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1 spherical curvature
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2 spherical curvature
Математика: сферическая кривизна -
3 spherical curvature
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4 curvature
1) закругление, изгиб, искривление2) изогнутость, кривизна3) геол. курватура, линия изгиба• -
5 сферическая кривизна
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > сферическая кривизна
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6 shell
1) здание без отделки, остов здания; каркас2) оболочка3) слой, обшивка4) раковина; скорлупа5) кожух•- shell of tank - anisotropic shell - arched shell - barrel vault shell - closed shell - cloth shell - composite shell - concave shell - concave-convex shell - convex shell - cylindrical shell - cylindrical concrete shell - depressed shell - double-curvature shell - extra-thin shell - filter shell - flexible shell - guy shell - hypar shell - inner shell - large-span shell - negative curvature shell - non-uniform shell - parabolic shell - pipe shell - pump shell - short cylindrical shell - spherical shell - suspension shell - tank shell - thick shell - thin shell - transformable shell - translation shell - translational shell - variable section shell - vaulted shell* * *1. оболочка; свод2. остов, каркас3. раковина; скорлупа; кожура4. слой; обшивка5. обечайка- shell of double curvature
- shell of negative Gaussian curvature
- shell of negative curvature
- shell of positive Gaussian curvature
- shell of positive curvature
- shell of revolution
- shell of single curvature
- shell of zero curvature
- angular shell
- arched shell
- arch shell
- band shell
- barrel-vault shell
- basket shell
- cast-in-place concrete shell
- circular cylindrical shell
- circular vault shell
- closed shell
- cone shell
- conoidal shell
- curved shell
- cylinder shell
- cylindrical shell
- dome shell
- elliptical-paraboloid shell
- face shell
- free-form shell
- hypar shell
- hyperbolic shell
- hyperbolic-paraboloid shell
- imperfect shell
- membrane shell
- moment-free shell
- north-light shell
- outer shell
- parabolic shell
- perfect shell
- pipe shell
- rotational shell
- segmental shell
- semicircular shell
- shallow shell
- spherical shell
- spherical shell with imperfections
- structural shell
- tank shell
- toroidal shell
- translational shell
- translation shell
- umbrella-type shell
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7 shell
- shell
- n1. оболочка; свод
2. остов, каркас
3. раковина; скорлупа; кожура
4. слой; обшивка
5. обечайка
- shell of double curvature
- shell of negative Gaussian curvature
- shell of negative curvature
- shell of positive Gaussian curvature
- shell of positive curvature
- shell of revolution
- shell of single curvature
- shell of zero curvature
- angular shell
- arched shell
- arch shell
- band shell
- barrel-vault shell
- basket shell
- cast-in-place concrete shell
- circular cylindrical shell
- circular vault shell
- closed shell
- cone shell
- conoidal shell
- curved shell
- cylinder shell
- cylindrical shell
- dome shell
- elliptical-paraboloid shell
- face shell
- free-form shell
- hypar shell
- hyperbolic shell
- hyperbolic-paraboloid shell
- imperfect shell
- membrane shell
- moment-free shell
- north-light shell
- outer shell
- parabolic shell
- perfect shell
- pipe shell
- rotational shell
- segmental shell
- semicircular shell
- shallow shell
- spherical shell
- spherical shell with imperfections
- structural shell
- tank shell
- toroidal shell
- translational shell
- translation shell
- umbrella-type shell
- umbrella shell
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
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8 radius
- associated radius of convergence - discharge radius of excavator - effective earth's radius - radius of a circumscribed circle - radius of a geodesic curvature - radius of a geodesic torsion - radius of a principal curvature - radius of a total curvature - radius of a turning circle - short radius of a regular polygon -
9 surface
1) надпочвенный2) наземный3) поверхность || поверхностный; приповерхностный4) горн. дневная поверхность5) площадь; покрытие•- assembly datum surface - bivariate normal surface - completely ramified surface - double curved surface - double ruled surface - heat exchange surface - heat transfer surface - locally polyhedral surface - semilocally one-connected surface - surface of constant width - surface of negative curvature - surface of nonnegative curvature - surface of parabolic type - surface of positive total curvature - surface of zeroth kind -
10 tensor
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11 line
1) линия; черта || проводить линию; линовать2) строка; строчка3) геом. прямая4) конвейер; технологическая линия; поточная линия5) канат; трос; мор. линь6) трубопровод || прокладывать трубопровод7) футеровка; кладка || футеровать; выкладывать8) облицовка || облицовывать9) геом. ось10) очередь, хвост11) ряд; серия; линия; партия ( изделий)12) контур; очертания13) линия (связи)15) рельсовый путь16) горн. отвес ( для направления выработок)17) короткое письмо18) соосный || располагать соосно•in line — на одной линии; совмещённый; совпадающий
in line with — в соответствии с; согласующийся с
in straight lines — мат. прямолинейно
in the line of — в направлении, по направлению, вдоль, по линии
line tangent to — геом. касательная к
no lines — телефон. все линии заняты ( служебный сигнал)
plotted as a line — мат. выраженный [представленный] линией ( о функциональной зависимости)
to line up on approach lights — авиац. выходить на огни
to produce a line — геом. построить линию
to seize a line — телефон. занимать линию
- absorption spectral line - coaxial supply line - coaxial transmission lineto take in line — полигр. вгонять строку
- cut line- die line- downstream water line- end line- line of constant rotation - line of equal probability - multischedule private line - numerical line - projective line - properly parallel lines - real number line - section line - water-oil interface line - waveguide transmission line -
12 space
1) интервал, промежуток2) пробел || оставлять пробелы3) область; площадь4) пространство || пространственный5) космос, космическое пространство6) полость7) расстояние•- absolutely compact space - absolutely embedded space - absolutely thick space - algebraically parallel space - almost complex space - almost expandable space - almost isomorphic space - almost metric space - almost nonsingular space - almost paracompact space - almost pretopological space - analytically ramified covering space - arcwise connected space - centrally harmonic space - compactly ordered space - completely continuous space - completely degenerate space - completely disconnected space - completely harmonic space - completely metric space - completely normal space - completely reducible space - completely regular space - completely reticulated space - completely separable space - completely separated space - completely symmetric space - completely uniformizable space - constant curvature space - continuous sample space - continuously ordered space - contractible in itself space - countably compactifiable space - countably dimensional space - countably generated space - countably infinite space - countably metacompact space - countably multinormed space - countably normed space - countably paracompact space - countably refinable space - countably subcompact space - finitely productive space - finitely sheeted space - finitely triangulated space - fully normal space - general metrizable space - general topological space - global analytic space - globally symmetric space - hereditarily normal space - hereditarily paracompact space - hereditarily separable space - hereditarily symmetric space - holomorphic tangent space - holomorphically complete space - holomorphically convex space - homotopy associative space - iterated loop space - linearly connected space - linearly ordered space - linearly topologized space - load space - locally bounded space - locally closed space - locally compact space - locally complete space - locally connected space - locally contractible space - locally convex space - locally directed space - locally fine space - locally holomorphic space - locally homogeneous space - locally hyperbolic space - locally linear space - locally metrizable space - locally ringed space - locally separable space - locally simply connected space - locally solid space - locally spherical space - locally star-shaped space - locally symmetric space - locally timelike space - locally triangulable space - monotonically normal space - naturally isomorphic space - naturally ordered space - naturally reductive space - nearly paracompact space - negative metric space - normally separated space - not simply connected space - nowhere connected space - null space of linear transformation - n-way projective space - perfectly normal space - perfectly regular space - perfectly screenable space - perfectly separable space - peripherically bicompact space - peripherically compact space - pointwise paracompact space - projectively metric space - quaternion hyperbolic space - quaternion projective space - quaternion vector space - regularly ordered space - relatively discrete space - relatively strong space - sequentially closed space - sequentially compact space - sequentially complete space - sequentially quasicomplete space - sequentially separable space - simply ordered space - simply partitionable space - space of affine connectedness - space of complex homomorphisms - space of continuous functions - space of finite measure - space of linear interpolation - space of right cosets - space of scalar curvature - strongly bounded space - strongly closed space - strongly compact space - strongly complete space - strongly irreducible space - strongly normal space - strongly normed space - strongly paracompact space - strongly pseudocompact space - strongly pseudometrizable space - strongly rigid space - strongly screenable space - structural space - structure space - topologically complete space - totally disconnected space - totally geodesic space - totally imperfect space - totally normal space - totally orderable space - totally ordered space - water jacket space - weakly closed space - weakly compact space - weakly complete space - weakly covering space - weakly dense space - weakly favorable space - weakly n-dimensional space - weakly paracompact space - weakly regular space - weakly separable space - weakly symmetric spaceto space out — полигр. набирать вразрядку
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13 shell
1) оболочка2) остов, каркас4) слой || отслаиваться7) плена, чешуйка, закат ( дефект проката); корка ( на слитке)10) вкладыш ( подшипника)11) эл. броня12) юбка изолятора13) процессор командного языка, командный процессор15) полигр. гальваноотложение16) швейн. основной [верхний\] материал изделия17) верхняя одежда без подкладки; верхняя одежда с отстёгивающейся подкладкой19) шелуха, лузга || шелушить, лущить; обрушивать ( семена)•-
barrel shell
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bit reaming shell
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body shell
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bowl shell
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brass shell
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buffer shell
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commutator shell
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composite shell
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containment shell
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copper shell
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cylindrical shell
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doubly curved shell
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downstream shell
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electrode shell
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electron shell
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entry shell
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expansion shell
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filter shell
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groove-free bearing shell
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guy shell
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hypar shell
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ingot shell
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insert shell of diagonal brace
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insulator shell
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ion shell
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large-span shell
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lens shell
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multibarrel shell
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negative curvature shell
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pile shell
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pipe shell
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plasma shell
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positive curvature shell
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refrigerant shell
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rotational shell
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sandwich shell
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seal shell
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shell of revolution
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spherical shell
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tank shell
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thin shell
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translational shell
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tube shell
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ungrooved bearing shell
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upstream shell -
14 center
1) центр, середина || помещать(ся) в центре2) машиностр. центровое отверстие3) центрировать5) мн. ч. строит. кружала6) сердцевина7) ядро8) мн. ч. межцентровое расстояние9) центр(альное учреждение); узел•out of center — вне центра;to mount off center — устанавливать со смещением от центра или с эксцентриситетом;to mount on center — устанавливать по центру;-
acceptor center
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administrative support center
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aerodynamic center
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air communication center
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air traffic control center
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aircrew training center
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all-digital center
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arch centers
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area communication center
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area control center
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array phase center
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ATC machining center
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auxiliary signal center
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back center
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band center
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broadcast center
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cage window center
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card center
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catalytic center
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center of action
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center of area
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center of attack
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center of beacon
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center of buoyancy
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center of curvature
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center of displacement
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center of equilibrium
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center of figure
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center of flotation
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center of force
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center of gravity
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center of gyration
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center of inertia center
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center of oscillation
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center of percussion
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center of pressure
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center of projection
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center of rotation
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center of similitude
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center of symmetry
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center of twist
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center of vibration
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center of vision
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center of volume
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central tracking center
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channel switching center
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charge center
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civic center
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collecting center
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color center
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color-triad center
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communications center
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communication center
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computation center
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computer center
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computing center
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control center
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copy center
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corrosion center
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data processing center
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dead center
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defect center
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deflection center
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development center
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dislocation center
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distant space radio center
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distribution center
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donor center
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dubbing center
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electric center
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exterior center
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fan center
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F-center
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field fleet center
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flexural center
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flight information center
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flood forecasting center
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grain-handling center
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grain center
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grinding center
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headstock center
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ice forecasting center
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impurity center
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ingot center
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inner dead center
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inner race spherical center
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instantaneous center of rotation
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instantaneous center
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intermediate switching center
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junction center
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laser machining center
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latent-image center
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liquid petroleum gas packaging center
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load center
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lower center
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machining center
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mechanical center
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medical center
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message-switching center
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moment center
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motion-picture service center
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multipfatform space center
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network production center
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network center
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nucleating center
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operator-controlled machining center
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outer dead center
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outer race spherical center
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phase center
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plywood center
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power center
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precision turning center
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preparation center
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production television center
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program production center
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programming center
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radiator center
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recombination center
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reduction center
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reduction sensitization centers
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regional production center
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relay center
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rescue center
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rescue coordination center
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rivet center
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roll center
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sanitation center
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satellite information center
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service center
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shear center
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sheet-metal machining center
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signal center
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single machining center
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single-platform space center
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small manufacturing center
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solidification center
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strain center
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studio center
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supporting communication center
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surface development center
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switching center
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tailstock center
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tail center
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telescopic centers
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television broadcasting center
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television center
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thermal center
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tilt center
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toll center
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tool management center
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tool storage center
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top dead center
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track center
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traffic control center
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transmission center
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trapping center
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truck centers
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turning center
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turning/milling center
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underground center
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unmanned machining center
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versatile production center
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video tape replay center
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visual center
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VTR center
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wheel center
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word processing center
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work center -
15 center
1) центр; середина || центрировать; устанавливать в среднем положении || центральный; средний2) центровое отверстие || центровать, зацентровывать3) многоцелевой станок, обрабатывающий центр4) вычислительный центр; центр подготовки УП, центр автоматизированной подготовки УП6) кернер7) центр, станочный центр8) сердцевина, ядро; средняя часть; средний слой ( многослойного материала)•- 5-face machining centeron center — установленный по оси, установленный по центру
- AC and ATC machining center
- AC center
- acceleration center
- adaptive control machining center
- antifriction center
- area control center
- arm center
- assembly center
- automatic control operation center
- automatic switching center
- AWT machining center
- back center
- ball bearing center
- bar-chucking and shaft-turning center
- bar-machining center
- bench centers
- blanking center
- bore/mill center
- branch information center
- bridge-type machining center
- CAD center
- cage center
- cage window center
- cantilever measuring center
- case center
- cell-configuration machining center
- center of acceleration
- center of action
- center of cross force
- center of curvature
- center of gravity
- center of lateral pressure
- center of lateral resistance
- center of lift
- center of mass
- center of oscillation
- center of pressure
- center of protected type
- center of resistance
- center of roll
- center of rotation
- center of system of parallel forces
- center of thrust
- chucking center
- circular part processing center
- CNC fabrication center
- CNC machining center
- CNC measuring center
- CNC micromachining center
- CNC plate-fabrication center
- CNC turning center
- combination grinding/machining center
- command center
- computation center
- computer center
- computer gage center
- computer graphics center
- computer numerically controlled machining center
- computer-aided design center
- computer-assisted instruction center
- computing center
- cone center
- control center
- coordinate inspection center
- cutting center
- data acquisition and processing center
- data center
- data distribution center
- data gathering center
- data processing center
- dead center
- decision center
- departmental STI center
- departmental test center
- departmental testing center
- direct numerically controlled machining center
- dispersion center
- DNC center
- DNC machining center
- DNC-controlled machining center
- documentation center
- double turning center
- drill and tapping center
- drill/mill center
- drilling and milling center
- drilling and tapping center
- drilling center
- drive center
- electrical discharge machining center
- elevating center
- end driver center
- extensible centers
- fabrication center
- fault-finding center
- five-face machining center
- five-side machining center
- fixed center
- fixed-column machining center
- flame-cutting center
- flexible inspection center
- flexible machining center
- flexible milling machine center
- flexible turning center
- flexural center
- floating center
- floor-type machining center
- foot stock center
- gantry-loaded turning center
- gear center
- gear cutting center
- gear inspection center
- gear measuring center
- grasping center
- grinder work center
- grinding center
- half center
- head center
- head-changing machining center
- headstock center
- high-precision machining center
- high-speed machining center
- high-technology machining center
- hollow center
- honeycomb center
- horizontal axis machining center
- horizontal machining center
- horizontal-spindle machining center
- hydraulic center
- impurity center
- index center
- information analysis center
- information center
- inner race spherical center
- instantaneous acceleration center
- instantaneous center of rotation
- instantaneous center
- instantaneous velocity center
- integrated data processing center
- integrated metrology center
- integrated production center
- internal center
- jig boring center
- jig-borer-class center
- knee-type machining center
- laser center
- laser cutting center
- laser extended machining center
- laser machining center
- laser/punch center
- laser-beam center
- lathe center
- lift center
- live center
- load center
- low-speed/heavy duty machining center
- machine center
- machining center
- magnetic center
- mass center
- measuring center
- micromachining center
- mill/turn center
- mill/turning center
- mill-drive turning center
- milling and drilling center
- milling center
- milling machine center
- milling/drilling center
- milling, turning and boring center
- milling-turning center
- moment center
- movable centers
- moving-column machining center
- moving-column/fixed table center
- multifunction machining center
- multipallet machining center
- multipurpose machining center
- NC milling machine center
- NC turning center
- nondimensioned circle center
- operator-controlled machining center
- operator-programmed center
- outer race spherical center
- pallet changer machining center
- part-processing center
- parts-programming center
- pipe center
- plasma-arc burning center
- plate center
- plate-processing center
- point-to-point machining center
- pool-fed machining center
- positioning center
- pot center
- precision machining center
- precision turning center
- processing center
- production machining center
- production turning center
- profiling center
- programming center
- punching and folding center
- punching and nibbing center
- quality control center
- quill-type machining center
- ram-type machining center
- random nucleation centers
- regional information center
- reinforced center
- revolving center
- revolving dead center
- robot center
- robot/machining center
- robotic center
- robotic inspection center
- robotic welding center
- rotary transfer machining center
- rotating center
- running center
- saw/centering center
- sawing center
- serrated drive center
- shaft-and-chucking turning center
- shaft-measuring center
- sharpening center
- sheet metal machining center
- sine centers
- single-column vertical machining center
- single-machining center
- single-pallet machining center
- slant turn mill center
- slideway grinding center
- slotted center
- slotting/shaping/machining center
- small manufacturing center
- small-envelope machining center
- small-part turning center
- software machining center
- spring loaded center
- state test center
- state testing center
- stationary center
- steel/titanium machining center
- strain center
- subspindle turning center
- subspindle-equipped turning center
- super-accurate machining center
- support center
- suspension center
- Swiss-style turning center
- table-type machining center
- tail center
- tailstock center
- tap-drive machining center
- tapping center
- test center
- thermal machining center
- thrust center
- tool management center
- tool preset center
- tool storage center
- tool-setting center
- tooth bearing center
- track centers
- transfer center
- transfer-line-ready machining center
- traveling column machining center
- traveling-type machining center
- triangular center
- turbine blade machining center
- turn-broach center
- turning center
- turning/boring center
- turning/boring/milling center
- turning/milling/grinding center
- turning-and-chucking center
- turning-and-machining center
- turn-mill center
- turret-type machining center
- twin opposed spindle turning center
- twin-head turning center
- unmanned machining center
- unmanned manufacturing center
- VBM machining center
- versatile production center
- vertical machining center
- vertical spindle machining center
- vertical turning center
- vertical turret machining center
- vertical/horizontal machining center
- vertical-axis machining center
- welding center
- work center
- working center
- zero-rpm centerEnglish-Russian dictionary of mechanical engineering and automation > center
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16 domain
1) владение, имение2) территория, зона3) физ. домен4) область, сфера5) матем. область определения6) область, домен• -
17 cone
1) конус; коническая поверхность || конусообразный, конический2) диффузор3) воронка7) метал. конусная головка ( разматывателя рулонов)8) купол ( доменной печи)10) конус ( баллона ЭЛТ)11) внутреннее кольцо ( подшипника качения)13) ступенчатый шкив•-
acceptance cone
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addendum cone
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atomizer cone
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belt cone
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brake cone
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buffing cone
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chance cone
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charging cone
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cheese cone
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circular cone
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clutch cone
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commutator cone
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cone of curvature
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cone of friction
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cone of gears
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cone of protection
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cone of revolution
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cone of silence
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cone of static friction
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crushing cone
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curvilinear cone
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cutter cone
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dedendum cone
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delivery cone
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desliming cone
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dewatering cone
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diamond cone
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director cone
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divergent cone
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drawing cone
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drone cone
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equilateral cone
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face cone
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female cone
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filter cone
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floating cone
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fracture cone
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friction cone
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fuselage nose cone
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fusible cone
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gas cone
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generating cone
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grinding cone
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injector cone
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light cone
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loudspeaker cone
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male cone
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mixing cone
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nose cone
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oblique cone
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Orton cone
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pearling cone
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pineapple cone
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pitch cone
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polishing cone
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pyrometric cone
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receiving cone
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right cone
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rolling cone
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root cone
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Seger cone
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self-cleaning cones
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separating cone
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settling cone
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sink-float cone
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slave cone
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spherical cone
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split cones
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spray cone
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stepped drawing cone
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straight cone
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tangent cone
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thickening cone
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truncated cone
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valve cone
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vortex cone
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water cone
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whitening cone
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wind cone
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winder cone -
18 indicatrix
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spherical indicatrix -
19 method
1) метод; приём; способ2) методика3) технология4) система•- accelerated strength testing method-
benching method-
bullhead well control method-
electrical-surveying method-
electromagnetic surveying method-
long-wire transmitter method-
operational method-
rule of thumb method-
straight flange method of rolling beams-
symbolical method-
tee-test method-
testing method-
triangulation method-
value-iteration method -
20 earth
1) земля
2) земляной
3) земляный
4) земной
5) земельный
6) минеральный
7) горный
– compact earth
– curvature of the Earth
– diatomaceous earth
– earth auger
– earth bar
– earth core
– earth embankment
– earth location
– earth mantle
– earth reservoir
– earth resources
– earth return
– Earth satellite
– earth station
– earth storage
– earth system
– earth to the frame
– earth wax
– fuller's earth
– move earth
– of the earth
– tamp earth
– voltage to earth
artificial earth satellite — <cosm.> спутник Земли искусственный
plane earth factor — < radio> коэффициент плоской земли
spherical earth factor — < radio> коэффициент шарообразной Земли
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