English-Spanish translations for departure

• partida
  Este es un importante punto de partida. That is an important point of departure.
  La situación de partida estaba totalmente clara. The situation of departure was quite clear.
  ¿Cuál es el punto de partida de esta Directiva? What is this directive's point of departure?
• salida
  Lo que proponemos aquí es una nueva salida. What we are proposing here is a new departure.
  La salida de Muamar el Gadafi es lo más prioritario en este momento. Muammar Gaddafi's departure is a matter of urgency today.
  Somos testigos de la salida forzada de los dirigentes autoritarios. We are witnesses of the enforced departure of authoritarian rulers.

Definition of departure

• The act of departing or something that has departed
• A deviation from a plan or procedure
• A death
• The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian
• The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
• Division; separation; putting away

Examples

• The departure was scheduled for noon
• There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
• The area is computed by latitudes and departures

Related words

• departure time
• departure lounge
• departure platform
• departure track
• departure day
• departure angle
• departure from nucleate boiling ratio
• departure signal
• time of departure