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| Terms for subject Environment (6716 entries) |
| patrimonial management (A type of leadership and management style attempting to gain the loyalty and support of subordinates by excessively providing for their needs and interests) | ġestjoni patrimonjali | |
| pattern of urban growth (The combination of acts, tendencies and other observable characteristics that demonstrates a municipal area's progress or state of development, including its population trends) | mudell ta' tkabbir urban | |
| pattern recognition (A remote sensing term referring to an automated process through which unidentified patterns can be classified into a limited number of discrete classes through comparison with other class-defining patterns or characteristics. Pattern recognition is an essential part of the classification of remotely sensed images and is used as an aid to image interpretation) | rikonoxximent tal-mudell | |
| pay policy (A course of action or procedure regarding compensation or recompensation for work done or services rendered) | politika tal-ħlas | |
| peacekeeping (The activities to prevent, contain, moderate and/or terminate the hostilities between or within States, through the medium of an impartial third party intervention, organised and directed internationally. This intervention is conducted using military forces, police and civilians with the consent of the main belligerents, to complement the diplomatic conflict resolution process and, to restore and maintain peace) | żamma tal-paċi | |
| peat (Unconsolidated soil material consisting largely of undecomposed or slightly decomposed organic matter accumulated under conditions of excessive moisture) | pît | |
| peat extraction (Peat is obtained from peat bogs by cutting it from the earth; it is then formed into briquettes, which can be used as fuel. Peat may be found in layers several metres thick. In some countries peat-fired generating stations for electricity are in use. Peat is also used as a soil conditioner) | estrazzjoni tal-pît | |
| pedagogy (The principles, practice, or profession of teaching) | pedagoġija | |
| pedestrian zone (Area where vehicles are not allowed) | żona pedonali | |
| pedosphere (That shell or layer of the Earth in which soil-forming processes occur) | pedosfera | |
| PEF method | metodu tal-impronta ambjentali tal-prodotti | |
| penal sanction (Punishment for the commission of a specific crime, such as fines, restitution, probation and imprisonment) | sanzjoni penali | |
| penalty (1. A punishment for a crime. 2. A sum specified in a contract as payable on its breach but not constituting a genuine estimate of the likely loss) | penalità | |
| penalty for environmental damage (Punishment, varying from fines to withdrawal of government funds to economic sanctions, which is imposed for the harm or injury done to natural resources) | penalità għal ħsarat ambjentali | |
| pentachlorophenol (One of the universally toxic phenolic compounds, is a general purpose agent that is used as a fungicide, herbicide and molluscicide, particularly in Egypt where it is used to control snails that carry the larval human blood flukes that cause schistosomiasis. It is also used in wood preservatives and is very poisonous) | pentaklorofenolu | |
| per capita data (No definition needed) | data għal kull individwu | |
| perchloroethylene (Stable, colorless liquid, nonflammable and nonexplosive, with low toxicity; used as a dry-cleaning and industrial solvent, in pharmaceuticals and medicines, and for metal cleaning) | perkloroetilene | |
| perchloromethane | tetraklorometan | |
| percolating water (Subsurface water that passes, under the force of gravity, through rocks or soil along the line of least resistance) | ilma ta' infiltrazzjoni | |
| peripheral park area (A zone of the park where scientific research is allowed. Beyond this there is a buffer zone which protects the whole reserve from agricultural, industrial and urban development) | żona periferika tal-park |