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| Terms for subject Environment (6972 entries) |
| vääveldioksiid | sulphur dioxide (Emissions of the gas given off during the burning of fossil fuels in power stations and other boilers. Sulphur dioxide is created because sulphur is an impurity in most coal and oils. When the fuel is burned the hot sulphur reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere to form sulphur dioxide, SO2) | |
| väävelhape | sulphuric acid (A toxic, corrosive, strongly acid, colorless liquid that is miscible with water and dissolves most metals, and melts at 10C; used in industry in the manufacture of chemicals, fertilizers and explosives, and in petroleum refining) | |
| väävelmonooksiid | sulphur monoxide (A gas at ordinary temperatures; produces an orange-red deposit when cooled to temperatures of liquid air; prepared by passing an electric discharge through a mixture of sulfur vapor and sulfur dioxide at low temperature) | |
| väävelorgaaniline ühend | organosulphur compound (One of a group of substances which contain both carbon and sulfur) | |
| väävelvesinik | hydrogen sulphide (Flammable, poisonous gas with characteristic odour of rotten eggs, perceptible in air in a dilution of 0.002 mg/l. It is used as a reagent in chemical analysis; extremely hazardous; collapse, coma and death from respiratory failure may come within a few seconds after one or two inspirations; low concentrations produce irritation of conjunctiva and mucous membranes. Headache, dizziness, nausea, lassitude may appear after exposure, H2S) | |
| väävli oksiid | sulphur oxide (An oxide of sulphur, such as sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide; they are formed primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels; major air pollutants and cause of damage to the respiratory tract as well as vegetation, SOx) | |
| väävliärastuse aste | desulphurisation rate | |
| väävliärastuse aste | rate of desulphurisation | |
| väävlisisaldus | sulphur concentration (Sulphur content in a solution) | |
| väävlivaene kütus | low-sulphur fuel | |
| vaba aeg | leisure time (Time free from work or other duties; spare time) | |
| vabaajakasutus | use of leisure time (Making use of free time to carry out recreational activities) | |
| vabaajakeskus | leisure centre (A building containing a swimming pool and a large room or other places where you can play sports) | |
| vabaajategevus | leisure activity (Sports and recreational activities carried out in the time free from work or other duties) | |
| vabadus | freedom (The quality or state of being free, especially to enjoy political and civil liberties) | |
| vabakaubandus | free trade (Trade which is unimpeded by tariffs, import and export quotas and other measures which obstruct the free movement of goods and services between states) | |
| vabatahtlik töö | voluntary work (Unpaid activities done by citizens often organized in associations, to provide services to others, particularly to elderly and poor people, handicapped, etc.) | |
| vabrik | industrial plant (building, Buildings where the operations related to industrial productive processes are carried out) | |
| vadak | whey (The watery liquid that separates from the curd when the milk is clotted, as in making cheese) | |
| vaegur | disabled person (Person lacking one or more physical power, such as the ability to walk or to coordinate one's movements, as from the effects of a disease or accident, or through mental impairment) |