mains no Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Traduções para mains no dicionário inglês»italiano

I.main [Brit meɪn, americ meɪn] SUBST

1. main (pipe, conduit):

main (for water, gas, electricity)

conduttura f principale

main (for sewage)

collettore m

water, gas main

conduttura dell'acqua, del gas

2. main:

(network) main, also mains (of water, gas, electricity, sewage)

rete f

gas from the mains

gas di città

electricity from the mains

energia di rete

water from the mains

acqua corrente

to turn sth on, off at the main(s) electricity

attaccare, staccare

to turn sth on, off at the main(s) gas, water

aprire, chiudere il rubinetto principale di

to work or run off the main(s)

funzionare a corrente

3. main before subst (using network):

mains gas

di città

mains electricity

di rete

mains water

corrente

mains radio, appliance

a corrente

mains plug

di corrente

mains lead

elettrico

mains voltage

di alimentazione

4. main (sea):

main lit

mare m

main lit

oceano m

on the main

al largo

5. main (mainland):

main arcaico

terraferma f

II.main [Brit meɪn, americ meɪn] ADJ

main aim, airport, character, concern, problem, building, entrance, meal, clause:

main

principale

the main thing is to

la cosa principale è

the main thing to do is

la prima cosa da fare è

that's the main thing!

è la cosa più importante!

III.main [Brit meɪn, americ meɪn]

in the main

nel complesso

main drag [Brit, americ ˌmeɪn ˈdræɡ] SUBST coloq

main drag

via f dello struscio

main man <pl main men> [americ] SUBST americ coloq

main man

compare m

gas main [ˈɡæsˌmeɪn] SUBST

gas main

conduttura f del gas

main memory [ˈmeɪnˌmemərɪ] SUBST

main memory

memoria f centrale

water main [Brit, americ ˈwɔdər ˌmeɪn] SUBST

water main

conduttura f principale dell'acqua

main chance [ˌmeɪnˈtʃɑːns, -ˈtʃæns] SUBST

main chance

grande occasione f

to have an eye for or to the main chance

aspettare la grande occasione

main deck [ˌmeɪnˈdek] SUBST NÁUT

main deck

ponte m di coperta

main course [americ ˌmeɪn ˈˌkɔrs] SUBST

main course

portata f principale

main brace [americ ˌmeɪn ˈbreɪs] SUBST

main brace

braccio m del pennone di maestra

mains no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para mains no dicionário inglês»italiano

I.main [meɪn] ADJ

main problem, reason, street:

main

principale

II.main [meɪn] SUBST

1. main (pipe):

main

tubatura f principale

the water/gas main

la conduttura dell'acqua/del gas

2. main (cable):

main

cavo m principale

Expressões:

in the main

in generale

main road SUBST

main road

strada f principale

main office SUBST

main office

ufficio f principale

water main SUBST

water main

tubatura m principale dell'acqua

Traduções para mains no dicionário italiano»inglês

Mais traduções e expressões típicas para o termo que pesquisou.

precipuo (-a)

main

saliente

main

sostanziale

main

conduttura (elettrica, idrica)

main

portone

main door

principale

main

mains Exemplos do Dicionário PONS (verificados pela redação)

the main drag coloq

la strada principale

to be just off the main road

essere vicinissimo alla strada principale

the water/gas main

la conduttura dell'acqua/del gas

in the main

in generale

the bus starts from the main square

l'autobus parte dalla piazza principale

the good/best/main thing

la cosa buona/migliore/principale

the main thrust of an argument

l'idea centrale di una discussione

labor union organization functioning as an alternative to the main unions

cobas

but let's return to the main problem

ma torniamo al problema principale

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

When mains electricity supply fails, stored energy in the flywheel is released to drive the electrical generator, which continues to supply power without interruption.

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The light was converted to mains electricity in 1974.

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Extensive proving work by the gas and water industries has demonstrated the feasibility of upsizing gas mains, water mains and sewers.

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Five pumping stations kept the mains pressurised, assisted by accumulators.

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The high-frequency ripple is more easily filtered out than mains-frequency.

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The differences arose for historical reasons as discussed in the article mains electricity.

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When mains electricity supply is within specification, an electrical generator with a mass functions as motor to store kinetic energy in an electro-mechanical flywheel.

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The reason for the replacement was that gas leaked from the mains which found its way into the electric power cable conduit.

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To prevent this in tube equipment, the voltage can be slowly brought up using a variable transformer (variac) on the mains, over a twenty or thirty minute interval.

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Sadly, our appetites had been dulled by eating some of our paneer, moussaka and a spring roll each, so we didn't order mains.

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