Translations for „figure of eight“ in the English » German Dictionary

fig·ure of ˈeight <pl figures of eight> N Brit, Aus SPORTS

figure of eight

Achter m

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to skate a figure of eight [or Am figure eight]

eine Acht [o. A einen Achter] laufen

to skate a figure of eight [on the ice]

[auf dem Eis] eine Acht [o. A, CH einen Achter] laufen

the lawn was laid out in the form of a figure eight

der Rasen war in Form einer Acht angelegt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

For an object with a circular orbit but significant axial tilt, the analemma would be a figure of eight with northern and southern lobes equal in size.

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There is ice-skating in the indoor rink, where you can hurtle round or cut a figure of eight.

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After a second nightly aerial approach with a figure of eight at 21 km/h instead of 57 km/h, he landed flat but could not catch the torch barrier.

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Sometimes they hover singly as if suspended from a thread or flying in a figure of eight motion.

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A flying test followed, a flight of one lap plus a figure of eight to be made from each cockpit in turn.

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It breaks into an open park area, where the path forms a figure of eight.

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And then it was walking in a figure of eight.

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Highlighting this event is the difficult figure of eight competition where the cowboy crisscrosses around a group of barrels.

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Its characteristic pose, a double coil with a figure of eight, with the head poised in the center, permits it to lash out like a released spring.

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You realised that when you were standing in the figure of eight that you could hear the crowd kind of recognise what it was.

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