, sprehod; jadranje; brzi koraki, hiter tempo, hitra kretnja, premik, hiter padec, beg; zalet, zagon, napad, juriš; figuratively potek, smer, ritem, tendenca, moda; nepretrgana vrsta, niz, serija, nepretrgan čas, trajanje; American potok, reka, jarek; tok, struja, plima, valovi; prost dostop (do), prosta uporaba; trop, jata; pašnik, ograda, ograjen prostor za živino, za perutnino; sankališče; commerce veliko povpraševanje (on po, za), dobra prodaja, trajen uspeh; commerce kakovost, kvaliteta, vrsta, sorta; music hitra vrsta tonov, gostolevek, rulada; theatre čas izvedbe, trajanje (gledališke igre), uprizarjanje, prikazovanje, nepretrgana vrsta predstav; (karte) sekvenca; naklada (časopisa); technical delovni čas (o strojih); presek, prerez, splošnost, večina; technical tračnica; deska za vkrcavanje in izkrcavanje; odvodna cev

at the run, on the run — v teku

in the long run — sčasoma, končno, konec koncev

on the run — na nogah, nepretrgoma zaposlen, ki leta sem in tja; military ki je na umiku, na begu

with a run — nenadoma

a run to Bled — vožnja, izlet, skok na Bled

a run of bad luck at cards — dolgotrajna smola pri kartah

a run of ill luck — nepretrgana smola, vrsta nesreč

run of customers — naval odjemalcev

run of events — potek dogodkov

a run of gold — žila zlata

run of ground — zemeljski plaz

the run of public opinion — smer javnega mnenja

the common (ordinary) run of people — običajni, poprečni tip ljudi

non-stop run — nonstop vožnja

the usual run of things — običajni potek dogodkov

to be in the run — teči, dirkati, figuratively kandidirati

to be on the run — teči, tekati po poslih, biti vedno na nogah, tekati sem in tja

it is only a 30 minutes' run to our place — samo pol ure vožnje je do nas

it is all in the day's run — vse to spada v program dneva (dnevnih dogodkov)

this inn is quite out of the common run of country inns — ta gostilna je čisto različna od običajnega tipa podeželskih gostišč

there was a run on the banks — vlagatelji so navalili na banke (da bi dvignili svoje prihranke)

to break into a run — spustiti se v tek

to come down with a run — zrušiti se

to give a run — preskusiti

to go for a run — teči (kot) za stavo

everything went with a run — vse je šlo gladko, kot namazano

to have s.o. on the run colloquially pognati koga

to have a run for one's money figuratively priti na svoj račun, zabavati se za svoj denar

to have the run of s.o.'s house — imeti prost dostop v hišo kake osebe, počutiti se pri kom doma

I had the run of his library — imel sem prost dostop do njegove knjižnice

these books have had the run this year — te knjige so se letos najbolje prodajale

the play had but a short run — igra je bila le kratek čas na sporedu

the piece had a run of 20 nights — (gledališko) igro so uprizorili 20 večerov zaporedoma

to take a run — vzeti zalet

intransitive verb & transitive verb

teči, tekati, drveti, dirkati, udeležiti se dirke; voziti, hiteti, podvizati se; bežati, pobegniti, umakniti se ( from od), popihati jo, pobrisati jo; navaliti, jurišati (at, on na); hitro potovati, voziti se, pluti, redno voziti, vzdrževati promet; potegovati se ( for za), biti kandidat, kandidirati; hitro, naglo se širiti (novica, ogenj); (o času) poteči, preteči, miniti, bežati; trajati, teči, vršiti se (šola, pouk)

to run amok (amuck) — pobesneti, letati kot nor, izgubiti popolnoma oblast nad seboj

to run for it, to cut and run colloquially popihati jo, zbežati

to run foul of — trčiti z

to run to help — hiteti na pomoč

to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds figuratively skušati biti v dobrih odnosih z dvema nasprotnima si strankama

this idea keeps running through my head — ta ideja mi ne gre iz glave

run for your lives! — reši se, kdor se more!

to run for luck American poskusiti kaj na slepo srečo

to run mad — zblazneti, znoreti

to run to meet s.o. — teči komu naproti

to run to meet one's troubles figuratively vnaprej si delati skrbi

the news ran like wildfire — novica se je širila kot blisk

to run for an office — potegovati se, konkurirati, biti kandidat, kandidirati za neko službeno mesto (službo)

he who runs may read it figuratively na prvi pogled se to vidi, to se da brez težave razumeti

school runs from 8 to 12 — šola (pouk) traja od 8 do 12

a thought ran through my head — misel mi je šinila v glavo

to run from one topic to another — skakati z ene téme na drugo

time runs fast — čas beži, hitro teče

this train is running every hour — ta vlak vozi vsako uro

to run on the wheels figuratively gladko iti;

vrteti se, obračati se (on okoli); premikati se, kretati se, gibati se, kotaliti se, jadrati; (o stroju) delovati, biti v pogonu, obratovati, funkcionirati; (o tovarni itd.) biti odprt, delati; (o denarju) biti v obtoku, v prometu; (o vodi) teči, razliti se, izlivati se; (o morju) valovati; segati, raztezati se, razprostirati se; (o rastlinah) bujno rasti, pognati, iti v cvet, hitro se razmnoževati; (o menici) imeti rok veljave, teči, veljati; (o cenah) držati se; juridically ostati v veljavi; theatre biti na sporedu, uprizarjati se, predstavljati se, predvajati se, igrati se, dajati se; (o barvah) razlivati se, puščati barvo; (o očeh, nosu, rani) solziti se, cureti, kapati, gnojiti se; (o kovinah) taliti se; (o ledu) (raz)topiti se, kopneti; (o besedilu) glasiti se; (s pridevnikom) postati, nastati, biti

running ice — topeči se led

three days running — tri dni zaporedoma

the bill has three months to run — menica ima rok treh mesecev

my blood ran cold figuratively kri mi je poledenela v žilah

it runs in his blood — to mu je v krvi

he is running with blood — kri ga je oblila

the colour runs in the washing — barva pušča pri pranju

the course runs at par — tečaj (kurz) je (stoji) al pari

to run dry — posušiti se; biti prazen; figuratively onemoči, biti izčrpan

eyes run — oči se solzijo

my face runs with sweat — pot mi teče po obrazu

it runs in the family — to je v družini

to run to fat — (z)rediti se, postati debel

the feelings are running high — duhovi so razburjeni

the garden runs east — vrt sega, se razteza proti vzhodu

to run high — dvigati se, rasti

to run hot — postati vroč, segreti se

the lease runs for ten years — zakupna pogodba teče, velja deset let

that makes my mouth run — sline se mi pocede ob tem

my nose runs — iz nosa mi teče

oats run 40 pounds the bushel — cena za oves je 40 funtov bušel

to run riot — (s)puntati se, upreti se; podivjati, pobesneti, (o rastlinah) bujno se razrasti

to run round in cercles figuratively kazati veliko aktivnost, a malo uspeha

the salade runs to seed — solata gre v cvetje

sea runs high — morje je razburkano

that runs to sentiment — to sega, gre človeku do srca

we ran short of coal — premog nam je pošel, zmanjkalo nam je premoga

my supplies are running low — moje zaloge se manjšajo, gredo h kraju

my talent does not run that way — za to nimam nobenega daru

my tastes do not run that way — za to nimam smisla

to run true to form (type) — ustrezati pričakovanjem

still waters run deep — tiha voda globoko dere

to run wild — podivjati; izroditi se, spriditi se, biti neukrotljiv

words ran high — padle so ostre besede; prišlo je do ostrih besed, do hudega prerekanja

the words of this passage run thus — besede tega odstavka se glasé (takole)

the works have ceased running — tovarna je ustavila delo;

preteči, preiti, teči skozi (čez), drveti (čez), voziti (skozi), preleteti, prepluti, prejadrati; teči (s kom) za stavo; figuratively meriti se (s kom); dirkati; hunting poditi, goniti, zasledovati; zbežati (iz), ubežati, zapustiti (deželo); opraviti (pot, naročilo)

the disease runs its course — bolezen gre svojo pot

to run a blockade military prebiti blokado

to run s.o. close (hard) — teči za kom, biti komu za petami

to run the country — zbežati iz dežele

to run errands — opravljati nakupe (naročila), tekati po poslih, opravkih

to run the guard — neopazno iti mimo (skozi) straže

to run 30 knots nautical pluti s hitrostjo 30 vozlov

to run a red light (stop sign) — voziti skozi rdečo luč (znak stop)

to run messages — prinašati, prinesti sporočila

to run a parallel too far — predaleč iti v primerjavi

to run a race — tekmovati v teku (dirki), dirkati

to run races — prirediti dirke

to run the rapids — prevoziti brzice

to run a rumour back to its source — zasledovati govorico do njenega izvira

to run a scent — iti za sledjo, slediti sledi

we must let the things run its course — moramo pustiti, da gre stvar svojo pot

I'll run you to the tree over there — tekmoval bom s teboj v teku do onega drevesa;

upravijati, voditi; predelati ( into v); spraviti v tek, v gibanje, v delovanje, pustiti, da nekaj teče, točiti; zakotaliti; gnati, goniti, poditi (konja); vpisati (konja) za dirko; pasti (živino); odpraviti, odpremiti, premestiti, transportirati; tihotapiti; zabiti ( into v), zasaditi, zariti, zadreti, zabosti (nož); spustiti, dati v promet, držati v pogonu (stroj); postaviti kot kandidata ( for za); izpostaviti se, biti izpostavljen; zabresti, pustiti zabresti (v); zaleteti se (v); (kovino) taliti; (o reki) nanositi (zlato); American potegniti (črto, mejo)

to run an account with — kupovati na račun (pri kaki tvrdki)

to run brandy — tihotapiti žganje

to run one's car into a wall — zaleteti se z avtom v zid

to run the danger — biti v nevarnosti

to run debts — biti v dolgovih, zabresti v dolgove

I ran myself into difficulties — zašel sem v težave

to run one's fingers through one's hair — (hitro) iti si s prsti skozi lase

to run a firm into debt — spraviti tvrdko v dolgove

to run one's fortune — poskusiti svojo srečo

to run the gauntlet figuratively biti izpostavljen ostri kritiki

to run one's head against the wall — zaleteti se z glavo v zid, riniti z glavo skozi zid (tudi figuratively)

to run a horse — goniti, priganjati konja; vpisati (prijaviti) konja za dirko

to run lead into bullets — liti krogle iz svinca

to run logs — sploviti hlode, les

I ran a nail into my foot — zadrl sem si žebelj v nogo

to run a newspaper — izdajati časopis

to run oneself to a standstill — ustaviti se

to run risks — tvegati, riskirati

to run a ship aground — zapeljati ladjo na sipino

to run the show slang figuratively biti šef, voditi (neko) podjetje

he runs the whole show — on vodi vse

to run a high temperature medicine imeti visoko vročino

to run a town — upravljati mesto

to run a special train — dati v promet poseben vlak

adjective (o tekočini) iztekel, odcurel; raztopljen; vlit; raztaljen, staljen; nautical ki je dezertiral, dezerterski; (o ribi) ki se je preselila iz morja v reko na drstenje; (mleko) sesirjen; colloquially utihotapljen, nezakonito uvožen

run butter — raztopljeno maslo

run honey — trcan med

a run man — dezerter

run with lead — vlit iz svinca

1 affidabile: a reliable assistant [instrument, engine], un assistente [strumento, motore] affidabile; He is a reliable man, è un uomo su cui si può fare affidamento

2 (di fonte, informazione) attendibile: a reliable source, una fonte attendibile; Our statistics are based on reliable data, le nostre statistiche sono basate su dati attendibili; There is no reliable evidence that he has committed any crime, non ci sono prove attendibili che abbia commesso un qualche crimine NOTA D'USO: - attendibile-

направлять, указывать направление, ориентировать, управлять, руководить, указывать, предписывать, прямой, непосредственный

1 adj

GEN directo

2

3 vt

CINEMAT, TELECOM dirigir

n (e)

GEN electrón m (é)

1

2 n

GEN calor m

3 vt

CHEM, PHYS, TEXTIL, THERMO calentar

4

5

1 adj

MECH ENG en vacío, ligero, liviano

2 n

OPT, PHOTO, PHYS luz f

PRINT luz actínica f

VEH, WATER TRANSP luz f

- синтаксическая структура: стройная, полная и, по возможности, стереотипная; преобладают сложноподчинённые предложения, простые - развёрнуты за счёт однородных членов;

- преимущественно прямой порядок слов;

- широкое использование различных типов определений; почти каждое существительное имеет постпозитивное или препозитивное определение, предложный, причастный, герундиальный или инфинитивный оборот

- специфичны: препозитивные определительные группы;

- обилие и разнообразие союзов и союзных слов, двойных союзов, (эксплицитно выраженные связи между элементами);

See: scientific style

- explosion cavity

- explosion chamber

- explosion effect

- explosion engine

- explosion funnel

- crankcase explosion

- firedamp explosion

hot [hɒt]

chaud ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (k), 1 (l), 1 (t) qui tient chaud ⇒ 1 (c) épicé ⇒ 1 (e) tout frais ⇒ 1 (f) violent ⇒ 1 (h) intense ⇒ 1 (i) enthousiaste ⇒ 1 (j) sévère ⇒ 1 (m) recherché ⇒ 1 (o), 1 (r)

(compar hotter, superl hottest, pt & pp hotted, cont hotting)

1 adjective

(a) (high in temperature) chaud;

∎ to be hot (person) avoir (très ou trop) chaud; (object) être chaud;

∎ a hot, stuffy room une pièce où il fait une chaleur étouffante ou où l'on étouffe;

∎ the engine/glass/oven is hot le moteur/verre/four est chaud;

∎ I'm getting hot je commence à avoir chaud;

∎ the water is getting hot l'eau devient chaude;

∎ how hot should the oven be? le four doit être à quelle température?;

∎ it was hot work le travail donnait chaud;

∎ there's hot and cold running water il y a l'eau courante chaude et froide;

∎ we sat in the hot sun nous étions assis sous un soleil brûlant;

∎ I'd like a hot bath j'aimerais prendre un bain bien chaud;

∎ the doctor said not to have any hot drinks le médecin m'a conseillé de ne pas boire chaud ou m'a déconseillé les boissons chaudes;

∎ a hot meal un repas chaud;

∎ keep the meat hot tenez la viande au chaud;

∎ serve the soup while it's hot servez la soupe bien chaude;

∎ the bread was hot from the oven le pain sortait tout chaud du four;

∎ hot food always available (sign) plats chauds à toute heure;

∎ figurative you're getting hot! (in guessing game) tu brûles!;

∎ familiar to be or to get (all) hot and bothered (about sth) être dans tous ses états ou se faire du mauvais sang (au sujet de qch);

∎ familiar to be or to get hot under the collar (about sth) être en colère ou en rogne (au sujet de qch);

∎ the books were selling like hot cakes les livres se vendaient comme des petits pains;

∎ familiar he's full of hot air c'est une grande gueule;

∎ all her promises are just a lot of hot air toutes ses promesses ne sont que des paroles en l'air;

∎ that's nothing but hot air! tout ça n'est que du vent!

(b) (weather)

∎ it's hot il fait très chaud;

∎ it's really hot! il fait vraiment très chaud!;

∎ it's getting hotter il commence à faire très chaud;

∎ I can't sleep when it's so hot je ne peux pas dormir par cette chaleur;

∎ it was very hot that day il faisait très chaud ce jour-là, c'était un jour de grande ou forte chaleur;

∎ one hot afternoon in August (par) une chaude après-midi d'août;

∎ in (the) hot weather pendant les chaleurs;

∎ we had a hot spell last week c'était la canicule la semaine dernière;

∎ the hottest day of the year la journée la plus chaude de l'année

(c) (clothing) qui tient chaud;

∎ this jacket's too hot cette veste tient trop chaud

(d) (colour) chaud, vif

(e) (pungent, spicy → food) épicé, piquant, relevé; (→ spice) fort;

∎ a hot curry un curry relevé ou épicé

(f) (fresh, recent) tout(e) frais (fraîche);

∎ the news is hot off the presses ce sont des informations de toute dernière minute;

∎ this book is hot off the press ce livre vient juste de paraître

(g) (close, following closely)

∎ to be hot on the trail être sur la bonne piste;

∎ the police were hot on their heels or on their trail la police les talonnait ou était à leurs trousses;

∎ he fled with the police in hot pursuit il s'est enfui avec la police à ses trousses

(h) (fiery, vehement) violent;

∎ she has a hot temper elle s'emporte facilement, elle est très soupe au lait

(i) (intense → anger, shame) intense, profond

(j) (keen) enthousiaste, passionné;

∎ American familiar he's hot on my sister il en pince pour ma sœur;

∎ they're very hot on formal qualifications (attach importance to) ils insistent beaucoup sur les diplômes;

∎ they're not very hot on hygiene (fussy about) ils ne sont pas très portés sur l'hygiène

(k) familiar (exciting) chaud;

∎ the reporter was onto a hot story le journaliste était sur un coup (fumant);

∎ to have a hot date avoir un rendez-vous galant^□ ;

∎ this book is hot stuff c'est un livre très audacieux^□ ;

∎ this issue is hot stuff, I wouldn't touch it c'est un sujet brûlant, je n'y toucherais pas

(l) familiar (difficult, unpleasant) chaud, difficile^□ ;

∎ we could make it or things very hot for you if you don't cooperate nous pourrions vous mener la vie dure ou vous en faire voir de toutes les couleurs si vous ne vous montrez pas coopératif;

∎ the presence of the army made things hot for the smugglers la présence de l'armée a rendu les choses très difficiles pour les contrebandiers^□ ;

∎ the town had got too hot for the drug dealers l'atmosphère de la ville était devenue irrespirable pour les trafiquants de drogue;

∎ the situation was too hot to handle la situation était trop délicate pour qu'on s'en mêle^□

(m) British familiar (severe, stringent) sévère^□, dur^□ ;

∎ the police are really hot on drunk driving la police ne badine vraiment pas avec la conduite en état d'ivresse

(n) familiar (very good) génial, terrible; (skilful) fort^□, calé;

∎ how is he? - not so hot (unwell) comment va-t-il? - pas trop bien^□ ;

∎ I don't feel so hot je ne suis pas dans mon assiette;

∎ I'm not so hot at maths je ne suis pas très calé en maths;

∎ she's hot stuff at golf c'est un as ou un crack au golf;

∎ his latest book isn't so hot son dernier livre n'est pas terrible ou fameux;

∎ that isn't such a hot idea ce n'est pas terrible ou fameux comme idée;

∎ that's hot! c'est super!;

∎ a hot tip un tuyau sûr ou increvable

(o) familiar (in demand, popular) très recherché^□ ;

∎ she's really hot just now elle a vraiment beaucoup de succès en ce moment^□ ;

∎ to be hot property être très demandé^□ ;

∎ windsurfing is hot stuff in this area la planche à voile est très en vogue dans cette région^□

(p) familiar (sexually attractive)

∎ to be hot (stuff) être sexy (inv);

∎ he's hot (sexually aroused) il a le feu au derrière;

∎ to be hot to trot avoir le feu aux fesses

(q) familiar (stolen) volé^□

(r) British familiar (sought by police) recherché par la police^□

(s) Electricity (wire) sous tension

(t) Nuclear (atom) chaud; familiar (radioactive) chaud, radioactif^□

(u) American very familiar

∎ hot damn! (in excitement) bon sang!, nom d'un chien!; (in anger) merde!

2 adverb

∎ to go hot and cold at the thought of sth avoir des sueurs froides à l'idée de qch

3 hots plural noun

∎ familiar to have the hots for sb craquer pour qn

►► hot chocolate Cookery (drink) chocolat m chaud;

hot desking = pratique qui consiste à ne pas assigner de bureaux individuels aux employés, ces derniers étant libres de s'installer à n'importe quel poste de travail inoccupé;

1 noun

(sausage) hot-dog m, frankfurter m; Skiing ski m acrobatique; (in surfing) surf m acrobatique; American familiar (show-off) m'as-tu-vu mf inv

2 exclamation

American familiar génial!, super!;

hot dog stand stand m de hot-dogs;

∎ we met in front of the hot dog stand nous nous sommes retrouvés devant le vendeur de hot-dogs;

Metallurgy hot drawing tirage m à chaud;

British Sport hot favourite grand(e) favori(te) m,f;

Medicine American hot flash, British hot flush bouffée f de chaleur;

hot gospeller = prêcheur évangéliste qui harangue les foules;

British hot gossip les tous derniers cancans mpl;

familiar Cars hot hatch cinq-portes f inv qui pète le feu;

familiar hot jazz (jazz m) hot m inv;

Computing hot key touche f personnalisée;

Telecommunications hot line numéro m d'urgence; Politics (between US and Kremlin) téléphone m rouge;

hot line support assistance f technique téléphonique, hot line f;

∎ he has a hot line to the president il a une ligne directe avec le président;

∎ she's on the hot line to the director elle téléphone au directeur;

∎ the hot line to the Kremlin la téléphone rouge avec le Kremlin;

Computing hot link lien m hypertexte;

familiar hot money (UNCOUNT) (stolen) argent m volé^□ ; Finance capitaux mpl flottants ou fébriles^□ ;

British hot news les toutes dernières nouvelles fpl;

American hot pad dessous-de-plat m inv;

hot pants mini-short m (très court et moulant);

Botany & Cookery hot pepper piment m;

familiar figurative hot potato sujet m brûlant et délicat;

∎ a political hot potato un sujet brûlant ou une question brûlante de politique;

∎ to drop sb like a hot potato laisser tomber qn comme une vieille chaussette ou savate;

Irish hot press (airing cupboard) = placard chauffé où l'on fait sécher le linge;

familiar Cars hot rod bagnole f trafiquée;

Metallurgy hot rolling laminage m à chaud;

American familiar hot seat (electric chair) chaise f électrique^□ ;

∎ figurative to be in the hot seat (difficult situation) être sur la sellette;

Photography hot shoe griffe f du flash, pied-sabot m;

hot spot (dangerous area) point m chaud ou névralgique; familiar (night club) boîte f de nuit^□ ; Technology point m chaud;

∎ let's hit the town's hot spots si on faisait la tournée des boîtes?;

hot spring source f chaude;

British Computing hot swap (of devices) remplacement m à chaud;

American familiar hot ticket: to be a hot ticket faire fureur;

∎ the play is the hottest ticket in town c'est la pièce qui a le plus de succès actuellement^□ ;

hot tub = sorte de Jacuzzi ® qu'on installe dehors;

hot war guerre f chaude ou ouverte;

hot water eau f chaude;

∎ figurative their latest prank got them into or landed them in hot water leur dernière farce leur a attiré des ennuis;

∎ you'll be in hot water when she finds out tu passeras un mauvais quart d'heure quand elle s'en apercevra;

hot wire fil m sous tension

➲ hot up British familiar

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (intensify → argument, contest) échauffer^□ ; (→ bombing, fighting) intensifier^□ ; (→ party) mettre de l'animation dans^□ ; (→ music) faire balancer, faire chauffer;

∎ they hotted up the pace ils ont forcé l'allure

(b) Cars

∎ to hot up a car gonfler le moteur d'une voiture

2 intransitive verb

(intensify → discussion, campaign) s'échauffer^□ ; (→ fighting, situation) chauffer^□, s'intensifier^□ ;

∎ the price war has hotted up la guerre des prix s'intensifie;

∎ things are beginning to hot up ça se corse

✾ Film 'Some like it hot' Wilder 'Certains l'aiment chaud'

off [ɒf]

1 adverb

(a) (indicating removal)

∎ to take sth off enlever ou ôter qch;

∎ to come off (sticker, handle) se détacher; (lipstick, paint) partir;

∎ you can leave your jacket off ce n'est pas la peine de remettre votre veste;

∎ with his jacket off sans sa veste;

∎ she kicked off her shoes elle ôta ses chaussures d'un coup de pied;

∎ the knob had broken off la poignée était cassée;

∎ peel off the wallpaper décollez le papier peint;

∎ she cut off her hair elle s'est coupé les cheveux;

∎ could you take two centimetres off? (off sleeves, hemline) est-ce que vous pourriez enlever deux centimètres?;

∎ off with those wet clothes! retire(-moi) ou enlève(-moi) ces vêtements humides!;

∎ off with his head! coupez-lui la tête!

(b) (indicating departure)

∎ the truck drove off le camion démarra;

∎ to run off partir en courant;

∎ when are you off to Dublin? quand partez-vous pour Dublin?;

∎ we'd better be off on doit partir;

∎ Sport they're off! ils sont partis!;

∎ familiar I'm off! j'y vais!^□ ;

∎ off you go, you'll be late! sauve-toi ou vas-y, tu vas être en retard!;

∎ off we go! c'est parti!;

∎ off to bed with you! au lit!;

∎ isn't it time you were off to bed? n'est-il pas l'heure que tu ailles te coucher?;

∎ familiar be off with you! va-t'en!^□ ;

∎ (get) off! enlevez-vous de là!;

∎ humorous oh no, he's off again! ça y est, ça le reprend!

(c) (indicating movement away from a surface)

∎ the ball hit the wall and bounced off la balle a heurté le mur et a rebondi;

∎ I knocked the glass off with my elbow j'ai fait tomber le verre d'un coup de coude

(d) (indicating location)

∎ it's off to the right c'est sur la droite;

∎ she's off playing tennis elle est partie jouer au tennis

(e) (indicating disembarkment, dismounting etc)

∎ to get off descendre;

∎ to jump off sauter

(f) (indicating absence, inactivity)

∎ to take a week off prendre une semaine de congé;

∎ Monday's my day off le lundi est mon jour de congé;

∎ have you any time off during the week? avez-vous des heures libres pendant la semaine?;

∎ I get two hours off for lunch j'ai deux heures de libres pour le déjeuner

(g) (indicating distance in time or space)

∎ Paris/Christmas is still a long way off Paris/Noël est encore loin;

∎ it's a few miles off c'est à quelques kilomètres d'ici

(h) Theatre off;

∎ voice off voix f off;

∎ noises/voices off bruits mpl/voix fpl en coulisses

(i) (indicating disconnection)

∎ to put or switch or turn the light off éteindre la lumière;

∎ to turn the tap off fermer le robinet;

∎ leave the lights off n'allume pas

(j) (indicating separation, partition)

∎ the playing area is divided off by a low wall l'aire de jeu est délimitée par un petit mur;

∎ to fence off land clôturer un terrain;

∎ the police have cordoned off the area la police a bouclé le quartier

(k) (indicating price reduction)

∎ special offer: £5 off (sign) offre spéciale: 5 livres de réduction;

∎ the salesman gave me $20/20 percent off le vendeur m'a fait une remise de 20 dollars/20 pour cent

(l) (indicating relief from discomfort)

∎ to sleep/to walk sth off faire passer qch en dormant/marchant

2 preposition

(a) (indicating movement away from) de;

∎ he fell off his chair il est tombé de sa chaise;

∎ she knocked the vase off the table elle a fait tomber le vase de la table;

∎ take your elbows off the table enlève tes coudes de la table;

∎ off the sofa! (don't stand on it) descends du canapé!; (don't sit on it) lève-toi du canapé!;

∎ couples started drifting off the dance floor les couples commencèrent à quitter la piste de danse;

∎ drinks must not be taken off the premises (sign) les boissons doivent être consommées sur place;

∎ figurative it'll take your mind off it ça te changera les idées

(b) (indicating removal) de;

∎ take the top off the bottle enlève le bouchon de la bouteille;

∎ to cut a slice off sth couper une tranche de qch;

∎ I've stripped the wallpaper off the walls j'ai décollé le papier peint des murs;

∎ get that knife off him! prends-lui son couteau!;

∎ off the peg en confection, en prêt-à-porter

(c) (from)

∎ to buy sth off sb acheter qch à qn;

∎ I bought it off a stall je l'ai acheté sur le marché;

∎ can I borrow £5 off you? je peux t'emprunter 5 livres?;

∎ I caught a cold off my brother mon frère m'a passé son rhume

(d) (from the direction of) de;

∎ a cool breeze off the sea une brise fraîche venant du large

(e) (indicating location)

∎ a few miles off the coast à quelques kilomètres de la côte;

∎ off the coast of Spain au large de la côte espagnole;

∎ most students live off campus la plupart des étudiants vivent à l'extérieur du campus;

∎ we ate in a small restaurant off the main road nous avons mangé dans un petit restaurant à l'écart de la grand-route;

∎ the bathroom's off the bedroom la salle de bains donne dans la chambre;

∎ an alley off Oxford Street une ruelle qui part d'Oxford Street;

∎ just off Oxford Street there's a pretty little square à deux pas d'Oxford Street il y a une petite place ravissante

(f) (absent from)

∎ Mr Dale is off work today M. Dale est absent aujourd'hui;

∎ you need a few days off work vous avez besoin de quelques jours de congé;

∎ Wayne's off school with the flu Wayne est à la maison avec la grippe;

∎ I've been off work for over a year now voilà un an que je ne travaille plus

(g) (by means of)

∎ it runs off gas/electricity/solar power ça marche au gaz/à l'électricité/à l'énergie solaire;

∎ the radio works off the mains la radio fonctionne sur secteur

(h) (indicating source of nourishment) de;

∎ to live off vegetables vivre de légumes;

∎ to live off the land vivre (des produits) de la terre;

∎ we dined off a leg of lamb nous avons dîné d'une tranche de gigot

(i) (reduced from)

∎ I can get $20/20 percent off the list price je peux avoir une remise de 20 dollars/20 pour cent sur le prix de vente;

∎ familiar they'll knock or take something off it if you pay cash ils vous feront une remise si vous payez en liquide^□ ;

∎ that's 2 seconds off the record c'est 2 secondes de moins que le record

(j) familiar (no longer wanting or needing)

∎ to be off one's food ne pas avoir faim^□ ;

∎ I'm off whisky je n'aime plus le whisky^□ ;

∎ I'm off him at the moment j'en ai marre de lui en ce moment;

∎ she's off antibiotics now elle ne prend plus d'antibiotiques maintenant^□ ;

∎ he's off heroin now il ne touche plus à l'héroïne maintenant^□

3 adjective

(a) (not working → electricity, light, radio, TV) éteint; (→ tap) fermé; (→ engine, machine) arrêté, à l'arrêt; (→ handbrake) desserré;

∎ the gas is off (at mains) le gaz est fermé; (under saucepan) le gaz est éteint; (for safety reasons) le gaz est coupé;

∎ off (on switch, appliance) arrêt;

∎ make sure the switches are in the off position vérifiez que les interrupteurs sont sur (la position) arrêt;

∎ the off button le bouton d'arrêt

(b) (bad, tainted) mauvais, avarié;

∎ the milk is off le lait a tourné;

∎ this beer's off cette bière est éventée;

∎ it smells/tastes off on dirait que ce n'est plus bon

(c) (cancelled) annulé;

∎ tonight's match is off le match de ce soir est annulé;

∎ if that's your attitude, the deal's off! si c'est comme ça que vous le prenez, ma proposition ne tient plus!

(d) (on vacation, not working) en congé, en vacances;

∎ to be off sick être absent parce qu'on est malade, être malade;

∎ he's off today il n'est pas là aujourd'hui;

∎ are you off tomorrow? tu travailles demain?; (no school) tu (n')as (pas d')école demain?; (no college) tu (n')as (pas) cours demain?;

∎ I'm off from 3 to 5 je ne travaille pas entre 3 et 5 heures

(e) British (not available)

∎ I'm afraid the salmon's off je regrette, mais il n'y a plus de saumon

(f) (unwell)

∎ I felt decidedly off the next morning le lendemain matin, je ne me sentais vraiment pas bien;

∎ everyone has their off days on a tous nos mauvais jours

(g) (inaccurate)

∎ his timing was a bit off (when he asked for a rise etc) il n'a pas choisi un très bon moment

(h) familiar (unacceptable)

∎ that's a bit off! vous y allez un peu fort!;

∎ I thought it was a bit off the way she just ignored me je n'ai pas apprécié qu'elle m'ignore comme ça^□

(i) British Cars (when driving on right) (du côté) gauche; (when driving on left) (du côté) droit

(j) (having a certain amount of)

∎ how are we off for milk? combien de lait nous reste-t-il?

4 noun

familiar (start) départ^□ m;

∎ they're ready for the off ils sont prêts à partir^□ ;

∎ right from the off dès le départ

5 transitive verb

American familiar (kill) buter, refroidir, zigouiller

6 off chance noun

∎ on the off chance au cas où, à tout hasard;

∎ I called by just on the off chance je suis passé au cas où ou à tout hasard;

∎ I phoned on the off chance of catching him at home j'ai appelé en espérant qu'il serait chez lui;

∎ she kept it on the off chance (that) it might prove useful elle l'a gardé pour le cas où cela pourrait servir

7 off and on adverb

par intervalles;

∎ we lived together off and on for three years on a plus ou moins vécu ensemble pendant trois ans

►► Cinema & Television off camera hors champ, off;

British off sales = vente à emporter de boissons alcoolisées

— all-blowing method

— analog method

— approximate method

— approximation method

— arresting method

— braking method

— bump method

— calculative method

— calibration method

— calorimetric method

— climb-cruise method

— closed-bomb method

— compensation method

— critical path method

— cut-and-try method

— data reduction method

— datum height method

— displacement method

— double distribution method

— double drift method

— downwash-velocity potential method

— dust-flow method

— dynamic simulation method

— electrical analogue method

— energy method

— engine-shutdown method

— equal altitude method

— equisignal zone method

— escape method

— experimental method

— finite element method

— flow superposition method

— flow visualization method

— forecasting method

— free-to-trim method

— freezeout method

— frequency-response method

— general method

— ground-launched rocket method

— guidance method

— high-flying penetration method

— hose-and-drogue method

— hybrid method

— hydraulic analogue method

— inflight refueling method

— injection method

— intercept method

— interferometer method

— inverse method

— IR homing method

— iteration method

— jamming method

— knock rating method

— lattice method

— Mach number method

— meridian altitude method

— method of attributes

— method of characteristics

— mode method

— momentum-transfer method

— Monte-Carlo method

— nondestructive testing method

— orbital injection method

— over-the-shoulder method

— paraglider method

— penetration method

— perturbation method

— phase method

— photometric method

— photothermoelastic method

— polar method

— preflight-test prediction method

— probe-and-drogue method

— pure pursuit method

— recovery method

— remote control method

— root-locus method

— schlieren method

— sensing method

— shadowgraph method

— singularity method

— small disturbances method

— small perturbation method

— smoke method

— solvent method

— solventless method

— source-and-sink method

— spark method

— spectral density method

— spin prevention method

— standardizing performance method

— starting-fluid ignition method

— starting-fuel ignition method

— statistical method

— stereophotogrammetric method

— stern-chase method

— strain energy method

— strain-gauge method

— streamline method

— strip-analysis method

— stroboscope method

— superposition method

— surface indicator method

— surface integral method

— tail-chase method

— test method

— thrust-vectoring method

— transformation method

— traverse method

— traversing method

— trial-and-error method

SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy

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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.

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SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering

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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.

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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.

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