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Taschenlampe

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German

I. torch <pl -es> [tɔ:tʃ, Am tɔ:rtʃ] N

1. torch Aus, Brit (hand-held light):

torch
Taschenlampe f <-, -n>
to shine a torch

2. torch (burning stick):

torch
Fackel f <-, -n>
Olympic torch
to carry a torch
to pass the torch [to sb]
to pass the torch [to sb] fig
etw [an jdn] weitergeben
to put sth to the torch form

3. torch Am (blowlamp):

torch
Lötlampe f <-, -n>

4. torch fig (source of well-being):

torch

Phrases:

to carry a torch for sb

II. torch [tɔ:tʃ, Am tɔ:rtʃ] N modifier

torch

III. torch [tɔ:tʃ, Am tɔ:rtʃ] VB trans inf

to torch sth

acetylene torch N (oxyacetylene torch)

acetylene torch
Schneidbrenner m <-s, ->
acetylene torch
Schweißbrenner m <-s, ->
acetylene torch

ˈtorch song N

torch song

ˈweld·ing torch N

welding torch
Schweißbrenner m <-s, ->
OpenDict entry

tiki torch N

tiki torch
German
German
English
English
torch
welding torch
soldering torch [or Brit a. lamp]
[electric] torch Brit

Klett Mechatronics Glossary

ˈbraz·ing torch N

brazing torch
Present
Itorch
youtorch
he/she/ittorches
wetorch
youtorch
theytorch
Past
Itorched
youtorched
he/she/ittorched
wetorched
youtorched
theytorched
Present Perfect
Ihavetorched
youhavetorched
he/she/ithastorched
wehavetorched
youhavetorched
theyhavetorched
Past Perfect
Ihadtorched
youhadtorched
he/she/ithadtorched
wehadtorched
youhadtorched
theyhadtorched

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pass the torch [to sb]
to pass the torch [to sb] fig
etw [an jdn] weitergeben
to put sth to the torch form
to carry a torch for sb

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

All of the tracks on the album are torch songs, hence the lonely name of the album.
en.wikipedia.org
For all of its coos about love and devotion, it's the album equivalent of a faked orgasma collection of torch songs with no fire.
en.wikipedia.org
Meditative and sanguine, these are afterglow torch songs for the alt rock set.
en.wikipedia.org
They allowed room to get a sip of water, relax, and enjoy a delicious torch song.
consequenceofsound.net
The new version changed the song from an up-tempo electronic song into a torch song.
en.wikipedia.org

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Smartphones can determine their position via GPS, recognise movement and acceleration, serve as a compass, torch or navigation device and will be able to capture, analyse and transmit more information via the Web with the help of additional sensors in the future.
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www.hnf.de
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Smartphones kennen heute ihre Position via GPS, erkennen Bewegungen und Beschleunigungen, dienen als Kompass, Taschenlampe oder Navigationsgerät und werden in Zukunft mit weiteren Sensoren noch mehr Daten erfassen, auswerten und über das Netz weiterleiten.
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As well as the usual essentials, such as a toothbrush and a razor, I’d always take a compass, a dictionary, a torch and a penknife.
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www.giz.de
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Neben dem Üblichen, wie Zahnbürste und Rasierpinsel, würde ich Kompass, Wörterbuch, Taschenlampe und Taschenmesser einpacken.
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a pocket torch, a whistle and a pocket radio.
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www.giz.de
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eine Taschenlampe, eine Trillerpfeife und ein Taschenradio.
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The X7R LED torch with X-lens technology with a microcontroller achieves a range of more than 300 metres as a search light beam due to a special double-lens technology with light bundling.
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www.security-essen.de
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Die LED Taschenlampe X7R mit X-lens Technologie mit Mikrocontroller erreicht durch eine spezielle Doppellinsentechnik bei Lichtbündelung als Suchscheinwerfer eine Reichweite von mehr als 300 Metern.
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Just very simple one compares the small torch like light beam of a LED ( maybe just ± 6 ° field angle only ), outside it is dark, with the almost complete 360 ° illumination of a light bulb.
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www.fen-net.de
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Ganz banal vergleicht man gerne die schmale Taschenlampen ähnliche Lichtkeule einer LED ( u.U. nur ± 6 ° Öffnungswinkel ), daneben ist es dunkel, mit der praktisch kompletten 360 ° Ausleuchtung einer Glühbirne.
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