bloque
bloc ; slab ; block ; tranche.
As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.
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.
The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.
The first tranche of NATO enlargement - adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year - will help stabilize an historically unstable region.
bloque comunista, el [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Communist bloc, the
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
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.
Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
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.
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
The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets.
The campsite is immaculate as are the toilet blocks and the swimming pool.
bloque de construcción
building block
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
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
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.
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
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 [Término más usado en el inglés británico] [Término más general en el inglés americano]
breeze block
cinder block
concrete block
This wall has been bodged together using breeze blocks at some point.
Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls.
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 [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
Eastern bloc, the
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
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
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
In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods.
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.
They specialize in providing seasonal decor for large commercial buildings and office towers.
bloque de papel
pad of paper
The other woman nodded, smiling slightly, and began to make concentric circles on a pad of paper.
bloque de piedra
stone block
A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
bloque de pisos [Forma abreviada de condominium] [A veces abreviado como condo]
block of flats
block of high-rise flats
tower block
apartment complex
apartment building
apartment block
condo
condominium
The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.
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.
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.
Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
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.
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.
Not everyone realizes the importance of respecting your neighbor, this is especially true if you live in a condo or an apartment.
Additional apartments and condominiums were quickly erected to accommodate the influx of employees in the new research park.
bloque de tinta
ink-block
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
Every residential building has swipe card readers at the outside entrance doors.
bloque funcional de análisis de contenido
subject analysis block
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
In UNIMARC the coded information block, block 1 - , contains coded fixed length data elements.
bloque funcional de identificación
identification block
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The camp area has two ablution blocks with solar lights, hot and cold running showers, and flushing toilets.
The campsite is immaculate as are the toilet blocks and the swimming pool.
bloque socialista, el [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
socialist bloc, the
Soviet bloc, the
A systematic co-operation in building up of library networks in the countries of the socialist bloc started in the 60s.
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
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 [Representación de una estructura subterránea o de un paisaje en perspectiva, generalmente con una exageración vertical]
block diagram
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
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
As usual, the Organizing committee has block booked a large number of rooms for the IFLA participants in various price categories.
