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1 ♦ bearing
♦ bearing (1) /ˈbɛərɪŋ/n.1 [u] connessione; relazione; rapporto; attinenza; influenza; portata: This has no bearing on our topic, questo non ha nessuna attinenza con (o non riguarda) il nostro argomento2 (naut., aeron.) rilevamento: to take a compass bearing, fare un rilevamento alla bussola; relative bearing, rilevamento polare; radio bearing, rilevamento radio; radiorilevamento3 (al pl.) – one's bearings, la propria posizione; l'orientamento: to lose one's bearings, perdere l'orientamento; perdersi; (fig.) confondersi, essere disorientato, perdere la bussola; to get one's bearings, orientarsi ( anche fig.)5 [u] portamento6 condotta; comportamento7 [u] capacità di produrre (o generare): This mare is past bearing, questa cavalla è troppo vecchia per figliare; ( di pianta) to be in bearing, dare frutti; essere produttivo; child-bearing ► childbearing8 (mecc.) cuscinetto; supporto: ball bearing, cuscinetto a sfere; bearing cap, testa supporto del cuscinetto10 (arald.) insegna campita.bearing (2) /ˈbɛərɪŋ/a.1 che porta; portante; che sostiene; di sostegno: (mecc.) bearing axle, assale portante; (edil.) bearing pile, palo portante ( di fondazione); (costr.) bearing plate, piastra d'appoggio; (edil., mecc.) bearing surface, superficie portante; (edil.) bearing timber, trave portante2 (nei composti) che produce; -fero (suff.): fruit-bearing, fruttifero; (fin.) interest-bearing, fruttifero; oil-bearing, petrolifero. -
2 compass
['kʌmpəs] 1.1) bussola f.; mar. bussola f. magnetica, compasso m.2.* * *( noun)1) (an instrument with a magnetized needle, used to find directions: If he had carried a compass he would not have lost his way on the hills.) bussola2) ((in plural) an instrument with two movable legs, for drawing circles etc.) compasso3) (scope or range.) ambito, competenza•* * *compass /ˈkʌmpəs/n.1 bussola: mariner's compass, bussola nautica; the points of the compass, le quarte della bussola; i punti cardinali3 [u] ambito; area; portata; competenza; limite: This is beyond ( o out of) my compass, questo esula dalla mia competenza; within the compass of my knowledge, entro i limiti delle mie cognizioni● (naut.) compass adjustment, compensazione della bussola □ compass bearing, rilevamento alla bussola: to take a compass bearing, fare un rilevamento alla bussola □ (naut.) compass bowl, mortaio della bussola □ (naut.) compass bridge, ponte di comando; plancia □ (naut.) compass card, rosa dei venti; rosa della bussola □ compass compensation = compass adjustment ► sopra □ (naut.) compass corrector, (magnete) compensatore della bussola □ (naut.) compass deviation, deviazione magnetica □ (naut.) compass rose = compass card ► sopra □ (falegn.) compass saw, gattuccio □ compass window, bovindo.(to) compass /ˈkʌmpəs/v. t.1 circondare; cingere3 (leg.) complottare; tramare.* * *['kʌmpəs] 1.1) bussola f.; mar. bussola f. magnetica, compasso m.2. -
3 bearing *** bear·ing n
['bɛərɪŋ]1) (of person) portamento2)bearing (on) — attinenza (con)3) Techball bearings npl — cuscinetti mpl a sfere
4)to take a compass bearing — effettuare un rilevamento con la bussolato get or find one's bearings fig — orientarsi
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