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121 menor
adj.1 smaller.2 younger, junior.3 minor, lesser.f. & m.minor (law) (child).m.1 minor, young man, youngster.2 minor, young girl.* * *► adjetivo3 (inferior) minor4 MÚSICA minor1 DERECHO minor\al por menor retailser menor de edad to be under agemenor de edad minortribunal de menores juvenile court* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) minor2) smaller, smallest3) lesser, least4) younger, youngest•* * *1. ADJ1) [comparativo]a) [de tamaño] smallerlos libros están ordenados de menor a mayor — the books are arranged by size, from small to large
b) [de cantidad] fewer, less•
menor que algo — less than sthc) [de importancia, tiempo]existe un menor control en las aduanas — customs controls are not as strict o tight as they were
d) [de edad] younger•
menor que algn — younger than sb•
ser menor de edad — to be under age; (Jur) to be a minordos jóvenes menores de edad se han escapado de su casa — two under-age youngsters have run away from home
e) (Mús) minorf) (Rel) [orden] minor2) [superlativo]a) [de tamaño] smallestb) [de cantidad] lowest, smallestel partido de menor asistencia de la liga — the match with the lowest o smallest attendance in the league
realizó la vuelta en el menor número de golpes — he finished the round in the lowest number of shots
c) [de importancia, tiempo] leastidea 4)no le doy la menor importancia — I don't attach the slightest o least importance to it
d) [de edad] youngesteste es Miguel, mi hijo menor — this is Miguel, my youngest son
2.SMF (=niño) child, minor frmlos menores deben ir acompañados — children who are under age o minors frm must be accompanied
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apto/ no apto para menores — suitable/not suitable for (young) childrenapto para menores acompañados — (Cine) ≈ certificate PG
menor de edad — (Jur) minor
tribunal 1)los menores de edad — those who are under age, minors
3. SM1) (Com)2) Esp•
contar algo al por menor — to recount sth in detail* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *I1)a) ( comparativo de pequeño)en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree
un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage
X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)
sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before
b) ( superlativo de pequeño)2) ( en edad)a) ( comparativo)¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?
b) ( superlativo)¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?
3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor4) (Mús) minor5) (Com)IIlos distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
masculino y femenino (Der) minor* * *el menor= least, theEx: Of these three connectors, 'and' focusses your search with the least precision since it retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.
menor11 = infant, juvenile, juvenile, minor.Ex: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.
Ex: The construction of the hypothesis, however, should be limited to such considerations as whether the subject heading list is designed to serve the adult or the juvenile user.Ex: The library provides services to 2,903 adults and juveniles who have been sentenced or remanded to the care of the Department.Ex: This new Act requires US libraries to block obscenity, child pornography and all material deemed harmful to minors on all computers used by minors.* abandono de menores = child neglect.* abuso de menores = child abuse.* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.* centro de menores = young offender institution.* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.* departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.* escuela de niños menores = infant school.* explotación de menores = child labour.* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.* manutención del menor = child maintenance.* manutención de menores = child support.* menor de edad = underage.* menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the.* no apto para menores = X-rated.* pensión de menores = child support.* protección de menores = child protection, child welfare.* sexo de menores = underage sex.* trabajo de menores = child labour.* tribunal de menores = juvenile court, minors' court.menor22 = minor, reduced, slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], low-key [low key], lesser, lower-key, diminished, low-keyed.Ex: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.Ex: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.Ex: After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.Ex: This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.* con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].* delito menor = petty offense, petty crime, minor offence.* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact].* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* de venta al por menor = retail.* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.* en menor cantidad = less copiously.* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.* en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes.* la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.* menor de + Número = fewer than + Número.* menor, el = least, the.* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.* paños menores = undies.* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.* ser menor = be less.* símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<), less-than sign (<).* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.* sin la menor idea = clueless.* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.* vender al por menor = retail.* venta al por menor = retailing, retail trade.* ventas al por menor = retail sales.* * *Aun período de menor interés histórico que el anterior a period of less historical interest than the previous onenuestro poder adquisitivo es cada vez menor our purchasing power decreases every dayen menor medida to a lesser extent o degreeen mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent o degreealimentos de menor contenido calórico food which is lower in caloriesmenor QUE algo:un ingreso tres veces menor que el mío an income three times lower than mineun porcentaje de indecisos menor que el del último sondeo a lower o smaller percentage of don't knows than in the last pollesto sucede con menor frecuencia que antes this happens less often o less frequently than beforehaciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possibleeligió el de menor tamaño she chose the smallest one¿cuál es la menor de las islas Baleares? which is the smallest of the Balearic islands?1(comparativo): ¿tienes hermanas menores? do you have any younger sisters?menor QUE algn younger THAN sbes un año menor que yo she's a year younger than me2(superlativo): ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?mi hijo menor my youngest sonel menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boysC (secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minorsufrió lesiones de menor importancia she received minor injuriesD ( Mús) minorE ( Com):(al) por menor retail[ S ] venta (al) por menor retail saleslos distribuidores (al) por menor retail shops o outlets( Der) minor[ S ] película no apta para menores movie not suitable for under-18s, certificate 18Compuesto:masculine and feminine minorser menor de edad to be a minor, be underage* * *
menor adjetivo
1a) ( comparativo de
en menor medida/grado to a lesser extent o degree;
menor que algo lower than sth;
un ingreso menor que el mío an income lower than mineb) ( superlativo de◊ pequeño): el país con el menor número de parados the country with the lowest unemployment figures;
haciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possible;
el de menor tamaño the smallest one
2 ( en edad)
menor que algn younger than sbb) ( superlativo):◊ ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?;
el menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boys
3 ( secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minor;
4 (Mús) minor
5 (Com):
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
película no apta para menores film not suitable for under-18s
menor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) smaller: una habitación menor que la mía, a room smaller than mine
(superlativo) smallest
el tamaño menor, the smallest size
2 (comparativo de grado) less: su alegría es menor que la mía, his happiness is less than mine
(superlativo) least, slightest: no tiene la menor idea, he hasn't the slightest idea
3 (comparativo de edad) younger: es menor de sesenta años, she is under sixty
es menor que mi prima, he's younger than my cousin
(superlativo) youngest
la menor de nosotras, the youngest of us
4 Mús minor
5 Com al por menor, retail
II mf Jur minor
' menor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusar
- Asia
- caza
- edad
- efecto
- menos
- mínima
- mínimo
- osa
- re
- relevancia
- sol
- sombra
- trascendencia
- vender
- venta
- cazar
- compás
- de
- duda
- enfadado
- enfadar
- enojado
- enojar
- intención
- movimiento
- noción
English:
age
- Asia Minor
- barge in
- clue
- deaf
- doubt
- extent
- fact
- foggy
- guardian
- junior
- juvenile
- least
- lesser
- may
- minor
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanour
- retail
- retail sale
- retailing
- show
- under
- young
- magistrate
- marginal
- offender
- out
- rough
- slight
* * *♦ adj1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] smaller ( que than); [en edad] younger ( que than); [en importancia] less, lesser ( que than); [en número] lower ( que than);mi hermana menor my younger sister;es ocho años menor que yo he's eight years younger than me;reciben menor formación que nosotros they receive less training than us;en menor grado to a lesser extent;un menor número de víctimas a lower o smaller number of victims;una menor tasa de inflación a lower rate of inflation;apartamentos menores de 100 metros cuadrados Br flats o US apartments of less than o under 100 square metres;ayudas para empresarios menores de veinticinco años grants for businessmen (of) under twenty-five;sólo la menor parte de los encuestados estaba en contra only a minority of those interviewed were opposed;Matmenor que less than2. [superlativo][en edad] the youngest…; [en importancia] the slightest…; [en número] the lowest…;el/la menor… [en tamaño] the smallest…;la menor de las islas the smallest island, the smallest of the islands;la menor de todos nosotros/de la clase the youngest of all of us/in the class;la menor de las dos hermanas the younger of the two sisters;el menor ruido le molesta the slightest noise disturbs him;no creo que tenga el menor interés I don't think it's at all o the slightest bit interesting;no te preocupes, no tiene la menor importancia don't worry, it doesn't matter at all o in the least;no tengo la menor idea I haven't the slightest idea3. [intrascendente, secundario] minor;un problema menor a minor problemser menor de edad [para votar, conducir] to be under age;Der to be a minor5. Mús minor;en do menor in C minorvender algo al por menor to retail sth;puntos de venta al por menor retail outlets♦ nmf1. [superlativo]el/la menor [hijo, hermano] the youngestes una película no apta para menores this film has been classified as unsuitable for children;no apta para menores [en letrero] = unsuitable for childrenmenor de edad minor* * *I adjser menor de edad be a minor2 sup:el número menor the lowest number;no tengo la menor idea I don’t have the slightest ideami menor E minor4 COM:al por menor retailII m/f minor* * *menor adj3) : minor4)al por menor : retail5)ser menor de edad : to be a minor, to be underagemenor nmf: minor, juvenile* * *menor1 adj1. (comparativo menos grande) smaller2. (ningún) slightest3. (comparativo más joven) younger4. (superlativo más joven) youngestmenor2 n1. (más joven) youngest2. (menor de edad) minor -
122 tener a algn a brida corta
to keep sb on a tight rein, keep sb under strict control -
123 a ţine în frâu pe cineva
to keep a tight rein on / over smb.to keep / to hold smb. in leash / under control( d. cai) to rein in / to collect a horse.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a ţine în frâu pe cineva
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124 constringo
constringere, constrinxi, constrictus V TRANSbind fast/tight, tie up/together; confine, restrain; hinder, inhibit, control; compress/squeeze; make smaller/lessen/contract; hold together; congeal/freeze -
125 धृ
dhṛi
Dhātup. XXII, 3 ; Ā. Pot. dhareran ĀpṠr.,
but more commonly in the same sense the Caus. form dhārayati, - te (perf. P. dǍdhā́ra, - dhártha
Impv. dadhartu AV. Paipp. ;
Ā. dadhré, 3. pl. - dhriré RV. etc. etc.;
aor. adhāram R. ;
adhṛita, dhṛithās AV. ;
ádīdharat RV. etc. etc. < dīdhar, didhṛitam, - ta RV. ;
3. pl. - rata ṠBr. >;
adārshīt Gr.;
fut. dharishyati MBh. ;
- shyé AV. ;
dhartā BhP. ;
inf. dhartum Kāv., - tavai Br. < dhartári seeᅠ under - ṭri>;
ind. p. dhṛitvā, - dhṛitya Br.) to hold, bear ( alsoᅠ bring forth), carry, maintain, preserve, keep, possess, have, use, employ, practise, undergo RV. etc. etc.;
(with orᅠ scil. ātmānam, jīvitam, prāṇān, deham, ṡarīram etc.) to preserve soul orᅠ body, continue living, survive MBh. Kāv. etc. (esp. fut. dharishyati;
cf. Pass. below);
to hold back, keep down, stop, restrain, suppress, resist Br. MBh. Kāv. etc.:
to place orᅠ fix in, bestow orᅠ confer on (loc.) RV. AV. Br. etc.;
destine for (dat.;
Ā. alsoᅠ to be destined for orᅠ belong to) RV. ;
present to (gen.) Kāraṇḍ. ;
to direct orᅠ turn (attention, mind, etc.) towards, fix orᅠ resolve upon (loc. orᅠ dat.) Up. Yājñ. MBh. ;
Ā. to be ready orᅠ prepared for ṠBr. ;
P. Ā. to owe anything (acc.) to (dat. orᅠ gen.) MBh. (cf. Pāṇ. 1-4, 35);
to prolong (in pronunciation) AitBr. RPrāt. ;
to quote, cite L. ;
(with garbham) to conceive, be pregnant (older - bham-bhṛi) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
(with daṇḍam) to inflict punishment on (loc.) MBh. R. BhP. ( alsoᅠ damam);
(with keṡān, orᅠ ṡmaṡru) to let the hair orᅠ beard grow MBh. ;
(with raṡmīn < ib. > orᅠ praharān < Ṡak. >) to draw the reins tight;
(with dharamam) to fulfil a duty R. ;
(with vratám) to observe orᅠ keep a vow RV. etc. etc.;
(with dhāraṇām) to practise self-control Yājñ. ;
(wit. ipas) to perform penance BhP. ;
(with mūrdhnā orᅠ - dhni, ṡirasā orᅠ - si) to bear on the head, honour highly Kāv. ;
(with orᅠ scil. tulayā) to hold in a balance, weigh, measure MBh. Kāv. etc.;
(with orᅠ scil. manasā) to bear in mind, recollect, remember ib. ;
(with samaye) to hold to an agreement, cause to make a compact Pañc. I, 125/126 ( B. dṛishṭvā for dhṛitvā):
Pass. dhriyáte (ep. alsoᅠ - yati;
pf. dadhré etc. = Ā.;
aor. adhāri) to be borne etc.;
so be firm, keep steady RV. etc. etc.;
continue living, exist, remain Br. MBh. Kāv. etc. ( alsoᅠ dhāryate R.);
to begin, resolve upon, undertake (dat.;
acc. orᅠ inf.) AV. ṠBr. ChUp.:
Caus. dhāráyati, - te seeᅠ above:
Desid. didhīrshati ( seeᅠ - shā), didharishate Pāṇ. 7-2, 75 ;
didhārayishati, to wish to keep up orᅠ preserve ( ātmānam) Gobh. III, 5, 30:
Intens. dárdharti ( RV.) andᅠ dādharti (3. pl. - dhrati TS. ;
cf. Pāṇ. 7-4, 65)
to hold fast, bear firmly, fasten
+ cf. Zd. dar
Gk. θρόνος, θρᾶνος, θρήσασθαι;
Lat. frē-tus, frē-num.>
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126 संयमन
saṉ-yamanamf (ī)n. id. MBh. Pur. ;
bringing to rest RV. ;
(ī) f. N. of the city orᅠ residence of Yama (fabled to be situated on Mount Meru) MBh. BhP. ;
n. the act of curbing orᅠ checking orᅠ restraining VP. ;
self-control KaushUp. ;
binding together, tying up Vikr. Sāh. ;
drawing tight, tightening (reins etc.) Ṡak. ;
confinement, fetter Mṛicch. ;
Yama's residence (cf. above) Bādar.
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127 qattiq
hard, tough, strong, firm; solid; loud; fierce, harsh, sharp, deep, extreme; dangerous, serious; tight fisted. qattiq ogohlantirish/qattiq teg /o’ziga qattiq ol to take badly. qattiq tur to stand firm. qattiq tut to hold on rigidly to, to control, to restrict. qattiq qara to stare hard. qattiq kunlar dark, difficult times. qattiq kurash fierce struggle. qattiq intizom strict order. qattiq sovuq fierce cold. qattiq mast bo’l to be extremely drunk. qattiq gapir to speak loud or harshly. qattiq matonat extreme courage. qattiq aloqa strong bind or relationship. qattiq shikast serious damage. qattiq qo’lli strict, harsh -
128 электродвигатель
electromotor, electric motor, motor* * *электродви́гатель м.
(electric) motorвключа́ть электродви́гатель — start [switch on, turn on, energize] a motorзащища́ть электродви́гатель — protect a motorзащища́ть электродви́гатель пла́вким предохрани́телем — fuse a motorиспо́льзовать электродви́гатель с недогру́зкой — run a motor lightэлектродви́гатель облада́ет сво́йствами обрати́мости — a motor can operate as a generatorотключа́ть [выключа́ть] электродви́гатель — stop [de-energize, switch off, turn off] a motorохлажда́ть электродви́гатель принуди́тельно — force-cool a motorэлектродви́гатель развива́ет (такой-то [m2]) враща́ющий моме́нт — an electric motor develops a torque of … (kgm)сжечь электродви́гатель — burn a motorста́вить электродви́гатель под нагру́зку — put load on a motor; load a motorуправля́ть электродви́гателем — control a motorасинхро́нный электродви́гатель — induction [asynchronous] motorасинхро́нный, синхронизи́рованный электродви́гатель — synchronous induction motorасинхро́нный электродви́гатель с короткоза́мкнутым ро́тором — squirrel-cage induction motorасинхро́нный электродви́гатель с фа́зным ро́тором — брит. slip-ring induction motor; амер. phase-wound(-rotor) motorбесколле́кторный электродви́гатель — commutatorless [brushless] motorбесщё́точный электродви́гатель — brushless motorбрызгозащищё́нный электродви́гатель — splash proof motorвентили́руемый электродви́гатель — ventilated motorве́нтильный электродви́гатель — thyratron motorвзрывозащищё́нный электродви́гатель — explosion-proof [flame-proof] motorвстра́иваемый электродви́гатель — built-in motorгазонепроница́емый электродви́гатель — gas-tight motorгистере́зисный электродви́гатель — hysteresis motorгребно́й электродви́гатель — main propulsion motorгребно́й электродви́гатель авари́йного хо́да мор. — emergency propulsion motorдвухпо́люсный электродви́гатель — bipolar motorзакры́тый электродви́гатель — totally enclosed motorколле́кторный электродви́гатель — commutator motorконденса́торный электродви́гатель — capacitor-start motorкороткоза́мкнутый электродви́гатель — squirrel cage motorмногофа́зный электродви́гатель — polyphase motorнереверси́вный электродви́гатель — non-reversible motorнеявнопо́люсный электродви́гатель — nonsalient-pole [round rotor] motorоднофа́зный электродви́гатель — single-phase motorэлектродви́гатель переме́нного то́ка — alternating current [a.c.] motorпогружно́й электродви́гатель — submersible motorэлектродви́гатель постоя́нного то́ка — direct-current [d.c.] motorпусково́й электродви́гатель — starting motorреакти́вный электродви́гатель — reaction motorреду́кторный электродви́гатель — gearmotorрепульсио́нный электродви́гатель — repulsion induction motorэлектродви́гатель с бе́личьей кле́ткой — squirrel-cage motorэлектродви́гатель с двойно́й бе́личьей кле́ткой — double squirrel-cage motorсе́риесный электродви́гатель — series(-wound) motorэлектродви́гатель с жё́сткой характери́стикой — constant-voltage [flat-response] motorсинхро́нный электродви́гатель — synchronous motorэлектродви́гатель с конта́ктными ко́льцами — slip-ring motorследя́щий электродви́гатель — servo motorэлектродви́гатель с мя́гкой характери́стикой — drooping-response motorэлектродви́гатель с печа́тной обмо́ткой — printed circuit motorэлектродви́гатель с после́довательным возбужде́нием — series(-wound) motorэлектродви́гатель с принуди́тельным возду́шным охлажде́нием — forced-air-cooled motorэлектродви́гатель с регули́руемой ско́ростью враще́ния — adjustable [variable] speed motorэлектродви́гатель с самовентиля́цией — self-ventilated motorэлектродви́гатель с сегме́нтным ро́тором — segmental-rotor motorэлектродви́гатель с фа́зным ро́тором — phase-wound (rotor) motorтя́говый электродви́гатель — traction motorуниверса́льный электродви́гатель — universal motorфла́нцевый электродви́гатель — flange(-mounted) motorша́говый электродви́гатель — step(ping) motorшунтово́й электродви́гатель — shunt(-wound) motorщитово́й электродви́гатель — endshield-mounted motorявнопо́люсный электродви́гатель — salient-pole motorРусско-английский политехнический словарь > электродвигатель
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