Common words

29 terms

adhere
v
1. stick fast to (a surface or substance). 2. believe in and follow the practices of.
Example: 1. paint won't adhere well to a greasy surface 2. the people adhere to the Muslim religion
en: придерживаться
collate
v
collect and combine (texts, information, or data).
Example: all the information obtained is being collated
en: сопоставлять
complaints
n
1. a statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable. 2. an illness or medical condition, especially a relatively minor one.
en: 1. жалобы
Conceivably
en: Возможно
concordant
adj
en: согласный
confined
conversely
adv
introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that has just been made or referred to.
Example: Conversely, younger teenagers purchased more video games.
en: 1. наоборот 2. обратно
corroborate
v
confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
en: 1. подтверждать 2. подкреплять
cotyledons
n
1. an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed. 2. a succulent plant of the stonecrop family, some kinds of which are grown as ornamentals.
en: 1. семядоли
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cramped
adj
uncomfortably small or restricted.
Example: staff had to work in cramped conditions
en: тесно
daunting
adj
seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating
Example: Now that can be daunting. Because people say, "Bloody hell mate, I haven't got time to get fit."
en: устрашающий
distinction
n
a difference or contrast between similar things or people.
Example: A distinction is a difference between two similar things
en: 1. различие 2. отличие
feasibility
adj
en: осуществимость
fetus
noun
an unborn or unhatched offspring of a mammal, in particular, an unborn human more than eight weeks after conception
Example: Robot can operate on a fetus with great precision.
en: плод
foreseeable
adj
able to be foreseen or predicted.
Example: the situation is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future
en: предсказуемый
guesswork
en: догадка
illegible
adj
not clear enough to be read.
en: 1. неразборчивый 2. неудобочитаемый
incomprehensible
adj
not able to be understood; not intelligible.
Example: a language which is incomprehensible to anyone outside the office
en: 1. непонятный 2. непостижимый
inquiry
n
an act of asking for information.
Example: establish the need for additional research, and/or define a topic of inquiry.
en: 1. запрос 2. спрос
Intrinsic
adj
belonging naturally; essential.
Example: It is worth noting that determining the optimal intrinsic dimension for DR methods is a challenging problem.
en: внутренний, присущий
moisture flux
horizontal transport of water vapor by the wind
Example: The moisture flux g (kg/(m2, s)) in the bentonite has a liquid and a vapor component.
en: поток влаги
negligible
adj
so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
Example: Quantitatively, a 10^4x10^4 matrix could be transformed in to a 100x3 matrix, evolution of which (and retransformation back to 10^4x10^4) may result in negligible error.
en: незначительный
overaching
comprehensive or all-embracing.
en: 1. всеобъемлющий
parentheses
noun
a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by brackets, dashes, or commas.
en: то, что в скобках
proliferation
noun
rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or organism.
Example: but in recent years there has been a proliferation of non-English sites, especially Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and others
en: распространение
stem
n, v
noun the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally verb originate in or be caused by.
en: n стебель v сдерживать
Terrestrial
adj
on or relating to the earth.
Example: Terrestrial deposits frozen in permafrost can provide exceptional records of environmental and climatic change.
en: Наземный
Unbiased
adj
free from bias especially
Example: Consequently inversion results away from existing wells can be biased, leading to wrong drilling and development decisions.
en: непредвзятый
Whilst
conjunction
while, whereas
en: пока, в то время как
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