 |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Z << >>
| Terms for subject Environment (5949 entries) |
| aldi baterako etxebizitza | temporary housing | |
| aldi baterako kokaleku | transitional settlement (A small village, community or group of houses, or other shelters, usually located in a thinly populated area and existing there for only a short time) | |
| aldiri | suburb (A residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town) | |
| aldizkako zarata | intermittent noise (Noise occurring at regular or irregular intervals) | |
| aleazio | 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) | |
| alergeno | allergen (Any antigen, such as pollen, a drug, or food, that induces an allergic state in humans or animals) | |
| alergia | allergy (A condition of abnormal sensitivity in certain individuals to contact with substances such as proteins, pollens, bacteria, and certain foods. This contact may result in exaggerated physiologic responses such as hay fever, asthma, and in severe enough situations, anaphylactic shock) | |
| alerta-egoerarako plan | warning plan (A scheme or method of acting developed in advance to notify as quickly as possible the affected population of any sudden, urgent and usually unexpected occurrence requiring immediate action) | |
| alerta-sistema | warning system (Any series of procedures and devices designed to detect sudden or potential threats to persons, property or the environment, often utilizing radar technology) | |
| alfa erradiazio | alpha radiation (A stream of alpha particles which are ejected from many radioactive substances having a penetrating power of a few cm in air but can be stopped by a thin piece of paper) | |
| alferrik galtze | wastage (Extravagant or useless consumption or expenditures) | |
| alga | alga (Simple, green, aquatic plants without stems, roots or leaves. They are among the microscopic organisms that form the start of the food chain. Algae are found floating in the sea and fresh water, but they also grow on the surface of damp walls, rocks, the bark of trees and on soil. They contain chlorophyll and other pigments that let them grow by photosynthesis. On land, algae can be useful in improving the fertility of soil by nitrogen fixation) | |
| alga berde-urdin | blue-green alga (Microorganisms, formerly classified as algae but now regarded as bacteria, including nostoc, which contain a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll) | |
| algen ugaltze | algal bloom (Excessive and rapid growth of algae and other aquatic plants when they are stimulated to grow too quickly by pollution. It takes place when there are too many nutrients in the water and is aggravated when accompanied by a rise in temperature. Although the algae grow quickly they soon die because they have swallowed up all the water's nutrients. As they decompose they tend to rise to the surface and form a green slime. Algal bloom have increased because higher levels of nitrogen and phosphates from agricultural areas have leached from the fields into water courses) | |
| algizida | algicide (Any substance or chemical applied to kill or control algal growth) | |
| alha | grazing (The vegetation on pastures that is available for livestock to feed upon) | |
| alha | pasture (Land covered with grass or herbage and grazed by or suitable for grazing by livestock) | |
| alkano | alkane (Paraffins. A homologous series of saturated hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2. Their systematic names end in -ane. They are chemically inert, stable, and flammable. The first four members of the series (methane, ethane, propane, butane) are gases at ordinary temperatures; the next eleven are liquids, and form the main constituents of paraffin oil; the higher members are solids. Paraffin waxs consists mainly of higher alkanes) | |
| alkil-konposatu | alkyl compound (Compound containing one or more alkyl radicals) | |
| alkohol | alcohol (A group of organic chemical compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. The molecules in the series vary in chain length and are composed of a hydrocarbon plus a hydroxyl group. Alcohol includes methanol and ethanol) |