cambio

Definitions of cambio
  1. noun
    the action of changing something
    synonyms: cambiamento
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    voltafaccia
    a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
    sgombero, trasloco
    the act of changing your residence or place of business
    schematizzazione, semplificazione
    the act of reducing complexity
    flusso
    in constant change
    commutazione, scambio, sostituzione
    the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
    promozione, scatto
    act of raising in rank or position
    retrocessione
    act of lowering in rank or position
    cambiamento
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
    adeguamento
    the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
    cammino, moto, movimento, spostamento
    the act of changing location from one place to another
    mossa, movimento
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
    cambio di dimensione
    the act of changing the amount or size of something
    riconversione
    the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
    appagamento, compiacimento, soddisfazione
    act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite
    agganciamento, aggancio, allacciamento, allacciatura, attacco, collegamento, congiungimento, congiunzione, connessione, giuntura, giunzione, incastro, raccordo
    the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
    allentamento, cedimento, distensione, rilasciamento, rilassamento
    the act of making something less tight
    inasprimento, irrigidimento
    the act of making something tighter
    accomodazione, ambientamento
    (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
    rimpiazzo, subentro
    the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
    passaggio, transizione
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
    intromissione, manomissione
    the act of altering something secretly or improperly
    trapasso, trasbordo, trasferimento
    the act of transfering something from one form to another
    cessazione, chiusura, conclusione, termine
    the act of ending something
    capovolgimento
    a change from one state to the opposite state
    inizio, partenza, principio, promozione
    the act of starting something
    cottura
    the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    condimento, stagionatura
    the act of adding a seasoning to food
    miglioramento, miglioria, perfezionamento
    the act of improving something
    abbellimento, addobbo, decorazione, ornamento
    the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
    degradazione
    changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    accostamento, appressamento, approccio, approssimazione, avvicinamento
    the act of drawing spatially closer to something
    locomozione
    self-propelled movement
    viaggio
    the act of going from one place to another
    tradizione, traslazione, trasporto
    the act of moving something from one location to another
    caccia, inseguimento
    the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
    immissione, inserimento, inserzione, introduzione, preludio
    the act of putting one thing into another
    ascensione, ascesa, montata, rialzo, risalita, salita, scalata, sollevamento
    the act of changing location in an upward direction
    calata, calo, discendenza, discesa
    the act of changing your location in a downward direction
    abbassamento
    the act of causing something to move to a lower level
    dondolamento, dondolio
    changing location by moving back and forth
    diapositiva, scivolamento, scivolata
    the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
    affluenza, afflusso, deflusso, fiotto, flusso, onda, ondata, riflusso
    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
    traslazione
    the act of uniform movement
    trapianto
    the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
    agitazione, smania
    the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
    perturbazione, turbamento
    the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
    estroflessione, inversione
    the act of turning inside out
    inversione
    turning upside down; setting on end
    balzo, guizzo, sballottamento, sbatacchiamento, scossa, scrollo, sobbalzo, sussulto
    an abrupt spasmodic movement
    beccheggio
    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
    apertura, manomissione
    the act of opening something
    accasciamento, prostrazione
    the act of assuming a prostrate position
    rotazione
    the act of rotating as if on an axis
    chiusura
    the act of closing something
    posa
    (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
    scopata
    a movement in an arc
    fremito, vibrazione
    the act of vibrating
    onda, ondata, ondulazione
    a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
    capovolgimento, retromarcia, rovesciamento
    turning in the opposite direction
    stato
    the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
    mossa, movimento
    a single complete movement
    abbassamento, calata, calo, contrazione, decremento, diminuzione, flessione, minorazione, rallentamento, riduzione
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
    accrescimento, aumento, crescita, incremento, rialzo
    the act of increasing something
    disgregazione, rotta, rottura, sfondamento
    the act of breaking something
    deflagrazione, detonazione, eruzione, esplosione, scoppio
    the act of exploding or bursting
    bruciacchiatura, bruciatura
    the act of burning something
    abbinamento, accoppiamento, combinata, combinazione
    the act of combining things to form a new whole
    manomissione, riapertura
    becoming open or being made open
    imboschimento
    the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
    colmatura, imbottitura, scolmatura
    the act of filling something
    incrudimento, indurimento, irrigidimento, rassodamento
    the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
    danneggiamento, danno, scompiglio, sconquasso
    the act of damaging something or someone
    contorsione, deformazione
    the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
    flessione, piegatura, ripiegatura
    the act of bending something
    acciaccatura, ammaccatura, dentellatura, infossamento, infossatura
    the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
    ampliamento
    the act of making something wider
    strozzatura
    the act of making something narrower
    precipitazione
    the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
    evoluzione, gioco
    a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
    apparecchiatura
    processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
    migrazione
    the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
    transustanziazione
    an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
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    atto, azione
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  2. noun
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
    synonyms: cambiamento
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    passaggio, transizione
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
    intromissione, manomissione
    the act of altering something secretly or improperly
    trapasso, trasbordo, trasferimento
    the act of transfering something from one form to another
    cessazione, chiusura, conclusione, termine
    the act of ending something
    capovolgimento
    a change from one state to the opposite state
    inizio, partenza, principio, promozione
    the act of starting something
    cottura
    the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
    condimento, stagionatura
    the act of adding a seasoning to food
    miglioramento, miglioria, perfezionamento
    the act of improving something
    abbellimento, addobbo, decorazione, ornamento
    the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
    degradazione
    changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    coronamento
    a concluding action
    prepensionamento
    withdrawal from your position or occupation
    dissoluzione
    the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
    sovversione, sovvertimento
    the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)
    congedo, defenestrazione, destituzione, dimissione, licenziamento
    the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
    devastazione, distruzione, scempio
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
    ammazzamento, uccisione
    the act of terminating a life
    abolizione, annullamento, cancellazione, risoluzione, soppressione
    the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
    definizione
    termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
    estinzione, smorzamento, spegnimento
    the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    scomparsa, sparizione
    gradually ceasing to be visible
    abolizione, annullamento, cancellazione, risoluzione, soppressione
    the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
    neutralizzazione
    action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
    neutralizzazione
    action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
    involuzione, regressione
    returning to a former state
    attivazione
    making active and effective (as a bomb)
    costituzione, formazione
    the act of forming or establishing something
    debutto, esordio, preludio
    the act of beginning something new
    inaugurazione, iniziativa, manomissione
    the first of a series of actions
    inaugurazione
    the act of starting a new operation or practice
    creazione, fondazione, iniziazione, instaurazione, istituzione
    the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
    impianto, insediamento, istallazione
    the act of installing something (as equipment)
    ripresa
    beginning again
    mischia
    (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
    cottura
    cooking by dry heat in an oven
    tostatura
    cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
    arrostimento
    cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
    frittura, padella
    cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
    abbrustolimento, arrostimento, tostatura
    cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
    bollitura, bollore
    cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
    crescita, evoluzione, potenziamento, sviluppo, valorizzazione
    act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
    detersione, pulitura, pulizia
    the act of making something clean
    aggiustamento, correzione, errata corrige, rettifica
    the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
    rifondazione, riforma
    a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses
    ornamento
    the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
    decorazione, guarnizione, passamaneria
    the act of adding decoration
    precisazione, sblocco, sfollamento
    the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
    arricchimento
    act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding
    ammodernamento, rimodernamento
    making modern in appearance or behavior
    addolcimento
    an improvement that makes something more agreeable
    aerazione, ventilazione
    the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
    accomodatura, aggiustatura, fissaggio, riparazione
    the act of putting something in working order again
    imbarbarimento
    an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
    corruttela, corruzione
    destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
    demoralizzazione
    destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
    divulgazione, volgarizzazione
    the act of making something attractive to the general public
    avvilimento, schiaffo, umiliazione
    depriving one of self-esteem
    alleggerimento, imbiancamento, lampeggiamento
    changing to a lighter color
    annerimento, oscuramento, ottenebramento
    changing to a darker color
    coloramento, colorazione, coloritura
    the act or process of changing the color of something
    contaminazione, inquinamento, polluzione
    the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors
    immersione
    the act of wetting something by submerging it
    ammollamento, bagnatura
    the act of making something completely wet
    schizzata, schizzo
    the act of scattering water about haphazardly
    abbeveraggio, abbeverata, annacquamento, annaffiata
    wetting with water
    risveglio
    the act of waking
    eccitamento
    something that agitates and arouses
    eccitamento, istigazione
    an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
    eccitamento, riattivazione
    the act of arousing an organism to action
    cottura, cucina, culinaria
    the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
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    cambiamento
    the action of changing something
  3. noun
    a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
    synonyms: cambiamento
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    avanzo, differenza, resto, saldo
    a significant change
    gradiente
    a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
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    collegamento, connessione, correlazione, denominatore comune, legame, nesso, rapporto, relazione, riferimento
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
  4. noun
    the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle
    synonyms: trasmissione
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    ingranaggio, marcia
    a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
  5. noun
    a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
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