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41 Philosophy
And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive ScienceIn the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- ControlIn his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy
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42 steep
I sti:p adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.)2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!)•- steeply
II sti:p(to soak thoroughly.)steep adj empinado / de mucha pendientetr[stiːp]1 (hill, slope, stairs) empinado,-a; (rise, drop) abrupto,-a, brusco,-a■ they charged me £100 - that's a bit steep! me cobraron £100 - ¡eso es un poco excesivo!————————tr[stiːp]1 (fruit) macerarse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be steeped in something figurative use estar empapado,-a de algosteep ['sti:p] vt: remojar, dejar (té, etc.) en infusiónsteep adj1) : empinado, escarpadoa steep cliff: un precipicio escarpado2) considerable: considerable, marcado3) excessive: excesivosteep prices: precios muy altosadj.• abrupto, -a adj.• acantilado, -a adj.• despeñadizo, -a adj.• empinado, -a adj.• escarpado, -a adj.• tajado, -a adj.v.• destemplar v.• empapar v.• remojar v.stiːp
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adjective -er, -est1)a) < slope> empinado; < drop> brusco, abrupto; < descent> en picada or (Esp) en picadob) ( large) <increase/decline> considerable, pronunciado2) ( excessive) (colloq)a) ( of prices) alto, excesivob) ( unreasonable)it's a bit steep to expect them to work without a break — no es muy razonable que digamos, esperar que trabajen sin un descanso
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transitive verb (to soften, clean) remojar, dejar en or a remojo; ( to flavor) macerar
2.
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[stiːp]ADJ (compar steeper) (superl steepest)1) [hill, cliff] empinado, escarpado; [stairs, slope, climb] empinadoit's too steep for the tractor — está demasiado pendiente para el tractor, la pendiente es demasiado empinada para el tractor
2) (=sharp) [drop] abrupto, brusco; [increase] pronunciado3) * [price, demands] excesivo4) (Brit)* (=unreasonable)that's pretty steep! — ¡eso es demasiado!, ¡no hay derecho!
II [stiːp]1. VT1) [+ washing] remojar, poner a or en remojo (in en)2)steeped in — (fig) impregnado de
a town steeped in history — una ciudad cargada or impregnada de historia
a ceremony which is steeped in ancient tradition — una ceremonia que hunde sus raíces en la más antigua tradición
he was steeped in the religion and laws of Judaism — estaba imbuido de la religión y las leyes judaicas
2.VIto leave sth to steep — dejar algo a or en remojo
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43 Port Wine
Portugal's most famous wine and leading export takes its name from the city of Oporto or porto, which means "port" or "harbor" in Portuguese. Sometimes described as "the Englishman's wine," port is only one of the many wines produced in continental Portugal and the Atlantic islands. Another noted dessert wine is Madeira wine, which is produced on the island of Madeira. Port wine's history is about as long as that of Madeira wine, but the wine's development is recent compared to that of older table wines and the wines Greeks and Romans enjoyed in ancient Lusitania. During the Roman occupation of the land (ca. 210 BCE-300 CE), wine was being made from vines cultivated in the upper Douro River valley. Favorable climate and soils (schist with granite outcropping) and convenient transportation (on ships down the Douro River to Oporto) were factors that combined with increased wine production in the late 17th century to assist in the birth of port wine as a new product. Earlier names for port wine ( vinho do porto) were descriptive of location ("Wine of the Douro Bank") and how it was transported ("Wine of [Ship] Embarkation").Port wine, a sweet, fortified (with brandy) aperitif or dessert wine that was designed as a valuable export product for the English market, was developed first in the 1670s by a unique combination of circumstances and the action of interested parties. Several substantial English merchants who visited Oporto "discovered" that a local Douro wine was much improved when brandy ( aguardente) was added. Fortification prevented the wine from spoiling in a variety of temperatures and on the arduous sea voyages from Oporto to Great Britain. Soon port wine became a major industry of the Douro region; it involved an uneasy alliance between the English merchant-shippers at Oporto and Vila Nova de Gaia, the town across the river from Oporto, where the wine was stored and aged, and the Portuguese wine growers.In the 18th century, port wine became a significant element of Britain's foreign imports and of the country's establishment tastes in beverages. Port wine drinking became a hallowed tradition in Britain's elite Oxford and Cambridge Universities' colleges, which all kept port wine cellars. For Portugal, the port wine market in Britain, and later in France, Belgium, and other European countries, became a vital element in the national economy. Trade in port wine and British woolens became the key elements in the 1703 Methuen Treaty between England and Portugal.To lessen Portugal's growing economic dependence on Britain, regulate the production and export of the precious sweet wine, and protect the public from poor quality, the Marquis of Pombal instituted various measures for the industry. In 1756, Pombal established the General Company of Viticulture of the Upper Douro to carry out these measures. That same year, he ordered the creation of the first demarcated wine-producing region in the world, the port-wine producing Douro region. Other wine-producing countries later followed this Portuguese initiative and created demarcated wine regions to protect the quality of wine produced and to ensure national economic interests.The upper Douro valley region (from Barca d'Alva in Portugal to Barqueiros on the Spanish frontier) produces a variety of wines; only 40 percent of its wines are port wine, whereas 60 percent are table wines. Port wine's alcohol content varies usually between 19 and 22 percent, and, depending on the type, the wine is aged in wooden casks from two to six years and then bottled. Related to port wine's history is the history of Portuguese cork. Beginning in the 17th century, Portuguese cork, which comes from cork trees, began to be used to seal wine bottles to prevent wine from spoiling. This innovation in Portugal helped lead to the development of the cork industry. By the early 20th century, Portugal was the world's largest exporter of cork. -
44 Herculano, Alexandre
(1810-1877)One of Portugal's greatest historians and one of its giants in 19th-century writing and literature. Born in Lisbon to a middle-class family, Herculano studied commerce and diplomacy. At age 21, he enlisted in the liberal armed forces of King Pedro IV but was forced to flee to exile in Great Britain and then France. Later, he was part of the victorious liberal expeditionary force that landed near Oporto. He began his serious studies in Oporto, but soon relocated to Lisbon, where he worked as a journalist. In 1839, he was named to the post of director of the Royal Library at Ajudá Palace and at Necessidades Palace, and thus began to prepare to write his classic work, História de Portugal, a major study that when completed took the history of the country only up to the end of the 13th century. The first volume of this work, with which his fame as a historian is most closely associated, was published in 1846, but Herculano was a versatile writer who wrote novels, essays, and poetry as well as history.In addition to being a man of words, he was a man of action who was active in exchanges with other literati and who did government service. Herculano, for example, was on the commission that revised the civil code of Portugal. His histori cal writings influenced future generations of writers because of his literary style, because he broke through the legend and myth that had surrounded ancient and medieval Portuguese history, and above all because of his objective, scientific approach to research and conclusions. Dissatisfied with politics and public life, Herculano retired to a farm in the country (at Vale de Lobos) in 1859 and worked as a farmer until 1866. -
45 The Lusitano
The Portuguese breed of horse known as Lusitano has a history of at least a thousand years. Other noted Portuguese horse breeds are the Garrano and Sorraia, which evolved from ancient Iberian ponies and horses. Some authorities believe that the Lusitano breed evolved from the ancient Sorraia. The breed's name derives from Lusitania, the name the Romans gave to a portion of southwestern Iberia, a section of which became known in later centuries as Portugal. The breed's name also could be related to the name Luso, in ancient mythology a son of Bacchus, the god of wine and merriment. In recent decades, the Lusitano breed has become fashionable again in equestrian circles that participate in international riding competitions, as well as in producing mounts for the Portuguese bullfight. Despite a declining economy, less public interest and higher expenses in the bull- fighting industry, more opposition from animal rights advocates, and the constraints of European Union regulations, the bull-fight has endured as a sport. Breeding such horses has become a growing business not only for competitive riding, especially dressage, and an increasingly popular equestrian tourism, but also for bull-fighting. Lusitano breeding farms are located mainly in two provinces in Ribatejo, part of the Tagus River valley, and in Alentejo. -
46 Fourdrinier, Henry
SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing[br]b. 11 February 1766 London, Englandd. 3 September 1854 Mavesyn Ridware, near Rugeley, Staffordshire, England[br]English pioneer of the papermaking machine.[br]Fourdrinier's father was a paper manufacturer and stationer of London, from a family of French Protestant origin. Henry took up the same trade and, with his brother Sealy (d. 1847), devoted many years to developing the papermaking machine. Their first patent was taken out in 1801, but success was still far off. A machine for making paper had been invented a few years previously by Nicolas Robert at the Didot's mill at Essonnes, south of Paris. Robert quarrelled with the Didots, who then contacted their brother-in-law in England, John Gamble, in an attempt to raise capital for a larger machine. Gamble and the Fourdriniers called in the engineer Bryan Donkin, and between them they patented a much improved machine in 1807. In the new machine, the paper pulp flowed on to a moving continuous woven wire screen and was then squeezed between rollers to remove much of the water. The paper thus formed was transferred to a felt blanket and passed through a second press to remove more water, before being wound while still wet on to a drum. For the first time, a continuous sheet of paper could be made. Other inventors soon made further improvements: in 1817 John Dickinson obtained a patent for sizing baths to improve the surface of the paper; while in 1820 Thomas Crompton patented a steam-heated drum round which the paper was passed to speed up the drying process. The development cost of £60,000 bankrupted the brothers. Although Parliament extended the patent for fourteen years, and the machine was widely adopted, they never reaped much profit from it. Tsar Alexander of Russia became interested in the papermaking machine while on a visit to England in 1814 and promised Henry Fourdrinier £700 per year for ten years for super-intending the erection of two machines in Russia; Henry carried out the work, but he received no payment. At the age of 72 he travelled to St Petersburg to seek recompense from the Tsar's successor Nicholas I, but to no avail. Eventually, on a motion in the House of Commons, the British Government awarded Fourdrinier a payment of £7,000. The paper trade, sensing the inadequacy of this sum, augmented it with a further sum which they subscribed so that an annuity could be purchased for Henry, then the only surviving brother, and his two daughters, to enable them to live in modest comfort. From its invention in ancient China (see Cai Lun), its appearance in the Middle Ages in Europe and through the first three and a half centuries of printing, every sheet of paper had to made by hand. The daily output of a hand-made paper mill was only 60–100 lb (27–45 kg), whereas the new machine increased that tenfold. Even higher speeds were achieved, with corresponding reductions in cost; the old mills could not possibly have kept pace with the new mechanical printing presses. The Fourdrinier machine was thus an essential element in the technological developments that brought about the revolution in the production of reading matter of all kinds during the nineteenth century. The high-speed, giant paper-making machines of the late twentieth century work on the same principle as the Fourdrinier of 1807.[br]Further ReadingR.H.Clapperton, 1967, The Paper-making Machine, Oxford: Pergamon Press. D.Hunter, 1947, Papermaking. The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, London.LRD -
47 Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. c. 23 AD Como, Italyd. 25 August 79 AD near Pompeii, Italy[br]Roman encyclopedic writer on the natural world.[br]Pliny was well educated in Rome, and for ten years or so followed a military career with which he was able to combine literary work, writing especially on historical subjects. He completed his duties c. 57 AD and concentrated on writing until he resumed his official career in 69 AD with administrative duties. During this last phase he began work on his only extant work, the thirty-seven "books" of his Historia Naturalis (Natural History), each dealing with a broad subject such as astronomy, geography, mineralogy, etc. His last post was the command of the fleet based at Misenum, which came to an end when he sailed too near Vesuvius during the eruption that engulfed Pompeii and he was overcome by the fumes.Pliny developed an insatiable curiosity about the natural world. Unlike the Greeks, the Romans made few original contributions to scientific thought and observation, but some made careful compilations of the learning and observations of Greek scholars. The most notable and influential of these was the Historia Naturalis. To the ideas about the natural world gleaned from earlier Greek authors, he added information about natural history, mineral resources, crafts and some technological processes, such as the extraction of metals from their ores, reported to him from the corners of the Empire. He added a few observations of his own, noted during travels on his official duties. Not all the reports were reliable, and the work often presents a tangled web of fact and fable. Gibbon described it as an immense register in which the author has "deposited the discoveries, the arts, and the errors of mankind". Pliny was indefatigable in his relentless note-taking, even dictating to his secretary while dining.During the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages in Western Europe, Pliny's Historia Naturalis was the largest known collection of facts about the natural world and was drawn upon freely by a succession of later writers. Its influence survived the influx into Western Europe, from the twelfth century, of translations of the works of Greek and Arab scholars. After the invention of printing in the middle of the fifteenth century, Pliny was the first work on a scientific subject to be printed, in 1469. Many editions followed and it may still be consulted with profit for its insights into technical knowledge and practice in the ancient world.[br]BibliographyThe standard Latin text with English translation is that edited by H.Rackham et al.(1942– 63, Loeb Classical Library, London: Heinemann, 10 vols). The French version is by A.Further ReadingThe editions mentioned above include useful biographical and other details. For special aspects of Pliny, see K.C.Bailey, 1929–32, The Elder Pliny's Chapters on Chemical Subjects, London, 2 vols.LRDBiographical history of technology > Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)
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48 Hero of Alexandria
SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building, Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering, Photography, film and optics, Steam and internal combustion engines[br]fl. c.62 AD Alexandria[br]Alexandrian mathematician and mechanician.[br]Nothing is known of Hero, or Heron, apart from what can be gleaned from the books he wrote. Their scope and style suggest that he was a teacher at the museum or the university of Alexandria, writing textbooks for his students. The longest book, and the one with the greatest technological interest, is Pneumatics. Some of its material is derived from the works of the earlier writers Ctesibius of Alexandria and Philo of Byzantium, but many of the devices described were invented by Hero himself. The introduction recognizes that the air is a body and demonstrates the effects of air pressure, as when air must be allowed to escape from a closed vessel before water can enter. There follow clear descriptions of a variety of mechanical contrivances depending on the effects of either air pressure or heated gases. Most of the devices seem trivial, but such toys or gadgets were popular at the time and Hero is concerned to show how they work. Inventions with a more serious purpose are a fire pump and a water organ. One celebrated gadget is a sphere that is set spinning by jets of steam—an early illustration of the reaction principle on which modern jet propulsion depends.M echanics, known only in an Arabic version, is a textbook expounding the theory and practical skills required by the architect. It deals with a variety of questions of mechanics, such as the statics of a horizontal beam resting on vertical posts, the theory of the centre of gravity and equilibrium, largely derived from Archimedes, and the five ways of applying a relatively small force to exert a much larger one: the lever, winch, pulley, wedge and screw. Practical devices described include sledges for transporting heavy loads, cranes and a screw cutter.Hero's Dioptra describes instruments used in surveying, together with an odometer or device to indicate the distance travelled by a wheeled vehicle. Catoptrics, known only in Latin, deals with the principles of mirrors, plane and curved, enunciating that the angle of incidence is equal to that of reflection. Automata describes two forms of puppet theatre, operated by strings and drums driven by a falling lead weight attached to a rope wound round an axle. Hero's mathematical work lies in the tradition of practical mathematics stretching from the Babylonians through Islam to Renaissance Europe. It is seen most clearly in his Metrica, a treatise on mensuration.Of all his works, Pneumatics was the best known and most influential. It was one of the works of Greek science and technology assimilated by the Arabs, notably Banu Musa ibn Shakir, and was transmitted to medieval Western Europe.[br]BibliographyAll Hero's works have been printed with a German translation in Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia, 1899–1914, 5 vols, Leipzig. The book on pneumatics has been published as The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, 1851, trans. and ed. Bennet Wood-croft, London (facs. repr. 1971, introd. Marie Boas Hall, London and New York).Further ReadingA.G.Drachmann, 1948, "Ktesibios, Philon and Heron: A Study in Ancient Pneumatics", Acta Hist. Sci. Nat. Med. 4, Copenhagen: Munksgaard.T.L.Heath, 1921, A History of Greek Mathematics, Oxford (still useful for his mathematical work).LRD -
49 trace
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1. сущ.
1) а) след, отпечаток б) амер. (исхоженная) тропа в) черта, линия;
чертеж на кальке г) запись прибора-самописца
2) а) признаки, следы There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle. ≈ Не было никаких признаков моих тети и дяти. Finally, and mysteriously, Hoffa disappeared without trace. ≈ В конце концов Хоффа таинственно исчезла, не оставив никаких следов. б) незначительное количество, остатки( чего-л.) ;
следы Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand. ≈ Вымойте их в холодной воде, чтобы удалить все следы песка.
3) амер. воен. равнение в затылок
4) уст. стезя
2. гл.
1) а) набрасывать (план), чертить( карту, диаграмму и т. п.) б) снимать копию;
калькировать (тж. trace over) в) тщательно выписывать, выводить (слова и т. п.) г) фиксировать, записывать( о кардиографе и т. п.)
2) а) следить( за кем-л., чем-л.), выслеживать б) обнаружить, установить в) находить, усматривать г) прослеживать(ся) ;
восходить к определенному источнику или периоду в прошлом (to, back to) д) восстанавливать расположение или размеры( древних сооружений, памятников и т. п. по сохранившимся развалинам) е) с трудом рассмотреть, различить, разглядеть
3) обыкн. прич. прош. вр. украшать узорами ∙ trace back trace out trace over II сущ.
1) обыкн. мн. постромка
2) строит. подкос обыкн. pl след, отпечаток (ноги, лапы и т. п.) - *s of human feet следы человеческих ног - *s of rabbits on /in/ the snow следы кроликов на снегу - to leave no * не оставлять следов - to follow smb.'s *s идти по чьим-л. следам - to double on one's * делать петли (о преследуемом звере) ;
запутывать следы - hot on the *s of smb. по чьим-л. горячим следам обыкн. pl следы, остатки (чего-л.) ;
признаки - *s of an ancient city следы /остатки/ древнего города - without a * бесследно - with no *s of life без признаков жизни;
не подавая признаков жизни - to remove *s of smth. уничтожать следы чего-л. - no *s remained of the old castle ничего не осталось от старого замка - they could find no * of him они не знали, где его искать;
его и след простыл - she has still some *s of beauty она /ее лицо/ еще хранит следы былой красоты - the room bore numerous *s of his presence в комнате оставались многочисленные следы его пребывания знак, результат, последствия - war had left its *s on him война наложила на него свой отпечаток - sorrow and disappointment had left their *s upon his character горе и разочарование наложили отпечаток на его характер - there were *s of deep emotion on her face печать глубоких переживаний лежала на ее лице( психологическое) энграмма, отпечаток в сознании чуточка, капелька, небольшое количество - a * more salt еще немного /чуть-чуть/ соли примесь;
привкус, призвук и т. п. - a mere * of a smile слабая улыбка, намек на улыбку - without a * of fear без тени страха - to betray *s of anger проявлять признаки гнева - there is just a * of onion in the salad в салате очень немного лука;
в салате едва чувствуется /ощущается/ лук - there is no * of scent on the handkerchief носовой платок без малейшего запаха (духов) - there is no * of truth in the story в рассказе нет ни капли правды - there was not a * of colour in her cheeks у нее в лице не было ни кровинки pl (химическое) следы в анализе, очень малые количества вещества (американизм) исхоженная тропа - sheep * on /along/ the hill овечья тропа на склоне горы (устаревшее) стезя (контрастная) полоса на спине (животного и т. п.) черта, линия запись( какого-л. записывающего аппарата) точка пересечения (линии с плоскостью) или линия пересечения( одной плоскости с другой) чертеж на кальке (спортивное) лыжня( специальное) траектория, трасса (телевидение) ход развертки( военное) трассировка( американизм) (военное) равнение в затылок остаточный - * gases остаточные газы, следы газов (тж. * out) набрасывать (план) ;
чертить (диаграмму, карту и т. п.) - to * (out) a plan of the district набросать план района - * the route on the map in pencil начертите карандашом на карте маршрут показывать( о карте и т. п.) - the map *s the routes of airships на карте показаны маршруты воздушных кораблей намечать себе план действий, линию поведения и т. п. - to * (out) a line of conduct наметить линию поведения - he never followed the policy he *d (out) for himself он никогда не придерживался намеченной им политики (тж. * over) копировать;
снимать копию калькировать тщательно выписывать, выводить (слово, буквы) - to * the words with a shaking hand выводить слова трясущейся рукой (специальное) намечать, трассировать;
провешивать линию следовать, идти ( по следам и т. п.) - to * deer идти по следам оленя - to * a fox to its den пройти по следам лисы до ее норы - they *d a person's footsteps in the snow они шли по следам человека на снегу следить;
выслеживать - to * a person следить за человеком - to * smb. as far as Paris /to Paris/ проследить кого-л. до Парижа проходить вдоль чего-л. с целью выяснить (направление и т. п.) - to * the river to its source пройти (вверх) по реке до ее истока выследить;
найти следы;
признаки - to * long-lost relations разыскать родственников, с которыми давно потерял связь - the police have *d the criminal полиция выследила преступника (тж. * back) проследить;
установить - to * the origin of a plot установить источник заговора - to * the etymology of a word установить этимологию слова - to * the evil to its source добраться до корня зла - to * a family back three hundred years проследить историю семьи на протяжении трех веков - to * the history of English science through most of the XVIIth century проследить историю развития английской науки на протяжении почти всего семнадцатого века - the crime has been *d back to him установлено, что преступление было совершено им - this custom has been *d back to the twelfth century этот обычай восходит к двенадцатому веку прослеживаться;
восходить - a family that *s back to the Norman conquest семья, ведущая свою историю /родословную/ от норманнского завоевателя усматривать, находить, обнаруживать, видеть - to * no spark of jealousy in smb. не видеть /не замечать/ в чьем-л. поведении никаких признаков ревности - to * no reference to it не обнаружить /не найти никаких упоминаний об этом - I cannot * any connection to the event я не могу найти /усмотреть/ никакой связи с этим событием восстанавливать расположение или размеры (древних сооружений, памятников и т. п. по сохранившимся развалинам) - the form of the ancient manor house may still be *d все еще можно восстановить внешний вид старинного помещичьего дома рассмотреть с трудом, различить - I could scarcely * her features in the gloom в темноте я едва мог различить ее лицо разобрать - thrice he *d the runic rhyme трижды он разбирал рунический стих обыкн. p.p. украшать узорами - the stained and *d windows окна с цветными стеклами и узорами фиксировать, записывать, вычерчивать( о кардиографе и т. п.) (физическое) описывать, прочерчивать( траекторию) постромка - in the *s в упряжке (строительство) подкос удочка > in the *s за повседневной работой > to die in the *s умереть на посту > to force smb. into the *s запрячь кого-л. в работу > to work in the *s (американизм) работать по шаблону;
идти проторенным путем;
работать систематически /регулярно/ > to kick over the *s запутаться в постромках (о лошади) ;
упираться, сопротивляться, вставать на дыбы( о лошади) ;
упираться, сопротивляться, вставать на дыбы( о человеке) ;
пускаться во все тяжкие;
злоупотреблять своей свободой ~ след;
to keep trace (of smth.) следить (за чем-л.) ;
without a trace бесследно;
hot on the traces (of smb.) по (чьим-л.) горячим следам ~ усматривать, находить;
I cannot trace any connection to the event я не нахожу никакой связи с этим событием ~ след;
to keep trace (of smth.) следить (за чем-л.) ;
without a trace бесследно;
hot on the traces (of smb.) по (чьим-л.) горячим следам ~ обнаружить, установить;
the police were unable to trace the whereabouts of the missing girl полиция не могла установить местонахождение пропавшей девочки program ~ вчт. след программы selective ~ вчт. выборочная трассировка this custom has been traced to the twelfth century этот обычай восходит к двенадцатому веку this family traces to the Norman Conquest этот род восходит к временам норманнского завоевания trace восстанавливать расположение или размеры (древних сооружений, памятников и т. п. по сохранившимся развалинам) ~ запись прибора-самописца ~ идентификация ценной бумаги с целью выявления настоящего владельца ~ набрасывать (план), чертить (карту, диаграмму и т. п.) ~ незначительное количество, следы ~ обнаружить, установить;
the police were unable to trace the whereabouts of the missing girl полиция не могла установить местонахождение пропавшей девочки ~ стр. подкос ~ (обыкн. pl) постромка ~ вчт. проследить ~ прослеживать(ся) ;
восходить к определенному источнику или периоду в прошлом (to, back to) ~ прослеживать ~ вчт. прослеживать ~ амер. воен. равнение в затылок ~ разыскивать ~ с трудом рассмотреть, различить ~ след;
to keep trace (of smth.) следить (за чем-л.) ;
without a trace бесследно;
hot on the traces (of smb.) по (чьим-л.) горячим следам ~ след ~ вчт. след ~ следить (за кем-л., чем-л.), выслеживать ~ снимать копию;
калькировать (тж. trace over) ~ уст. стезя ~ трасса ~ вчт. трассировка ~ амер. (исхоженная) тропа ~ тщательно выписывать, выводить (слова и т. п.) ~ (обыкн. p. p.) украшать узорами ~ усматривать, находить;
I cannot trace any connection to the event я не нахожу никакой связи с этим событием ~ устанавливать состояние, местонахождение и факт доставки груза ~ фиксировать, записывать (о кардиографе и т. п.) ~ черта ~ чертеж на кальке ~ attr.: ~ elements мин. рассеянные элементы, микроэлементы ~ attr.: ~ elements мин. рассеянные элементы, микроэлементы ~ след;
to keep trace (of smth.) следить (за чем-л.) ;
without a trace бесследно;
hot on the traces (of smb.) по (чьим-л.) горячим следам -
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I1. [treıs] n1. обыкн. pl след, отпечаток (ноги, лапы и т. п.)traces of human feet [of a vehicle] - следы человеческих ног [машины]
traces of rabbits [squirrels] on /in/ the snow - следы кроликов [белок] на снегу
to follow smb.'s traces - идти по чьим-л. следам
to double on one's trace - а) делать петли ( о преследуемом звере); б) запутывать следы
hot on the traces of smb. - по чьим-л. горячим следам
2. обыкн. pl следы, остатки (чего-л.); признакиtraces of an ancient city [of an earlier civilization] - следы /остатки/ древнего города [ранней цивилизации]
with no traces of life - без признаков жизни; не подавая признаков жизни
to remove traces of smth. - уничтожать следы чего-л.
no traces remained of the old castle - ничего не осталось от старого замка
they could find no trace of him - они не знали, где его искать; ≅ его и след простыл
she has still some traces of beauty - она /её лицо/ ещё хранит следы былой красоты
the room bore numerous traces of his presence - в комнате оставались многочисленные следы его пребывания
3. 1) знак, результат; последствияsorrow and disappointment had left their traces upon his character - горе и разочарование наложили отпечаток на его характер
there were traces of deep emotion on her face - печать глубоких переживаний лежала на её лице
2) психол. энграмма, отпечаток в сознании4. 1) чуточка, капелька, небольшое количествоa trace more salt - ещё немного /чуть-чуть/ соли
2) примесь; привкус, призвук и т. п.a mere trace of a smile - слабая улыбка, намёк на улыбку
to betray [to show] traces of anger [of emotion] - проявлять признаки гнева [волнения]
there is just a trace of onion in the salad - в салате очень немного лука; в салате едва чувствуется /ощущается/ лук
there is no trace of scent on the handkerchief - носовой платок без малейшего запаха (духов)
there was not a trace of colour in her cheeks - у неё в лице не было ни кровинки
3) pl хим. следы в анализе, очень малые количества вещества5. 1) амер. исхоженная тропаsheep trace on /along/ the hill - овечья тропа на склоне горы
2) уст. стезя6. 1) (контрастная) полоса на спине (животного и т. п.)2) черта, линия3) запись (какого-л. записывающего аппарата)7. чертёж на кальке8. спорт. лыжня9. спец. траектория, трасса10. тлв. ход развёртки11. воен. трассировка12. амер. воен. равнение в затылок2. [treıs] aостаточныйtrace gases - остаточные газы, следы газов
3. [treıs] v1. (тж. trace out)1) набрасывать ( план); чертить (диаграмму, карту и т. п.)trace the route on the map in pencil - начертите карандашом на карте маршрут
2) показывать (о карте и т. п.)the map traces the routes of airships - на карте показаны маршруты воздушных кораблей
3) намечать себе план действий, линию поведения и т. п.he never followed the policy he traced (out) for himself - он никогда не придерживался намеченной им политики
2. (тж. trace over)1) копировать; снимать копию2) калькировать3. тщательно выписывать, выводить (слова, буквы)4. спец. намечать, трассировать; провешивать линию5. следовать, идти (по следам и т. п.)they traced a person's footsteps in the snow - они шли по следам человека на снегу
6. 1) следить; выслеживатьto trace a person [an animal] - следить за человеком [за животным]
to trace smb. as far as Paris /to Paris/ - проследить кого-л. до Парижа
2) проходить вдоль чего-л. с целью выяснить (направление и т. п.)3) выследить; найти следы, признакиto trace long-lost relations - разыскать родственников, с которыми давно потеряна связь
7. (тж. trace back)1) проследить; установитьto trace a family back three hundred years - проследить историю семьи на протяжении трёх веков
to trace the history of English science through most of the XVIIth century - проследить историю развития английской науки на протяжении почти всего семнадцатого века
the crime has been traced back to him - установлено, что преступление было совершено им
this custom has been traced back to the twelfth century - этот обычай восходит к двенадцатому веку
2) прослеживаться; восходитьa family that traces back to the Norman conquest - семья, ведущая свою историю /родословную/ от норманнского завоевания
8. усматривать, находить, обнаруживать, видетьto trace no spark of jealousy in smb. - не видеть /не замечать/ в чьём-л. поведении никаких признаков ревности
to trace no reference to it - не обнаружить /не найти/ никаких упоминаний об этом
I cannot trace any connection to the event - я не могу найти /усмотреть/ никакой связи с этим событием
9. восстанавливать расположение или размеры (древних сооружений, памятников и т. п. по сохранившимся развалинам)the form of the ancient manor house may still be traced - всё ещё можно восстановить внешний вид старинного помещичьего дома
10. 1) рассмотреть с трудом, различитьI could scarcely trace her features in the gloom - в темноте я едва мог различить её лицо
2) разобрать11. обыкн. p. p. украшать узорами12. фиксировать, записывать, вычерчивать (о кардиографе и т. п.)13. физ. описывать, прочерчивать ( траекторию)II [treıs] n1. постромкаin the traces - в упряжке [см. тж. ♢ ]
2. стр. подкос3. удочка♢
in the traces - за повседневной работой [см. тж. 1]to force smb. into the traces - запрячь кого-л. в работу
to work in then traces - амер. а) работать по шаблону; идти проторённым путём; б) работать систематически /регулярно/
to kick over the traces - а) запутаться в постромках ( о лошади); б) упираться, сопротивляться, вставать на дыбы ( о человеке); в) пускаться во все тяжкие; злоупотреблять своей свободой
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1. n1) звич. pl слід, відбиток (ноги тощо)to double on one's trace — заплутувати сліди (тж перен.)
to follow smb.'s traces — іти по чиїхось слідах
2) звич. pl сліди, залишки (чогось)no traces remained of the old castle — нічого (й сліду) не лишилося від старого замку
3) відбиток, результат, наслідок (чогось)4) незначна кількість (чогось)5) хім. сліди в аналізі; дуже мала кількість речовини6) амер. проторована стежка7) шлях, дорога8) риса9) запис (якогось самописного приладу)10) креслення на кальці11) траєкторія, траса12) трасування13) телеб. хід розгортки14) амер., військ. рівняння у потилицю15) посторонок16) буд. підкіс17) спорт. лижні18) вудкаto keep trace of smth. — стежити за чимсь
to force smb. into the traces — запрягти когось у роботу
to kick over the traces — вийти з покори, збунтуватися
to work in the traces — амер. а) працювати за шаблоном, іти протореним шляхом; б) працювати регулярно
2. v2) перен. намітити план дій (лінію поведінки)3) копіювати; знімати копію (тж trace over)4) калькувати (тж trace over)6) намічати, трасувати; провішувати лінію7) іти по слідах9) знайти сліди (ознаки)to trace long-lost relations — розшукати родичів, з якими давно втрачено зв'язок
10) простежити, з'ясувати11) простежуватися; брати початок12) вбачати, знаходити14) роздивитися, розпізнати, розрізнити15) фіксувати, записувати (про кардіограф тощо)16) прикрашати візерунками* * *I [treis] n1) pl слід, відбиток (ноги, лапи)traces of human feet [of a vehicle] — сліди людських ніг [машини]
traces of rabbits [squirrels]on /in/ the snow — сліди кроликів [білок]на снігу
to follow smb 's traces — йти по чиїхсь слідах
to double on one's trace — робити петли (про переслідуваного звір; заплутувати сліди)
2) pl сліди, залишки (чого-н.); ознакиtraces of an ancient city [of an earlier civilization] — сліди /залишки/ стародавнього міста [ранній цивілізації]
with no traces of life — без ознак життя; не подаючи ознак життя
to remove traces of smth — знищувати сліди чого-н.
they could find no trace of him — вони не знали, де його шукати
she has still some traces of beauty — вона /її обличчя/ ще зберігає сліди минулої краси
the room bore numerous trace я of his presence — в кімнаті залишалися численні сліди його перебування
3) знак, результат; наслідкиsorrow and disappointment had left their traces upon his character — горе, розчарування наклали відбиток на його характер
there were traces of deep emotion on her face — відбиток глибоких переживань лежав на її обличчі; пcиx. енграма, відбиток в свідомості
4) чуточка, крапелька, невелика кількістьa trace more salt — ще трохи /трішки/ солі; домішка; присмак, призвук
a mere trace of a smile — слабка усмішка, натяк на усмішку
to betray [to show] traces of anger [of emotion] — проявляти ознаки гніву [хвилювання]
there was not a trace of colour in her cheeks — у неї на обличчі не було ні кровинки; pl; xiм. сліди в аналізі, дуже мала кількость речовини
5) aмep. стоптана стежкаsheep trace on /along/ the hill — овеча стежка на схилі гори; icт. дорога
6) ( контрастн смуга на спині (тварини)); межа, лінія; запис (якого-н. записуючого апарату); точка перетину ( лінії з площиною) або лінія перетину ( однієї площини з іншою)8) cпopт. лижня9) cпeц. траєкторія, траса10) тлв. хід розгортки11) війск. трасування12) aмep. війск. рівняння в потилицюII [treis] aIII [treis] vtrace gases — залишкові гази, сліди газів
trace the route on the map in pencil — накреслити олівцем на карті маршрут; показувати ( про карту)
the map traces the routes of airships — на карті показані маршрути повітряних кораблів; намічати собі план дії, лінію поведінки
he never followed the policy he traced (out) for himself — він ніколи не дотримувався наміченої ним політики
2) ( trace over); копіювати; знімати копію; калькувати3) ретельно виписувати, виводити (слова, букви)4) cпeц. намічати, трасувати; провішувати лінію5) слідувати, йти ( по слідах)6) стежити; висліджуватиto trace a person [an animal] — стежити за людиною [за твариною]
to trace smb as far as Paris /to Paris/ — прослідкувати кого-н. до Парижа; проходити взодовж чого-л з метою з'ясувати ( напрям)
to trace the river to its source — пройти ( вгору) no річці до її витоку; вислідити; знайти сліди, ознаки
to trace long-lost relations — розшукати родичів, з якими давно втрачений зв'язок
7) ( trace back) прослідкувати; встановитиto trace the history of English science through most of the XVIIth century — прослідкувати історію розвитку англійської науки впродовж майже всього сімнадцятого століття
the crime has been traced back to him — встановлене, що злочин був здійснений ним
this custom has been traced back to the twelfth century — цей звичай відноситься до дванадцятого століття; простежуватися; сходити
a family that traces back to the Norman conquest — сім'я, ведуча свою історію /родовід/ від норманнського завоювання
8) вбачати, знаходити, виявляти, бачитиto trace no spark of jealousy in smb — не бачити /не замечать/ в чиїсь поведінці ніяких ознак ревнощів
to trace no reference to it — не виявити /не найти/ ніяких згадок про це
I cannot trace any connection to the event — я не можу знайти /угледіти/ ніякому зв'язку з цією подією
9) відновлювати розташування або розміри (стародавніх споруд, пам'ятників згідно з розвалинами, що збереглися)the form of the ancient manor house may still be traced — все ще можна відновити зовнішній вигляд старовинного поміщицького будинку
10) розглянути насилу, розрізнитиI could scarcely trace her features in the gloom — в темноті я ледве міг розрізнити її обличчя; розібрати
11) p. p. прикрашати узорамиthe stained and traced windows — вікна з кольоровим склом, узорами
12) фіксувати, записувати, викреслювати ( про кардіограф)13) фiз. описувати, прокреслювати ( траєкторію)IV [treis] n1) постромкаin the traces — у упряжці [див.; тж. є]
2) стр. підкошування3) вудка••in the traces — за повсякденною роботою [див.; тж. 1]
to force smb into the traces — запрягти кого-н. до роботи
to work in the traces — aмep. працювати за шаблоном; працювати систематично /регулярно/; to kick over the traces заплутатися в постромках ( про коня); упиратися, чинити опір, вставати на диби ( про людину); пускатися у всіх тяжких; зловживати своєю свободою
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52 trace
I [treis] n1) pl слід, відбиток (ноги, лапи)traces of human feet [of a vehicle] — сліди людських ніг [машини]
traces of rabbits [squirrels]on /in/ the snow — сліди кроликів [білок]на снігу
to follow smb 's traces — йти по чиїхсь слідах
to double on one's trace — робити петли (про переслідуваного звір; заплутувати сліди)
2) pl сліди, залишки (чого-н.); ознакиtraces of an ancient city [of an earlier civilization] — сліди /залишки/ стародавнього міста [ранній цивілізації]
with no traces of life — без ознак життя; не подаючи ознак життя
to remove traces of smth — знищувати сліди чого-н.
they could find no trace of him — вони не знали, де його шукати
she has still some traces of beauty — вона /її обличчя/ ще зберігає сліди минулої краси
the room bore numerous trace я of his presence — в кімнаті залишалися численні сліди його перебування
3) знак, результат; наслідкиsorrow and disappointment had left their traces upon his character — горе, розчарування наклали відбиток на його характер
there were traces of deep emotion on her face — відбиток глибоких переживань лежав на її обличчі; пcиx. енграма, відбиток в свідомості
4) чуточка, крапелька, невелика кількістьa trace more salt — ще трохи /трішки/ солі; домішка; присмак, призвук
a mere trace of a smile — слабка усмішка, натяк на усмішку
to betray [to show] traces of anger [of emotion] — проявляти ознаки гніву [хвилювання]
there was not a trace of colour in her cheeks — у неї на обличчі не було ні кровинки; pl; xiм. сліди в аналізі, дуже мала кількость речовини
5) aмep. стоптана стежкаsheep trace on /along/ the hill — овеча стежка на схилі гори; icт. дорога
6) ( контрастн смуга на спині (тварини)); межа, лінія; запис (якого-н. записуючого апарату); точка перетину ( лінії з площиною) або лінія перетину ( однієї площини з іншою)8) cпopт. лижня9) cпeц. траєкторія, траса10) тлв. хід розгортки11) війск. трасування12) aмep. війск. рівняння в потилицюII [treis] aIII [treis] vtrace gases — залишкові гази, сліди газів
trace the route on the map in pencil — накреслити олівцем на карті маршрут; показувати ( про карту)
the map traces the routes of airships — на карті показані маршрути повітряних кораблів; намічати собі план дії, лінію поведінки
he never followed the policy he traced (out) for himself — він ніколи не дотримувався наміченої ним політики
2) ( trace over); копіювати; знімати копію; калькувати3) ретельно виписувати, виводити (слова, букви)4) cпeц. намічати, трасувати; провішувати лінію5) слідувати, йти ( по слідах)6) стежити; висліджуватиto trace a person [an animal] — стежити за людиною [за твариною]
to trace smb as far as Paris /to Paris/ — прослідкувати кого-н. до Парижа; проходити взодовж чого-л з метою з'ясувати ( напрям)
to trace the river to its source — пройти ( вгору) no річці до її витоку; вислідити; знайти сліди, ознаки
to trace long-lost relations — розшукати родичів, з якими давно втрачений зв'язок
7) ( trace back) прослідкувати; встановитиto trace the history of English science through most of the XVIIth century — прослідкувати історію розвитку англійської науки впродовж майже всього сімнадцятого століття
the crime has been traced back to him — встановлене, що злочин був здійснений ним
this custom has been traced back to the twelfth century — цей звичай відноситься до дванадцятого століття; простежуватися; сходити
a family that traces back to the Norman conquest — сім'я, ведуча свою історію /родовід/ від норманнського завоювання
8) вбачати, знаходити, виявляти, бачитиto trace no spark of jealousy in smb — не бачити /не замечать/ в чиїсь поведінці ніяких ознак ревнощів
to trace no reference to it — не виявити /не найти/ ніяких згадок про це
I cannot trace any connection to the event — я не можу знайти /угледіти/ ніякому зв'язку з цією подією
9) відновлювати розташування або розміри (стародавніх споруд, пам'ятників згідно з розвалинами, що збереглися)the form of the ancient manor house may still be traced — все ще можна відновити зовнішній вигляд старовинного поміщицького будинку
10) розглянути насилу, розрізнитиI could scarcely trace her features in the gloom — в темноті я ледве міг розрізнити її обличчя; розібрати
11) p. p. прикрашати узорамиthe stained and traced windows — вікна з кольоровим склом, узорами
12) фіксувати, записувати, викреслювати ( про кардіограф)13) фiз. описувати, прокреслювати ( траєкторію)IV [treis] n1) постромкаin the traces — у упряжці [див.; тж. є]
2) стр. підкошування3) вудка••in the traces — за повсякденною роботою [див.; тж. 1]
to force smb into the traces — запрягти кого-н. до роботи
to work in the traces — aмep. працювати за шаблоном; працювати систематично /регулярно/; to kick over the traces заплутатися в постромках ( про коня); упиратися, чинити опір, вставати на диби ( про людину); пускатися у всіх тяжких; зловживати своєю свободою
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53 trace
1. n обыкн. след, отпечатокprogram trace — след программы; трасса программы
2. n обыкн. следы, остатки; признакиwith no traces of life — без признаков жизни; не подавая признаков жизни
they could find no trace of him — они не знали, где его искать;
3. n знак, результат; последствия4. n психол. энграмма, отпечаток в сознании5. n чуточка, капелька, небольшое количествоa mere trace of a smile — слабая улыбка, намёк на улыбку
there is just a trace of onion in the salad — в салате очень немного лука; в салате едва чувствуется лук
6. n хим. следы в анализе, очень малые количества вещества7. n амер. исхоженная тропа8. n уст. стезя9. n полоса на спине10. n черта, линия11. n запись12. n точка пересечения или линия пересечения13. n чертёж на кальке14. n спорт. лыжня15. n спец. траектория, трасса16. n воен. трассировкаtrace file — файл трассировки; трассировочный файл
17. n амер. воен. равнение в затылок18. a остаточныйtrace gases — остаточные газы, следы газов
19. v набрасывать; чертить20. v показывать21. v копировать; снимать копию22. v калькировать23. v тщательно выписывать, выводить24. v спец. намечать, трассировать; провешивать линию25. v следовать, идти26. v следить; выслеживать27. v выследить; найти следы, признакиto trace a criminal — выслеживать, выследить преступника
28. v проследить; установитьto trace the history of English science through most of the XVIIth century — проследить историю развития английской науки на протяжении почти всего семнадцатого века
29. v прослеживаться; восходитьa family that traces back to the Norman conquest — семья, ведущая свою историю от норманнского завоевания
30. v усматривать, находить, обнаруживать, видеть31. v восстанавливать расположение или размерыthe form of the ancient manor house may still be traced — всё ещё можно восстановить внешний вид старинного помещичьего
32. v рассмотреть с трудом, различить33. v разобрать34. v обыкн... украшать узорами35. v фиксировать, записывать, вычерчивать36. v физ. описывать, прочерчивать37. n постромка38. n стр. подкос39. n удочкаСинонимический ряд:1. crumb (noun) crumb; drop; iota2. evidence (noun) evidence; memento; relic; remains; shadow; vestige3. hint (noun) breath; cast; ghost; hair; hint; intimation; lick; nuance; semblance; shade; smack; smatch; smell; soupcon; spice; sprinkling; strain; streak; suspicion; taste; tincture; tinge; touch; trifle; twang; vein; whiff; whisker; whisper; wink4. mark (noun) bit; dab; dash; fragment; indication; mark; pinch; shred; suggestion5. trail (noun) footprint; print; record; sign; spoor; track; trail; tread6. draw (verb) copy; delineate; diagram; draw; outline; sketch7. investigate (verb) ascertain; determine; discover; find out; investigate8. run down (verb) hunt down; run down; track down9. track (verb) follow; hunt; pursue; track; trailАнтонимический ряд:abundance; obliteration; oblivion; plethora; suppression -
54 Equestrianism
Equestrianism or Equitation has an ancient tradition in Portugal. Although today this sport of horseback riding, which is related to the art and science of horse breeding, is a peaceful activity, for centuries Portugal's use of the horse in cavalry was closely associated with war. Beginning in the 18th century, the activity became connected to bull- fighting. In war, the Portuguese used horse cavalry longer than most other European nations. While most armies gave up the horse for mechanized cavalry or tanks after World War I, Portugal was reluctant to change this tradition. Oddly, Portugal used a specialized form of cavalry in combat as late as 1969-1971, in Angola, a colony of Portugal until 1975. Portugal's army in Angola, engaged in a war with Angolan nationalist forces, employed the so-called "Dragoons," a specialized cavalry in rural areas, until 1971, a case perhaps of the last use of cavalry in modern warfare.Soccer, or futebol, is Portugal's favorite mass sport today, but equestrianism retains a special place in sports as a now democratized, if somewhat elite, sport for both Portuguese and visiting foreign riders. As of 1900, equestrianism was still the sport of royalty and aristocracy, but in the 21st century persons from all classes and groups enjoy it. The sport now features the unique Lusitano breed of horse, which evolved from earlier breeds of Iberian ponies and horses. Touring equestrianism recently has become an activity of niche tourism, and it is complemented by international competitive riding. Following the early 20th century, when the Olympics were revived, Portuguese competitors have excelled not only in sailing, field hockey on roller-skates, rowing, and marksmanship, but also in equestrianism. Notable Portuguese riders were medal winners in summer Olympics such as those of 1948 and 1988. This sport is engaged in primarily if not exclusively in regions with a history of horse breeding, riding, and cattle herding, in Ribatejo and Alentejo provinces, and has featured career military participants.Portuguese equestrianism, including the use of horses in bull-fighting, hunting, and other forms of sport, as well as in horse cavalry in war, was long associated with the lifestyles of royalty and the nobility. The use of traditional, Baroque riding gear and garb in competitive riding, instruction, and bull-fighting reflects such a tradition. Riders in bull-fighting or in exhibitions wear 18th-century male costumes that include a tricornered hat, long frock coats, breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes. The Ribatejo "cowboy" or riding herder wears the regional costume of a green and red cap, red tunic, white breeches and stockings, Portuguese bridles, and chaps sometimes made of olive leaves.Although their prestigious classical riding academy remains less well known than the famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Portugal has preserved the ancient tradition of a classical riding school in its Royal School of Portuguese Equestrian Arts, at Queluz, not far from the National Palace of Queluz, a miniature Portuguese Versailles, with a hall of mirrors, tiled garden, and canal. One of the great riding masters and trainers was the late Nuno Oliveira (1925-89), whose work generated a worldwide network of students and followers and who published classic riding manuals. Oliveira's widely admired method of instruction was to bring about a perfect harmony of action between horse and rider, an inspiration to new generations of riders. -
55 story
1. n повесть; рассказshort story — рассказ, новелла
2. n фабула, сюжетthe main thing in a novel is the story — самое главное в романе — это сюжет
story line — фабула, основная сюжетная линия
3. n история; предание; сказкаthe story has been several times handled in both prose and verse — это предание не раз излагалось и стихами и прозой
according to her story — по её словам; по её собственному заявлению
that is the whole story — вот и всё, вот и весь сказ
there is a story that … — говорят, что …
do you believe his story? — вы верите тому, что он говорит?
tall story — небылица, сказка
4. n разг. разговор, рассказ; россказни, сплетни5. n разг. преим. детск. выдумка, ложьto tell stories — выдумывать, лгать, сочинять, рассказывать сказки, небылицы
fish story — выдумка; безбожное враньё
6. n амер. газетный материал, сообщение в печати7. n амер. лицо или событие, заслуживающее освещения в печатиthe repeater of the story — тот, кто всё разболтал
crime story — детективный роман или фильм, детектив
Синонимический ряд:1. article (noun) article; news; scoop2. floor (noun) floor; landing; level; stage; tier3. lie (noun) canard; cock-and-bull story; falsehood; falsity; fib; fiction; inveracity; lie; misrepresentation; misstatement; prevarication; taradiddle; untruism; untruth; whopper4. piece (noun) item; paragraph; piece; squib5. plot (noun) incident; intrigue; plot; theme6. report (noun) account; allegation; chronicle; description; history; narrative; report; statement; version7. tale (noun) allegory; anecdote; conte; fable; legend; myth; narration; novel; parable; recital; tale; yarn -
56 Lisbon
Lisboa in Portuguese, is the capital of Portugal and capital of the Lisbon district. The city population is just over half a million; greater Lisbon area contains at least 2.5 million. Located on the north bank of one of the greatest harbors in Europe, formed from the estuary of the Tagus River, which flows into the Atlantic, Lisbon has a long and illustrious history. A site of Phoenician and Greek trading communities, Lisbon became an important Roman city. Its name, Lisboa, in Portuguese and Spanish, is a corruption of its Roman name, Felicitas Julia. The city experienced various waves of invaders. Muslims seized it from the Visigoths in the eighth century, and after a long siege Muslim Lisbon fell to the Portuguese Christian forces of King Afonso Henriques in 1147.Lisbon, built on a number of hills, saw most of its major palaces and churches constructed between the 14th and 18th centuries. In the 16th century, the city became the Aviz dynasty's main capital and seat, and a royal palace was built in the lower city along the harbor where ships brought the empire's riches from Africa, Asia, and Brazil. On 1 November 1755, a devastating earthquake wrecked a large part of the main city and destroyed the major buildings, killed or displaced scores of thousands of people, and destroyed important historical records and artifacts. The king's prime minister, the Marquis of Pombal, ordered the city rebuilt. The main lower city center, the baixa ("down town"), was reconstructed according to a master plan that laid out a square grid of streets, spacious squares, and broad avenues, upon which were erected buildings of a uniform height and design. Due to the earthquake's destruction, few buildings, with the exception of the larger cathedrals and palaces, predate 1755. The Baixa Pombalina, as this part of Lisbon is known, was the first planned city in Europe.Lisbon is more than the political capital of Portugal, the site of the central government's offices, the legislative, and executive buildings. Lisbon is the economic, social, and cultural capital of the country, as well as the major educational center that contains almost half the country's universities and secondary schools.The continuing importance of Lisbon as the country's political heart and mind, despite the justifiable resentment of its northern rival, Oporto, and the university town of Coimbra, was again illustrated in the Revolution of 25 April 1974, which began with a military coup by the Armed Forces Movement there. The Estado Novo was overthrown in a largely bloodless coup organized by career junior military officers whose main strategy was directed toward the conquest and control of the capital. Once the Armed Forces Movement had the city of Lisbon and environs under its control by the afternoon of 25 April 1974, its mastery of the remainder of the country was assured.Along with its dominance of the country's economy, politics, and government, Lisbon's cultural offerings remain impressive. The city is a treasure house that contains hundreds of historic houses and squares, churches and cathedrals, ancient palaces, and castles, some reconstructed to appear as they were before the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. There are scores of museums and libraries. Among the more outstanding museums open to the public are the Museu de Arte Antiga and the museums of the Gulbenkian Foundation. -
57 Bateman, John Frederick La Trobe
[br]b. 30 May 1810 Lower Wyke, near Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandd. 10 June 1889 Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey, England[br]English civil engineer whose principal works were concerned with reservoirs, water-supply schemes and pipelines.[br]Bateman's maternal grandfather was a Moravian missionary, and from the age of 7 he was educated at the Moravian schools at Fairfield and Ockbrook. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to a "civil engineer, land surveyor and agent" in Oldham. After this apprenticeship, Bateman commenced his own practice in 1833. One of his early schemes and reports was in regard to the flooding of the river Medlock in the Manchester area. He came to the attention of William Fairbairn, the engine builder and millwright of Canal Street, Ancoats, Manchester. Fairbairn used Bateman as his site surveyor and as such he prepared much of the groundwork for the Bann reservoirs in Northern Ireland. Whilst the reports on the proposals were in the name of Fairbairn, Bateman was, in fact, appointed by the company as their engineer for the execution of the works. One scheme of Bateman's which was carried forward was the Kendal Reservoirs. The Act for these was signed in 1845 and was implemented not for the purpose of water supply but for the conservation of water to supply power to the many mills which stood on the river Kent between Kentmere and Morecambe Bay. The Kentmere Head dam is the only one of the five proposed for the scheme to survive, although not all the others were built as they would have retained only small volumes of water.Perhaps the greatest monument to the work of J.F.La Trobe Bateman is Manchester's water supply; he was consulted about this in 1844, and construction began four years later. He first built reservoirs in the Longdendale valley, which has a very complicated geological stratification. Bateman favoured earth embankment dams and gravity feed rather than pumping; the five reservoirs in the valley that impound the river Etherow were complex, cored earth dams. However, when completed they were greatly at risk from landslips and ground movement. Later dams were inserted by Bateman to prevent water loss should the older dams fail. The scheme was not completed until 1877, by which time Manchester's population had exceeded the capacity of the original scheme; Thirlmere in Cumbria was chosen by Manchester Corporation as the site of the first of the Lake District water-supply schemes. Bateman, as Consulting Engineer, designed the great stone-faced dam at the west end of the lake, the "gothic" straining well in the middle of the east shore of the lake, and the 100-mile (160 km) pipeline to Manchester. The Act for the Thirlmere reservoir was signed in 1879 and, whilst Bateman continued as Consulting Engineer, the work was supervised by G.H. Hill and was completed in 1894.Bateman was also consulted by the authorities in Glasgow, with the result that he constructed an impressive water-supply scheme derived from Loch Katrine during the years 1856–60. It was claimed that the scheme bore comparison with "the most extensive aqueducts in the world, not excluding those of ancient Rome". Bateman went on to superintend the waterworks of many cities, mainly in the north of England but also in Dublin and Belfast. In 1865 he published a pamphlet, On the Supply of Water to London from the Sources of the River Severn, based on a survey funded from his own pocket; a Royal Commission examined various schemes but favoured Bateman's.Bateman was also responsible for harbour and dock works, notably on the rivers Clyde and Shannon, and also for a number of important water-supply works on the Continent of Europe and beyond. Dams and the associated reservoirs were the principal work of J.F.La Trobe Bateman; he completed forty-three such schemes during his professional career. He also prepared many studies of water-supply schemes, and appeared as professional witness before the appropriate Parliamentary Committees.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS 1860. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1878, 1879.BibliographyAmong his publications History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks, (1884, London), and The Present State of Our Knowledge on the Supply of Water to Towns, (1855, London: British Association for the Advancement of Science) are notable.Further ReadingObituary, 1889, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 97:392– 8.Obituary, 1889, Proceedings of the Royal Society 46:xlii-xlviii. G.M.Binnie, 1981, Early Victorian Water Engineers, London.P.N.Wilson, 1973, "Kendal reservoirs", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 73.KM / LRDBiographical history of technology > Bateman, John Frederick La Trobe
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58 expert
1. adjectivebe expert in or at doing something — etwas ausgezeichnet können
2) (of an expert) fachmännischan expert opinion — die Meinung eines Fachmanns
2. nounexpert knowledge — Fachkenntnis, die
be an expert in or at/on something — Fachmann od. Experte in etwas (Dat.) /für etwas sein
* * *['ekspə:t] 1. adjective((with at or on) skilled through training or practice: an expert car designer; I'm expert at map-reading; Get expert advice on plumbing.) erfahren, fachmännisch2. noun(a person who is an expert: an expert in political history / on ancient pottery.) der Fachmann- academic.ru/86822/expertly">expertly- expertness* * *ex·pert[ˈekspɜ:t, AM -spɜ:rt]gardening \expert Fachmann, -frau m, f für Gartenbauwith the eye of an \expert mit fachmännischem Blickthe help of an \expert fachkundige Hilfethe foremost \expert der führende Experte/die führende Expertinto call in an \expert einen Experten/eine Expertin hinzuziehen [o SCHWEIZ beiziehen]among \experts in der Fachwelt, unter Fachleuten▪ to be an \expert at doing sth ein Experte m/eine Expertin in etw dat sein, sich akk in etw dat gut auskennenhe is an \expert on that subject er ist ein Fachmann auf diesem GebietII. adj1. (specialist) fachmännisch, eines Fachmanns/einer Fachfrau nach n; (skilled) erfahren; (clever) geschickthe's an \expert orator er ist ein gewandter Redner\expert analysis fachkundige Analyse\expert hands erfahrene Hände\expert swimmer erfahrener Schwimmer/erfahrene Schwimmerin2. (excellent) ausgezeichnetshe is an \expert liar sie ist eine perfekte Lügnerin▪ to be \expert at [or in] doing sth wissen, wie man etw macht* * *['ekspɜːt]1. nExperte m, Expertin f; (= professional) Fachmann m, Fachfrau f; (JUR) Sachverständige(r) mfhe is an expert on the subject/at that sort of negotiation — er ist Fachmann or Experte auf diesem Gebiet/für solche Verhandlungen
expert in geology — Fachmann m/Fachfrau f für Geologie, Geologieexperte m/-expertin f
an expert at chess — ein Schachexperte m, eine Schachexpertin
she is an expert on wines/oriental philosophy — sie ist eine Weinexpertin/eine Expertin auf dem Gebiet der orientalischen Philosophie
to get the advice of experts — Experten/Sachverständige zurate or zu Rate ziehen
expert's report — Sachverständigenbericht m, Gutachten nt
OK, you do it, you're the expert — gut, machen Sies, Sie sind der Fachmann
he's an expert at saying the wrong thing (iro) — er versteht es meisterhaft, genau das Falsche zu sagen
2. adj1) (= skilled) driver, carpenter, accountant etc meisterhaftshe's an expert typist — sie ist perfekt im Maschineschreiben
he is expert at forgeries or an expert forger —
to be expert at or in doing sth —
people sufficiently expert in interpreting the data — Leute, die sich in der Interpretation der Daten genügend auskennen
2) (= specialist, of an expert) approach, work, job, advice, help, attention, treatment fachmännisch; opinion eines Fachmanns; (JUR) eines Sachverständigenhis expert hands — seine erfahrenen Hände
an expert eye — der Blick des Fachmanns
to run or cast an expert eye over sth —
what's your expert opinion? (also iro) — was meinen Sie als Fachmann or Experte dazu?
* * *A adj [präd auch ıkˈsp-] adj (adv expertly)1. erfahren:2. fachmännisch, fach-, sachkundig, sachverständig, gekonnt:expert work fachmännische Arbeit;expert engineer Fachingenieur(in);expert knowledge Sach-, Fachkenntnis f;under expert supervision unter fachmännischer Aufsicht;3. Sachverständigen…:an expert opinion die Meinung eines Fachmanns;what’s your expert opinion? was meinen Sie als Fachmann dazu?;4. geschickt, gewandt ( beide:at, in in dat)B sa) Fachmann m, -frau f, Experte m, Expertin fat, in in dat;on [auf dem Gebiet] gen):expert on disarmament Abrüstungsexperte;be an expert at doing sth es meisterlich verstehen, etwas zu tun* * *1. adjectivebe expert in or at something — Fachmann od. Experte in etwas (Dat.) sein
be expert in or at doing something — etwas ausgezeichnet können
2) (of an expert) fachmännisch2. nounexpert knowledge — Fachkenntnis, die
be an expert in or at/on something — Fachmann od. Experte in etwas (Dat.) /für etwas sein
* * *adj.erfahren adj.geschickt adj. n.Experte -n m.Gutachter f.Kenner - m. -
59 Generation of 1870
A generation of Portuguese writers and intellectuals and a postregeneration phase of the country's intellectual history in the last third of the 19th century. Many of them graduates of Coimbra University, these writers, whose work challenged conventional wisdom of their day, included J. Oliveira Martins, economist and social scientist; Eça de Queirós, novelist; Antero de Quental, poet; Ramalho Ortigão, editor and essayist; Teófilo Braga, literary historian; and the geographer and diplomat abroad, Jaime Batalha Reis. Coming of political age at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, the French Commune, and the French Third Republic (1870-71), these Portuguese intellectuals believed that economically weak Portugal had a polity and society in the grip of a pervasive decadence and inertia. They called for reform and renewal.Critical of romanticism, they were realists and neorealists and espoused the ideas of Karl Marx, Pierre Proudhon, and Auguste Comte. They called for revolution through the establishment of republicanism and socialism, and they were convinced that Portugal's backwardness and poverty were due primarily to the ancient influences of a weakened monarchy and the Catholic Church. This group of like-minded but also distinctive thinkers had an important impact on Portuguese letters and elite culture, but only a minor effect on contemporary politics and government.Like so many other movements in modern Portugal, the Generation of 1870's initiatives began as essentially a protest by university students of Coimbra, who confronted the status quo and sought to change their world by means of change and innovation in action and ideas. In certain respects, Portugal's Generation of 1870 resembled neighboring Spain's Generation of 1898, which began its "rebellion" in ideas following a disastrous foreign war (the Spanish-American War, 1898). -
60 abridgement
сущ.
1) сокращение His son was a cause of the abridgement of his days. ≈ Образ жизни его сына сократил его дни.
2) (of) ограничение (прав и т.п.) Irregular vindications of public liberty are almost always followed by some temporary abridgments of that very liberty. ≈ Редкие завоевания в области гражданских свобод почти всегда сопровождаются их же временным ограничением.
3) сокращенный текст, сокращенное издание;
краткое изложение, конспект I shall in the first place give the principal events of it in a chronological abridgment. ≈ Сначала я кратко перечислю основные события в хронологическом порядке. You represented your ancient coins as abridgements of history. ≈ Вы представили Ваши древние монеты как краткие зарисовки исторических событий. Syn: summary, abstract, digest, outline, precis, synopsisсокращение;
- this manuscript requires no * эта рукопись не нуждается в сокращении сокращенный текст;
сокращенное издание;
- an * of a three-volume novel сокращенное издание трехтомного романа краткое изложение, конспект (of) ограничение прав и т. п.abridgement замыкание ~ конспект ~ краткое изложение ~ ограничение ~ сокращение ~ сокращенное издание ~ сокращенный вариант ~ сокращенный вид ~ сокращенный текст ~ усечение abridgment: abridgment, abridgement сокращение~ of time юр. уменьшение срокаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > abridgement
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