Escala in english
pronunciation: skeɪl part of speech: noun
escala = echelon ; magnitude ; range ; scale ; scale ; shade ; spectrum [spectra, -pl.] ; continuum ; gradation ; stopover ; rating scale ; port of call ; rating ; sliding scale ; layover.
Example: Involvement of lower echelon personnel in planning has the advantage of getting the practical point of view of those closer to the scene of the operations.Example: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Example: Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.Example: The scale of a map is the distance as shown on the map in relation to actual distance.Example: Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.Example: Partly because of the fact that documents have shades of relevance to a given topic this is an impossible objective.Example: As one respondent from this end of the information spectrum put it, 'Context is all in the information world'.Example: At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).Example: Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.Example: This article discusses the strategic location of the Islands as a stopover and spring-board for more far-flung explorations along the African coast.Example: This process will allow institutional evaluators to compare their individual evaluations using a standardized format and rating scale.Example: 'Ports of Call' is an enchanting, lovely, scary and sad book, as good as any.Example: But the rater must not be afraid to give negative ratings.Example: For insulin dosing, use a sliding scale based on patient weight as well as on blood sugar values.Example: Whether you're headed to Italy or South Africa, you might have a long layover in London but you don't have to spend it holed up at the airport.more:
» a + Adjetivo + escala = on a + Adjetivo + scale .
Example: Any library involved in this activity on a large scale could find such software very useful in ensuring accurate and comprehensive records.» a escala = drawn-to-scale .
Example: The researcher takes a drawn-to-scale map of an environment and then notes behavior as it occurs in its true location on the map = El investigador utiliza un mapa a escala de un lugar y observa y anota el comportamiento tal como ocurre en su localización en el mapa.» a escala industrial = on an industrial scale ; industrial-scale .
Example: These two machine translation systems translate texts from English and German into Russian on an industrial scale. Example: Mass treatment is the name given to an industrial-scale process to deacidify and stabilise and/or strengthen library and archival materials.» a escala mundial = globally ; on a global scale .
Example: This article aims to examine both currently and globally the varying degrees of application of information technology to information services in several continents. Example: Academic sites will install document servers to make publications and electronic archives available on a global scale = Academic sites will install document servers to make publications and electronic archives available on a global scale.» a escala natural = full-scale .
Example: Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.» a gran escala = large scale [large-scale] ; massive ; on a wide scale ; high-volume ; wide-scale ; on a broad scale ; in a big way ; on a grand scale ; writ large .
Example: It is in the development of such large-scale services that problems are seen most acutely. Example: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed. Example: Moder technology allows us to link computers in different centres and to transmit information on a wide scale. Example: Many households are still without telephone, let alone equipped with the wide-band cable needed for fast, high-volume electronic communication. Example: Without the stimuli of cooperative agencies, many programmes such as wide-scale interlibrary loan would not have developed so rapidly. Example: Due to advantages such as access to information on a broad scale, networking is being increasingly adopted in Latin America and in the Caribbean. Example: The United Nations (UN), its various information offices and its sister agencies are shifting into electronic publishing in a big way. Example: A 'toxic combination' of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health Organisation report said Thursday. Example: A tsunami is a ripple of water generated by displacement, but writ large.» a mayor escala = writ large .
Example: A tsunami is a ripple of water generated by displacement, but writ large.» a menor escala = at a reduced rate .
Example: Results showed that losses still occurred, at a reduced rate, but that vandalism appeared to be on the increase.» a pequeña escala = in a small way ; small scale [small-scale] ; writ small .
Example: The serialization of new fiction in half-crown monthly magazines such as Blackwood's started in a small way in the 1820s, and grew in importance during the following decade. Example: While similar systems have been developed on an experimental basis in the past, these have usually been restricted to small scale collections. Example: Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small.» a un extremo de la escala = at one end of the scale .
Example: At one end of the scale were a large number of small shops that had scarcely changed since the eighteenth century.» en el otro extremo de la escala = at the other end of the scale ; at the other end of the spectrum ; at the other extreme .
Example: At the other end of the scale, controversial pamphlets, and such things as single poems, plays, or sermons were normally sold stitched. Example: At the other end of the spectrum, rural counties adjacent to large metro areas benefited from their ties to the major centres of information. Example: At the other extreme is Mises, who describes economic theory as an essential element in the structure of human civilization.» en otra escala = on a different plane .
Example: For others, like Ernest Hemingway, alcohol was a way to place the mind on a different plane after writing all day at a desk.» en un extremo de la escala = at one extreme .
Example: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.» escala de ampliación = enlargement ratio [Relación entre las dimensiones del documento impreso y las dimensiones de la microimagen correspondiente] .
Example: The enlargement ratio is the relationship between the dimensions of a hard copy and the corresponding dimensions of the microimage.» escala de grises = grey scale [gray scale] .
Example: This is an adequate way of storing and transmitting scanned paper documents in bitonal and grey scale image data.» escala de reducción = reduction ratio [Relación entre las dimensiones de una microimagen y las dimensiones del original correspondiente] .
Example: The microfiche is a common form for catalogues and indexes, usually 208 or 270 frames per fiche, in a piece of film and with a reduction ratio of 42 or 48:1.» escala de tarifas según los ingresos = sliding fee scale .
Example: Most government-funded health centers offer sliding fee scales in order to make treatment more affordable for low-income individuals.» escala de valores = graded range ; set of values .
Example: Second, the attribute values in Table 1 may vary over a graded range (e.g., from pain = 'none' to pain = 'severe'). Example: The library and information profession is built not only on a body of skills and knowledge but on a set of values inherent in the services it provides.» escala de Wechsler = Wechsler scale .
Example: If Wechsler scale had not been required as a lead term, the appropriate operator would have been $n instead of $o.» escala móvil = sliding scale .
Example: For insulin dosing, use a sliding scale based on patient weight as well as on blood sugar values.» escala que consta de nueve grados = nine-point scale .
Example: The horizontal axis indicates concern for production while the vertical axis indicates concern for people and each is expressed as a nine-point scale of concern.» escala salarial = salary scale ; pay scale ; salary schedule ; salary range ; salary band ; sliding pay scale ; pay grade .
Example: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks. Example: This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive. Example: This performance-based pay scheme is based on a job classification and salary schedule and pay rises are flexible rather than automatic. Example: By city-administered examination and promotion, his current salary range would be equalled and surpassed within a year to a year and a half. Example: Salary breakdown in relation to continent showed that many people in senior posts in Western Europe, Africa and the Far East were in the lowest salary band, i.e. earning less than USD 20,000 per annum. Example: We offer a sliding pay scale that quickly increases as you reach performance-related goals. Example: Each military service has its own names for the various enlisted ranks, however the pay grades are equal throughout all the services.» escala temporal = time continuum .
Example: Contingency plans can be devised to intersect at several points on this time continuum.» estar hecho a escala = be to scale .
Example: It is important to note that reproductions of screen formats are not necessarily to scale and screen images may be compressed.» hacer escala = stop over .
Example: With luck the lapwings will now be able to stop over in Syria without coming to further harm.» IGE (Integración a Gran Escala) = LSI (Large Scale Integration) .
Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).» IME (Integración a Media Escala) = MSI (Medium Scale Integration) .
Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).» IPE (Integración a Pequeña Escala) = SSI (Small Scale Integration) .
Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).» mapa a gran escala = large-scale map .
Example: Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.» mención de escala = statement of scale .
Example: The mathematical data area includes the statement of scale, and the statement of projection if it is given.» modelo a escala = scale model .
Example: Wind tunnel tests of scale-model humpback whale flippers have revealed that the pachyderm's flipper is a more efficient wing design than is currently used by the aeronautics industry on aeroplanes.» Nombre + a gran escala = broad scale + Nombre .
Example: This article describes a knowledge based geographic information system for the broad scale mapping of dryland salinity in the Western Australian wheatbelt.» puerto de escala = port of call .
Example: 'Ports of Call' is an enchanting, lovely, scary and sad book, as good as any.» seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum .
Example: Evidence suggests that emerging state efforts to manage information fall along a continuum that ranges from agency-specific to formalised central management activities.» vuelo sin escalas = non-stop flight .
Example: The El Paso International Airport wants to lure more non-stop flights to and from other cities, and they want to use some incentives to do it.escalar = scale ; climb ; spiral.
Example: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.Example: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.Example: Hospital admissions doubled, out patient services quintupled, dental services quadrupled, and hospital births spiraled.more:
» análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis .
Example: Guttman scale analysis is a statistical technique designed both for selecting items to make up a unidimensional scale along which individuals may be scored, and as a hypothesis-testing technique for determining whether a set of individuals adequately fit a scale, or whether a scale adequately reflects observed response patterns.» escalar posiciones = come (up) from behind .
Example: She came up from behind to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.» escalar puestos = come (up) from behind .
Example: She came up from behind to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.» escalar una montaña = scale + a mountain .
Example: Scaling mountains and fording streams, a Chinese farmer walked alone for 219 days across 10,000 kilometers.