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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| sykehus | hospital (A place where people who are ill or injured are treated and taken care of by doctors and nurses) | |
| sykehusavfall | hospital waste (Solid waste, both biological and non-biological, produced by hospitals and discarded and not intended for further use) | |
| sykkel | bicycle (A vehicle with two wheels in tandem, pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, handlebars for steering, and a saddlelike seat) | |
| sykkelsti | cycle path (Part of the road or a special path for the use of people riding bicycles) | |
| syklon | cyclone (A storm characterized by the converging and rising giratory movement of the wind around a zone of low pressure (the eye) towards which it is violently pulled from a zone of high pressure. Its circulation is counterclockwise round the center in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern hemisphere) | |
| syklusstyring | chain management (The administration, organization and planning for the flow of materials or merchandise through various stages of production and distribution, involving a network of vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other trading partners) | |
| symbiose | symbiosis (A close and mutually beneficial association of organisms of different species) | |
| synergi | synergism (An ecological association in which the physiological processes of behaviour of an individual are enhanced by the nearby presence of another organism) | |
| synergieffekt av giftige stoff | synergistic effect of toxic substances (1. A state in which the combined effect of two or more substances is greater than the sum of the separate effects. 2. An effect whereby two toxic substance together have more of an impact than anticipated) | |
| synkebrønn | pollution sink (Vehicle for removal of a chemical or gas from the atmosphere-biosphere-ocean system, in which the substance is absorbed into a permanent or semi-permanent repository, or else transformed into another substance. A carbon sink, for example, might be the ocean (which absorbs and holds carbon from other parts of carbon cycle) or photosynthesis (which converts atmospheric carbon into plant material). Sinks are a fundamental factor in the ongoing balance which determines the concentration of every greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. If the sink is greater than the sources of a gas, its concentration in the atmosphere will decrease; if the source is greater than the sink, the concentration will increase) | |
| synøkologi | synecology (Study of the ecology of organisms, populations, communities or systems) | |
| syntetisk materiale | synthetic material (Material made artificially by chemical reaction) | |
| syntetisk vaskemiddel | synthetic detergent (An artificially produced solid or liquid cleansing substance that acts like soap but is stronger, and is capable of dissolving oily materials and dispersing them in water) | |
| syre | acid (A compound capable of transferring a hydrogen ion in solution) | |
| sysselsetting | employment (The work or occupation in which a person is employed) | |
| sysselsetting og miljø | employment and environment (Issues or initiatives pertaining to the inter-relationship between ecological concerns and the economics of employment, including sustained, environmentally safe development; the effect of environmental activism on jobs; and the creation of environmental occupations) | |
| sysselsettingseffekt | employment level effect (The result or impact of a specific policy, action or event upon the number of working-age persons holding jobs in a specific region, nation or sector of the economy) | |
| sysselsettingsstruktur | employment structure (The organization and proportions of the various job types and skill levels in an enterprise or economy) | |
| systemanalyse | systems analysis (A means of organizing elements into an integrated analytic and/or decisionmaking procedure to achieve the best possible results) | |
| systemsammenligning | systems comparison (Analysis or estimate noting similarities and differences in the operations of businesses and organizations) |