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3 upper
1. adjective(higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) superior
2. noun((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) pala
3. adverb(in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) en lo más alto, en primer plano- get/have the upper hand of/over someone
- get/have the upper hand
upper adj superior / de arribatr['ʌpəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (position) superior2 (in geography) alto,-a1 (of shoe) pala\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto get the upper hand llevar ventaja, llevar la delanterato be on one's uppers dated estar sin blanca, estar sin un durothe upper crust la flor y nataupper case caja altaupper class clase nombre femenino altaupper house cámara altaupper ['ʌpər] adj1) higher: superiorthe upper classes: las clases altas2) : alto (en geografía)the upper Mississippi: el alto Mississippiupper n: parte f superior (del calzado, etc.)adj.• superior adj.n.• pala s.f.• pala del calzado s.f.• superior s.m.
I 'ʌpər, 'ʌpə(r)adjective (before n)1)a) (spatially, numerically) superior; < lip> superior, de arribaupper age limit — límite m (máximo) de edad
b) (in rank, importance) <ranks/echelons> superior, más elevadothe upper chamber o upper house — ( Pol) la cámara alta
2) ( Geog) alto
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1)b)to be on one's uppers — (colloq) estar* más pobre que las ratas
2) ( drug) (sl) anfeta f (arg)['ʌpǝ(r)]1. ADJhand 1., 11), reach 3., 2), stiff 1., 3)2) (in importance, rank) [echelons, ranks, caste] superior3) (on scale) [limit] máximo4) (in Geog names) alto2. N1) uppers [of shoe] pala fsing- be down on one's uppers2) * (=drug) anfeta * f3) (Dentistry) dentadura f postiza (superior)4) (US) (Rail) litera f de arriba3.CPDupper atmosphere N —
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the upper atmosphere — la termosferaupper case N — (Typ) mayúsculas fpl
upper chamber N — (Pol) cámara f alta
the upper circle N — (Theat) la galería superior
upper class N —
Upper Egypt N — alto Egipto m
upper house N — (Pol) cámara f alta
upper middle class N — clase f media alta; (used as adjective) de la clase media alta
upper school N — cursos mpl superiores; (in names) instituto m de enseñanza media
upper sixth N — ≈ último curso m de bachillerato
she's in the upper sixth — ≈ está en el último curso de bachillerato
Upper Volta N — alto Volta m
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I ['ʌpər, 'ʌpə(r)]adjective (before n)1)a) (spatially, numerically) superior; < lip> superior, de arribaupper age limit — límite m (máximo) de edad
b) (in rank, importance) <ranks/echelons> superior, más elevadothe upper chamber o upper house — ( Pol) la cámara alta
2) ( Geog) alto
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1)b)to be on one's uppers — (colloq) estar* más pobre que las ratas
2) ( drug) (sl) anfeta f (arg) -
4 electric column
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5 voltaic pile
s.pila voltaica, pila de Volta.
См. также в других словарях:
volta (1) — {{hw}}{{volta (1)}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 Atto del voltare o del voltarsi | Svolta: la strada fa una volta | Dar –v, dar la –v, dar di volta il cervello, uscir di senno. 2 (mar.) Attorcigliamento d un cavo. 3 (aeron.) Gran –v, figura acrobatica per cui un … Enciclopedia di italiano
Volta — may refer to:Rivers and lakes* Lake Volta in Ghana * Burkina Faso, the country formerly named Upper Volta * The Volta River, consisting of the: ** Black Volta ** Red Volta ** White VoltaOther* Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist and inventor… … Wikipedia
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volta — vólta interj. Trimis de siveco, 03.06.2008. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic vólta (muz.) s. f. Trimis de siveco, 03.06.2008. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic VÓLTA s.f. (muz.) Semn de repetiţie care arată măsurile finale ce trebuie să fie executate… … Dicționar Român
Volta — bezeichnet: Volta (Fluss), ein Fluss in Nordwestafrika Volta Stausee, ein Stausee in Nordwestafrika Volta Region, eine Region des afrikanischen Staates Ghana Volta (Tanz), ein Tanz des 16. Jahrhunderts im 3/4 Takt aus der Provence Volta (Album),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Volta — Volta … Википедия
voltă — VÓLTĂ, volte, s.f. 1. Mişcare în formă de cerc sau de arc de cerc. ♦ fig. Schimbare (bruscă) în atitudine, trecere subită de la o concepţie la alta. ♦ (Scrimă) Mişcare (de rotaţie) făcută pentru a evita loviturile adversarului. 2. Manevră de… … Dicționar Român
volta — (Alessandro, comte) (1745 1827) physicien italien. Pionnier de l électricité, il réalisa la première pile électrique (1800). Volta (la) fl. du Ghana (1 600 km), tributaire de l Atlantique, formé par la réunion de la Volta noire, à l O., de la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Volta — Volta1 [vō̂l′tä] Conte Alessandro [ä΄les sän′drō̂] 1745 1827; It. physicist Volta2 [väl′tə, vôl′tə, vōl′tə] 1. river in SE Ghana, flowing south from Lake Volta into the Bight of Benin: c. 300 mi (483 km), including Lake Volta 2. Lake artificial … English World dictionary
Volta — Vol ta, n.; pl. {Volte}. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See {Volt} a tread.] (Mus.) A turning; a time; chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Volta — Volta, Alessandro, Graf, der berühmte Physiker, geb. 1745 zu Como, ward Professor der Physik daselbst, dann zu Pavia, machte bedeutende Reisen, ward 1802 Mitglied des franz. Instituts, von Napoleon I. zum Grafen u. von Kaiser Franz 1815 zum… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
