Bloque in english
Block
pronunciation: blɑk part of speech: noun
pronunciation: blɑk part of speech: noun
In gestures
bloque = bloc ; slab ; block ; tranche.
Example: As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.Example: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.Example: The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.Example: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.more:
» bloque comunista, el = Communist bloc, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: A centre has be established for research-oriented information on social hygiene for use nationally and internationally within the Communist bloc.» bloque de apartamentos = apartment block ; apartment complex ; apartment building ; apartment block .
Example: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident. Example: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes. Example: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings. Example: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.» bloque de aseos = ablution block ; toilet block .
Example: The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets. Example: The campsite is immaculate as are the toilet blocks and the swimming pool.» bloque de construcción = building block .
Example: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.» bloque de datos = data bloc .
Example: This article discusses also the structure and the content of the UNIMARC format (the label of the record; data blocs), the form of the recording of data and the appendices.» bloque de estanterías = bank of shelves ; tier .
Example: Large guides to banks of shelving, typically placed on the end of the stack, but possibly also hung overhead or displayed in some other manner close to a bank of shelves. Example: Each separate bookcase or tier should have a guide above the top shelf indicating the contents of that bookcase.» bloque de hielo flotante = pack ice .
Example: Sir George Hubert Wilkins was leader of the expedition in which a submarine travelled under Arctic pack ice for the 1st time, as well as a scientist, photographer, and newspaper correspondent.» bloque de hormigón = breeze block [Término más usado en el inglés británico] ; cinder block [Término más general en el inglés americano] ; concrete block .
Example: This wall has been bodged together using breeze blocks at some point. Example: Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls. Example: The market for concrete blocks is growing at a rapid rate, especially in the areas where bricks are not easily available.» bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.» bloque de madera grabada = block .
Example: A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.» bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building .
Example: High-rise buildings are also vulnerable to hurricane-force winds, particularly at the higher levels since wind speed tends to increase with height.» bloque de oficinas = office building ; office block ; office tower .
Example: In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods. Example: Libraries formed a major part of the reconstruction of Poland after World War II and they are to be found in such diverse places as housing estates and office blocks. Example: They specialize in providing seasonal decor for large commercial buildings and office towers.» bloque de papel = pad of paper .
Example: The other woman nodded, smiling slightly, and began to make concentric circles on a pad of paper.» bloque de piedra = stone block .
Example: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.» bloque de pisos = block of flats ; block of high-rise flats ; tower block ; apartment complex ; apartment building ; apartment block ; condo [Forma abreviada de condominium] ; condominium [A veces abreviado como condo] ; high-rise .
Example: The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats. Example: In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats. Example: There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block. Example: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes. Example: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings. Example: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident. Example: Not everyone realizes the importance of respecting your neighbor, this is especially true if you live in a condo or an apartment. Example: Additional apartments and condominiums were quickly erected to accommodate the influx of employees in the new research park. Example: We were racing against the clock, and I was hurrying her up the stairs to reach the roof of the high rise.» bloque de tinta = ink-block .
Example: Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.» bloque de vecinos = residential building .
Example: Every residential building has swipe card readers at the outside entrance doors.» bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block .
Example: In UNIMARC the subject analysis block, block 6 -- , contains subject data constructed according to various systems, both verbal and notational.» bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block .
Example: In UNIMARC the coded information block, block 1 -- , contains coded fixed length data elements.» bloque funcional de identificación = identification block .
Example: In UNIMARC the identification block, block 0 -- , contains those numbers that identify the record or the item recorded in it.» bloque funcional de información descriptiva = descriptive information block .
Example: In UNIMARC the descriptive information block, block 2 -- , contains those areas covered by the ISBD with the exception of notes and standard numbers.» bloque funcional de notas = notes block .
Example: In UNIMARC the notes block, block 3 -- , contains notes -- free text statements qualifying and amplifying the description and access points and dealing with any aspect of the physical make-up of the item of its contents.» bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros = linking entry block .
Example: In UNIMARC the linking entry block, block 4 -- , contains data fields with embedded tags, indicators and subfield codes that identify the item to which the link is being made.» bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block .
Example: In UNIMARC the intellectual responsibility block, block 7 -- , contains names of persons and corporate bodies having some form of intellectual responsibility for the creation of the item described.» bloque funcional de títulos relacionados = related title block .
Example: In UNIMARC the related title block, block 5 -- , contains titles other than the title proper related to the item being catalogued and generally appearing on the item.» bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block .
Example: In UNIMARC the international use block, block 8 -- , contains internationally agreed fields that do not fit in the other preceding blocks of UNIMARC.» bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block .
Example: In UNIMARC the international use block, block 9-- , is reserved for national use by agencies where UNIMARC is the basis of the domestic format.» bloque litográfico = letterpress block .
Example: Letterpress blocks (wood engravings and photo-etched relief blocks) were printed in the forme along with the type and generally show some impression on the back of the leaf.» bloque mental = writer's block .
Example: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.» bloque sanitario = ablution block ; toilet block .
Example: The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets. Example: The campsite is immaculate as are the toilet blocks and the swimming pool.» bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; Soviet bloc, the .
Example: A systematic co-operation in building up of library networks in the countries of the socialist bloc started in the 60s. Example: To date the feedback from the academic community has been very positive with many libraries in the former Soviet bloc welcoming this initiative.» bloque xilográfico a contrafibra = end-grain block .
Example: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.» diagrama por bloques = block diagram [Representación de una estructura subterránea o de un paisaje en perspectiva, generalmente con una exageración vertical] .
Example: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.» en bloque = en bloc .
Example: Larger amounts of text can be entered at the end of the document and then transferred en bloc to the correct position.» reservar en bloque = block book .
Example: As usual, the Organizing committee has block booked a large number of rooms for the IFLA participants in various price categories.