nitrogen-fixing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for nitrogen-fixing in the French»English Dictionary

I.fixer [fikse] VB trans

1. fixer (attacher):

fixer objet

to fix (à to, sur on)

fixer un miroir au mur

to fix a mirror to the wall

fixer avec des boulons/des vis/de la colle

to bolt/to screw/to stick (sur to)

2. fixer (décider):

fixer date, prix, taux, conditions, itinéraire

to set

fixer son choix sur qc/qn

to decide on sth/sb

au jour fixé

on the appointed day

3. fixer (établir):

fixer son domicile en France

to make one's home in France

fixer le siège de l'organisation à Paris

to base the organization's headquarters in Paris

4. fixer (stabiliser):

fixer couleur, émulsion

to fix

fixer frontières, forme littéraire

to establish

fixer orthographe, langue

to regulate

fixer ses idées sur le papier/par écrit

to set one's ideas down on paper/in writing

fixer des dunes avec des oyats

to stabilize sand dunes with marram grass

substance qui fixe l'azote

nitrogen-fixing substance

5. fixer (concentrer):

fixer

to focus

fixer son attention/son regard sur qn/qc

to focus one's attention/one's gaze on sb/sth

6. fixer (observer):

fixer personne, objet, point

to stare at

fixer qn d'un regard idiot

to stare at sb stupidly

qu'est-ce qu'il a à me fixer, celui-là?

what's he staring at me like that for?

II.se fixer VB refl

1. se fixer TECH (s'attacher):

se fixer équipement, pièce:

to be attached (à to)

mon porte-serviettes se fixe au mur avec des ventouses/vis

my towel rail is fixed to the wall with suction cups/screws

2. se fixer (décider):

se fixer but, conduite, limite, budget

to set oneself

la tâche qu'il s'est fixée

the task that he set himself

se fixer comme ou pour but de faire

to set oneself the goal of doing

3. se fixer:

se fixer (s'installer) personne, population:

to settle

se fixer (se ranger) personne:

to settle down

se fixer à l'étranger

to settle abroad

un marginal qui n'a jamais voulu se fixer

a dropout who never wanted to settle down

4. se fixer (se figer):

se fixer dans l'esprit/la mémoire de qn

to stick in sb's mind/memory

les soupçons se sont fixés sur moi

suspicion fell on me

leur système d'écriture s'est fixé dès l'antiquité

their writing system was established in ancient times

5. se fixer ZOOL:

se fixer coquillage, moule:

to attach itself (à, sur to)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Gorse is a nitrogen-fixing legume which can invade heathlands and grasslands.

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Anthropogenic nitrous oxide sources include fertilizer, manure, crop residues and nitrogen-fixing crops production.

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Putrefying bacteria is one of the main processes in the nitrogen cycle; other than putrefying bacteria there are denitrifying bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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He was responsible for the first isolation and description of both nitrifying and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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A nitrogen-fixing, perennial, leguminous climbing plant that grows in hedgerows, grasslands, the edges of woodland, roadsides and rough ground.

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This species is actinorhizal, able to live in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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