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Terms for subject Environment (6716 entries)
żiemel horse (A large animal with four legs which people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles)
żingu zinc (A brittle bluish-white metallic element that becomes coated with a corrosion-resistant layer in moist air and occurs chiefly in sphalerite and smithsonite. It is a constituent of several alloys, especially brass and nickel-silver, and is used in die-casting, galvanizing metals, and in battery electrodes)
żmien li tulu tiddi x-xemx duration of sunshine (Period of the day during which the sun is shining)
żmien ta' tnaqqis bin-nofs half-life (The time required for one-half the atoms of a given amount of radioactive material to undergo radioactive decay)
żmien/ ħin time (1. The dimension of the physical universe which, at a given place, orders the sequence of events. 2. A designated instant in this sequence, as the time of day. Also known as epoch)
zokkor sugar (A sweet crystalline or powdered substance, white when pure, consisting of sucrose obtained mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste; product)
żona b'diversi utilitajiet mixed use area (Use of land for more than one purpose; e.g. grazing of livestock, watershed and wildlife protection, recreation, and timber production)
żona bi dritt preferenzjali pre-emption zone (Areas that are subject to the pre-emption right which is a privilege accorded by the government to the actual settler upon a certain limited portion of the public domain, to purchase such tract at a fixed price to the exclusion of all other applicants)
żona buffer buffer zone
żona ċentrali tal-park central park area (The core area of a park or of a reserve where there can be no interference with the natural ecosystem)
żona disastrata disaster zone (Zone that has been stricken by a disaster and where measures must be taken to reduce the severity of the human and material damage caused by it)
żona ekoloġikament sensittiva ecologically sensitive area (Area where it is likely that a change in some parts of the system will produce a recognizable response)
żona fi stat naturali natural area
żona fi stat naturali wilderness area
żona fl-ilma fejn kull sena il-ħut ibid spawning ground (Area of water where fish come each year to produce their eggs)
żona ġestita għal użu multiplu multiple use management area (1. Coordinated management for the most judicious and harmonious use of the land on a long term basis under the concept of combining two or more uses and/or purposes with attention to sustainability and nonimpairment of the natural resources and land area. 2. Use of land for more than one purpose; e.g. grazing of livestock, watershed and wildlife protection, recreation, and timber production)
żona għall-formazzjoni ta' sedimenti sedimentation basin (A basin in which suspended matter is removed either by quiescent settlement or by continuous flow at high velocity and extended retention time to allow deposition)
żona għall-ħarsien tal-ilma water protection area (Area surrounding a water recovery plant in which certain forms of soil utilization are restricted or prohibited in order to protect the groundwater)
żona għall-isparar ta' tiri mmirati shooting range (Area designed for target shooting)
żona għas-sajd fishing ground (Area of sea or freshwater where fish are caught)