spin down

ralentir la rotation

Tourner de plus en plus lentement, généralement jusqu’à l’arrêt complet.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : spin something down (The operator spun the turbine down before checking it.)

Synonymes : slow down

Contraires : spin up

Expressions courantes : spin down slowly, spin down the rotor

s’essouffler, mettre fin progressivement

Perdre de l’énergie ou de l’activité, ou prendre fin peu à peu.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : spin something down (They plan to spin the project down over six months.)

Synonymes : wind down, peter out

Contraires : ramp up

Expressions courantes : spin down operations, spin down gradually

ralentir le disque

Pour un disque informatique, tourner moins vite que nécessaire pour lire ou enregistrer des données.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : spin something down (The computer spins the drive down when it is idle.)

Contraires : spin up

Expressions courantes : spin down when idle, spin down the disk

perdre des moyens, s’affaiblir

Avoir progressivement moins de ressources ou devenir moins capable d’agir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : decline, weaken, deteriorate

Expressions courantes : spin down steadily, spin down over time