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| Terms for subject Environment (5582 entries) |
| poder policial | police power | |
| poder polític | political power (The might, ability or authority of governments, citizens groups and other interested parties in enacting change or in influencing or controlling the outcome of governmental or public policies affecting a nation, region or municipality) | |
| pòlder | polder (A generally fertile tract of flat, low-lying land (as in Netherlands and Belgium) reclaimed and protected from the sea, a lake, a river, or other body of water by the use of embankments, dikes, dams, or levees. The term is usually reserved for coastal areas that are at or below sea level and that are constantly protected by an organized system of maintenance and defense) | |
| polèmica nuclear | nuclear debate (The ongoing, public discussion and dispute over the uses of energy) | |
| policia | police (Branch of the government which is charged with the preservation of public order, the promotion of public health and safety, and the prevention, detection, and punishment of crimes) | |
| policlordibenzo-p-dioxina | polychlordibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD are formed (along with variants including furans) when compounds containing chlorine are burnt at low temperature in improperly operated/designed domestic refuse and industrial waste incinerators where PCDDs can be found in both the flue gases and the fly ash) | |
| policlorur de vinil | polyvinyl chloride (Polymer of vinyl chloride; tasteless, odourless; insoluble in most organic solvents; a member of the family of vinyl resins, PVC) | |
| polígon | polygon (In the vector type of GIS internal data organization spatial data are conveniently divided into point, line and polygon types. Some vector GIS store information in the form of points, line segments and point pairs; others maintain close lists of points defining polygon regions) | |
| polímer | polymer (Substance made of giant molecules formed by the union of simple molecules (monomers)) | |
| polímer addicional | addition polymer (A polymer formed by the chain addition of unsaturated monomer molecules, such as olefins, with one another without the formation of a by-product, as water; examples are polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene) | |
| polimerització | polymerisation (1. The bonding of two or more monomers to produce a polymer. 2. Any chemical reaction that produces such a bonding) | |
| política | policy | |
| política | politics (The theory and practice of acquiring and exercising the power to govern in a society in order to arbitrate values, allocate resources and establish and enforce rules) | |
| política agrícola | agricultural policy (A course of action adopted by government or some other organization that determines how to deal with matters involving the cultivation of land; raising crops; feeding, breeding and raising livestock or poultry; and other farming issues) | |
| política agrícola comuna | common agricultural policy (The set of regulations and practices adopted by member countries of the European Community that consolidates efforts in promoting or ensuring reasonable pricing, fair standards of living, stable markets, increased farm productivity and methods for dealing with food supply or surplus) | |
| política ambiental | environmental policy (Official statements of principles, intentions, values, and objective which are based on legislation and the governing authority of a state and which serve as a guide for the operations of governmental and private activities in environmental affairs) | |
| política ambiental en la indústria | industrial environmental policy (The guiding procedure, philosophy or course of action for the protection of natural resources from pollution generated by manufacturing or business enterprises) | |
| política ambiental municipal | municipal environmental policy (The guiding procedure, philosophy or course of action regarding the protection of natural resources in local settings, cities or towns) | |
| política aranzelària comuna | common tariff policy (A course of action adopted and pursued by member countries, in which it is agreed to impose a system of duties or tax charges on imports from non-member countries) | |
| política científica | scientific policy (A course of action adopted and pursued by government, business or some other organization, which promotes or determines the direction for the systematic study, research and experimentation of a particular aspect of the physical or material world, which may lead to scholarly contributions in a branch of knowledge) |