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[ˌwest'ɪndiːz]nome proprio plurale Indie f. occidentali* * *npl* * *[ˌwest'ɪndiːz]nome proprio plurale Indie f. occidentali -
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plural proper noun* * *West ˈIn·diesn pl▪ the \West Indies die Westindischen Inseln* * *WI abk1. West Indian2. West Indies3. Wisconsin* * *plural proper noun -
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[-'ɪndɪz]nplthe West Indies — Indie pl Zachodnie
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8 obeah (A system of belief among blacks chiefly of the British West Indies, the Guianas, and the southeastern U.S. that is characterized by the use of sorcery and magic ritual)
Религия: обияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > obeah (A system of belief among blacks chiefly of the British West Indies, the Guianas, and the southeastern U.S. that is characterized by the use of sorcery and magic ritual)
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west [west]1 noun∎ in the west à l'ouest, dans l'ouest;∎ the house lies to the west (of the town) la maison se trouve à l'ouest (de la ville);∎ two miles to the west trois kilomètres à l'ouest;∎ look towards the west regardez vers l'ouest;∎ I was born in the west je suis né dans l'Ouest;∎ in the west of Austria dans l'ouest de l'Autriche;∎ on the west of the island à l'ouest de l'île;∎ the wind is in the west le vent est à l'ouest;∎ the wind is coming from the west le vent vient ou souffle de l'ouest;∎ the West (the Occident) l'Occident m, les pays mpl occidentaux; (in US) l'Ouest m (États situés à l'ouest du Mississippi)∎ the west coast la côte ouest;∎ in west London dans l'ouest de Londres;∎ on the west side du côté ouest3 adverbà l'ouest; (travel) vers l'ouest, en direction de l'ouest;∎ the village lies west of Manchester le village est situé à l'ouest de Manchester;∎ the living room faces west la salle de séjour est exposée à l'ouest;∎ the path heads (due) west le chemin va ou mène (droit) vers l'ouest;∎ drive west until you come to a main road roulez vers l'ouest jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à une route principale;∎ I travelled west je suis allé vers l'ouest;∎ he travelled west for three days pendant trois jours, il a voyagé en direction de l'ouest;∎ to sail west naviguer cap sur l'ouest;∎ it's 20 miles west of Edinburgh c'est à 32 kilomètres à l'ouest d'Édimbourg;∎ west by north/by south ouest-quart-nord-ouest/ouest-quart-sud-ouest;∎ the school lies further west of the town hall l'école se trouve plus à l'ouest de la mairie;∎ to go west aller à ou vers l'ouest; familiar humorous (person) passer l'arme à gauche; (thing) tomber à l'eau;∎ familiar there's another job gone west! encore un emploi de perdu!►► West Africa Afrique f occidentale;1 nounhabitant(e) m,f de l'Afrique occidentale(languages, states) de l'Afrique occidentale, ouest-africain;the West Bank la Cisjordanie;∎ on the West Bank en Cisjordanie;formerly West Berlin Berlin m Ouest;formerly West Berliner habitant(e) m,f de Berlin Ouest;Irish familiar pejorative West Brit = terme péjoratif désignant les Irlandais qui cherchent à s'angliciser par l'accent, le mode de vie etc;the West Coast la côte ouest (des États-Unis);the West Country = le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre (Cornouailles, Devon et Somerset);∎ in the West Country dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre; the West End(in general) les quartiers mpl ouest; (of London) le West End (centre touristique et commercial de la ville de Londres connu pour ses théâtres);∎ in the West End dans le West End; formerly West German1 nounAllemand(e) m,f de l'Ouestouest-allemand;formerly West Germany Allemagne f de l'Ouest;∎ in West Germany en Allemagne de l'Ouest;Geography West Glamorgan le West Glamorgan, = comté du sud-ouest du pays de Galles;∎ in West Glamorgan dans le West Glamorgan;West Highland terrier terrier m écossais, West Highland terrier m; West Indian1 nounAntillais(e) m,fantillais;the West Indies les Antilles fpl;∎ in the West Indies aux Antilles;∎ the French West Indies les Antilles françaises;∎ the Dutch West Indies les Antilles néerlandaises;the West Midlands les West Midlands mpl, = comté du centre de l'Angleterre;∎ in the West Midlands dans les West Midlands;West Point = importante école militaire américaine;American the West Side les quartiers mpl ouest de New York;West Sussex le Sussex occidental, = comté du sud de l'Angleterre;∎ in West Sussex dans le Sussex occidental;West Virginia la Virginie-Occidentale;∎ in West Virginia en Virginie-Occidentale;West Yorkshire le West Yorkshire, = comté du nord de l'Angleterre;∎ in West Yorkshire dans le West Yorkshireⓘ Go West young man On attribue cette phrase ("va vers l'Ouest, jeune homme") à John Soule, journaliste américain de l'Indiana qui l'aurait employée pour la première fois en 1851. Il s'agit d'une allusion à la colonisation de l'ouest américain mais on emploie cette formule dans d'autres contextes, lorsque quelqu'un part en voyage vers l'Ouest, quel que soit le pays où il se trouve, ou bien en l'adaptant en remplaçant "ouest" par un autre terme. On utilise aussi cette expression pour encourager quelqu'un à faire preuve d'ambition et à se déplacer de façon à trouver du travail. -
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Indies /ˈɪndɪz/n. pl.(Place names) Indies (the) /ˈɪndɪz/● the East I., le Indie Orientali; the West I., le Indie Occidentali -
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♦ west /wɛst/A n. [u]1 ovest; occidente; ponente; parte occidentale: Bordeaux is in the west of France, Bordeaux è nella parte occidentale della Francia; Spain lies to the west of France, la Spagna è a ovest della Francia2 (geogr.) – the West, (in GB, in Irlanda, ecc.) l'Ovest; ( USA) l'Ovest, il West ( i territori a ovest del Mississippi); ( in genere, anche polit.) l'Occidente, i paesi occidentali, il mondo occidentale; the Far West, il lontano Ovest; (in USA) il Far WestB a.1 dell'ovest; di ponente; occidentale: a west wind, un vento di (o da) ponente; on the west coast, sulla costa occidentale; West Africa, l'Africa Occidentale; (ling.) West Germanic, germanico occidentale2 (situato a) ovest: the west entrance, l'entrata ovest; the west side of the house, il lato ovest della casaC avv.a (o verso) ovest; a (o verso) occidente: The house faces west, la casa è esposta a ovest; to sail west, navigare verso occidente● (geogr.) West Bank, Cisgiordania □ (in Inghil.) the West Country, l'Ovest (le regioni occidentali dell'Inghilterra, in particolare, la Cornovaglia, il Devon, il Dorset e il Somerset) □ the West End, il West End ( quartiere elegante di Londra: quello dei principali teatri e dei bei negozi) □ West Ender, abitante del ‘West End’ □ (stor.) West Germany, la Germania dell'Ovest; la Germania Occidentale □ West Indian, (abitante, nativo) delle Indie Occidentali □ the West Indies, le Indie Occidentali □ (in USA) West Point, l'Accademia Militare degli Stati Uniti d'America □ West Side, zona occidentale di Manhattan ( a New York) □ ( USA) West Sider, abitante del ‘West Side’ □ to go west, andare all'ovest; (fam.) crepare, morire; andare in rovina (o alla malora). -
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west [west]1. nounouest m2. adjective3. adverb[go, travel, fly] vers l'ouest ; [be, lie] à l'ouest4. compounds* * *[west] 1.noun ouest m2.West noun Politics, Geography3.adjective gen ouest inv; [wind] d'ouest4.adverb [move] vers l'ouest; [lie, live] à l'ouest (of de)••to go west — ( die) euph passer l'arme à gauche
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Indies[´indiz] n pl 1.: the East \Indies Индия и Индокитай; 2.: the West \Indies Антилските острови. -
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1. noun1) (the direction in which the sun sets or any part of the earth lying in that direction: They travelled towards the west; The wind is blowing from the west; in the west of Britain.) oeste2) ((often with capital: also W) one of the four main points of the compass.) oeste
2. adjective1) (in the west: She's in the west wing of the hospital.) oeste2) (from the direction of the west: a west wind.) del oeste
3. adverb(towards the west: The cliffs face west.) al oeste- westerly- western
4. noun(a film or novel about the Wild West: Most westerns are about cowboys and Red Indians.) western- westward
- westwards
- westward
- go west
- the West
- the Wild West
west n adj adv oestemany people migrated west seeking their fortune mucha gente migró hacia el oeste, en busca de fortunatr[west]1 oeste nombre masculino, occidente nombre masculino1 occidental, del oeste1 al oeste, hacia el oeste\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe Far West el Lejano Oestethe West Coast la costa oestethe West End zona céntrica londinense de comercios, teatros y cinesWest Indies las AntillasWest Indian antillano,-awest ['wɛst] adv: al oestewest adj: oeste, del oeste, occidentalwest winds: vientos del oestewest n1) : oeste m2)the West : el Oeste, el Occidenteadj.• del oeste adj.• occidental adj.• oeste adj.adv.• al oeste adv.n.• ocaso s.m.• occidente s.m.• oeste s.m.• poniente s.m.
I westmass noun1)a) (point of the compass, direction) oeste mthe west, the West el oeste, el Oeste; to the west of the city al oeste de la ciudad; west-northwest — oesnoroeste
b) ( region)the west, the West el oeste; a town in the west of Wales — una ciudad del or en el oeste de Gales
2) the Westa) ( the Occident) (el) Occidente mb) (Pol, Hist) el Oestec) ( in US) el Oeste (americano)
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adverb al oestethe house faces west — la casa da or está orientada al oeste
[west]to go west — (BrE colloq) \<\<thing/chance\>\> irse* al garete (fam)
1.N oeste m, occidente mthe West — (Pol) el Oeste, (el) Occidente
tales of the American West — cuentos mpl del Oeste americano
in the west of the country — al oeste or en el oeste del país
the wind is from the or in the west — el viento sopla or viene del oeste
2.ADJ [part, coast] oeste, del oeste, occidental; [wind] del oeste3.ADV (=westward) hacia el oeste; (=in the west) al oeste, en el oesteit's west of London — está al oeste or en el oeste de Londres
- go west4.CPDWest Africa N — África f Occidental
the West Bank N — Cisjordania f
West Berlin N — (Hist) Berlín m Oeste
the West Country N — (Brit) el West Country (el sudoeste de Inglaterra, esp. los condados de Cornualles, Devon y Somerset)
the West End N — (of London) el West End (de Londres) (zona del centro de Londres donde hay muchas tiendas y locales de ocio)
West German, West IndianWest Germany N — (formerly) Alemania f Occidental
West Indies NPL — Antillas fpl
West Point N — academia militar de Estados Unidos
West Virginia N — Virginia f Occidental
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I [west]mass noun1)a) (point of the compass, direction) oeste mthe west, the West el oeste, el Oeste; to the west of the city al oeste de la ciudad; west-northwest — oesnoroeste
b) ( region)the west, the West el oeste; a town in the west of Wales — una ciudad del or en el oeste de Gales
2) the Westa) ( the Occident) (el) Occidente mb) (Pol, Hist) el Oestec) ( in US) el Oeste (americano)
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adverb al oestethe house faces west — la casa da or está orientada al oeste
to go west — (BrE colloq) \<\<thing/chance\>\> irse* al garete (fam)
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[west] 1. noun1) (the direction in which the sun sets or any part of the earth lying in that direction: They travelled towards the west; The wind is blowing from the west; in the west of Britain.) zahod2) ((often with capital: also W) one of the four main points of the compass.) zahod2. adjective1) (in the west: She's in the west wing of the hospital.) zahoden2) (from the direction of the west: a west wind.) zahoden3. adverb(towards the west: The cliffs face west.) zahodno- westerly- western 4. noun(a film or novel about the Wild West: Most westerns are about cowboys and Red Indians.) vestern- westward
- westwards
- westward
- go west
- the West
- the Wild West* * *I [west]1.nounzahod, zapad; zahodni del (dežele, države, kontinenta); zahodne dežele, okcident; poetically zahodni veterthe West — Zapad, Zahodne dežele; history zahodno rimsko cesarstvo; poetically zahodni veter; American Zapad (področje zahodno od Mississipija)to tour in the west of France — potovati po zahodni Franciji;2.adjectivezahoden, zapadenWest End — zahodni, aristokratski del Londonafiguratively west end — imenitna mestna četrtWest Indies — Antilji;3.adverbzahodno, zapadno; proti zahodudue west — točno, ravno na zahod, z zahodato go west slang umretiII [west]intransitive verbiti proti zahodu; zaiti (sonce) -
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[west] n., adv., adj. -n 1. gjeog. perëndim; to the west of në perëndim të; in the west of Canada në pjesën perëndimore të Kanadasë; facing the west i kthyer/me ballin nga perëndimi. 2. pol. the West Perëndimi, vendet perëndimore; amer. Perëndimi, shtetet perëndimore të SHBA-së /-adv. në perëndim; drejt perëndimit; drive west for 50 km eci drejt perëndimit 50 km; west of the border në perëndim të kufirit; west by south perëndim-jugperëndim; sail due west lundroj/shkoj /udhëtoj drejt perëndimit.● go west fig. a) 1 humbet, zhduket (një send); b) vdes, cof (dikush) /-adj. i perëndimit; perëndimor; on the west side nga ana perëndimore, nga perëndimi; in the west Atlantic në Atlantikun perëndimor● West Africa [west 'æfrikë] n. gjeog. Afrika Perëndimore● West Berlin [west bë:'lin] n. gjeog. Berlini Perëndimor● westerly ['westë:li] adj., adv. -adj. perëndimi (erë); perëndimor(drejtim etj); westerly aspect pamje/ fytyrë/fasadë nga perëndimi /-adv. nga perëndimi, drejt perëndimit● western ['westë:n] adj.,n. -adj. perëndimor; nga perëndimi; Western Europe Evropa Perëndimore /-n. film/libër uestern/me kauboj● westerner ['westë:në:] n 1. banor i Perëndimit (të SHBA). 2. pol. Perëndimor, banor i vendeve perëndimore● westernize ['westë:naiz] vt. bëj perëndimor, oksidentalizoj, i jap frymë perëndimore● westernmost ['westë:nmoust] adj. më perëndimori, i perëndimit ekstrem● western writer ['westë:n 'raitë:(r)] n. shkrimtar romanesh uestern● West Indies [west indi:z] n. gjeog. Inditë Perëndimore, Ishujt e Antileve● west-northwest ['west no:thwest] n., adj., adv. -n. perëndim-veriperëndirn /-adj., adv. në/nga perëndim-veriperëndim(i)● West Point ['west point] n. amer. shkollë ushtarake● west-southwest [westsauthwest] n., adj., adv. -n. perëndim-jugperëndim /-adj., adv. në/nga perëndim-jugperëndimi● westward ['westwë:d] adj., adv.,n. -adj. perëndimor; në perëndim / adv. drejt perëndimit, nga perëndimi /-n. pjesë perëndimore; drejtim perëndimor* * *perëndim -
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[west] 1. сущ.; сокр. W1) запад2) мор. вест3) запад, западная часть, западные районы ( страны); западная окраина ( города); западная оконечность ( острова)4) ( the West) амер. Запад, западные штаты, западная часть СШАthe Wild West ист. — Дикий Запад
5) ( the West)а) Запад ( западная цивилизация)Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. (R. Kipling, The Ballad of East and West) — Запад есть Запад, Восток есть Восток, и вместе им не сойтись.
б) полит.; ист. Запад (страны Западной Европы и Северной Америки в отличие от стран коммунистического блока)2. прил.1)а) западный- West EndSyn:2) выходящий на запад, обращённый к западу3. нареч.1) к западу, на западto go west — заходить, клониться к западу ( о солнце)
This pretty village is situated about a mile west of the town. — Эта живописная деревушка расположена в миле от города, к западу.
The only way is to travel full west. — Единственный путь - идти строго на запад.
A river girds the city west and south. — Река опоясывает город с запада и юга.
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20 Harrison, John
[br]b. 24 March 1693 Foulby, Yorkshire, Englandd. 24 March 1776 London, England[br]English horologist who constructed the first timekeeper of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea and invented the gridiron pendulum for temperature compensation.[br]John Harrison was the son of a carpenter and was brought up to that trade. He was largely self-taught and learned mechanics from a copy of Nicholas Saunderson's lectures that had been lent to him. With the assistance of his younger brother, James, he built a series of unconventional clocks, mainly of wood. He was always concerned to reduce friction, without using oil, and this influenced the design of his "grasshopper" escapement. He also invented the "gridiron" compensation pendulum, which depended on the differential expansion of brass and steel. The excellent performance of his regulator clocks, which incorporated these devices, convinced him that they could also be used in a sea dock to compete for the longitude prize. In 1714 the Government had offered a prize of £20,000 for a method of determining longitude at sea to within half a degree after a voyage to the West Indies. In theory the longitude could be found by carrying an accurate timepiece that would indicate the time at a known longitude, but the requirements of the Act were very exacting. The timepiece would have to have a cumulative error of no more than two minutes after a voyage lasting six weeks.In 1730 Harrison went to London with his proposal for a sea clock, supported by examples of his grasshopper escapement and his gridiron pendulum. His proposal received sufficient encouragement and financial support, from George Graham and others, to enable him to return to Barrow and construct his first sea clock, which he completed five years later. This was a large and complicated machine that was made out of brass but retained the wooden wheelwork and the grasshopper escapement of the regulator clocks. The two balances were interlinked to counteract the rolling of the vessel and were controlled by helical springs operating in tension. It was the first timepiece with a balance to have temperature compensation. The effect of temperature change on the timekeeping of a balance is more pronounced than it is for a pendulum, as two effects are involved: the change in the size of the balance; and the change in the elasticity of the balance spring. Harrison compensated for both effects by using a gridiron arrangement to alter the tension in the springs. This timekeeper performed creditably when it was tested on a voyage to Lisbon, and the Board of Longitude agreed to finance improved models. Harrison's second timekeeper dispensed with the use of wood and had the added refinement of a remontoire, but even before it was tested he had embarked on a third machine. The balance of this machine was controlled by a spiral spring whose effective length was altered by a bimetallic strip to compensate for changes in temperature. In 1753 Harrison commissioned a London watchmaker, John Jefferys, to make a watch for his own personal use, with a similar form of temperature compensation and a modified verge escapement that was intended to compensate for the lack of isochronism of the balance spring. The time-keeping of this watch was surprisingly good and Harrison proceeded to build a larger and more sophisticated version, with a remontoire. This timekeeper was completed in 1759 and its performance was so remarkable that Harrison decided to enter it for the longitude prize in place of his third machine. It was tested on two voyages to the West Indies and on both occasions it met the requirements of the Act, but the Board of Longitude withheld half the prize money until they had proof that the timekeeper could be duplicated. Copies were made by Harrison and by Larcum Kendall, but the Board still continued to prevaricate and Harrison received the full amount of the prize in 1773 only after George III had intervened on his behalf.Although Harrison had shown that it was possible to construct a timepiece of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea, his solution was too complex and costly to be produced in quantity. It had, for example, taken Larcum Kendall two years to produce his copy of Harrison's fourth timekeeper, but Harrison had overcome the psychological barrier and opened the door for others to produce chronometers in quantity at an affordable price. This was achieved before the end of the century by Arnold and Earnshaw, but they used an entirely different design that owed more to Le Roy than it did to Harrison and which only retained Harrison's maintaining power.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Society Copley Medal 1749.Bibliography1767, The Principles of Mr Harrison's Time-keeper, with Plates of the Same, London. 1767, Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately Published by the Rev. Mr Maskelyne Under theAuthority of the Board of Longitude, London.1775, A Description Concerning Such Mechanisms as Will Afford a Nice or True Mensuration of Time, London.Further ReadingR.T.Gould, 1923, The Marine Chronometer: Its History and Development, London; reprinted 1960, Holland Press.—1978, John Harrison and His Timekeepers, 4th edn, London: National Maritime Museum.H.Quill, 1966, John Harrison, the Man who Found Longitude, London. A.G.Randall, 1989, "The technology of John Harrison's portable timekeepers", Antiquarian Horology 18:145–60, 261–77.J.Betts, 1993, John Harrison London (a good short account of Harrison's work). S.Smiles, 1905, Men of Invention and Industry; London: John Murray, Chapter III. Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. IX, pp. 35–6.DV
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