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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| stocking (To keep a supply accumulated for future use, term mainly used for goods) | lagerføring | |
| stocktaking (The counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store) | vareopptelling | |
| stone (A general term for rock that is used in construction, either crushed for use as aggregate or cut into shaped blocks as dimension stone) | steinmateriale | |
| storage (general term used for energy, heat, pollutants, also within the meaning of accumulation; A series of actions undertaken to deposit or hold goods, materials or waste in some physical location, as in a facility, container, tank or dumping site; process) | lagring | |
| storage dam (A barrier of concrete, earth, etc., built across a river to create a body of water) | magasin | |
| storm (An atmospheric disturbance involving perturbations of the prevailing pressure and wind fields on scales ranging from tornadoes to extratropical cyclones; also the associated weather and the like) | storm | |
| 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) | stormskade | |
| storm water basin (Basin used to hold water which falls as rain during a storm) | utjevningsbasseng | |
| stove (A chamber within which a fuel-air mixture is burned to provide heat, the heat itself being radiated outward from the chamber; used for space heating, process-fluid heating, and steel blast furnaces) | ovn | |
| stratification (The arrangement of a body of water, as a lake, into two or more horizontal layers of different characteristics, especially densities) | lagdeling | |
| stratosphere (The layer of the atmosphere which is sandwiched between the troposphere and mesosphere. Of the energy that reaches the Earth from the sun, only 3% is absorbed in the stratosphere, but that includes the vitally important process of absorption of ultraviolet radiation by the stratospheric ozone layer. The stratosphere is cloudless and dust free, and almost unaffected by the turbulent conditions of the underlying level of the atmosphere) | stratosfære | |
| stratospheric ozone depletion (Damage of the ozone shield by chemicals released on Earth. The main chemicals that are depleting stratospheric ozone are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are used in refrigerators, aerosols, and as cleaners in many industries, and halons which are used in fire extinguishers. The damage is caused when these chemicals release highly reactive forms of chlorine and bromine) | stratosfæreozonreduksjon | |
| stream measurement (The quantitative determination of the rate and amount of flow or discharge from a natural body of running water, such as a small river or brook) | strømmåling | |
| street cleaning (The process of removing dirt, litter or other unsightly materials from city or town streets) | gaterengjøring | |
| strength of materials (No definition needed) | materialstyrke | |
| stress (A stimulus or succession of stimuli of such magnitude as to tend to disrupt the homeostasis of the organism) | stress | |
| strip mining (Superficial mining, in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overburden. Coal, numerous nonmetals and metalliferous ores (iron and copper) are worked in this way. Sinonym: strip mining, opencast mining, openpit mining) | dagbrudd | |
| strong acidity (High degree of ionization of an acid in water solution) | høy surhetsgrad | |
| strontium (A soft silvery-white element of the alkaline earth group of metals, occurring chiefly as celestite and as strontianite. Its compounds burn with a crimson flame and are used in fire works) | strontium | |
| structural adjustment program (A program for economic reforms aimed at improving or liberalizing an economy, which is advocated and imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on poor or developing countries in exchange for new loans) | strukturtilpasningsprogram |