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Terms for subject Environment (6774 entries)
sdružení pro ochranu prostředí životního environmental protection association (Associations whose object resides in the protection of natural environment)
sdružení průmyslové industrial association
sedání subsidence (1. A sinking down of a part of the earth's crust, generally due to underground excavations. 2. The sudden sinking or gradual downward settling of the Earth's surface with little or no horizontal motion. The movement is not restricted in rate, magnitude, or area involved. Subsidence may be caused by natural geologic processes, such as solution, thawing, compaction, slow crustal warping, or withdrawal of fluid lava from beneath a solid crust; or by man's activity, such as subsurface mining or the pumping of oil or ground water)
sediment sediment (Any material transported by water which will ultimately settle to the bottom after the water loses its transporting power)
sediment v moři volném deep sea deposit
sedimentace [proces průmyslový] sedimentation (industrial process, The separation of an insoluble solid from a liquid in which it is suspended by settling under the influence of gravity or centrifugation)
sedimentologie sedimentology (The scientific study of sedimentary rocks and of the processes by which they were formed; the description, classification, origin, and interpretation of sediments)
sedimenty mořské marine sediment (Solid fragmental material, originated from weathering of rocks, that has settled down from a state of suspension in the water)
sednutí půdy soil subsidence (A sinking down of a part of the earth's crust, generally due to underground excavations)
sektor hospodářský economic sector (A part of a country's or region's commercial, industrial and financial activity, delimited either by public, corporate and private organization of expenditures or by agriculture, manufacturing and service product types)
sektor primární primary sector (That part of a country's or region's economy that makes direct use of natural resources, including agriculture, forestry, fishing and the fuel, metal and mining industries)
sektor sekundární secondary sector (The part of a country or region's economy that produces commodities without much direct use of natural resources)
sektor soukromý private sector (Segment of the economy not run by government, including households, sole traders, partnerships and companies)
sektor terciární tertiary sector (The part of a country or region's economy that produces services or assets lacking a tangible and storable form)
sektor veřejný public sector (Segment of the economy run to some degree by government, including national and local governments, government-owned firms and quasi-autonomous non-government organizations)
selektivní katalytická redukce selective catalytic converter reduction
selektivní katalytická redukce selective catalytic reduction
selen selenium (A highly toxic, nonmetallic element; used in analytical chemistry, metallurgy, and photoelectric cells)
šelf pevninský continental shelf (The gently sloping seabed of the shallow water nearest to a continent, covering about 45 miles from the shore and deepening over the sloping sea floor to an average depth of 400 ft. It continues until it reaches the continental slope. The continental shelf contains most of the important fishing grounds and a range of resources, including gas and oil, sand and gravel. However, the shelf is, in general, a structural extension of the continent, and so may also be a source of minerals found in that region, such as tin, gold and platinum)
šelma kočkovitá felid (Predatory mammal, including cats, lions, leopards, tigers, jaguars, and cheetahs, typically having a round head and retractile claws)