impás

m.

impasse.

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= dead end, bottleneck, deadlock, impasse, dead end street, standoff.

Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.

Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.

Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.

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* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* salir de un impás = circumvent + impasse.

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= dead end, bottleneck, deadlock, impasse, dead end street, standoff.

Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.

Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.

Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.

Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.

* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* salir de un impás = circumvent + impasse.