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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| rengjøringsmiddel | cleansing product | |
| renhold i tettbebyggelse | urban sanitation (The renovation or redevelopment of the decaying areas of cities by the demolition or up-grading of existing dwellings and buildings and a general improvement in environmental conditions) | |
| renholdsplan | sanitation plan (Plans for the control of the physical factors in the human environment that can harm development, health, or survival) | |
| renholdstjeneste | cleansing (The act or process of washing, laundering or removing dirt and other unwanted substances from the surface of an object, thing or place) | |
| rennende vann | flowing water (Moving waters like rivers and streams) | |
| renovasjonsavgift | waste charge (Imposed fee, expense, or cost for the management of refuse or unwanted materials left over from a manufacturing process) | |
| renseanlegg | purification facility (Equipment for the removal of impurities and unwanted constituents from a medium) | |
| rensemiddel | detergent (A surface-active agent used for removing dirt and grease from a variety of surfaces and materials. Early detergents contained alkyl sulphonates, which proved resistant to bacterial decomposition, causing foaming in rivers and difficulties in sewage treatment plants. These hard detergents were replaced during the 1960s with soft biodegradable detergents. Apprehension continues to be expressed about the use of phosphates in detergents, helping to promote the process of eutrophication. No satisfactory substitute has yet emerged) | |
| rensende kraft | purifying power (Regenerative capacity of a system, of soils, water, etc.) | |
| rensing | purification (The removal of unwanted constituents from a substance) | |
| rensing gjennom jordsmonnet | purification through the soil (The act or process in which a section of the ground is freed from pollution or any type of contamination, often through natural processes) | |
| renslighet | cleanliness (clothes, kitchenware, etc.; The state of being clean and keeping healthy conditions; hygiene) | |
| rente | interest (A sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money over a given time period) | |
| reparasjonsvirksomhet | repair business (Any commercial activity, position or site that involves work in restoring or fixing some material thing or structure, such as by replacing parts or putting together something torn, broken or detached) | |
| representasjon | representation (Any conduct or action undertaken on behalf of a person, group, business or government, often as an elected or appointed voice) | |
| reproduksjon | reproduction (Any of various processes, either sexual or asexual, by which an animal or plant produces one or more individuals similar to itself; biological) | |
| reproduksjon av dyr | animal reproduction (Any of various processes, either sexual or asexual, by which an animal produces one or more individuals similar to itself) | |
| reproduksjonsmanipulering | reproductive manipulation (The technology involved in altering in some prescribed way the genetic constitution of an organism. Typically "useful" genes, i.e. very short sequence of DNA, are isolated from one organism and inserted into the DNA of a bacterium of yeast. These microorganisms multiply rapidly and can be cultured easily, enabling large quantities of the gene product to be obtained. Reproductive manipulation has been used for the large-scale production of antibiotics, enzymes, and hormones (e.g. insulin). Organisms into which foreign DNA has been artificially inserted are called "transgenic organisms") | |
| reprosessering | reprocessing (Restoration of contaminated nuclear fuel to a usable condition) | |
| resept | prescription (Acquisition of a personal right to use a way, water, light and air by reason of continuous usage. Prescription is a peremptory and perpetual bar to every species of action, real or personal, when creditor has been silent for a certain time without urging his claim) |