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ex·tend [ɪkʼstend, ekʼ-] vt1) ( stretch out)to \extend sth etw ausstrecken;to \extend one's fingers seine Finger ausstrecken;to \extend a line/ rope eine Leine/ein Seil spannen2) ( prolong)to \extend sth credit, visa etw verlängern3) ( pull out)to \extend sth etw verlängern; ladder, table etw ausziehen; landing gear etw ausfahren; sofa etw ausklappen4) ( expand)to \extend sth etw erweitern [o vergrößern]; influence, business etw ausdehnen [o ausbauen];5) ( increase)to \extend sth etw vergrößern [o verstärken];to \extend public awareness of sth die Öffentlichkeit für etw akk sensibilisieren;6) ( build)to \extend sth [to sth] etw [an etw akk] anbauen;to \extend one's house sein Haus ausbauen;to \extend a road/ track eine Straße/Fahrspur ausbauen7) ( offer)to \extend sth to sb jdm etw erweisen [o zuteilwerden lassen]; credit, protection jdm etw gewähren;to \extend money to sb fin jdm Geld zur Verfügung stellen;to \extend one's thanks to sb jdm seinen Dank aussprechen;to \extend a welcome to sb jdn willkommen heißen8) ( strain)to \extend sb jdn [bis an seine Leistungsgrenze] fordern;1) ( stretch) sich akk erstrecken, sich akk ausdehnen; over period of time sich akk hinziehen ( pej), dauern;the fields \extend into the distance die Felder dehnen sich bis in die Ferne aus;rain is expected to \extend to all parts of the country by this evening bis heute Abend soll der Regen alle Landesteile erreicht haben;the last party \extended throughout the night die letzte Party dauerte die ganze Nacht;to \extend beyond sth über etw akk hinausgehen;to \extend for miles sich akk meilenweit hinziehen2) ( include) sich erstrecken;his concern doesn't \extend as far as actually doing something seine Besorgnis geht nicht so weit, dass er tatsächlich etwas unternimmt -
122 circuit
1) схема; цепь; контур2) линия3) канал4) сеть•- adapter circuit
- adjustment circuit
- alive circuit
- announcing circuit
- anode circuit
- antisidetone circuit
- asynchronous circuit
- automatic reset-data circuit
- automatic ringdown circuit
- automatic start circuit
- auxiliary circuit
- balanced circuit
- balanced-wire circuit
- balancing circuit
- band-switching circuit
- basic circuit
- black-level restoring circuit
- black-level stretch circuit
- bootstrap circuit
- branch circuit
- branched circuit
- bridge antisidetone circuit
- building-out circuit
- built-up circuit
- Buttler circuit
- bypass circuit
- cached circuit
- call circuit
- capacitor-coupled circuit
- capacitor-switched circuit
- capacitor-switching circuit
- central-battery circuit
- chain-type connection circuit
- character generator large-scale integration circuit
- charge-coupled device circuit
- check parity circuit
- checkout circuit
- chrominance matrix circuit
- chrominance separation circuit
- chrominance takeoff circuit
- clamp-on circuit
- closed circuit
- coarse phasing circuit
- coaxial circuit
- coincidence circuit
- color-balance circuit
- color-indexing circuit
- color-purity circuit
- combinational-circuit circuit
- combined-supply circuit
- common-base circuit
- common-battery circuit
- common-collector circuit
- common-drain circuit
- common-emitter circuit
- common-gate circuit
- common-source circuit
- common-user circuit
- communication circuit
- comparing circuit
- compensating antisidetone circuit
- complemental metal-oxide-semiconductor circuit
- composite circuit
- conductor-bundled static wire circuit
- conference circuit
- connecting circuit
- constant-closed circuit
- contactor-relay circuit
- continental circuit
- convergence circuit
- cord circuit
- correcting circuit
- Costas circuit
- counter-coupling circuit
- counting-down circuit
- coupled circuit
- cross-bus matrix circuit
- crossed-waveguide circuit
- cue circuit
- cutoff circuit
- Darlingtone circuit
- data circuit
- data-transmission circuit
- dc restoration circuit
- decoder circuit
- delay circuit
- demodulation circuit
- dial-up circuit
- diamond circuit
- differencing circuit
- differential-frequency circuit
- digital circuit
- digital-excitation circuit
- digital-leased circuit
- diode-clamping circuit
- diode-clipping circuit
- diode-stabilitron circuit
- direct international circuit
- direct-connection circuit
- direct-transit international circuit
- direct-wire circuit
- double half-wave circuit
- double-ended cord circuit
- double-loop circuit
- dual circuit
- earth circuit
- earthed circuit
- echo-absorption circuit
- edge derivation circuit
- electric circuit
- electronic circuit
- elementary circuit
- encoding circuit
- energized circuit
- engineering circuit
- equivalent circuit
- error-subtracting circuit
- external circuit
- fallback circuit
- feed circuit
- feedback circuit
- fiber-optic circuit
- fire-control circuit
- fixed-virtual circuit
- flexible circuit
- flexible-stage circuit
- flywheel circuit
- forked circuit
- four-wire circuit
- frame scanning circuit
- frequency-changing circuit
- frequency-protection circuit
- full-accessible circuit
- full-period allocated circuit
- functional-switching circuit
- gallium-arsenide integrated circuit
- gating circuit
- generating circuit
- Gilbert circuit
- Grets circuit
- grid circuit
- ground-return circuit
- grouping circuit
- half-bridge circuit
- half-wave circuit
- hardened circuit
- head circuit
- HF-correction circuit
- holding circuit
- horizontal deflection circuit
- hybrid circuit
- hypothetical reference circuit
- idle lighting limiting circuit
- inclined adjustment circuit
- incoming circuit
- independent circuit
- inductive circuit
- input circuit
- input-by-output matrix circuit
- inquiry circuit
- integrated circuit
- integrating circuit
- interchange circuit
- interface-integrated circuit
- interferenced circuit
- interferencing circuit
- international leased circuit
- interstage coupling circuit
- invertor circuit
- ISDN echo cancellation circuit
- isochronic circuit
- Jiakoletto circuit
- junction circuit
- Karp circuit
- keep-alive circuit
- key section power circuit
- killer circuit
- ladder circuit
- lamp circuit
- large-scale integration circuit
- latched circuit
- LCR circuit
- lead changeover circuit
- LF-correction circuit
- line circuit
- linear circuit
- link circuit
- live circuit
- local circuit
- lock-in circuit
- locking circuit
- lock-out circuit
- long circuit
- long-distance circuit
- longitudinal circuit
- loop circuit
- lossless resonant circuit
- L-shaped circuit
- magnetic convergence circuit
- main supply circuit
- make circuit
- Marx circuit
- match circuit
- matching circuit
- matrix circuit
- message circuit
- microelectronic circuit
- microphone supply circuit
- multidrop circuit
- multijunctor circuit
- multiloop circuit
- multipoint circuit
- muting circuit
- neodymium magnetic circuit
- neutral circuit
- neutralization circuit
- neutralizing circuit
- noise-rejecting circuit
- noise-suicide circuit
- nonlinear circuit
- NOT circuit
- on-call circuit
- open circuit
- optoelectronic integrated circuit
- OR circuit
- order wire circuits
- OR-ELSE circuit
- oscillating circuit
- oscillation circuit
- output circuit
- output voltage tracking circuit
- packaged circuit
- paging circuit
- parallel circuit
- partially accessible circuit
- peaking circuit
- periodic closed circuit
- phantom circuit
- phase comparating circuit
- phase compensating circuit
- phase-shift circuit
- phase-substitution circuit
- physical circuit
- pilot circuit
- pilot-make-busy circuit
- planar circuit
- point-to-point circuit
- polling circuit
- polyphase circuit
- power circuit
- power-supply circuit
- precision phasing circuit
- primary circuit
- printed circuit
- private leased circuit
- protection circuit
- pulse-phase control circuit
- push-to-talk circuit
- push-to-type circuit
- quenching circuit
- quiet-tuning circuit
- radial supply circuit
- radio circuit
- RC circuit
- reactance control circuit
- reading circuit
- rectification circuit
- reference circuit
- rejecting circuit
- relay cutout circuit
- remote control circuit
- remote-ring circuit
- repeat circuit
- reset circuit
- resonance circuit
- resonant circuit
- reverse circuit
- reverse diode circuit
- ring circuit
- ringing circuit
- sample-and-hold circuit
- scaling circuit
- Scott circuit
- secondary circuit
- section substitution circuit
- selecting circuit
- selective circuit
- self-locked circuit
- series circuit
- series-oscillating circuit
- series-parallel circuit
- series-peaking circuit
- series-tuned circuit
- shaping circuit
- shaved single frequency circuit
- short circuit
- shunt circuit
- shunting circuit
- shunt-peaking circuit
- side circuit
- signal circuit
- signal processing circuit
- signal recovery circuit
- single-current circuit
- single-ended push-pull circuit
- single-frequency resonance circuit
- single-phase bridge circuit
- single-phase circuit
- snap-acting circuit
- solving circuit
- sound-program circuit
- spark-safe circuit
- speech circuit
- speed regulating circuit
- squaring circuit
- stabilizer circuit
- stable circuit
- stage circuit
- stage control circuit
- standard cable circuit
- standard circuit
- standby circuit
- stenode circuit
- storage large-scale integration circuit
- storage locking circuit
- straightforward circuit
- strap magnetic circuit
- strip-line circuit
- super large scale integration circuit
- superimposed circuit
- superposed circuit
- supply circuit
- sweep circuit
- switched circuit
- switching circuit
- symistor control circuit
- synchronous circuit
- tail circuit
- talk-back circuit
- tandem data circuit
- tank circuit
- tapped magnetic circuit
- tapped stage circuit
- telecommunication circuit
- telecommunication-protection circuit
- telegraph circuit
- telegraph grade circuit
- telegraph signal generating circuit
- telephone circuit
- telephone signal generating circuit
- telesignaling receiving circuit
- telesignaling sending circuit
- television circuit
- terminal circuit
- test circuit
- testing circuit
- third circuit
- three-loop circuit
- three-phase input circuit
- three-wire circuit
- through circuit
- thyristor control circuit
- time protection circuit
- time-delay circuit
- time-interval protection circuit
- time-setting circuit
- timing circuit
- toll circuit
- touch sensing circuit
- touch tone dial circuit
- transformer substitution circuit
- transformer-coupled circuit
- transistor clipping circuit
- transistor collector circuit
- transistor control circuit
- transistor protection circuit
- tributary circuit
- triode clamp circuit
- trunk circuit
- T-shaped circuit
- tuned circuit
- twelve-pulse circuit
- two-frequency resonance circuit
- two-loop circuit
- two-wire-ground circuit
- uniform circuit
- unstable circuit
- untapped circuit
- untapped magnetic circuit
- U-shaped circuit
- variometer controlling circuit
- video circuit
- virtual circuit
- voice circuit
- voltage multiplying circuit
- voltage sensor circuit
- watching output circuit
- wideband circuit
- wire circuit
- wired circuitEnglish-Russian dictionary of telecommunications and their abbreviations > circuit
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123 payment
n1) погашение (долга)2) взнос4) pl платежный оборот
- additional payment
- advance payment
- alimony payment
- allowance payment
- amortization payment
- annual payment
- annuity payment
- anticipated payment
- average payment
- back payment
- balloon payment
- benefit payment
- bi-annual payment
- bilateral payments
- bonus payment
- budgetary payments
- cash payment
- cash down payment
- cash payments in advance
- cashless payment
- cheque payment
- clearing payment
- collection payment
- commercial payments
- commission payment
- compensation payment
- compensatory payment
- compulsory payment
- consignment payments
- contractual payments
- contractual termination payments
- coupon payments
- credit payments
- cross-border payments
- currency payments
- current payments
- cyclic interest payment
- debt service payment
- deductible alimony payment
- deferred payment
- delayed payment
- demurrage payment
- direct payment
- direct bonus payment
- direct financial payment
- dividend payment
- dividend payments on equity issues
- down payment
- due payment
- early bird payment
- easy payments
- electronic payments for goods and services
- encouragement payment
- end-of-year payment
- entitlement payment
- excess payment
- exchange payments
- excise payment
- ex gratia payment
- extended payment
- external payments
- extra payment
- facilitation payments
- final payment
- financial payment
- first payment
- fixed payments
- fixed-rate payment
- foreign payment
- franked payments
- freight payment
- full payment
- golden parachute payment
- guarantee payment
- guaranteed payment
- hire payments from leasing of movable property
- housing and communal utilities payments
- immediate payment
- incentive payment
- inclusive payment
- incoming payments
- initial payment
- installment payment
- insufficient payment
- insurance payment
- interest payment
- interim payment
- intermediate payment
- internal payments
- international payments
- irregular payments
- job work payment
- late payment
- lease payment
- licence fee payment
- lump-sum payment
- minimum payment
- monetary payment
- monthly payment
- multilateral payments
- mutual payments
- net payment
- noncash payment
- noncommercial payment
- nontax payment
- obligatory payment
- one-off payment
- one-time payment
- onward payment
- other payments
- outstanding payment
- overdue payment
- overtime payment
- paperless payment
- partial payment
- past due payment
- patent licence payments
- payroll payment
- pension payment
- periodical payments
- preferential payment
- premium payment
- pressing payment
- previous payment
- principal payment
- progress payments
- prolonged payment
- prompt payment
- proportionate payments
- public welfare payments
- punctual payment
- quarter payment
- quarterly payment
- recovering payment
- redundancy payment
- rental payment
- requited payment
- royalty payment
- semi-annual payment
- seniority benefits payment
- separation payment
- settlement payments
- severance payment
- short payment
- sight payment
- single payment
- sinking fund payment
- social payments
- social security payments
- stop payment
- stopped payment
- subsequent payment
- subsidy payment
- successive payments
- sundry payments
- superannuation payments
- supplementary payment
- tax payment
- taxable payments
- terminal payment
- threshold payment
- time payment
- timely payment
- token payment
- transfer payments
- unpaid payment
- unreimbursed payment
- up-front payment
- wage payment
- warranty payment
- weekly payment
- welfare payment
- wrongful payments
- yearly payment
- payment after delivery
- payment against a bank guarantee
- payment against delivery of documents
- payment against dock receipt
- payment against documents
- payment against drafts
- payment against an invoice
- payment against a L/C
- payment against indebtedness
- payment against payment documents
- payment against presentation of documents
- payment against shipping documents
- payment against statement
- payment ahead of schedule
- payment ahead of time
- payment as per tariff
- payment at destination
- payment at sight
- payment before delivery
- payment by acceptance
- payment by cable transfers
- payment by cash
- payment in cash
- payment by cheque
- payment by deliveries of products
- payment by drafts
- payment by the hour
- payment in installments
- payment by installments
- payment by the job
- payment by a L/C
- payment by money transfers
- payment by the piece
- payment by postal transfers
- payment by remittance
- payment by results
- payment by the time
- payment by transfers
- payment for auditing services
- payment for breakage
- payment for carriage of goods
- payment for collection
- payments for credits
- payment for deliveries
- payment for documents
- payment for goods
- payment for honour
- payment for services
- payment for shipments
- payment for technical documentation
- payment forward
- payment for work
- payment from abroad
- payment in advance
- payment in and out of the current account
- payment in anticipation
- payment in arrears
- payment in cash
- payment in clearing currency
- payment in dollars
- payment in due course
- payment in favour of smb
- payment in foreign currency
- payment in full
- payment in gold
- payment in kind
- payment in lieu of vacation
- payment in local currency
- payment in national currency
- payment in part
- payments in settlement
- payment in specie
- payment into an account
- payment into the bank
- payment in total
- payment of an account
- payment of an advance
- payment of an amount
- payment of arrears
- payment of arrears of interest
- payment of an award
- payment of the balance
- payment of a bill
- payment of a bonus
- payment of charges
- payment of charter hire
- payment of a cheque
- payment of claims
- payment of a collection
- payment of a commission
- payment of compensation
- payment of costs
- payment of coupon yield
- payment of customs duties
- payment of damages
- payment of a debt
- payment of demurrage
- payment of a deposit
- payment of dismissal wage
- payment of dispatch
- payment of dividends
- payment of a draft
- payment of dues
- payment of a duty
- payment of expenses
- payment of fees
- payment of a fine
- payment of freight
- payment of gains obtained
- payment of a guarantee sum
- payment of hospital expenses
- payment of an indemnity
- payment of the initial fee
- payment of insurance indemnity
- payment of insurance premium
- payment of interest
- payment of interest on coupons
- payment of interest on deposits
- payment of an invoice
- payment of a margin
- payment of medical expenses
- payment of money
- payment of a note
- payment of past-due interest
- payment of the penalty
- payment of a premium
- payment of principal
- payment of principal and interest
- payment of profits
- payment of property taxes
- payment of remuneration
- payment of restitution
- payment of retention money
- payment of royalty
- payment of salary
- payment of a sum
- payment of taxes
- payment of transportation charges
- payment of unemployment benefits
- payment of wages
- payment on account
- payment on cheque
- payment on a clearing basis
- payment on a collection basis
- payment on a deferred basis
- payment on delivery
- payment on demand
- payment on dividends
- payment on due date
- payment on an invoice
- payment on mortgages
- payment on an open account
- payment on open account billing
- payments on orders
- payment on presentation
- payment on request
- payment on the spot
- payment supra protest
- payment through a bank
- payment through clearing
- payment to the state budget
- payments under a contract
- payments under loans
- failing payment
- in payment
- payment received
- accelerate payment
- accept as payment
- adjust payments
- anticipate payment
- apply for payment
- approve payment
- arrange payment
- authorize payment
- be behind with one's payments
- cease payments
- claim payment
- collect payment
- complete payments
- default on mortgage payments
- defer payment
- delay payment
- demand payment
- do payment
- effect payment
- enforce payment
- exempt from payment
- expedite payment
- fix payment
- forgo payment of a dividend
- forward payment
- fulfil payment
- guarantee payment
- hold up payment
- impose payment
- make payment
- make a cash payment
- miss interest and dividend payments
- negotiate payment of fees
- outlaw payment of bribes
- pass for payment
- postpone payment
- present for payment
- press for payment
- process payment
- prolong payment
- put off payment
- receive payment
- refuse payment
- release from payment
- remit payment
- request payment
- require payment
- reschedule pledged payments
- restructure payments
- resume payments
- secure payment
- settle payments
- speed up payment
- spread payments
- stop payments
- stretch out payments
- suspend payments
- transact payment
- transfer payment
- waive dividend payments
- withhold paymentEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > payment
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126 function
1) функция, действие || функционировать; действовать- essential functions - routine function - safety-related functions2) функциональное назначение; роль- circuit function - intrinsic function - metering function - primary function - robot function - planning function - service function - support function4) функциональный узел ( машины)5) матем. функциональная зависимость, функция- absolutely additive function - absolutely bounded function - absolutely continuous function - absolutely integrable function - absolutely monotone function - absolutely summable function - absolutely symmetric function - almost complex function - almost continuous function - almost convex function - almost everywhere defined function - almost everywhere finite function - almost invariant function - almost periodic function - almost recursive function - almost separably-valued function - almost separating function - almost universal function - analytically independent function - analytically representable function - approximately differentiable function - asymptotically differentiable function - asymptotically finite function - asymptotically uniformly optimal function - bounded below function - cellwise continuous function - circumferentially mean p-valent function - comparison function - complementary error function - complete analytic function - completely additive function - completely computable function - completely monotone function - completely multiplicative function - completely productive function - completely subadditive function - completely symmetrical function - completely undefined function - complex hyperbolic function - conditional risk function - countably multiplicative function - countably valued function - covariant function - cumulative distribution function - cumulative frequency function - deficiency function - double limit function - doubly periodic function - doubly recursive function - effectively computable function - effectively constant function - effectively decidable function - effectively variable function - elementarily symmetric function - entire function of maximum type - entire function of mean type - entire function of potential type - entire function of zero type - entire rational function - essentially increasing function - essentially integrable function - essentially real function - essentially smooth function - everywhere differentiable function - everywhere smooth function - expansible function - explicitly definable function - exponentially convex function - exponentially decreasing function - exponentially increasing function - exponentially multiplicative function - exponentially vanishing function - finitely mean valent function - finitely measurable function - function of appropriate behavior - function of bounded characteristic - function of bounded type - function of bounded variation - function of complex variable - function of exponential type - function of finite genus - function of finite variation - function of fractional order - function of infinite type - function of integral order - function of maximal type - function of minimal type - function of mixed variables - function of normal type - function of number theory - function of one variable - function of rapid descent - function of rapid growth - function of real variable - general universal function - geometric carrier function - implicitly definable function - incomplete dibeta function - incomplete gamma function - incomplete tribeta function - incompletely defined function - inductively defined function - inductively integrable function - infinitely divisible function - infinitely many-valued function - integral logarithmic function - inverse trigonometric function - inverted beta function - iterative function - joint correlation function - joint density function - linearly separable function - locally bounded function - locally constant function - locally holomorphic function - locally homogeneous function - locally integrable function - locally negligible function - locally regular function - locally summable function - logarithmic generating function - logarithmic integral function - logarithmically infinite function - logarithmically plurisubharmonic function - logarithmically subharmonic function - lower semicontinuous function - monotone non-decreasing function - monotone non-increasing function - multiply periodic function - multiply recursive function - negative definite function - negative infinite function - nontangentially bounded function - normalized function - normed function - nowhere continuous function - nowhere differentiable function - nowhere monotonic function - n-times differentiable function - n-tuply periodic function - numeralwise expressible function - numeralwise representable function - numerical function - numerically valued function - oblate spheroidal function - operating characteristic function - optimal policy function - parametrically definable function - partially symmetric function - piecewise constant function - piecewise continuously differentiable function - piecewise linear function - piecewise monotonic function - piecewise polynomial function - piecewise quadratic function - piecewise regular function - piecewise smooth function - pointwise approximated function - positive homogeneous function - positive infinite function - positive monotone function - positive monotonic function - positive semidefinite function - potentially calculable function - potentially recursive function - power series function - probability generating function - quadratically summable function - rapidly damped function - rapidly decreasing function - rapidly oscillatory function - recursively continuous function - recursively convergent function - recursively defined function - recursively differentiable function - recursively divergent function - recursively extensible function - relative distribution function - relative frequency function - representing function - reproducing kernel function - residual function - residue function - scalarwise integrable function - scalarwise measurable function - sectionally smooth function - simply periodic function - singly recursive function - slowly increasing function - slowly oscillating function - slowly varying function - smoothly varying function - solid spherical harmonic function - solid zonal harmonic function - steadily increasing function - stopped random function - strictly convex function - strictly decreasing function - strictly increasing function - strictly integrable function - strictly monotone function - strongly differentiable function - strongly holomorphic function - strongly integrable function - strongly measurable function - strongly plurisubharmonic function - totally additive function - totally continuous function - totally measurable function - totally multiplicative function - totally positive function - triangular function - uniformly best decision function - uniformly bounded function - uniformly definable function - uniformly differentiable function - uniformly homotopic function - uniformly integrable function - uniformly limited function - uniformly measurable function - uniformly smooth function - unit step function - unitary divisor function - upper measurable function - upper semicontinuous function - weakly analytic function - weakly continuous function - weakly differentiable function - weakly holomorphic function - weakly measurable function - weakly singular function - weighted random functiondomain of a function — область определения функции, область изменения независимой переменной
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127 space
1. n протяжённость; площадь; пространство, пределы2. n место3. n космос, космическое пространство4. n расстояние, промежуток, интервал5. n интервалspace code — код интервала; код пробела
6. n период времени, промежуток времениa space of three years — промежуток времени в три года, трёхлетний период
too short a space between arrival and departure — слишком короткий промежуток между приездом и отъездом
space out — растягивать; увеличивать промежутки
7. n место в газете, газетная площадь8. n время для выступления по телевидениюhead space — верхнее поле, головка
9. n сл. место в жизни; жизньshe liked the space he was in — ей нравилось положение, которое он занимал
bin space — полезное место; ёмкость
10. n мат. поле11. n мат. пространство12. n полигр. шпация, пробельный материалspace line — линейка, шпон; пробельная строка
13. n амер. место в общественном транспорте14. n амер. место или места в пассажирском самолёте15. a космическийthe space age — космический век, космическая эра
space communication — космическая связь, связь в космосе
16. a относящийся к пространству, пространственный; трёхмерный17. v оставлять промежутки; расставлять с промежуткамиto space families — иметь детей с промежутками в несколько лет; планировать семью
18. v полигр. набирать вразрядкуto space out — набирать вразрядку; разгонять строку
19. v делать пропуски, оставлять пустые местаСинонимический ряд:1. off-planet (adj.) alien; exobiological; extraterrestrial; galactic; interplanetary; interstellar; off-planet; space-age; unearthly2. berth (noun) berth; seat; spot3. infinite distance (noun) cosmos; countless galaxies; galaxy; illimitable distance; infinite distance; infinity; interstellar space; limitless void; outer space; universe4. room (noun) amplitude; area; breadth; chasm; distance; expanse; expansion; gap; hiatus; range; room; spread5. time (noun) bit; extent; interval; period; season; span; spell; stage; stretch; time; while6. range (verb) align; apportion; arrange; keep apart; line up; organise; organize; place; range; separate; set at intervals; spreadАнтонимический ряд:closeness; crowd; disorder -
128 Shaw, Percy
[br]b. 1889 Yorkshire, England d. 1975[br]English inventor of the "catseye" reflecting roadstud.[br]Little is known of Shaw's youth, but in the 1930s he was running a comparatively successful business repairing roads. One evening in 1933, he was driving to his home in Halifax, West Yorkshire; it was late, dark and foggy and only the reflection of his headlights from the tram-tracks guided him and kept him on the road. He decided to find or make an alternative to tramlines, which were not universal and by that time were being taken up as trams were being replaced with diesel buses.Shaw needed a place to work and bought the old Boothtown Mansion, a cloth-merchant's house built in the mid-eighteenth century. There he devoted himself to the production of a prototype of the reflecting roadstud, inspired by the reflective nature of a cat's eyes. Shaw's design consisted of a prism backed by an aluminium mirror, set in pairs in a rubber casing; when traffic passed over the stud, the prisms would be wiped clean as the casing was depressed. In 1934, Shaw obtained permission from the county surveyor to lay, at his own expense, a short stretch of catseyes on a main highway near his home: fifty were laid at Brightlington cross-roads, an accident blackspot near Bradford. This was inspected by a number of surveyors in 1936. The first order for catseyes had already been placed in 1935, for a pedestrian crossing in Baldon, Yorkshire. There were alternative designs in existence, particularly in France, and in 1937 the Ministry of Transport laid an 8 km (5 mile) stretch in Oxfordshire with sample lengths of different types of studs. After two years, most of them had fractured, become displaced or ceased to reflect; only the product of Shaw's company, Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd, was still in perfect condition. The outbreak of the Second World War brought blackout regulations, which caused a great boost to sales of reflecting roadstuds; orders reached some 40,000 per week. Production was limited, however, due to the shortage of rubber supplies after the Japanese overran South-East Asia; until the end of the war, only about 12,000 catseyes were produced a year.Over fifty million catseyes have been installed in Britain, where on average there are about two hundred and fifty catseyes in each kilometre of road, if laid in a single line. The success of Shaw's invention brought him great wealth, although he continued to live in the same house, without curtains—which obstructed his view—or carpets—which harboured odours and germs. He had three Rolls-Royce cars, and four television sets which were permanently switched on while he was at home, each tuned to a different channel.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsOBE 1965.Further ReadingE.de Bono (ed.), 1979, Eureka, London: Thames \& Hudson."Percy's bright idea", En Route (the magazine of the Caravan Club), reprinted in The Police Review, 23 March 1983.IMcN
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