spin down

reducir la velocidad de giro

Girar cada vez más despacio, normalmente hasta detenerse por completo.

En inglés sencillo: To turn more slowly, usually until completely stopped.

• The motor began to spin down.
• Wait for the wheel to spin down before touching it.
• The engineer spun the rotor down after the test.

Cómo se usa: spin something down (The operator spun the turbine down before checking it.)

Sinónimos: slow down

Antónimos: spin up

Expresiones frecuentes: spin down slowly, spin down the rotor

ir terminando, reducir gradualmente

Perder energía o actividad, o llegar poco a poco a su fin.

En inglés sencillo: To lose energy or activity, or gradually come to an end.

• The project is starting to spin down.
• We spun down the campaign as funding ran out.
• Several programs will spin down by the end of the year.

Cómo se usa: spin something down (They plan to spin the project down over six months.)

Sinónimos: wind down, peter out

Antónimos: ramp up

Expresiones frecuentes: spin down operations, spin down gradually

reducir la velocidad del disco

Girar un disco de ordenador más despacio de lo necesario para leer o guardar datos.

En inglés sencillo: When a computer disk turns slower than needed to read or save data, it does this.

• The hard drive has spun down.
• Unused disks spin down to save power.
• How long does the drive wait before spinning down?

Cómo se usa: spin something down (The computer spins the drive down when it is idle.)

Antónimos: spin up

Expresiones frecuentes: spin down when idle, spin down the disk

perder capacidad, debilitarse

Disponer de menos recursos o perder poco a poco la capacidad de hacer cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To gradually have fewer resources or become less able to do things.

• The organization began to spin down after years of cuts.
• Without new staff, our research capacity has spun down.
• The service kept spinning down as its budget shrank.

Sinónimos: decline, weaken, deteriorate

Expresiones frecuentes: spin down steadily, spin down over time