| Terms for subject Environment (34469 entries) |
| district heating plant | installation de chauffage urbain | |
| district heating plant (Plant for heating all houses in a district; it consists of a large, efficient, centralized boiler plant or "waste" steam from a power station. The heat is distributed by means of low-pressure steam or high-temperature water to the consumers) | centrale de chauffage à distance | |
| distrophy | dystrophie | |
| disturbance noise | bruit perturbateur | |
| disturbance of the environment | perturbation de l'environnement | |
| disturbance threshold | seuil de perturbation | |
| disturber through action | perturbateur par comportement | |
| disturber through situation,ownership or possession | perturbateur par situation | |
| disused land | terrain vague | |
| disused military site | site militaire désaffecté | |
| disused military site | terrain militaire désaffecté | |
| disused military site | zone militaire désaffectée | |
| disused military site (Military site where all activity has ceased. Such areas, being extremely well sheltered against outside disturbances and in many ways less affected by human landuse than many other open landscapes, can contain significant natural habitats and rare or endangered wildlife. Abandoned military territories constitute an important source of natural landscapes to be managed and restored in an environmentally sound way) | terrain militaire désaffecté | |
| disused NiCd battery | pile au NiCd usée | |
| disused off-shore installation | installation offshore désaffectée | |
| disused offshore unit | unité en mer désaffectée | |
| ditch (A long, narrow excavation artificially dug in the ground; especially an open and usually unpaved waterway, channel, or trench for conveying water for drainage or irrigation, and usually smaller than a canal. Some ditches may be natural watercourses) | fossé | |
| diurnal animal | animal diurne | |
| diurnal loss | perte journalière | |
| diverging part of venturi | partie divergente d'un venturi |