cero
nought ; zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.] ; nil ; zero + Nombre ; zilch ; goose egg.
Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary .046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator .0 (point nought).
If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.
While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
I think the overall objective was to get the win and finish the game, but the goose egg (shutout) at the end was a statement for our defense.
bajo cero
below zero
sub-zero
below-freezing
Dirt roads, no electricity, one-room school a mile away, below zero blizzards in the winter, and mosquito clouds in the summer.
The documentary examines the growing number of skinny celebrities and the worrying trend for sub-zero sizes.
Sleet may occur when a warm layer of air lies above a below-freezing layer of air at the Earth's surface.
catalogar partiendo de cero
catalogue from + scratch
Since I was cataloging the collection from scratch, I was cataloging series by series.
cero a cero
scoreless
Having been kept scoreless during the first half, Wales came out after the break and began scoring.
cero a la izquierda
cipher
non-entity
zilch
He had been feeling like a cipher, a nonentity.
He had been feeling like a cipher, a nonentity.
Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
cero tolerancia
zero tolerance
no-nonsense
The large number of complaints from staff and students concerning the use of mobile telephones in the libraries led to the introduction of a pilot zero tolerance scheme to ban their use.
When you daydream about conquests you'll never have, the no-nonsense guy daydreams about ladies within reach.
cilindro de cera
wax cylinder
He does so indirectly, by talking to a stenographer or a wax cylinder.
comenzar de cero
begin from + scratch
start from + scratch
start at + ground zero
If none of the items found are relevant, we have to begin the new search from scratch.
In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service centre, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
Readers will feel compelled to listen to her; after all, she started at ground zero and worked her way up to the top.
comenzar desde cero
start at + ground zero
start from + scratch
Readers will feel compelled to listen to her; after all, she started at ground zero and worked her way up to the top.
In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service centre, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
comenzar partiendo de cero
build from + scratch
When a library outgrows its second automated circulation system it sets stringent functional, performance and growth specifications and builds from scratch.
compilar partiendo de cero
compile from + scratch
This article describes problems encountered in compiling a data base from scratch.
construir partiendo de cero
construct from + scratch
There are so many possibilities that the classifier may feel that he has the task of constructing the scheme from scratch!.
crecimiento cero
zero growth
Zero growth in the public sector will be the norm for the foreseable future, but change of priority in favour of the cultural sector is taking place.
de cero
from the ground up
from scratch
This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
The Office does not support development of new systems from scratch.
de coste cero
zero-cost
By contrast, the 80s and 90s will offer virtually zero-cost, highly reliable hardware but expensive software, unless a different approach to information processing is found.
dejar a cero [Usado principalmente en el lenguaje deportivo]
goose-egg
We could have goose-egged them if not for those two stupid penalties.
desde cero
from the ground up
from scratch
This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
The Office does not support development of new systems from scratch.
disco de cera
wax disc
Today we record conventionally by writing and photography, followed by printing; but we also record on film, on wax disks, and on magnetic wires.
empate a cero
scoreless tie
scoreless draw
But in the end, neither team moved a muscle, as the two battled to a scoreless tie.
Nobody's really threatening at goal, and a dismal scoreless draw is looming.
empezando de cero
from scratch
from the ground up
The Office does not support development of new systems from scratch.
This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
empezar de cero
start at + ground zero
begin from + scratch
Readers will feel compelled to listen to her; after all, she started at ground zero and worked her way up to the top.
If none of the items found are relevant, we have to begin the new search from scratch.
empezar desde cero
start at + ground zero
start from + scratch
Readers will feel compelled to listen to her; after all, she started at ground zero and worked her way up to the top.
In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service centre, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
introducir datos partiendo de cero
enter from + scratch
Records for this program, however, have to be entered from scratch.
justo desde cero
straight from scratch
I simply love lemon meringue pies and I can easily bake one at home straight from scratch.
justo empezando de cero
straight from scratch
I simply love lemon meringue pies and I can easily bake one at home straight from scratch.
justo partiendo de cero
straight from scratch
I simply love lemon meringue pies and I can easily bake one at home straight from scratch.
lápiz de cera
crayon
Normally black crayon or ink was used so that the artist could see what he was doing, but otherwise the colour was of no importance.
meridiano cero
prime meridian
In addition, all countries west of the prime meridian are in the Western Hemisphere while those east of the prime meridian are in the Eastern Hemisphere.
papel de cera
greaseproof paper
waxed paper
The original, known as a translucency, is normally a line drawing on a sheet of translucent paper which resembles tracing paper or greaseproof paper.
Toffee apples may be stored wrapped individually in greaseproof or waxed paper.
partiendo de cero
from scratch
from an empty slate
from the ground up
The Office does not support development of new systems from scratch.
The article 'Creation of an academic library: lessons from an empty slate' describes the construction of a new library at Arizona State University.
This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
partir de cero
begin from + scratch
start from + scratch
start at + ground zero
If none of the items found are relevant, we have to begin the new search from scratch.
In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service centre, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
Readers will feel compelled to listen to her; after all, she started at ground zero and worked her way up to the top.
ponerse a cero
roll over to + zero
Problems are caused because PC BIOS chips are hardwired to return to 4 Jan 80 when the year rolls over to zero, i.e 2000.
por debajo de cero
sub-zero
below-freezing
The documentary examines the growing number of skinny celebrities and the worrying trend for sub-zero sizes.
Sleet may occur when a warm layer of air lies above a below-freezing layer of air at the Earth's surface.
presupuesto de base cero [En gestión de bibliotecas, método por el cual al establecer el presupuesto de una empresa no se dan por válidos ninguno de los elementos del presupuesto anterior y se someten a discusión tanto los elementos antiguos como los nuevos] [En contabilidad, método por el cual al establecer el presupuesto de una empresa no se dan por válidos ninguno de los elementos del presupuesto anterior y se someten a discusión tanto los elementos antiguos como los nuevos]
zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB)
zero-base(d) budget
Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
With a zero base budget every activity must be justified afresh each year.
reducir a cero
reduce + Nombre + to nil
During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos
zero fill
The length is a 5-digit decimal number justified right with zero fill if necessary.
replantearse todo desde cero
get back to + basics
The article is entitled 'Biotech companies must get back to basics to weigh up risks'.
sentirse un cero a la izquierda
feel like + a spare part
Rebellious, copper-haired teenager Niamh Keegan feels like a spare part in her boring, staid adopted family.
ser un cero a la izquierda
be a dead loss
There is now never the need for someone with a hair problem to feel that the problem cannot be solved; hair loss is no longer a dead loss!.
temperatura bajo cero
sub-zero temperature
The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
temperaturas bajo cero
freezing temperatures
freezing weather
This causes a typical cycle of three successive cold days followed by four warmer days, relieving people from freezing temperatures.
Snow and freezing weather swept parts of Europe on Saturday causing travel chaos for thousands.
tolerancia
no-nonsense
When you daydream about conquests you'll never have, the no-nonsense guy daydreams about ladies within reach.
uno a cero [Usado generalmente en competiciones deportivas]
one down
Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.
volver a empezar de cero
be back to square one
go back to + square one
She told me that I was all at sixes and sevens with my eight times table and that it was 'back to square one' for me.
At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.
zona cero
ground zero
The resulting cloud rose to a height of 12000 feet and subsequent fallout drifted in an easterly direction, travelling as far as 225 km from ground zero.
