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SHORTEN

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Traducere în limba română

shorten verb A. tranzitiv

1. a prescurta, a rezuma; a reduce, a micşora.

2. a priva, a lipsi.

shorten verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre zile etc.) a se scurta, a se micşora.

2. a se restrânge.

3. a contracta.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

She recommended it to her daughters, therefore, by all means not to shorten their visit to Mrs. Jennings; the length of which, though never exactly fixed, had been expected by all to comprise at least five or six weeks.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Proportions, fore-shortening.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

At the end of each cycle of four reactions, one acetyl-CoA two-carbon unit is released from the end of the fatty acid, which then goes through another round of beta-oxidation, continuing to oxidize and shorten even-chain fatty acids until they are entirely converted to acetyl-CoA.

(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

When her two dances with him were over, her inclination and strength for more were pretty well at an end; and Sir Thomas, having seen her walk rather than dance down the shortening set, breathless, and with her hand at her side, gave his orders for her sitting down entirely.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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