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| Terms for subject Environment (5576 entries) |
| langtransport | long-distance transport (The conveyance of materials or commodities over land, water or through air in which a great distance is covered) | |
| laser | laser (Acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; a device that produces a powerful, highly directional, monochromatic, coherent beam of light. Laser consist of a transparent cylinder with a reflecting surface at one end and a partially reflecting surface at the other. Light waves are reflected back and forth, some of them emerging at the partially reflecting end. The light source may be a ruby, whose chromium atoms are excited by a flash lamp so that they emit pulses of highly coherent light, or a mixture of inert gases that produce a continuos beam, or a cube of treated gallium arsenide which emits infrared radiation when an electric current passes through it) | |
| lastebil | lorry (A large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, especially one with a flat platform) | |
| lauv | foliage (The green leaves of a plant) | |
| lauvskog | deciduous forest (The temperate forests comprised of trees that seasonally shed their leaves, located in the east of the USA, in Western Europe from the Alps to Scandinavia, and in the eastern Asia. The hardwood of these forests have been exploited since the 16th century. The trees of deciduous forests usually produce nuts and winged seeds) | |
| lauvtre | broad-leaved tree (Deciduous tree which has wide leaves, as opposed to the needles on conifers) | |
| lauvtre | deciduous tree (Tree losing its leaves in autumn and growing new ones in the spring) | |
| lav | lichen (Composite organisms formed by the symbiosis between species of fungi and an algae. They are either crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks, stone walls, roofs or garden paths. Because they have no actual roots they get their sustenance from the atmosphere and rainwater. Lichens play an important role in the detection and monitoring of pollution, especially sulphur dioxide, as they are highly sensitive to pollution and different species disappear if pollution reaches specific levels) | |
| lav strømning | low flow (Phase of lowest level of a water course) | |
| lavflyvning | low-level flight (Flying at low altitude) | |
| lavnivåsteknologi | low-level technology (Any relatively unsophisticated technical equipment or method with an amplitude or functionality below what is available in a similar or comparable system) | |
| leddorm | annelid (Any worms of the phylum Anellida, in which the body is divided into segments both internally and externally. The group includes the earthworms, lugworm, ragworm, and leeches) | |
| leddyr | arthropod (The largest phylum in the animal kingdom; adults typically have segmented body, a sclerotized integument, and many-jointed segmental limbs) | |
| ledningsevne | conductivity (The ratio of the electric current density to the electric field in a material. Also known as electrical conductivity) | |
| legemiddelindustri | pharmaceutical industry (Concerted activity concerned with manufacturing pharmaceutical goods) | |
| legering | alloy (Any of a large number of substances having metallic properties and consisting of two or more elements; with few exceptions, the components are usually metallic elements) | |
| leiebolig | rental housing (Dwelling places occupied by tenants who make periodic payments to landlords or owners for use of the facilities as residences) | |
| leiekontrakt | lease (Any agreement which gives rise to relationship of landlord and tenant (real property) or lessor and lessee (real or personal property). Contract for exclusive possession of lands or tenements for determinate period. Contract for possession and profits of lands and tenements either for life, or for certain period of time, or during the pleasure of the parties) | |
| leir | camp (1. A place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc. 2. Tents, cabins, etc., used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, Gypsies, etc.) | |
| leire | clay (A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing) |