Regla in english

Ruler

pronunciation: rulɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures

regla1 = guide ; rule ; ruling ; canon. 

Example: In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.Example: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.Example: The suggested ruling is that groups 1, 2 and 3 are entered under Place, except for individual species in biology.Example: The archetypal canon is of course that of the books of the Bible, which are gathered together in a fixed and unchanging order.

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» acatar las reglasobey + the rules .

Example: There is no one factor that singlehandedly causes us to obey the rules.

» atenerse a las reglasgo by + the book .

Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.

» cambiar las reglas de(l) juegomove + the goalpostsshift + the goalposts .

Example: Viruses have to be seen as organisms that aren't static but are constantly evolving, moving the goalposts and evading our immune system.

Example: Anti-abortion extremists will continuously and disingenuously shift the goalposts until every pregnancy in this country is under complete state control.

» ceñirse a las reglasgo by + the book .

Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.

» Comité de Revisión de las Reglas de Catalogación (CRCC)Catalog Code Revision Committee (CCRC) .

Example: She was the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) representative to the Catalog Code Revision Committee (CCRC).

» como regla generalas a ruleas a rule of thumb .

Example: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

Example: As a rule of thumb, most major libraries have chosen not to renew their periodical subscriptions.

» conforme a las reglascanonically .

Example: They somehow managed to botch the election by choosing a man who was canonically ineligible for the job.

» cumplir las reglasplay by + the rules .

Example: Morbid curiosity may seem like a guilty pleasure, but that's how we learn what happens when we don't play by the rules.

» cumplir una reglaobserve + rulecomply with + a rule .

Example: If you do not observe this rule, the resulting class number will be either meaningless or, at least, have the wrong meaning.

Example: Besides the lending of materials, most libraries offer a photocopying service and in this connection definite rules must be complied with.

» de acuerdo con las reglasaccording to the book .

Example: We feel we have done everything right according to the book.

» en toda reglafull-fledgedfull-scalefull-bodied  .

Example: Once the functional and informal network seeks to widen its influence, it becomes a full-fledged institution.

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.

Example: By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers.

» establecer reglasmake + provision .

Example: No special provision need be made for analytical entries.

» establecer reglas paralay down + rules for .

Example: This article presents the text of the guidelines which lay down rules for the organisation of union libraries.

» establecer una reglaframe + a rule .

Example: Further, rules can be framed with greater regard for the convenience of the user without imposing undue burdens on the cataloging department.

» excepciones que confirman la reglaexceptions to prove the rule .

Example: Praiseworthy piecemeal modifications of this library rigour stand out as exceptions to prove the rule.

» formular una reglaframe + a rule .

Example: Further, rules can be framed with greater regard for the convenience of the user without imposing undue burdens on the cataloging department.

» hacer cumplir una reglaenforce + a ruleenforce + a norm .

Example: Armed with powers to enforce the rules that have long underpinned international trade and economic stability, it was expected to play a central role in managing global integration.

Example: Normativity (also known as prescriptivism) is the idea that there are correct and incorrect ways of using language, and institutions to enforce the norms (schools, reference books, editors, computer spell-check programmes, language mavens..).

» incumplir una reglaviolate + a rulebreak + a rule .

Example: It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.

Example: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.

» infringir una reglaviolate + a rulebreak + a rule .

Example: It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.

Example: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.

» las Reglas de Cutter para un Catálogo DiccionarioCutter's Rules for a Dictionary Catalog .

Example: Cutter's Rules for a Dictionary Catalog contains rules for filing in a dictionary catalogue.

» libro de reglas de un juegorulebook .

Example: Johnson (2005) adds the additional argument that when playing such games, rather than reading the rulebook, gamers learn by doing.

» obedecer las reglasobey + the rules .

Example: There is no one factor that singlehandedly causes us to obey the rules.

» obedecer una reglacomply with + a rule .

Example: Besides the lending of materials, most libraries offer a photocopying service and in this connection definite rules must be complied with.

» por regla generalin the mainon the wholegenerally speakingas a rulein generalgenerally .

Example: In the main, a library assistant's work consists of service desk duties, charging and discharging books, shelving returned books, dealing with reservations, sending overdue notices and checking the receipt of periodicals = En general, el trabajo de un auxiliar de biblioteca consiste en la atención al usuario, tramitar los préstamos y su devolución, colocar los libros en las estanterías, gestionar las reservas de libros, enviar los avisos de vencimiento de plazo y comprobar la recepción de las publicaciones periódicas.

Example: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.

Example: Generally speaking, my philosophy is that if you've been following the thread, you already know what the reply is.

Example: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

Example: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.

Example: Specific entry is generally recommended.

» que cambia las reglas de(l) juegogame-changing .

Example: Scientists have announced that liquid water likely exists, or existed, on Mars in what could prove to be a game-changing development in extraterrestrial exploration.

» RCAA1 (1ª Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas)AACR1 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1st Edition) .

Example: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.

» regido por reglasrule-governed .

Example: A rule-governed derivation of an indexing phrase from the text of a document is, in Wittgenstein's sense, a practice, rather than a mental operation explained by reference to internally represented and tacitly known rules.

» regla absolutahard and fast ruleironclad rulesteadfast rule .

Example: As in most other aspects of UDC, there is no hard and fast rule which can be relied upon to predict the occurrence of special auxiliaries.

Example: Enslaved by public opinion and the ironclad rules that govern theatrical practice, she must forfeit something to survive.

Example: This shows that, in the absence of a steadfast rule on covering the misbehavior of journalists, newspapers inevitably make decisions relative to their own organizational interests.

» regla a reglarule-to-rule .

Example: What that embodied was a rule-to-rule comparison of the 1949 rules with the concomitant AACR rules.

» regla con reglarule-to-rule .

Example: What that embodied was a rule-to-rule comparison of the 1949 rules with the concomitant AACR rules.

» regla de catalogacióncataloguing rule .

Example: AACR and other recent cataloguing codes have been drafted upon the 'condition' approach to formulating cataloguing rules.

» regla de formatorule .

Example: The following represent some of the factors that might need to be specified: designations and sizes of typefaces and typefounts, special characters, rules and borders.

» regla de juegoground rule .

Example: It is possible to lay down some ground rules about the way various elements in a citation should be treated.

» regla de la casahouse rule .

Example: Living in a sorority house means abiding by the house rules, which are meant to make the house safe, healthy, and positive for everyone.

» regla de la necesidadpurpose rule [Norma de comportamiento del bibliotecario por la cual no sólo debe limitarse a determinar lo que el usuario busca sino también lo que realmente necesita] .

Example: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

» regla de los goles fuera de casaaway goals rule .

Example: The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground.

» regla del valor literalface value rule [Norma de comportamiento del bibliotecario por la cual debe limitarse a determinar sólo lo que el usuario busca y no lo que realmente necesita] .

Example: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

» regla del valor nominalface value rule [Norma de comportamiento del bibliotecario por la cual debe limitarse a determinar sólo lo que el usuario busca y no lo que realmente necesita] .

Example: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

» regla de orogolden rule .

Example: The two golden rules in citation practice were stated at the beginning of the chapter.

» regla de tres, larule of three, the [En catalogación, norma que establece que cuando un documento tiene más de tres autores sólo el primer autor será objeto de entrada secundaria] .

Example: In cases where more than 3 authors share responsibility for the creation of a work, the so-called Rule of Three dictates that the catalogue should provide added entry under only the 1st author named.

» regla esencialcardinal rule .

Example: Rule 24 is AACR's cardinal rule which requires the cataloguer to catalogue primarily the physical form of the item rather than the work that this physical form holds.

» regla fijafirm rule .

Example: There are no firm rules regarding a specific age by which a person's wisdom teeth have to be extracted.

» regla fundamentalcardinal rule .

Example: Rule 24 is AACR's cardinal rule which requires the cataloguer to catalogue primarily the physical form of the item rather than the work that this physical form holds.

» regla inflexiblehard and fast ruleironclad rulesteadfast rule .

Example: As in most other aspects of UDC, there is no hard and fast rule which can be relied upon to predict the occurrence of special auxiliaries.

Example: Enslaved by public opinion and the ironclad rules that govern theatrical practice, she must forfeit something to survive.

Example: This shows that, in the absence of a steadfast rule on covering the misbehavior of journalists, newspapers inevitably make decisions relative to their own organizational interests.

» regla internahouse rule .

Example: Living in a sorority house means abiding by the house rules, which are meant to make the house safe, healthy, and positive for everyone.

» regla que se puede aplicar a rajatablahard and fast ruleironclad rulesteadfast rule .

Example: As in most other aspects of UDC, there is no hard and fast rule which can be relied upon to predict the occurrence of special auxiliaries.

Example: Enslaved by public opinion and the ironclad rules that govern theatrical practice, she must forfeit something to survive.

Example: This shows that, in the absence of a steadfast rule on covering the misbehavior of journalists, newspapers inevitably make decisions relative to their own organizational interests.

» regla rígidahard and fast ruleironclad rulesteadfast rule .

Example: As in most other aspects of UDC, there is no hard and fast rule which can be relied upon to predict the occurrence of special auxiliaries.

Example: Enslaved by public opinion and the ironclad rules that govern theatrical practice, she must forfeit something to survive.

Example: This shows that, in the absence of a steadfast rule on covering the misbehavior of journalists, newspapers inevitably make decisions relative to their own organizational interests.

» reglascode [Conjunto de reglas para la conversión de información de una lengua a otra]regulationset of rules .

Example: Codes are sets of rules which indicate how different types of documents are best catalogued, if sensible and consistent headings are to be established in author catalogues and indexes.

Example: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.

Example: If we do not know that set of rules, the game is confusing and difficult to understand, which in turn makes it hard to enjoy.

» Reglas Anglo-americanasAnglo-American code (AA) [Reglas de catalogación utilizadas por algunas bibliotecas americanas e ingleses con anterioridad a la publicación de las Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-americanas] .

Example: The older codes are all basically enumerative for example, many of the rules 1-22 in the 1908 Anglo-American code (AA) are rules for cases of dependent works.

» reglas de catalogacióncatalogue codecataloguing code .

Example: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Example: Some cataloguing codes have been specifically designed to cater for one type of material.

» Reglas de Catalogación Anglo-Americanas (RCAA)AACR (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) .

Example: AACR and other recent cataloguing codes have been drafted upon the 'condition' approach to formulating cataloguing rules.

» reglas de catalogación del British MuseumBM code .

Example: In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.

» reglas de catalogación del Museo BritánicoBM code .

Example: In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.

» reglas de combaterules of engagement .

Example: For example, new rules of engagement for world trade are required, and America must safeguard the rights of labor.

» reglas de cortesíaetiquette .

Example: The rapid and sustained growth of the Internet has lent a new importance to the development of such network etiquettes (or 'netiquettes').

» reglas de cortesía en Internetnetiquette [En Internet, reglas de cortesía que los usuarios deben observar] .

Example: The rapid and sustained growth of the Internet has lent a new importance to the development of such network etiquettes (or 'netiquettes').

» reglas de deduccióntopoi .

Example: Topoi are gradual inference rules, often used by experts in several types of problems.

» reglas de enfrentamientorules of engagement .

Example: For example, new rules of engagement for world trade are required, and America must safeguard the rights of labor.

» Reglas de Intercalación de BLAISEBLAISE Filing Rules .

Example: The British equivalent to the LC Rules are the BLAISE Filing Rules.

» Reglas de Intercalación de la ALAALA Filing Rules .

Example: ALA Filing Rules (1980) supersedes both the first and second editions of the ALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards.

» Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del CongresoLibrary of Congress Filing Rules .

Example: This code was used in the Library of Congress in a number of its computer-produced files and catalogues and superseded in 1980 by the Library of Congress Filing Rules.

» Reglas de la ALA para la Intercalación de Fichas de CatálogoALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards .

Example: ALA Filing Rules (1980) supersedes both the first and second editions of the ALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards.

» reglas del juego, lasrules of the game, the .

Example: The industry is still highly unstable with the new rules of the game yet to be established.

» reglas de ordenaciónfiling rules [Normas que se deben seguir en la ordenación de encabezamientos o asientos] .

Example: Students lacked alphabetising skills and knowledge of filing rules and 68% preferred using the card catalogue.

» reglas prusianasPrussian instructions .

Example: The Prussian instructions were also widely adopted in Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, and to a lesser extent Denmark, Holland and Norway.

» respetar las reglasplay by + the rules .

Example: Morbid curiosity may seem like a guilty pleasure, but that's how we learn what happens when we don't play by the rules.

» respetar las reglas de juegoplay by + the rules .

Example: Morbid curiosity may seem like a guilty pleasure, but that's how we learn what happens when we don't play by the rules.

» respetar una reglaobserve + rulecomply with + a rule .

Example: If you do not observe this rule, the resulting class number will be either meaningless or, at least, have the wrong meaning.

Example: Besides the lending of materials, most libraries offer a photocopying service and in this connection definite rules must be complied with.

» revisión de las reglascode revision .

Example: Although publication of the second edition will mark the culmination of the current code revision project, it will not mean an end to code revision as such.

» romper algunas reglasbreak + a few rules .

Example: I am looking for a zesty girl who isn't afraid to break a few rules and make a scene, spontaneity is huge for me.

» saltarse las reglasstep out of + line .

Example: People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically.

» seguir las reglasfollow + the rules .

Example: This booklet covers how to give notice, legal ways to move out early, and what can happen if you do not follow the rules about moving out.

» seguir las reglas al pie de la letrago by + the book .

Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.

» seguir las reglas a rajatablago by + the book .

Example: If America were to go by the book in its foreign policy, America would become the most loved nation on earth.

» seguir una regla al pie de la letrafollow + a rule to the letter .

Example: The organisers could only confidently claim that less than 60 cars followed the rules to the letter throughout the entire parade.

» seguir una regla a rajatablafollow + a rule to the letter .

Example: The organisers could only confidently claim that less than 60 cars followed the rules to the letter throughout the entire parade.

» Segunda Edición de las Reglas de Catalogación Angloamericanas (RCAA2)AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd Edition) .

Example: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

» según la aplicación de reglasrule-governed .

Example: A rule-governed derivation of an indexing phrase from the text of a document is, in Wittgenstein's sense, a practice, rather than a mental operation explained by reference to internally represented and tacitly known rules.

» según las reglasaccording to the book .

Example: We feel we have done everything right according to the book.

» ser la excepción a la reglaconstitute + the exception to the rule .

Example: Naturally, there are always a few retired librarians who constitute the exception to the rule.

» ser la excepción que confirma la reglabe the exception rather than the rule .

Example: Public libraries carrying the latest issues of popular comics titles are still the exception rather than the rule = Las bibliotecas públicas que poseen los últimos números de los tebeos más conocidos siguen siendo la excepción que confirma la regla.

regla2 = scale ; ruler. 

Example: The apparent size of the face is measured directly with a finely graduated scale and a magnifying glass.Example: Scientific equipment for the examination of rare books, manuscripts, and documents include four items found in every library and private study -- micrometer calipers, view finders, dividers and rulers.

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» regla de cálculoslide rule .

Example: In a very short time, slide rules and mechanical calculators disappeared and, in some cases, the companies that made these products disappeared when they could not adapt to or find ways to use the new technology.

» regla de componersetting rule .

Example: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.

» regla muy precisafinely graduated scale .

Example: The apparent size of the face is measured directly with a finely graduated scale and a magnifying glass.

» regla niveladorascreed [En inglés británico, mezcla final aplicada sobre una superficie en la construcción]screed [En inglés americano, trozo largo y recto generalmente de metal o madera que se utiliza para nivelar superficies] .

Example: Before tiling check the moisture content within the screed, it should not exceed 10%.

Example: Plasterers first clean any surfaces they are due to work on, and even out any corners, wall and ceiling surfaces using screeds.

regla3 = period. 

Example: The debate on whether or not a woman can get pregnant during her period has been going on for decades now.

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» no bajar la reglamiss + Posesivo + period .

Example: Missing your period is the first sign many women look for asy a clear sign of pregnancy.

» regla retrasadalate period .

Example: She's worried about being pregnant, her period has been off by 3 days, she has had a past with late periods, but should I be worried?.

reglar1 = regulate. 

Example: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

reglar2 = adjust. 

Example: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.

Regla synonyms

rule in spanish: regla, pronunciation: rul part of speech: noun
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