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| Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries) |
| dany per tempesta | storm damage (Storms may cause flooding and damage to crops; uproot trees; damage roofs and chimneys; break windows, leading to rain damage; overturn trucks; affect transportation, communication and energy supplies; delay building construction and destroy traditional landmarks. In their more violent form, storms may cause severe damage and loss of life) | |
| darrera tecnologia | state of the art (Everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use or in any other way before the date of the patent application, or an application filed in a foreign country the priority of which is validly claimed) | |
| datació | dating (Any of several techniques such as radioactive dating, dendrochronology, or varve dating, for establishing the age of rocks, palaeontological or archaeological specimens, etc.) | |
| DDT | DDT (A persistent organochlorine insecticide, also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, that was introduced in the 1940s and used widely because of its persistence (meaning repeated applications were unnecessary), its low toxicity to mammals and its simplicity and cheapness of manufacture. It became dispersed all over the world and, with other organochlorines, had a disruptive effect on species high in food chains, especially on the breeding success of certain predatory birds. DDT is very stable, relatively insoluble in water, but highly soluble in fats. Health effects on humans are not clear, but it is less toxic than related compounds. It is poisonous to other vertebrates, especially fish, and is stored in the fatty tissue of animals as sublethal amounts of the less toxic DDE. Because of its effects on wildlife its use in most countries is now forbidden or strictly limited) | |
| debat parlamentari | parliamentary debate (Formal discussion or dispute on a particular matter among the members of the parliament) | |
| decantació | decantation (Sizing or classifying particulate matter by suspension in a fluid (liquid or gas), the larger particulates tending to separate by sinking) | |
| decibel | decibel (A unit used to express relative difference on power, usually between acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two level) | |
| decisió | decision (Means the exercise of agency authority at any stage of an undertaking where alterations might be made in the undertaking to modify its impact upon historic and cultural properties) | |
| decisió comunitària | Community ruling | |
| decisió provisional | interim decision | |
| declaració ambiental | environmental statement (eco-audit, Assessment made by a company or organization of the financial benefits and disadvantages to be derived from adopting a more environmentally sound policy) | |
| declaració d'impacte ambiental | environmental impact statement (A detailed statement which, to the fullest extent possible, identifies and analyses, among other things, the anticipated environmental impact of a proposed action and discusses how the adverse effects will be mitigated) | |
| declaració d'utilitat pública | declaration of public utility (Administrative Act giving the right to take private property for public use) | |
| declaració estatutària | statutory declaration (A declaration made in a prescribed form before a justice of the peace, notary public, or other person authorized to administer an oath) | |
| decret | decree (A declaration of the court announcing the legal consequences of the facts found) | |
| decret ministerial | ministerial decree (A formal judgment or mandate handed down on a specific issue or concern from a major administrative department of a state, usually under the authority of that department's chief minister, secretary or administrator) | |
| defensa | defence (The act or process of protecting citizens or any geographical area by preparing for or by using military means to resist the attack of an enemy) | |
| dèficit auditiu | hearing impairment (A decrease in strength or any abnormality or partial or complete loss of hearing or of the function of ear, or hearing system, due directly or secondarily to pathology or injury; it may be either temporary or permanent) | |
| defoliació | defoliation (1. The drop of foliage from plants caused by herbicides such as Agent Orange, diuron, triazines, all of which interfere with photosynthesis. The use of defoliants, as in Vietnam or in jungle clearance for agriculture, can permanently destroy tropical forests. Once the tree cover is removed, the soil is subjected to erosion and precious nutrients are rapidly leached away. 2. Destroying (an area of jungle, forest, etc.) as by chemical sprays or incendiary bombs, in order to give enemy troops or guerilla forces no place of concealment) | |
| degradabilitat | degradability (The capacity of being decomposed chemically or biologically) |