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shard

/ʃaːd/ /ʃɑːd/ /ʃɑɹd/

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noun

Fragmento, astilla

A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.

Examples :

"While digging in the garden, I found a shard of blue pottery that must have been buried there a long time ago. "

Mientras cavaba en el jardín, encontré una astilla de cerámica azul que debe haber estado enterrada allí hace mucho tiempo.

archaeology material part history

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noun

Fragmento, astilla

(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.

Examples :

"After the rockslide, a shard of granite jutted out from the side of the mountain, sharp and dangerous. "

Después del desprendimiento de rocas, un fragmento de granito sobresalía del costado de la montaña, afilado y peligroso.

material geology archaeology part item thing

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noun

Escama, caparazón

A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.

Examples :

"The beetle's hard shard protected its delicate wings. "

La dura escama del escarabajo protegía sus delicadas alas.

animal insect biology structure nature

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noun

Un servidor, una instancia

An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.

Examples :

"Players distributed across different shards of the game world experienced less lag and faster load times. "

Los jugadores distribuidos en diferentes servidores del mundo del juego experimentaron menos retraso y tiempos de carga más rápidos.

technology computing game internet entertainment

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noun

Fragmento, componente

A component of a sharded distributed database.

Examples :

""The online game's database was split into several shards to handle the huge number of players logging in from all over the world." "

La base de datos del juego en línea se dividió en varios fragmentos para manejar la gran cantidad de jugadores que iniciaban sesión desde todo el mundo.

computing internet technology system structure electronics

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noun

Trozo de metanfetamina cristalina

(singular or plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.

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verb

Hacerse añicos

To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.

Examples :

"The vase shattered, sharding into many small pieces on the floor. "

El jarrón se hizo añicos, rompiéndose en muchos pedazos pequeños en el suelo.

material disaster physics action

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verb

Romper en pedazos

To break (something) into shards.

Examples :

"He accidentally shard the glass vase when he bumped into the table. "

Accidentalmente rompió el jarrón de vidrio en pedazos cuando chocó contra la mesa.

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verb

Dividir en shards

To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.

Examples :

"The game developers decided to shard the popular MMORPG to reduce server lag and improve the player experience by distributing the user base across multiple smaller virtual worlds. "

Los desarrolladores del juego decidieron dividir el popular MMORPG en shards para reducir el retraso del servidor y mejorar la experiencia del jugador distribuyendo la base de usuarios en múltiples mundos virtuales más pequeños.

technology computing internet game entertainment

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noun

Acelga

The plant chard.

Examples :

"I added some colorful shard to my salad. "

Añadí un poco de acelga colorida a mi ensalada.

plant vegetable food