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  • 1 rigoureux

    rigoureux, -euse [ʀiguʀø, øz]
    adjective
       a. rigorous ; [maître] strict
       b. [interdiction] strict
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    - euse ʀiguʀø, øz adjectif
    1) [morale, discipline] strict, rigorous; [règlement, personne, application] strict
    2) [climat, hiver, conditions de travail] harsh, severe; [froid] severe
    3) [observations, recherches, démonstration] meticulous; [analyse, gestion, pensée, argumentation] rigorous
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    ʀiɡuʀø, øz adj (-euse)
    1) (morale) rigorous, strict
    2) (personne) rigorous
    3) (climat, châtiment) harsh, severe
    4) (interdiction, neutralité) strict
    5) (preuves, analyse, méthode) rigorous
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    rigoureux, - euse adj
    1 ( sévère) [morale, discipline] strict, rigorous; [règlement, personne] strict;
    2 ( rude) [climat, saison] harsh, severe; [froid] severe; [température] harsh; [conditions de travail] difficult, hard;
    3 ( conduit avec précision) [observations, recherches, démonstration, description] meticulous; [travail] meticulous, scrupulous; [logique, analyse, méthode, sélection, gestion, pensée] rigorous; [argumentation] meticulous, rigorous; [application] strict; de façon rigoureuse rigorously; la construction rigoureuse d'un roman the tight structure of a novel; un raisonnement rigoureux a closely reasoned argument;
    4 ( strict) [obéissance, sens] strict; [personne] rigorous; être rigoureux dans ses observations/analyses to be rigorous ou meticulous in one's observations/analysis.
    ( féminin rigoureuse) [rigurø, øz] adjectif
    1. [sévère - personne] severe, rigorous ; [ - sanction] harsh, severe ; [ - principe] strict
    2. [scrupuleux - analyse, définition, raisonnement] rigorous ; [ - contrôle] strict ; [ - description] minute, precise ; [ - discipline] strict
    3. [rude - climat] harsh

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > rigoureux

  • 2 riguroso

    adj.
    1 rigorous, severe, strict, stern.
    2 harsh.
    * * *
    1 (severo) rigorous, severe, strict
    2 (clima) rigorous, severe, harsh
    3 (exacto) exact
    4 (minucioso) meticulous
    * * *
    (f. - rigurosa)
    adj.
    rigorous, strict
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [control, dieta, disciplina] strict; [actitud, castigo] severe, harsh; [medida] tough
    2) [invierno, clima] harsh
    3) (=concienzudo) [método, estudio] rigorous
    4) liter cruel
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    - sa adjetivo
    a) < método> rigorous; <dieta/control> strict

    en riguroso orden de llegada — strictly on a first come, first served basis

    en sentido riguroso... — strictly speaking...

    b) < juez> harsh; < maestro> strict; < castigo> severe, harsh
    c) < invierno> hard; < clima> harsh
    * * *
    = rigorous, severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], thoroughgoing, Draconian, hard-line, harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], conscientious.
    Ex. You are already familiar with the idea of enumerating isolate concepts in the rigorous facet analysis of CC.
    Ex. Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex. This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.
    Ex. Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.
    Ex. The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex. Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex. Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex. In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
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    * hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < método> rigorous; <dieta/control> strict

    en riguroso orden de llegada — strictly on a first come, first served basis

    en sentido riguroso... — strictly speaking...

    b) < juez> harsh; < maestro> strict; < castigo> severe, harsh
    c) < invierno> hard; < clima> harsh
    * * *
    = rigorous, severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], thoroughgoing, Draconian, hard-line, harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], conscientious.

    Ex: You are already familiar with the idea of enumerating isolate concepts in the rigorous facet analysis of CC.

    Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex: This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.
    Ex: Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.
    Ex: The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex: Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    * hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.

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    1 ‹método› rigorous; ‹dieta› strict
    se vistieron de luto riguroso they wore deep mourning
    en riguroso orden de llegada strictly on a first come, first served basis
    rigurosos controles de calidad strict o rigorous quality control checks
    en sentido riguroso, ése no es el significado de la palabra strictly speaking, that is not what the word means
    2 ‹juez› harsh; ‹maestro› strict; ‹castigo› severe, harsh; ‹invierno› hard; ‹clima› harsh, severe
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    riguroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹ método› rigorous;

    ‹dieta/control/orden› strict;
    ‹ examen› thorough;

    b) ‹ juez› harsh;

    ‹ maestro› strict;
    ‹ castigo› severe, harsh
    c) ‹ invierno› hard;

    ‹ clima› harsh
    riguroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (inflexible) severe, strict: es muy rigurososo con sus hijos, he's quite strict with his children
    2 (trabajo, investigador) rigorous: una rigurosa investigación, a rigorous investigation
    3 (clima) un riguroso otoño, a harsh autumn
    ' riguroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escrupulosa
    - escrupuloso
    - investigación
    - rigurosa
    - duro
    - luto
    English:
    rigorous
    - severe
    - tight
    - vegetarian
    - exacting
    - harsh
    - intemperate
    - strict
    - stringent
    - thorough
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    riguroso, -a adj
    1. [severo] strict;
    el árbitro estuvo muy riguroso the referee was very strict;
    vestía de luto riguroso she was in strict mourning;
    sigue una dieta rigurosa he's on a strict diet;
    someten el proceso de fabricación a un riguroso control the manufacturing process is strictly o tightly controlled;
    las entradas se darán en riguroso orden de llegada the tickets will be issued strictly on a first come first served basis
    2. [exacto] rigorous;
    un análisis riguroso a rigorous analysis
    3. [inclemente] harsh;
    ha sido un invierno riguroso it has been a harsh winter
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    adj rigorous, harsh
    * * *
    riguroso, -sa adj
    : rigorous
    * * *
    1. (severo) strict
    2. (extremado) harsh

    Spanish-English dictionary > riguroso

  • 3 rigueur

    rigueur [ʀigœʀ]
    feminine noun
       a. [de condamnation, discipline] severity ; [de mesures] rigour ; [de climat, hiver] harshness
       b. [de morale] rigour ; [de personne] strictness
       c. [de raisonnement] rigour ; [de calcul] precision ; [de classification, définition] strictness
    • un délit, à la rigueur, mais un crime non: le mot est trop fort an offence possibly, but not a crime - that's too strong a word
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    ʀigœʀ
    1.
    1) (de sanction, loi, personne) strictness; ( de répression) harshness
    2) (de climat, condition) harshness
    3) (d'observation, de recherche, style, démonstration) rigour [BrE]
    4) Politique, Économie austerity

    2.
    rigueurs nom féminin pluriel (de saison, climat) liter rigours [BrE]

    3.
    de rigueur locution adjective obligatory

    4.
    à la rigueur locution adverbiale

    à la rigueur je peux te prêter 20 euros — at a pinch GB ou in a pinch US I can lend you 20 euros

    il est un peu excentrique à la rigueur, mais fou certainement pas — he may be a bit eccentric, but he's certainly not mad

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    ʀiɡœʀ nf
    1) [morale] rigour Grande-Bretagne rigor USA
    2) [personne] rigour Grande-Bretagne rigor USA
    3) [châtiment] harshness
    4) [climat] harshness, rigour Grande-Bretagne rigor USA
    5)

    à la rigueur (= si nécessaire) — at a pinch, (= peut-être) possibly

    "tenue de soirée de rigueur" — "evening dress"

    être de rigueur — to be the usual thing, to be the rule

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    A nf
    1 ( sévérité) (de sanction, règlement, loi, personne) strictness; ( de discipline) strictness, harshness; ( de répression) harshness; se conformer à une morale d'une grande rigueur to adhere to an extremely strict moral code; être d'une extrême/grande rigueur avec qn to be extremely/very strict with sb; traiter ses enfants avec trop de rigueur to treat one's children too harshly ou strictly;
    2 ( dureté) (de climat, saison) harshness; ( de condition) harshness;
    3 ( précision) (d'observation, de recherche, travail, style) meticulousness, rigourGB; (de logique, démonstration, d'analyse, argumentation) rigourGB; une analyse d'une grande rigueur a very rigorous analysis; faire preuve de rigueur to be rigorous; étude faite avec rigueur study meticulously carried out; leur travail manque de rigueur their work is not rigorous enough;
    4 Pol, Écon austerity; rigueur monétaire monetary austerity; plan de rigueur austerity measures.
    B rigueurs nfpl littér (de saison, climat) rigoursGB; affronter les rigueurs de l'hiver to withstand the rigoursGB of winter.
    C de rigueur loc adj obligatory, essential; précautions de rigueur necessary precautions; les gants blancs sont de rigueur white gloves are to be worn ou must be worn; la prudence reste de rigueur au ministère caution is the order of the day at the ministry; visite de rigueur obligatory social call; les banalités de rigueur the usual platitudes.
    D à la rigueur loc adv nous pouvons à la rigueur emprunter à mes parents if we absolutely must we can borrow from my parents; à la rigueur je peux te prêter 20 euros at a pinch GB ou in a pinch US I can lend you 20 euros; je peux venir trois jours ou cinq à la rigueur I can come for three days or five at the very outside; qu'il ait gagné la médaille de bronze à la rigueur, mais pas la médaille d'or he may well have deserved to win the bronze medal, but not the gold; il est un peu excentrique à la rigueur, mais fou certainement pas he may be a bit eccentric, but he's certainly not mad.
    tenir rigueur à qn de qch to bear sb a grudge for sth; il lui tient rigueur d'avoir dilapidé toute la fortune de leur père he bears him/her a grudge for having frittered away their father's fortune; il ne t'en tiendra pas rigueur he won't hold it against you.
    [rigɶr] nom féminin
    1. [sévérité] harshness, severity, rigour
    2. [austérité - d'une gestion] austerity, stringency ; [ - d'une morale] rigour, strictness, sternness
    3. [âpreté - d'un climat, d'une existence] rigour, harshness, toughness
    4. [précision - d'un calcul] exactness, precision ; [ - d'une logique, d'un esprit] rigour
    ————————
    rigueurs nom féminin pluriel
    les rigueurs de l'hiver/de la vie carcérale the rigours of winter/of prison life
    ————————
    à la rigueur locution adverbiale
    1. [peut-être]
    il a bu deux verres à la rigueur, mais pas plus he may possibly have had two drinks but no more
    2. [s'il le faut] at a pinch, if need be
    ————————
    de rigueur locution adjectivale
    la ponctualité est de rigueur punctuality is insisted upon, it's de rigueur to be on time (soutenu)
    ‘tenue de soirée de rigueur’ ‘dress formal’

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > rigueur

  • 4 rigor

    m.
    1 strictness.
    con rigor strictly
    2 accuracy, rigor.
    no tiene ningún rigor científico it's totally lacking in scientific rigor
    en rigor strictly (speaking)
    3 harshness (inclemencia).
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    1 (severidad) rigour (US rigor), strictness, severity
    2 (dureza) rigour (US rigor), harshness
    3 (exactitud) precision, exactness
    \
    con rigor rigorously
    de rigor essential, indispensable
    en rigor strictly speaking
    ser el rigor de las desdichas figurado to be born under an unlucky star
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    SM
    1) (=severidad) severity, harshness; (=dureza) toughness
    2) (Meteo) harshness, severity

    los rigores del clima — the rigours o (EEUU) rigors of the climate

    3) (=exactitud) rigour, rigor (EEUU)
    4)

    ser de rigor — (=esencial) to be de rigueur, be absolutely essential

    5)

    un rigor de cosas — And (=muchos) a whole lot of things

    * (=paliza)
    * * *
    1) ( severidad) rigor*

    el rigor de estas medidas — the harshness o severity of these measures

    2) ( precisión) rigor*

    con rigor — rigorously, strictly

    en rigor — ( honestamente) honestly, in all honesty; ( estrictamente) strictly speaking

    * * *
    = precision, strictness, rigour [rigor, -USA], severity, stringency.
    Ex. Whether such precision will result in a catalogue more satisfactory to readers than that produced by the reasonable application of the vaguer AA is a moot point.
    Ex. They see people as marked by one particular attribute, cleverness, or kindness, or strictness, or being a good shot, and they mind whether things are right or wrong.
    Ex. Praiseworthy piecemeal modifications of this library rigour stand out as exceptions to prove the rule.
    Ex. Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex. Even when Community-wide regulations do apply, for example in matters of safety at work, the stringency of laws may vary from country to country.
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    * con rigor = rigourously [rigorously, -USA], harshly.
    * de rigor = de rigueur.
    * en rigor = strictly speaking.
    * rigores del clima = rigours of the climate.
    * rigor intelectual = intellectual rigour.
    * sin excesivo rigor = loosely.
    * * *
    1) ( severidad) rigor*

    el rigor de estas medidas — the harshness o severity of these measures

    2) ( precisión) rigor*

    con rigor — rigorously, strictly

    en rigor — ( honestamente) honestly, in all honesty; ( estrictamente) strictly speaking

    * * *
    = precision, strictness, rigour [rigor, -USA], severity, stringency.

    Ex: Whether such precision will result in a catalogue more satisfactory to readers than that produced by the reasonable application of the vaguer AA is a moot point.

    Ex: They see people as marked by one particular attribute, cleverness, or kindness, or strictness, or being a good shot, and they mind whether things are right or wrong.
    Ex: Praiseworthy piecemeal modifications of this library rigour stand out as exceptions to prove the rule.
    Ex: Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex: Even when Community-wide regulations do apply, for example in matters of safety at work, the stringency of laws may vary from country to country.
    * con rigor = rigourously [rigorously, -USA], harshly.
    * de rigor = de rigueur.
    * en rigor = strictly speaking.
    * rigores del clima = rigours of the climate.
    * rigor intelectual = intellectual rigour.
    * sin excesivo rigor = loosely.

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    A (severidad) rigor*
    con todo el rigor de la ley with the utmost severity o full rigor of the law
    el rigor de las medidas disciplinarias the harshness o severity of the disciplinary measures
    el rigor del invierno the rigors of winter
    B (precisión) rigor*
    rigor científico scientific rigor
    los criterios se aplicarán con rigor the criteria will be rigorously o strictly applied, the criteria will be applied with rigor
    de rigor usual
    contéstale con la carta de rigor send him the usual o the standard reply
    los saludos de rigor the usual greetings
    después de la ceremonia, las fotos de rigor after the ceremony there were the inevitable o usual o obligatory photos
    en una ocasión así el frac es de rigor tails are de rigueur o are a must on such an occasion
    en rigor (honestamente) honestly, in all honesty; (estrictamente) strictly speaking
    ser el rigor de las desdichas to be very unfortunate
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    rigor sustantivo masculino ( en general) rigor( conjugate rigor);
    (de medidas, castigo) harshness, severity;

    el rigor del invierno the rigors of winter;
    con rigor rigorously, strictly;
    los saludos de rigor the usual greetings
    rigor sustantivo masculino
    1 (dureza, inflexibilidad) severity
    el rigor de la ley/del invierno, the severity of the law/winter
    2 (precisión, fundamento) rigour, US rigor: su teoría carece de rigor científico, her theory lacks scientific rigor
    ♦ Locuciones: de rigor, indispensable, customary
    en rigor, strictly speaking

    ' rigor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rigurosamente
    - exactitud
    English:
    rigor
    - rigor mortis
    - rigorousness
    - rigour
    - severity
    - loosely
    - strictly
    - unscientific
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    rigor nm
    1. [severidad] strictness;
    criticaron el rigor de la pena they criticized the severity o harshness of the sentence;
    con rigor strictly
    2. [exactitud] accuracy, rigour;
    a este análisis le falta rigor this analysis isn't rigorous enough;
    esta teoría no tiene ningún rigor científico this theory is totally lacking in scientific rigour;
    me dieron las instrucciones de rigor they gave me the usual instructions;
    nos cayó la bronca de rigor we got the inevitable telling-off;
    es de rigor en esas ocasiones it's de rigueur on such occasions;
    en rigor strictly (speaking)
    3. [inclemencia] harshness;
    los rigores del invierno the rigours of winter;
    los rigores del verano the harshness of the summer climate
    4. [rigidez] rigor mortis rigor mortis
    5. Comp
    Fam
    es el rigor de las desdichas she was born unlucky
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    m
    1 rigor, Br
    rigour;
    ser de rigor be a must, be obligatory
    2 ( precisión) rigor, Br
    rigour;
    rigor científico scientific rigor;
    en rigor strictly
    3 ( dureza) rigor, Br
    rigour;
    los rigores del invierno the rigors of winter;
    los rigores estivales the extremes of summer
    * * *
    rigor nm
    1) : rigor, harshness
    2) : precision, meticulousness
    3)
    de rigor : usual
    la respuesta de rigor: the standard reply
    4)
    de rigor : essential, obligatory
    5)
    en rigor : strictly speaking, in reality

    Spanish-English dictionary > rigor

  • 5 Artificial Intelligence

       In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)
       Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)
       Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....
       When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)
       4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually
       Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)
       What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)
       [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)
       The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)
       9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form
       The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)
       There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:
        Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."
        Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)
       Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)
       Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)
       The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)
        14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation
       It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)
       We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.
       Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.
       Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.
    ... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)
       Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)
        16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts
       Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)
       Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System
       Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)
        19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence
       The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.
       The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)
       The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....
       AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)
        21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions
       In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)
       Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)
       Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)
       The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

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  • 6 Mind

       It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science... to know the different operations of the mind, to separate them from each other, to class them under their proper heads, and to correct all that seeming disorder in which they lie involved when made the object of reflection and inquiry.... It cannot be doubted that the mind is endowed with several powers and faculties, that these powers are distinct from one another, and that what is really distinct to the immediate perception may be distinguished by reflection and, consequently, that there is a truth and falsehood which lie not beyond the compass of human understanding. (Hume, 1955, p. 22)
       Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white Paper, void of all Characters, without any Ideas: How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless Fancy of Man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from Experience. (Locke, quoted in Herrnstein & Boring, 1965, p. 584)
       The kind of logic in mythical thought is as rigorous as that of modern science, and... the difference lies, not in the quality of the intellectual process, but in the nature of things to which it is applied.... Man has always been thinking equally well; the improvement lies, not in an alleged progress of man's mind, but in the discovery of new areas to which it may apply its unchanged and unchanging powers. (Leґvi-Strauss, 1963, p. 230)
       MIND. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. (Bierce, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 55)
       [Philosophy] understands the foundations of knowledge and it finds these foundations in a study of man-as-knower, of the "mental processes" or the "activity of representation" which make knowledge possible. To know is to represent accurately what is outside the mind, so to understand the possibility and nature of knowledge is to understand the way in which the mind is able to construct such representation.... We owe the notion of a "theory of knowledge" based on an understanding of "mental processes" to the seventeenth century, and especially to Locke. We owe the notion of "the mind" as a separate entity in which "processes" occur to the same period, and especially to Descartes. We owe the notion of philosophy as a tribunal of pure reason, upholding or denying the claims of the rest of culture, to the eighteenth century and especially to Kant, but this Kantian notion presupposed general assent to Lockean notions of mental processes and Cartesian notions of mental substance. (Rorty, 1979, pp. 3-4)
       Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to Victorians-threat, obsession, taboo, and fascination. (Turkle, 1984, p. 313)
       7) Understanding the Mind Remains as Resistant to Neurological as to Cognitive Analyses
       Recent years have been exciting for researchers in the brain and cognitive sciences. Both fields have flourished, each spurred on by methodological and conceptual developments, and although understanding the mechanisms of mind is an objective shared by many workers in these areas, their theories and approaches to the problem are vastly different....
       Early experimental psychologists, such as Wundt and James, were as interested in and knowledgeable about the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as about the young science of the mind. However, the experimental study of mental processes was short-lived, being eclipsed by the rise of behaviorism early in this century. It was not until the late 1950s that the signs of a new mentalism first appeared in scattered writings of linguists, philosophers, computer enthusiasts, and psychologists.
       In this new incarnation, the science of mind had a specific mission: to challenge and replace behaviorism. In the meantime, brain science had in many ways become allied with a behaviorist approach.... While behaviorism sought to reduce the mind to statements about bodily action, brain science seeks to explain the mind in terms of physiochemical events occurring in the nervous system. These approaches contrast with contemporary cognitive science, which tries to understand the mind as it is, without any reduction, a view sometimes described as functionalism.
       The cognitive revolution is now in place. Cognition is the subject of contemporary psychology. This was achieved with little or no talk of neurons, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. Similarly, neuroscience has risen to an esteemed position among the biological sciences without much talk of cognitive processes. Do the fields need each other?... [Y]es because the problem of understanding the mind, unlike the wouldbe problem solvers, respects no disciplinary boundaries. It remains as resistant to neurological as to cognitive analyses. (LeDoux & Hirst, 1986, pp. 1-2)
       Since the Second World War scientists from different disciplines have turned to the study of the human mind. Computer scientists have tried to emulate its capacity for visual perception. Linguists have struggled with the puzzle of how children acquire language. Ethologists have sought the innate roots of social behaviour. Neurophysiologists have begun to relate the function of nerve cells to complex perceptual and motor processes. Neurologists and neuropsychologists have used the pattern of competence and incompetence of their brain-damaged patients to elucidate the normal workings of the brain. Anthropologists have examined the conceptual structure of cultural practices to advance hypotheses about the basic principles of the mind. These days one meets engineers who work on speech perception, biologists who investigate the mental representation of spatial relations, and physicists who want to understand consciousness. And, of course, psychologists continue to study perception, memory, thought and action.
    ... [W]orkers in many disciplines have converged on a number of central problems and explanatory ideas. They have realized that no single approach is likely to unravel the workings of the mind: it will not give up its secrets to psychology alone; nor is any other isolated discipline-artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology, neurophysiology, philosophy-going to have any greater success. (Johnson-Laird, 1988, p. 7)

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  • 7 gründlich

    I Adj.
    1. thorough; (sorgfältig) auch careful; (erschöpfend) exhaustive; (vollständig) complete; eine gründliche Arbeit a thorough ( oder painstaking) piece of work; gründliche Kenntnisse haben in (+ Dat) be well-grounded in
    2. Irrtum: complete, total; ein gründlicher Reinfall a total letdown ( oder flop)
    II Adv.
    1. thoroughly etc.; sich gründlich vorbereiten prepare o.s. well; ich habe mich gründlich vorbereitet I’m well prepared; er hat seine Sache gründlich gemacht he’s done a very thorough job; iro. he’s made a thorough job of it; jemandem gründlich die Meinung sagen give s.o. a piece of one’s mind
    2. umg. (sehr) properly; sich gründlich blamieren make a real (umg. right, proper, Am. complete, total) fool of oneself; gründlich danebengehen go completely wrong; (die Wirkung verfehlen) fall totally flat; da hast du dich gründlich getäuscht you’re very much mistaken there; ich habe mich in ihr gründlich getäuscht I completely misjudged her
    * * *
    rigorous (Adj.); fundamental (Adj.); careful (Adj.); radical (Adj.); thoroughly (Adv.); thoroughgoing (Adj.); properly (Adv.); thorough (Adj.)
    * * *
    grụ̈nd|lich ['grʏntlɪç]
    1. adj
    thorough; Vorbereitung auch careful; Arbeit painstaking, careful
    2. adv
    thoroughly; (inf = sehr auch) really

    jdm gründlich die Meinung sagen — to give sb a real piece of one's mind

    * * *
    1) ((of knowledge of a subject) deep and thorough.) intimate
    2) (completely or thoroughly: I didn't have time to read the book properly.) properly
    3) (with great care, attending to every detail: She doesn't do her job very thoroughly.) thoroughly
    4) ((of a person) very careful; attending to every detail: a thorough worker.) thorough
    5) ((of a task etc) done with a suitably high level of care, attention to detail etc: His work is very thorough.) thorough
    * * *
    gründ·lich
    [ˈgrʏntlɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (gewissenhaft) thorough
    2. (umfassend) thorough
    eine \gründliche Bildung a broad education
    II. adv
    1. (fam: total) completely
    sich akk \gründlich täuschen to be completely mistaken
    2. (gewissenhaft) thoroughly
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv thorough
    2.
    1) (gewissenhaft) thoroughly
    2) (ugs.): (gehörig)

    sich gründlich täuschen — be sadly or greatly mistaken

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. thorough; (sorgfältig) auch careful; (erschöpfend) exhaustive; (vollständig) complete;
    eine gründliche Arbeit a thorough ( oder painstaking) piece of work;
    gründliche Kenntnisse haben in (+dat) be well-grounded in
    2. Irrtum: complete, total;
    ein gründlicher Reinfall a total letdown ( oder flop)
    B. adv
    1. thoroughly etc;
    sich gründlich vorbereiten prepare o.s. well;
    er hat seine Sache gründlich gemacht he’s done a very thorough job; iron he’s made a thorough job of it;
    jemandem gründlich die Meinung sagen give sb a piece of one’s mind
    2. umg (sehr) properly;
    sich gründlich blamieren make a real (umg right, proper, US complete, total) fool of oneself;
    gründlich danebengehen go completely wrong; (die Wirkung verfehlen) fall totally flat;
    da hast du dich gründlich getäuscht you’re very much mistaken there;
    ich habe mich in ihr gründlich getäuscht I completely misjudged her
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv thorough
    2.
    1) (gewissenhaft) thoroughly
    2) (ugs.): (gehörig)

    sich gründlich täuschen — be sadly or greatly mistaken

    * * *
    adj.
    radical adj.
    thorough adj.
    thoroughgoing adj. adv.
    searchingly adv.
    soundly adv.
    thoroughly adv.

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  • 8 duro

    1. adj hard
    carne, persona tough
    inverno, voce harsh
    congegno, meccanismo stiff
    pane stale
    ( ostinato) stubborn
    duro d'orecchi hard of hearing
    tieni duro! don't give up!, hang in there!
    2. m tough guy
    * * *
    duro agg.
    1 hard; ( coriaceo) tough: duro come il diamante, as hard as a diamond; legno duro, hard wood; uova dure, hard-boiled eggs; abbiamo dovuto mangiare pane duro perché i negozi erano chiusi, we had to eat stale bread because the shops were closed; è duro da cuocere, it takes a long time to cook (o it takes a lot of cooking); mi piace dormire su un materasso duro, I like to sleep on a hard mattress // affrontare qlco. a muso duro, to face sthg. resolutely // ha la pelle dura, (fam.) he is (a) tough (chap) (o he's thick skinned) // ha il sonno molto duro, he sleeps like a log // non vuol farlo perché ha la testa dura, he will not do it because he is very stubborn; quello scolaro ha la testa dura, that pupil is a blockhead; è duro di comprendonio, he's slow on the uptake: essere duro d'orecchi, ( sordo) to be hard of hearing, ( far finta di non sentire) to turn a deaf ear // questo problema sarà un osso duro, this problem will be a hard nut to crack
    2 (fon.) hard: consonanti dolci, dure, soft, hard consonants
    3 ( difficile) hard, difficult: dura lotta, hard fight; avrai la vita dura per cominciare!, you will have to rough it at the start!; fu un inverno duro, it was a hard winter; furono tempi duri per tutti, they were hard times for everybody; le rendeva la vita dura, he made her life a burden; mi riesce duro crederlo, I find it hard to believe; quella superstizione fu dura a morire, that superstition took a long time to die out // è duro a morire, (fam.) it takes a lot to beat him
    4 ( crudo, rigido) stiff, hard: il tuo disegno ha ancora le linee dure, your drawing is still rather stiff; avere un viso con lineamenti duri, to be hard-featured
    5 ( severo, crudele) hard, severe; sad, painful: duro colpo, hard blow; un duro destino, a sad destiny; ci trovammo nella dura necessità di vendere tutto, we found ourselves in the dire necessity of selling everything; fu molto duro verso di noi, he was very hard on us // (dir.) carcere duro, rigorous imprisonment
    6 (anat., bot., zool.) sclerous
    ◆ s.m.
    1 hard part; something hard: gli piace dormire sul duro, he likes a hard bed; qui sotto c'è del duro, there is something hard under (neath) here
    2 (fam.) ( prepotente) bully: non fare il duro con tua sorella, don't bully your sister.
    duro avv.
    1 hard, harshly: colpire duro qlcu., to hit s.o. hard (o to strike s.o. a hard blow); tener duro, to hold out; parlare duro, to speak harshly; lavorare duro, to work hard
    2 ( profondamente) soundly: dormire duro, to sleep soundly.
    * * *
    ['duro] duro (-a)
    1. agg
    1) (resistente: gen) hard, (serratura) stiff, (carne) tough

    duro d'orecchi — (sordo) hard of hearing

    duro di comprendonio o di testa — slow-witted

    avere la pelle dura — (fig : persona) to be tough

    2) (fig : severo: persona) harsh, hard, (disciplina) harsh, strict, (atteggiamento) harsh, unbending, (inverno) hard
    3) (ostinato) stubborn, obstinate
    4) (faticoso) hard
    2. sm
    1) (durezza) hardness, (parte dura) hard part
    2) (fig : difficoltà) hard part
    3. sm/f
    (persona) tough one
    4. avv

    tener duro — (resistere) to stand firm, hold out

    * * *
    ['duro] 1.
    1) (difficile da scalfire) [materiale, suolo] hard; (difficile da masticare) [ pane] hard; [ carne] tough; (acerbo) [ frutto] firm
    2) (rigido) [ cartone] stiff; [ materasso] firm, stiff; [sedia, letto] hard
    3) (difficile da manipolare) [maniglia, cambio] stiff; [ volante] stiff, heavy
    4) (spigoloso) [tratti, volto] hard; (poco armonioso) [ suono] hard
    5) (ostile) [parole, voce] harsh; [ tono] harsh, hard
    6) (intransigente) [ persona] hard (con qcn. on sb.); (inflessibile) [ regime] harsh, hard, strict; [ punizione] harsh; (severo) [ scuola] tough
    7) (freddo) [ clima] hard, harsh; [ inverno] harsh, severe
    8) (difficile) [esame, problema] hard, difficult; (faticoso) [lavoro, giornata] hard; (pesante) [ concorrenza] heavy, hard, tough; [ condizioni] harsh; [ partita] tough; [ sport] tough, rough

    fare il gioco duro — sport to play hard (anche fig.)

    quando il gioco si fa duro — fig. when the going gets tough

    rendere la vita -a a qcn. — to make life difficult for sb., to give sb. a rough ride o a hard time colloq.

    9) (crudo) [film, racconto] hard-hitting
    10) (calcareo) [ acqua] hard
    11) fon. [ consonante] hard
    2.
    sostantivo maschile (f. -a)
    2) colloq. (persona) hard person, tough

    fare il duro con qcn. — to bully sb

    3.
    avverbio [lavorare, colpire] hard
    ••

    tenere duro — to hold out, to stay the course, to stand fast, to hold o stand (one's) ground

    * * *
    duro
    /'duro/
     1 (difficile da scalfire) [ materiale, suolo] hard; (difficile da masticare) [ pane] hard; [ carne] tough; (acerbo) [ frutto] firm
     2 (rigido) [ cartone] stiff; [ materasso] firm, stiff; [ sedia, letto] hard
     3 (difficile da manipolare) [ maniglia, cambio] stiff; [ volante] stiff, heavy; duro da aprire hard to open
     4 (spigoloso) [ tratti, volto] hard; (poco armonioso) [ suono] hard
     5 (ostile) [ parole, voce] harsh; [ tono] harsh, hard
     6 (intransigente) [ persona] hard ( con qcn. on sb.); (inflessibile) [ regime] harsh, hard, strict; [ punizione] harsh; (severo) [ scuola] tough
     7 (freddo) [ clima] hard, harsh; [ inverno] harsh, severe
     8 (difficile) [ esame, problema] hard, difficult; (faticoso) [ lavoro, giornata] hard; (pesante) [ concorrenza] heavy, hard, tough; [ condizioni] harsh; [ partita] tough; [ sport] tough, rough; fare il gioco duro sport to play hard (anche fig.); è -a alzarsi così presto it's hard to get up so early; quando il gioco si fa duro fig. when the going gets tough; è la -a realtà it's the grim reality; rendere la vita -a a qcn. to make life difficult for sb., to give sb. a rough ride o a hard time colloq.
     9 (crudo) [ film, racconto] hard-hitting
     10 (calcareo) [ acqua] hard
     11 fon. [ consonante] hard
     ( f. -a)
     1 (oggetto rigido) dormire sul duro to sleep on a hard bed
     2 colloq. (persona) hard person, tough; fare il duro con qcn. to bully sb.
     [ lavorare, colpire] hard
    essere duro di cuore to be hard-hearted; essere duro a morire to die hard; tenere duro to hold out, to stay the course, to stand fast, to hold o stand (one's) ground.

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  • 9 Kirkaldy, David

    [br]
    b. 4 April 1820 Mayfield, Dundee, Scotland
    d. 25 January 1897 London, England
    [br]
    Scottish engineer and pioneer in materials testing.
    [br]
    The son of a merchant of Dundee, Kirkaldy was educated there, then at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh University. For a while he worked in his father's office, but with a preference for engineering, in 1843 he commenced an apprenticeship at the Glasgow works of Robert Napier. After four years in the shops he was transferred to the drawing office and in a very few years rose to become Chief. Here Kirkaldy demonstrated a remarkable talent both for the meticulous recording of observations and data and for technical drawing. His work also had an aesthetic appeal and four of his drawings of Napier steamships were shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1855, earning both Napier and Kirkaldy a medal. His "as fitted" set of drawings of the Cunard Liner Persia, which had been built in 1855, is now in the possession of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, London; it is regarded as one of the finest examples of its kind in the world, and has even been exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
    With the impending order for the Royal Naval Ironclad Black Prince (sister ship to HMS Warrior, now preserved at Portsmouth) and for some high-pressure marine boilers and engines, there was need for a close scientific analysis of the physical properties of iron and steel. Kirkaldy, now designated Chief Draughtsman and Calculator, was placed in charge of this work, which included comparisons of puddled steel and wrought iron, using a simple lever-arm testing machine. The tests lasted some three years and resulted in Kirkaldy's most important publication, Experiments on Wrought Iron and Steel (1862, London), which gained him wide recognition for his careful and thorough work. Napier's did not encourage him to continue testing; but realizing the growing importance of materials testing, Kirkaldy resigned from the shipyard in 1861. For the next two and a half years Kirkaldy worked on the design of a massive testing machine that was manufactured in Leeds and installed in premises in London, at The Grove, Southwark.
    The works was open for trade in January 1866 and engineers soon began to bring him specimens for testing on the great machine: Joseph Cubitt (son of William Cubitt) brought him samples of the materials for the new Blackfriars Bridge, which was then under construction. Soon The Grove became too cramped and Kirkaldy moved to 99 Southwark Street, reopening in January 1874. In the years that followed, Kirkaldy gained a worldwide reputation for rigorous and meticulous testing and recording of results, coupled with the highest integrity. He numbered the most distinguished engineers of the time among his clients.
    After Kirkaldy's death, his son William George, whom he had taken into partnership, carried on the business. When the son died in 1914, his widow took charge until her death in 1938, when the grandson David became proprietor. He sold out to Treharne \& Davies, chemical consultants, in 1965, but the works finally closed in 1974. The future of the premises and the testing machine at first seemed threatened, but that has now been secured and the machine is once more in working order. Over almost one hundred years of trading in South London, the company was involved in many famous enquiries, including the analysis of the iron from the ill-fated Tay Bridge (see Bouch, Sir Thomas).
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland Gold Medal 1864.
    Bibliography
    1862, Results of an Experimental Inquiry into the Tensile Strength and Other Properties of Wrought Iron and Steel (originally presented as a paper to the 1860–1 session of the Scottish Shipbuilders' Association).
    Further Reading
    D.P.Smith, 1981, "David Kirkaldy (1820–97) and engineering materials testing", Transactions of the Newcomen Society 52:49–65 (a clear and well-documented account).
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  • 10 метод

    method, process, procedure, approach, technique, practice, tool, strategy
    • Безо всяких изменений данный метод подходит для... - The method lends itself readily to...
    • Более подходящим методом является... - A better technique is to...
    • Более прямой метод получения величины F рассматривается в главе 9. - A more direct procedure for obtaining F is considered in Chapter 9.
    • Более подходящим методом является определение... - A more satisfactory method is to establish...
    • Большинство из этих более продвинутых методов требует... - Most of these more advanced methods require...
    • Были предложены несколько методов. - Several techniques have been suggested.
    • Было довольно нелегко разработать метод для... - It was fairly difficult to develop a method for...
    • Было довольно сложно разработать метод для... - It was quite difficult to develop a method for...
    • Было легко разработать метод для... - It was easy to develop a method for...
    • Было относительно легко (= просто) разработать метод для... - It was relatively easy to develop a method for... (not easy on an absolute scale, but less challenging than other tasks)
    • Было почти невозможно разработать метод для... - It was almost impossible to develop a method for... (so hard that we nearly failed)
    • В альтернативном методе мы вычисляем... - In the alternative method we calculate...
    • В данной главе мы представим метод для... - In this chapter, we shall formulate the procedure for...
    • В данном приближенном методе существенно... - In this approximation procedure it is essential to...
    • В качестве примера применения описанного выше метода мы показываем, что... - As an example of the method described above we show that...
    • В недавние годы этот метод был улучшен посредством использования (чего-л). - In recent years the subject has been enriched by the use of...
    • В основном мы следуем методу... - In essence we follow the procedure of...
    • В последние годы несколько авторов отказались от этого метода. - Several authors have, in recent years, departed from this procedure.
    • В своих основных чертах это был метод, использовавшийся Смитом [1]. - In essence, this was the method employed by Smith [1].
    • В соответствии с методом, намеченным в Главе 1, мы... - In accordance with the method outlined in Chapter 1, we...
    • В этой главе мы даем эффективный метод... - In this chapter we give an efficient method for...
    • Вместо этого давайте разработаем (один) общий метод, посредством которого... - Instead, let us develop a general method whereby...
    • Во многих случаях необходимо обращаться за помощью к приближенным методам. - In many cases it is necessary to resort to approximate methods.
    • Возможно, безопасно применить метод... к... - It is probably safe to apply the method of... to...
    •
    Возможно, наилучшим методом является... - Perhaps the best approach is to...
    • Все вышеупомянутые методы не применимы для малых х. - The foregoing methods all fail for small x.
    • Второй метод вывода уравнения (1) формулируется следующим образом. - A second method of obtaining (1) is as follows.
    • Второй метод точно согласуется с... - The latter method agrees precisely with...
    • Вышеуказанным методом обнаружено (= найдено), что... - By the above method it is found that...
    • Геометрически метод состоит в следующем. - Geometrically, the procedure is as follows.
    • Главное преимущество данного метода заключается в том, что... - The chief advantage of the method is that...
    • Главным преимуществом данного метода является его общность. - The principal advantage of the method is its generality.
    • Главным преимуществом данного метода по сравнению с традиционными является то, что... - The major advantage of this procedure over the traditional method is that...
    • Главным преимуществом данного метода является его простота. - The principal virtue of the method is its simplicity.
    • Далее, в данном методе заранее предполагается, что... - Further, the method presupposes...
    • Данное свойство является основой одного метода нахождения... - This property provides one method of determining...
    • Данный метод был предложен в статье [1]. - The method was suggested by Smith, et al. [1].
    • Данный метод намного точнее, чем... - The present method is much more precise than...
    • Данный метод не применим для/в... - The method does not apply to...
    • Данный метод невозможно применить, когда/ если... - The method is not applicable when...
    • Данный метод одинаково успешно можно применять к... - The method can equally well be applied to...
    • Данный метод особенно подходит в случае, когда... - The method is particularly appropriate when...
    • Данный метод позволяет... - The method enables one to...
    • Данный метод позволяет исследователю... - The method allows an investigator to...
    • Данный метод применим к широкому классу (в широком классе)... - The method is applicable to a large class of...
    • Данный метод прост и довольно интересен, однако... - This method is simple and quite interesting, but...
    • Данный отчет описывает новый метод... - This report describes a new method of...
    • Данным методом можно решить ряд важных практических задач. - This method enables us to solve several problems of practical importance.
    • Детали этого метода можно найти в [1]. - Details of the method can be found in Smith [1].
    • Для... можно применить несколько методов. - Several methods are available for...
    • Для получения... был использован ряд методов. - A number of methods have been used to obtain...
    • Для преодоления этой трудности был разработан один метод. - One method has been advanced for overcoming this difficulty.
    • Должны быть развиты методы для измерения... - Methods should be developed for measuring...
    • Достоинство этого метода состоит в том, что... - The advantage of the method is that...
    • Другим недостатком этого метода является то, что... - The other disadvantage of this procedure is that...; Another disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Его метод доказательства весьма оригинален. - The method of proof is quite ingenious.
    • Единственный доступный нам в настоящее время метод - это... - The only method available to us so far is...
    • Единственным известным недостатком этого метода является то, что... - The only known disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Еще одним методом является... - Still another approach is to...
    • Здесь рассматривается (один) общий метод получения этих решений. - A general method of obtaining these solutions is considered here.
    • Важность наших методов состоит в том, что они будут давать... - The significance of our methods is that they will yield...
    • Значительно более удобный метод состоит в том, что... - A far more convenient approach is to...
    • Имеются два обычно используемых метода для... - There are two commonly used methods for...
    • Имеются три метода решения такой задачи. - There are three ways of attacking such a problem.
    • Интересным альтернативным методом является следующий. - An interesting alternative procedure is as follows.
    • Используя данный метод, следует помнить, что... - In using this method it is well to remember that...
    • Используя любой подобный метод, необходимо (помнить и т. п.)... - With any method such as this it is necessary to...
    • Используя этот метод, они нашли, что... - Using the method, they found that...; Using the method, they learned that...; Using the method, they determined that...; Using the method, they discovered that...
    • Используя этот новый метод, мы можем... - By this new method it will be possible to...
    • Итак, мы наметим несколько методов, которые могут использоваться для того, чтобы... - We therefore outline some procedures which can be used to...
    • К сожалению, этот метод оказался неприменим. - Unfortunately, the method was not applicable; The method, unfortunately, was not applicable.
    • К счастью, имеется один простой и подходящий для этого метод. - Fortunately, there is a simple technique available for doing this.
    • Каков недостаток этого метода? - What is the disadvantage of this procedure?
    • Каковы преимущества данного метода? - What are the advantages of this procedure?
    • Конечно, это могло бы быть следствием неподходящих методов. - Of course, this could reflect the use of inappropriate methods.
    • Конечно, этот метод не всегда применим. - Of course, this method will not always work.
    • Коротко, мы будем интересоваться методами, которые... - In short, we will inquire into the ways in which...
    • Кратко опишем метод для его оценки. - A method for estimating this will be given shortly.
    • Метод... должен быть применен к/в... - The method of... should apply to...
    • Метод... мог бы быть надежно применен для... - The method of... could safely be applied to,..
    • Метод анализа, намеченный в предыдущем абзаце, показывает... - The method of analysis outlined in the last paragraph shows...
    • Метод может использоваться для оценки... - The method can be used to estimate...
    • Метод обладает очевидным преимуществом... - The method possesses the obvious advantage of...
    • Метод основывается на принципе, что... - This method is based on the principle that...
    • Метод перестает быть достаточно точным, если... - The method ceases to be reasonably accurate if...
    • Метод состоит в следующем. - The procedure is as follows.
    • Метод состоит из двух шагов. - The approach is in two steps.
    • Метод требует от пользователя обеспечить... - The method requires the user to provide...
    • Метод, который здесь описывается, требует... - The method to be described here involves...
    • Метод, который мы описали, в общем случае не подходит для... - The procedure we have described is not, in general, suitable for...
    • Метод, приведенный в этом параграфе, подобным образом может быть применен к... - The method of sections may be applied in a similar way to...
    • Метод, с помощью которой это было получено, известен как... - The technique by which this is achieved is known as...
    • Методы, которые мы рассмотрели, позволяют нам... - The methods we have considered enable us to...
    • Можно использовать множество методов. Например,... - A variety of methods may be employed, e. g.,...
    • Можно ожидать, что метод обеспечит нахождение по меньшей мере одного корня. - The method can be expected to provide at least one root.
    • Мы будем придерживаться этого метода. - We shall follow this method.
    • Мы ввели широкий класс методов решения... - We have introduced a wide range of procedures for solving...
    • Мы можем обратить метод и вывести, что... - We can reverse the process and deduce that...
    • Мы наметим в общих чертах метод, основанный на... - We will outline a procedure based on...
    • Мы откладываем обсуждение подобных методов до параграфа 5. - We defer the discussion of such methods to Section 5.
    • Мы принимаем полностью отличный от данного метод. - We adopt an entirely different method.
    • Мы проиллюстрируем данный метод для случая... - We shall illustrate the procedure for the case of...
    • Мы считаем, что метод... можно применять к/в... - We believe that the method of... is applicable to...
    • Мы увидим, что эти методы могут использоваться лишь тогда, когда... - It will be observed that these methods are only applicable when...
    • Мы упоминаем лишь два таких метода... - We mention only two such methods of...
    • На данный метод часто ссылаются как на... - This process is often referred to as...
    • На самом деле оба метода используются на практике. - Both methods are in fact used in practice.
    • На сегодняшний день важность этого метода заключается в том, что... - For the present, the significance of this process lies in the fact that...
    • Наиболее важным преимуществом данного метода является то, что... - The primary advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Наиболее просто следовать этому методу в случае... - The procedure is most simply followed for the case of...
    • Наиболее часто используемые методы перечислены ниже:... - The methods that are most often used follow:...
    • Наиболее широко используемые методы основываются на... - The techniques most widely used are based on...
    • Наиболее широко используемый метод это тот, что был введен Смитом [1]. - The method most commonly employed is that introduced by Smith [1].
    • Наш метод будет весьма существенно отличаться от данного. - Our procedure will be quite different from this.
    • Нашей основной целью является описание систематических методов для... - Our first concern is to describe systematic methods for...
    • Не существует систематического метода определения... - There is no systematic way of determining...
    • Недостатком данного метода является то, что он требует... - The disadvantage of this procedure is that it requires...
    • Недостаток этого метода можно видеть... - The flaw in this approach can be seen by...
    • Несколько методов анализа были введены с помощью... - Several methods of analysis are introduced by means of...
    • Ни один из этих методов не требует... - Neither of these methods requires...
    • Ниже описываются два подобных метода. - Two such methods are described below.
    • Обнаружилось, что данный метод (здесь) не приложим. - It turned out that the method was not applicable.
    • Обнаружилось, что данный метод успешно используется в широкой области... - The method is found to be successful on a wide range of...
    • Обычно считают, что Смит [1] положил начало этому методу. - Smith [1] is usually credited with originating this method.
    • Обычным методом является измерение... - A common procedure is to measure...
    • Один такой несколько искусственный метод занимается... - One such trick is concerned with...
    • Одна элегантная версия данного метода использует... - An elegant version of this method employs...
    • Однако данный метод требует предварительного знания... - However, this method presupposes a knowledge of...
    • Однако лучше всего ввести этот метод, рассматривая... - However, the method is best introduced by considering...
    • Однако метод может не сработать даже при отсутствии... - However, the procedure may fail even in the absence of...
    • Однако мы воспользуемся здесь более общим методом, разработанным Воровичем [1]. - But we shall follow here a more general method due to Vorovich [1].
    • Однако мы легко можем разработать метод для... - We can, however, easily devise a means for...
    • Однако решения все еще могут быть получены при помощи чисто численных методов. - Solutions can still be obtained, however, by resorting to purely numerical methods.
    • Однако существует стандартный метод работы с... - However, there is a standard method of dealing with...
    • Однако этот метод не работает, будучи примененным к... - This approach, however, breaks down when applied to...
    • Однако этот метод совершенно не удовлетворяет нашим целям. - This procedure, however, falls far short of our goal.
    • Одним из преимуществ этого метода является то, что... - One advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Одним общим недостатком данного метода является наличие... - One common drawback of this method is the presence of...
    • Оказывается, данный метод первоначально появился в работах Смита [1]. - The method appears to have originated in the works of Smith [1].
    • Описанная выше процедура представляет один строгий метод... - The procedure described above represents a rigorous method of...
    • Описанный выше метод может быть использован для построения... - The procedure described above can be used to construct...
    • Описанный здесь метод всегда приводит... - The procedure described here always yields...
    • Основной слабостью метода является... - The main weakness of the method is...
    • Отличительным преимуществом данного метода является то, что... - A distinct advantage of the procedure is that...
    • Отличный от вышеупомянутого метод был предложен Джонсом [1]. - A different method has been given by Jones [1].
    • Перед этим не имелось общепризнанного метода... - Prior to this, there was no generally accepted method of...
    • Подобные методы могут использоваться в более сложных ситуациях. - Similar methods may be employed in more complicated cases.
    • Подобный метод был рассмотрен Смитом [1], который... - Such a procedure has been considered by Smith [1], who...
    • Подобный метод может быть принят, когда... - A similar method may be adopted when...
    • Подобный метод применяется к/в... - A similar method applies to...
    • Пользуясь такими методами, мы можем избежать... - By such expediencies we can avoid...
    • Потенциальное преимущество данного метода состоит в том, что... - A potential advantage of this procedure lies in the fact that...
    • Поэтому мы применяем слегка модифицированный метод. - We therefore adopt a slightly different method.
    • Предпочтительным, однако, является метод... - The preferred method, however, is to...
    • Преимущество этого метода заключается в том, что... - The advantage of this method lies in the fact that...
    • Преимущество этого метода, следовательно, состоит в том, что он обеспечивает простой... - The advantage < this procedure, therefore, is that it provides a simple...
    • Применение данного метода ограничено... - The application of this method is confined to...
    • Применение данного метода показывает... - An application of this process shows...
    • Применение данного специального метода оправдано (чем-л). - The adoption of this particular method is justified by...
    • Проиллюстрируем общий метод, рассматривая... - We illustrate the general method by considering...
    • Рассматриваемые до сих пор методы касаются... - The methods considered so far have been concerned with...
    • Результаты всех этих методов согласуются с... - The results of all these methods are consistent with...
    • Решающим недостатком этого метода является то, что... - The crucial disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • С другой стороны, этот метод даст... - On the other hand, this method will give...
    • Открытие Смита сделало возможным новый метод... - Smith's discovery made possible a new method of...
    • Самым простым из таких методов является (метод)... - The simplest such method is...
    • Следовательно, необходимо развить общий метод для... - It is, therefore, necessary to devise a general method for...
    • Следует подчеркнуть, что этот метод должен использоваться только если... - It is to be emphasized that this method should be used only; if...
    • Следует уделить внимание методам... - Attention should be given to methods of...
    • Следующее рассуждение иллюстрирует метод... - The following treatment illustrates the method of...
    • Следующим недостатком этого метода является то, что... - A further disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Смит [lj обнаружил метод для... - Smith [1] discovered a method for...
    • Смит [1] предложил метод вычисления... - Smith [l] has proposed a method of calculating...
    • Смит [1] применил этот метод к... - Smith [1] has applied this method to.,.
    • Стандартным методом является следующий. - The standard procedure is as follows.
    • Таким образом, мы имеем метод, который позволяет... - Thus we have a method which yields...
    • Тем не менее, развитые нами методы обеспечивают основу для... - However, the methods we have developed provide a basis for...
    • Теперь мы (полностью) готовы использовать методы, разработанные во втором параграфе. - We are now ready to use the methods of Section 2.
    • Теперь мы обсудим систематические методы, которые f можно использовать в/ при... - We now discuss systematic methods which can be applied to...
    • Теперь мы применим метод Римана, чтобы... - We now apply Riemann's method in order to...
    • Только что описанный метод известен как... - The procedure we have described is known as...
    • Тот же метод можно применять в/к... - The same method may be applied to...
    • Удобным методом достижения необходимой цели является... - A convenient way to accomplish this is to...
    • Усовершенствованные экспериментальные методы сделали возможным... - Refined experimental methods have made it possible to...
    • Фундаментальным преимуществом этого метода является то, что... - A fundamental advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Хотя этот метод и несколько необычен, он справедлив (= работает) как и любой из известных методов. - Although this method is somewhat unorthodox, it is as valid as any of the more familiar methods.
    • Центральной идеей, на которой основывался подход Смита [1], была... - The essential idea behind Smith's approach was that...
    • Чтобы воспользоваться преимуществами данного метода, необходимо... - In order to take advantage of this procedure, one must...
    • Чтобы проиллюстрировать применение метода, мы... - То illustrate the process we...
    • Эдисон изобрел новый метод для... - Edison invented a new method for...
    • Эдисон обдумывал новый метод для... - Edison devised a new method for...
    • Эти методы вводятся в следующем параграфе. - These methods are introduced in the next section.
    • Эти методы весьма громоздки. - These processes are tedious.
    • Эти методы настолько чувствительны, что... - These methods are so sensitive that...
    • Эти методы нельзя применять в случае, когда... - These methods are not applicable in the case of...
    • Эти методы очень чувствительны к малым изменениям в... - These methods are very sensitive to small changes in...
    • Эти методы получают своих сторонников, так как... - These methods attract proponents because...
    • Этим методом (= На этом пути) мы можем получить (вывести и т. п.)... - In this way we can arrive at...
    • Это будет объяснено примерами, когда мы будем изучать метод... - This point will be clarified by examples when we study the method of...
    • Это известный метод, принятый во многих работах... - This is a familiar procedure, undertaken in many studies of...
    • Это иллюстрирует важный метод... - This illustrates an important method of...
    • Это можно увидеть двумя методами. - This can be seen in two ways.
    • Это несущественный недостаток метода, поскольку... - This is not a serious defect of the method because...
    • Это приводит к полезным методам обращения с... - This leads to useful ways of dealing with...
    • Это простой метод, который можно проиллюстрировать, рассматривая... - This is a simple procedure which can be illustrated by considering...
    • Этот метод аналогичен использованному в... - The procedure is similar to that used in...
    • Этот метод был описан Смитом [1]. - The method has been described by Smith [1].
    • Этот метод был последовательно доведен до полной эффективности Смитом [3]. - This method was subsequently brought to full fruition by Smith [3].
    • Этот метод вполне очевиден. - This procedure is quite straightforward.
    • Этот метод доказательства довольно общий и применим к... - The method of proof is quite general and applies to...
    • Этот метод известен как... - The procedure is known as...
    • Этот метод имеет следующие недостатки. - The procedure has the following disadvantages.
    • Этот метод интересен по следующей причине. - This method is of interest for the following reason.
    • Этот метод легко адаптируется к/ для... - This procedure is readily adaptable to...
    • Этот метод легко понять, замечая, что... - The process is easily understood by noting that...
    • Этот метод лучше всего иллюстрируется примером. - The procedure is best illustrated by an example.
    • Этот метод наиболее успешен в случае, когда он применяется в... - The method is most successful when applied to...
    • Этот метод очевидным образом может быть распространен на (случай)... - This process can clearly be extended to...
    • Этот метод принимается, поскольку... - This approach is adopted because...
    • Этот метод являлся стандартным в течение многих лет. Несмотря на более новые разработки он будет использоваться и далее. - This approach has been standard for many years, and will continue to be of great use regardless of newer developments.
    • Этот технически простой метод действительно требует... - This technically simple method does require...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > метод

  • 11 задача

    (-= проблема, задание) problem, task
    • Аналитически эта задача весьма трудноразрешима. - Prom an analytical point of view, the problem is quite formidable.
    • В связи с данной задачей стоит заметить, что... - In connection with this problem it is worth noting that...
    • В такой постановке эта задача не может быть решена. - Thus stated, the problem can't be solved.
    • Вместо того, чтобы пытаться сделать общее исследование задачи, мы... - Rather than attempt a general investigation of the problem, we...
    • Возвращаясь к нашей первоначальной задаче, мы видим, что... - Returning to our original problem, we see that...
    • Возможно, что первой серьезной попыткой решить задачу была... - Perhaps the first serious attempt to solve the problem was...
    • Давайте рассмотрим эту задачу о... еще раз. - Let us reconsider the problem of...
    • Давайте решим еще одну более простую задачу. - Let us work one more simple problem.
    • Далее наша задача состоит в том, чтобы определить... - Our problem is then to determine...
    • Данная задача решается при помощи... - The problem is solved by means of...
    • Для любой сформулированной задачи всегда можно... - In any given problem, one can always...
    • До сих пор мы не упоминали о задаче... - We have not yet mentioned the problem of...
    • Другие подходы к той же задаче будут намечены ниже. - The different approaches to this problem will be outlined below.
    • Другой способ решения задачи начинается с уравнения... - Another attack on the problem starts from the equation...
    • Задача конкретизируется следующим образом. - The problem is specified as follows.
    • Задача состоит в нахождении численных решений для... - The problem is to find numerical solutions for...
    • Задача усложняется тем обстоятельством, что... - The problem is complicated by the fact that...
    • Задача, которая будет рассматриваться в данном параграфе... - The problem to be considered in this section...
    • Затем задача сводится к выводу формулы для... - The problem is then to deduce a formula for...
    • Значительно более простая, однако имеющая практический интерес задача состоит в вычислении... - A much simpler problem, but one of practical interest, is to calculate...
    • Известно, что эта задача является достаточно трудной, хотя... - This problem is known to be quite difficult, although...
    • Имеются три способа (= метода) решения такой задачи. - There are three ways of attacking such a problem.
    • Используя эту простую задачу, мы сможем проиллюстрировать... - With this simple problem we will be able to illustrate...
    • Математически можно поставить задачу следующим образом. - The problem can be stated mathematically as follows.
    • Мы немедленно обобщим задачу следующим образом:... - We immediately generalize the problem as follows:...
    • Мы рассматриваем задачу нахождения... - We are concerned with the problem of finding the...
    • Мы рассматриваем здесь задачу, которая... - We are dealing here with a problem which is...
    • Мы также уже обсудили эту задачу в главе 2. - We have also discussed this problem in Chapter 2.
    • Мы часто будем встречаться с задачей (нахождения, определения и т. п.)... - We shall often be faced with the problem of...
    • Наша задача состоит в том, чтобы найти... - Our task now is to find...
    • Нашей задачей является нахождение общей формулы для... - The problem is to find a general formula for...
    • Некоторые из этих задач возникают из (того) факта, что..., - Some of the problems arise from the fact that...
    • Непосредственное обобщение является нашей следующей задачей. - A direct extension is the following problem.
    • Общую задачу можно поставить математически в терминах... - The general problem can be stated mathematically in terms of...
    • Обычно это сложная задача. - This is usually a tricky problem.
    • Один класс интересных задач посвящен... - A class of interesting problems is concerned with...
    • Одна из интерпретаций этой задачи состоит в том, что... - One interpretation of this problem is that...
    • Однако задача становится много проще, если... - The problem, however, becomes much simpler if...
    • Однако подавляющее большинство практических задач рассматривает... - However, the vast majority of practical problems are concerned with...
    • Она (задача) будет иметь решение тогда и только тогда, когда... - This will have a solution if and only if...
    • Основной вопрос состоит в том, как мы должны подойти к задаче... - The main question is how we should approach the problem of...
    • Позднее мы узнаем как решать более практические задачи. - We shall learn how to treat more practical problems later.
    • Последний результат особенно полезен для задач, имеющих дело с... - The above result is particularly useful for problems involving...
    • Прежде чем рассматривать задачу, удобно напомнить, что... - Before considering the problem it will be convenient to recall...
    • При решении данной задачи важно отметить, что... - In solving this problem it is important to notice that...
    • Решения этой задачи легко вытекают из... - Solutions of this problem follow readily from...
    • Следующие задачи помогут показать важность... - The following problems will help show that importance of...
    • Строгое рассмотрение задачи показывает, что... - A rigorous treatment of the problem shows that...
    • Существенный интерес представляет задача определения... - It is a problem of considerable interest to determine...
    • Существует много способов решения данной задачи. - There are many ways to solve this problem.
    • Существуют разные пути решения этой задачи. - There are various ways of tackling this problem.
    • Существуют три способа, которыми мы могли бы решить задачу... - There are three ways by which we may approach the problem of...
    • Та же самая задача может быть решена непосредственно (применяя, путем и т. п.)... - The same problem might be solved directly by...
    • Таким образом, наша задача сводится к вычислению... - Our problem becomes, therefore, one of evaluating...
    • Часто возникающая задача состоит в следующем:... - A problem which arises very frequently is...
    • Чтобы поставить задачу однозначно, требуется дополнительное условие. - A further condition is required to specify the problem uniquely.
    • Чтобы решить задачу такого типа, мы... - То solve this type of problem, we...
    • Чтобы решить нашу задачу, нам необходимо знать величину... - То solve our problem we need the value of...
    • Чтобы упростить задачу, давайте предположим, что... - То simplify the problem, let us suppose that...
    • Эта задача изучается, поскольку... - This problem is studied because...
    • Эта задача особенно трудна в случае... - The problem is particularly severe in the case of...
    • Эта задача решается применением... - The problem is solved by applying...
    • Эта задача также рассматривается Смитом [1]. - This problem is also treated by Smith [1].
    • Эти задачи поддаются исследованию (с помощью)... - These problems are amenable to treatment by...
    • Это завело бы нас слишком далеко от задачи обсудить... - It would lead us too far a field to discuss...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > задача

  • 12 процедура

    (см. также метод, способ) procedure, method
    • Альтернативная процедура состоит в том, чтобы использовать... - An alternative procedure is to make use of...
    • Все подобные процедуры могут иметь неожиданное воздействие на... - АН such procedures can have unexpected effects on...
    • Главным преимуществом данной процедуры по сравнению с традиционным методом является то, что... - The major advantage of this procedure over the traditional method is that...
    • Давайте проведем здесь данную процедуру в частном случае... - Let us carry out this procedure here for the special case of...
    • Данная процедура имеет следующие достоинства. - The merits of this procedure are as follows.
    • Для... можно разработать довольно очевидные численные процедуры. - Straightforward numerical procedures can be devised for...
    • Другим недостатком этой процедуры является то, что... - Another disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Другим недостатком этой процедуры является то, что... - The other disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Единственным известным недостатком этой процедуры является то, что... - The only known disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Каков недостаток этой процедуры? - What is the disadvantage of this procedure?
    • Каковы преимущества данной процедуры? - What are the advantages of this procedure?
    • Можно увидеть недостаток этой процедуры. - One can see the disadvantage of this procedure.
    • Мы сомневаемся, будет ли эта процедура работать. - We doubt whether this procedure would work.
    • Наиболее важным преимуществом данной процедуры является то, что... - The primary advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Все еще открыт вопрос, может ли эта процедура дать какие-либо реальные преимущества. - It is doubtful that this procedure can be used to any real advantage.
    • Недостатком данной процедуры является то, что... - A disadvantage of this procedure is the fact that...
    • Недостатком данной процедуры является то, что она требует... - The disadvantage of this procedure is that it requires...
    • Необходимо/следует избегать подобной процедуры, потому что... - Such a procedure is to be avoided because...
    • Одним из преимуществ этой процедуры является то, что... - One advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Одно специальное достоинство данной процедуры состоит в том факте, что... - One special merit of the procedure lies in the fact that...
    • Описанная выше процедура представляет один строгий метод... - The procedure described above represents a rigorous method of...
    • Остается увидеть, действительно ли эта процедура работоспособна. - It remains to be seen whether this procedure is viable.
    • Отличительным преимуществом данной процедуры является то, что... - A distinct advantage of the procedure is that...
    • Первым преимуществом данной процедуры является то, что становится легче... - The first advantage of this procedure is that it is easier to...
    • Пожалуйста, объясните достоинства и недостатки данной процедуры. - Please explain the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure.
    • Потенциальное преимущество данной процедуры состоит в том, что... - A potential advantage of this procedure lies in the fact that...
    • Почему эта процедура лучше всех других? - Why is this procedure better than the others?
    • Прежде чем выполнить эту процедуру, заметим, что... - Before carrying out this procedure, note that...
    • Преимущество (= достоинство) этой процедуры состоит в том, что... - The advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Преимущество этой процедуры, следовательно, состоит в том, что она обеспечивает простой... - The advantage of this procedure, therefore, is that it provides a simple...
    • Рабочеспособность этой процедуры все еще находится под вопросом. - The viability of this procedure is still in question; This procedure is still open to question.
    • Решающим недостатком этой процедуры является то, что... - The crucial disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Следующим недостатком этой процедуры является то, что... - A further disadvantage of this procedure is that...
    • Сначала мы описываем процедуру для... - We first give a procedure for...
    • Стандартной процедурой является проверка, что... - It is a routine matter to verify that...
    • Тем не менее, мы могли бы упростить процедуру, используя... - However, we may simplify matters by using...
    • Фундаментальным преимуществом этой процедуры является то, что... - A fundamental advantage of this procedure is that...
    • Чтобы воспользоваться преимуществами данной процедуры, необходимо... - In order to take advantage of this procedure, one must...
    • Эта процедура до сих пор еще полностью не оттестирована. - This procedure has not yet been fully tested.
    • Эта процедура имеет следующие недостатки. - The procedure has the following disadvantages.
    • Это стандартная процедура, чтобы... - It is standard procedure to...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > процедура

  • 13 शिव _śiva

    शिव a. [श्यति पापं शो-वन् पृषो˚]
    1 Auspicious, propi- tious, lucky; इयं शिवाया नियतेरिवायतिः Ki.4.21;1.38; R.11.33.
    -2 In good health or condition, happy, pros- perous, fortunate; तीर्थेन मूर्ध्न्यधिकृतेन शिवः शिवो$भूत् Bhāg. 3.28.22; शिवानि वस्तीर्थजलानि कच्चित् R.5.8. (= अनुपप्लवानि, 'undisturbed'); शिवास्ते पन्थानः सन्तु 'a happy journey to you', 'God bless (or speed) you on your journey'.
    -वः 1 N. of the third god of the sacred Hindu Trinity, who is entrusted with the work of destruction, as Brah- man and Viṣṇu are with the creation and preserva- tion, of the world; एको देवः केशवो वा शिवो वा Bh.2.115.
    -2 The male organ of generation, penis.
    -3 An aus- picious planetary conjunction.
    -4 The Veda; अट्टशूलाः जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः Mb.3.188.42.
    -5 Final beatitude.
    -6 A post to which cattle are tied.
    -7 A god, deity.
    -8 Quick-silver.
    -9 Bdellium.
    -1 The black variety of thorn-apple.
    -11 Rum, spirit.
    -12 Buttermilk.
    -13 A ruby.
    -14 Time (काल).
    -वौ (m. dual) Śiva and Pārvatī; कथयति शिवयोः शरीरयोगं विषमपदा पदवी विवर्तनेषु Ki.5.4.
    -वम् 1 Prosperity, welfare, well-being, happi- ness; तं धर्मे$ग्निषु पुत्रेषु शिवं पृष्ट्वा Rām.7.33.13; तव वर्त्मनि वर्ततां शिवम् N.2.62; Ratn.1.2; R.1.6.
    -2 Bliss, auspiciousness.
    -3 Final beatitude.
    -4 Water.
    -5 Sea- salt.
    -6 Rock-salt.
    -7 Refined borax.
    -8 Iron.
    -9 Myrobalan.
    -1 Sandal.
    -Comp. -अक्षम् = रुद्राक्ष q. v.
    - अपर a. cruel.
    -अरातिः a heretic (lit. a disbeliever in Śiva).
    -आत्मकम् rock-salt.
    -आदेशकः 1 the bearer of auspicious news.
    -2 a fortune-teller.
    -आलयः 1 Śiva's abode.
    -2 the red basil.
    (-यम्) 1 a temple of Śiva.
    -2 a cemetery.
    - इतर a. inauspicious, unlucky; शिवेतरक्षतये K. P.1.
    -इष्टा Dūrvā grass.
    -कर (शिवंकर also) a. conferring happiness, auspicious.
    -कीर्तनः N. of Bhṛiṅgi.
    -केसरः Mimusops Elengi (बकुल).
    -गति a. prosperous, happy.
    -धर्मजः the planet Mars; cf. पुरा दक्षविनाशाय कुपितस्य त्रिशूलिनः । अपतद् भीमवक्त्रस्य स्वेदबिन्दु- र्ललाटजः ॥ शान्तिप्रदानात् सर्वेषां ग्रहाणां प्रथमो भव । अङ्गारक इति ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि धरात्मज ॥ Matsya P.
    -चतुर्दशी the four- teenth day of the dark half of Māgha; see शिवरात्र.
    -ज्ञा a female devotee of the Śaiva sect.
    -ताति a.
    1 having an auspicious end, conferring or conducive to happiness, propitious; प्रयत्नः कृत्स्नो$यं फलतु शिवतातिश्च भवतु Māl.6.7; न्यषेवेतां विशेषेण शिवतातिममुं शिवम् Śiva B.23.56.
    -2 tender, merciful, not demoniacal; मा पूतनात्वमुपगाः शिवतातिरेधि 9.49. (
    -तिः) auspiciousness, happiness.
    -तालः (in music) a kind of measure.
    -दत्तम् the discus of Viṣṇu (सुदर्शन).
    -दारु n. the Devadāru tree.
    -दिश् the north-east.
    -दूती epithet of Durgā.
    -द्रुमः the Bilva tree.
    -द्विष्टा the Ketaka tree.
    -धातुः 1 quick- silver.
    -2 milk stone.
    -पदम् final liberation, emanci- pation.
    -पुरम्, -पुरी N. of Vārāṇasī.
    -पुराण N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas.
    -प्रियः 1 a crystal.
    -2 the Baka tree.
    -3 the thorn-apple. (
    -यम्) = रुद्राक्ष q. v. (
    -या) the goddess Durgā.
    -बी(वी)जम् quick-silver.
    -भारतम् the historic poem on the life of Shivājī the great (163-168) by his contemporary poet Paramā nanda.
    -मल्लकः the Arjuna tree.
    -मार्गः final liberation.
    -रसः the water of boiled rice (three days old, hence fermented).
    -राजधानी N. of Benares,
    -रात्रिः f. the fourteenth day of the dark half of Māgha on which a rigorous fast is observed in honour of Śiva; शैवो वा वैष्णवो वापि यो वा स्यादन्यपूजकः । सर्वं पूजाफलं हन्ति शिवरात्रिबहिर्मुखः ॥ Īśvarasaṁhitā.
    -लिङ्गम् 1 Śiva worshipped in the form of a Phallus.
    -2 a temple dedicated to the worship of the Liṅga.
    -लोकः the world of Śiva.
    -वल्लभः the mango tree.
    (-भा) 1 white rose.
    -2 Pārvatī.
    -वल्ली Acacia Concinna (Mar. शिकेकाई).
    -वाहनः a bull.
    -व्रतिन् one engaged in a vow of standing on one foot.
    -शेखरः 1 the moon.
    -2 the thorn-apple.
    -सायुज्यम् final emancipation (lit. unification with Śiva).
    -सुन्दरी an epithet of Durgā.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > शिव _śiva

  • 14 глава

    (см. также абзац, параграф, книга, обзор) chapter
    • Более прямой метод получения величины F рассматривается в главе 9. - A more direct procedure for obtaining F is considered in Chapter 9.
    • Большая часть материала, представленного в данной главе, имела дело с... - Much of the material presented in this chapter has dealt with...
    • В дальнейших главах излагается методология для... - The following chapters outline the methodology involved in...
    • В данной главе мы будем заниматься подобными процессами. - This chapter will be concerned with such processes.
    • В данной главе мы будем рассматривать лишь... - In this chapter we shall be concerned only with...
    • В данной главе мы заложим теоретические основания для... - In this chapter we lay the theoretical foundations for...
    • В данной главе мы предлагаем обсудить... - In this chapter we propose to discuss...
    • В данной главе мы представим некоторые избранные материалы... - In the present chapter we shall give a selection of...
    • В данной главе мы продолжим наше изучение (проблемы и т. п.)... - In this chapter, we will continue our study of...
    • В данной главе мы разовьем теорию... - In this chapter we shall develop the theory of...
    • В данной главе мы рассмотрим путь, которым... - In this chapter, we consider the way in which...
    • В данной главе мы сформулируем метод для... - In this chapter, we shall formulate the procedure for...
    • В данной главе мы уделим некоторое внимание (чвму-л)... - In this chapter we shall devote some attention to...
    • В данной главе мы, главным образом, интересуемся... - We are concerned mainly in this chapter with...
    • В данной главе позднее станет очевидно, что... - It will become evident later in this chapter that...
    • В данной главе рассматривается... - It is the object of the present chapter to...
    • В данной главе рассматривается еще один подход... - This chapter is concerned with yet another approach to...
    • В предшествующих главах мы видели, что... - We have seen in preceding chapters that...
    • В следующей главе мы (еще) вернемся к этому выражению. - We shall return to this expression in the next chapter.
    • В следующей главе мы дадим количественное представление... - In the next chapter we give a more quantitative account of...
    • В следующей главе мы увидим, что... - We shall see in the next chapter that...
    • В следующих четырех главах мы будем рассматривать исключительно... - In the next four chapters we shall be concerned exclusively with...
    • В соответствии с методом, намеченным в Главе 1, мы... - In accordance with the method outlined in Chapter 1, we...
    • В третьей главе (= В главе 3) мы встретим другое обобщение той же самой основной идеи. - In Chapter 3 we shall meet another generalization of the same basic idea.
    • В этой вводной главе мы сделаем обзор... - In this introductory chapter we shall review...
    • В этой главе будут описываться два подхода к... - This chapter will describe two approaches to...
    • В этой главе мы даем эффективный метод... - In this chapter we give an efficient method for...
    • В этой главе мы рассматриваем различные случаи... - In this chapter we consider various cases of...
    • В этой главе мы сосредоточимся на (проблеме, вопросе и т. п.)... - In this chapter we concentrate on...
    • В этой главе не делалось попыток обсудить очень сложную проблему... -In this chapter no attempt has been made to discuss the very difficult problem of...
    • В этой главе основное внимание будет направлено на... - In this chapter we will direct most of the attention toward...
    • В этой главе рассматривается... - This chapter is concerned with...
    • В этой главе формулируются основные положения... - This chapter provides an outline of...
    • Данная глава будет посвящена описанию... - This chapter will be devoted to an exposition of...
    • Данная глава начинается с описания... - This chapter begins with a description of...
    • Данная глава завершается обсуждением... - The chapter concludes with a discussion of...
    • Данная глава, в основном, посвящена объяснению... - This chapter is devoted primarily to explaining...
    • Данная методика будет использоваться в последующих главах. - This procedure will be followed in subsequent chapters.
    • Заключим данную главу несколькими словами относительно... - We conclude this chapter with a few words on...
    • Значительная часть настоящей главы посвящена... - A large proportion of the present chapter is concerned with...
    • Из содержания предыдущих глав мы уже знаем, что... - We already know from earlier chapters that...
    • Книга состоит из восьми глав. - The book is divided into eight chapters.
    • Многие идеи и результаты последней главы могут быть распространены на случай... - Many of the ideas and results of the last chapter can now be extended to the case of...
    • Многие идеи, рассматриваемые в данной главе,... - Many of the ideas appearing in this chapter are...
    • Мы (еще) вернемся к этой аналогии во второй главе. - We shall return later to this analogy in Chapter 2.
    • Мы завершаем данную главу демонстрацией того, что... - We end this section by showing that...
    • Мы можем применить некоторые результаты этой главы, чтобы проиллюстрировать... - We may apply some of the results of this chapter to illustrate...
    • Мы обсудим этот эффект в другой главе. - We shall discuss this effect in a later chapter.
    • Мы откладываем обсуждение этого явления до главы 5. - We defer discussion of this phenomenon until Chapter 5.
    • Мы продолжим это (исследование) в главе 4. - We shall go further into this in Chapter 4.
    • Мы также уже обсудили эту задачу в главе 2. - We have also discussed this problem in Chapter 2.
    • Некоторые дальнейшие замечания могут быть найдены в главе 2. - Some further remarks may be found in Chapter 2.
    • Некоторые из этих вопросов будут развиваться в следующей главе. - Some of these points will be developed further in the next chapter.
    • Основная часть этой работы была проделана в главе 2. - The bulk of the work was done in Chapter 2.
    • Основным вопросом данной главы является... - Our main business in this chapter is to...
    • Остальная часть этой главы посвящена... - The rest of the chapter deals with... (
    • Первые четыре главы данной книги должны быть доступны... - The first four chapters of this book should be accessible to...
    • Всюду в данной главе мы будем предполагать, что... - Throughout this chapter we have assumed that...
    • Позднее в этой главе мы узнаем, что... - Later in this chapter we will learn that...
    • Пример его (метода) использования уже приведен в Главе 2. - An example of its use has already been given in Chapter 2.
    • Рассуждение, приведенное в конце последней главы, показывает, что... - The argument at the end of the last chapter shows that...
    • Результаты данной главы позволяют нам... - The results of the present chapter enable us to...
    • Строгое обсуждение будет дано в главе 2. - A rigorous discussion will be given in Chapter 2.
    • Теперь возвратимся к вопросу, поставленному в начале этой главы. - We now return to the question posed at the beginning of the chapter.
    • Целью данной главы является представление... - It is the purpose of this chapter to present...
    • Целью данной главы является разработка... - The aim of this chapter is to develop...
    • Мы собираемся сделать в этой главе... - What we seek to do in this chapter is to...
    • Что такое тензоры объясняется подробно в главе 3. - The subject of tensors is explained at length in Chapter 3.
    • Эта глава почти полностью посвящается... - This chapter has been almost wholly concerned with...
    • Эта глава представляет один подход к решению... - This chapter presents one approach to the solution of...
    • Эта тема будет развиваться в следующей главе. - This subject will be developed in the following chapter.
    • Эти данные будут использованы в следующей главе. - This information will be put into use in the next chapter.
    • Эти явления обсуждаются в главе 5. - These phenomena are discussed in Chapter 5.
    • Это будет темой следующей главы. - This will be the theme of the next chapter.
    • Далее это обсуждается в главе 4 в связи с... - This is further discussed in Chapter 4 in conjunction with...
    • Это не согласуется с терминологией главы 1. - This is at variance with the terminology of Chapter 1.
    • Этот факт был отмечен без доказательства в главе 4. - This fact was noted without proof in Chapter 4.
    • Этот эффект будет обсуждаться в главе 2, где будет показано, что... - This effect will be discussed in Chapter 2, where it will be shown that...

    Русско-английский словарь научного общения > глава

  • 15 streng

    gut, hard, harsh, rigid, rigour, severe, sharp, stern, stiff, strict, string, stringent
    * * *
    I. (en -e)
    ( violinstreng, klaverstreng, buestreng etc) string;
    ( klokkestreng) bellpull;
    ( i snor) strand;
    [ anslå en streng] touch a string,
    (fig) strike a chord;
    [ anslå de velkendte strenge] strike a familiar chord;
    [ have flere strenge på sin bue] have two strings to one's bow;
    [ spille på de patriotiske strenge] touch patriotic chords.
    II. adj
    ( ubøjelig, ufravigelig) strict ( fx justice, orders, rules, discipline, schoolmaster, neutrality),
    ( stærkere, F) stringent ( fx controls, laws);
    ( hård, ublid) hard ( fx discipline, father, master, life, times, work),
    ( stærkere, især om handling) severe ( fx criticism, father, judge, laws, look, measures, punishment, test),
    F rigorous ( fx discipline, peace terms, punishment);
    (T: anstrengende etc) stiff ( fx climb, examination; it's a bit stiff!);
    ( barsk af væsen, udseende) stern ( fx man, look);
    ( om levevis, F) austere ( fx Puritan, life, morals);
    ( om vejrlig) hard ( fx frost, winter),
    ( stærkere) severe ( fx cold);
    F austere;
    [ streng faste] a strict (el. rigid) fast;
    [ i strengeste forstand] in the strictest sense of the word;
    (se også bevogtning, diæt);
    [ streng over for] strict with, severe with, hard on;
    (se også strengt).

    Danish-English dictionary > streng

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