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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| kosmisk stråling | cosmic radiation (Radiations consisting of atomic nuclei, especially protons, of very high energy that reach the earth from outer space. Some cosmic radiations are very energetic and are able to penetrate a mile or more into the Earth) | |
| kost-nytte | cost-benefit (Relation between costs of a certain activity and its benefits to a certain community) | |
| kostnad | cost (In economics, the value of the factors of production used by a firm in producing or distributing goods and services or engaging in both activities) | |
| kostnadsinndekkingsgrunnlag | cost recovery basis (A standard used to provide reimbursement to individuals or organizations for any incurred expense or provided service) | |
| kostnadsreduksjon | cost reduction (The lessening or lowering in the amount of money incurred or asked for in the exchange of goods and services) | |
| kotepløying | contour farming (The performing of cultivations along lines connecting points of equal elevation so reducing the loss of top soil by erosion, increasing the capacity of the soil to retain water and reducing the pollution of water by soil) | |
| kraft-varmeforhold | power-heat relation (The ratio of the work done by an engine to the heat supplied) | |
| kraftvarmeproduksjon | cogeneration (Usually the generation of heat in the form of steam, and the generation of power in the form of electricity. Combined heat and power plants are able to convert a much higher proportion of the energy in fuel into final output. The steam produced may be used through heat exchangers in a district heating scheme, while the electricity provides lighting and power) | |
| kraftvarmeverk | heat and power station (Power station which produces both electricity and hot water for the local population. A CHP (Combined Heat and Power Station) plant may operate on almost any fuel, including refuse) | |
| kraftverk | power station (A stationary plant containing apparatus for large-scale conversion of some form of energy (such as hydraulic, steam, chemical, or nuclear energy) into electrical energy) | |
| kreditt | credit (The financial facility or system by which goods and services are provided in return for deferred, instead of immediate, payment) | |
| kreditthjelp | credit assistance (The help and support from banks and other financial institutions in providing money or goods without requiring present payment) | |
| kredittpolitikk | credit policy (An official course of action adopted by a business, financial institution or state to regulate, restrict or increase deferred payment arrangements for goods, services or money) | |
| kreft | cancer (Any malignant cellular tumour including carcinoma and sarcoma. It encompasses a group of neoplastic diseases in which there is a transformation of normal body cells into malignant ones, probably involving some change in the genetic material of the cells, possibly as a result of faulty repair of damage to the cell caused by carcinogenic agents or ionizing radiation) | |
| kreftfremkallende egenskap | carcinogenicity (The ability or tendency of a substance or physical agent to cause or produce cancer) | |
| kreftfremkallende stoff | carcinogen (A substance that causes cancer in humans and animals) | |
| kreftrisiko | cancer risk (The probability that exposure to some agent or substance will adversely transform cells to replicate and form a malignant tumor) | |
| krenkelse | infraction (A breach, violation, or infringement; as of a law, a contract, a right or duty) | |
| krepsdyr | crustacean (A class of arthropod animals having jointed feet and mandibles, two pairs of antennae, and segmented, chitin-encased bodies) | |
| krig | war (A conflict or a state of hostility between two or more parties, nations or states, in which armed forces or military operations are used) |