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Terms for subject Environment (7657 entries)
sissevedu import (The act of bringing goods and merchandise into a country from a foreign country)
sisseveoluba import licence (Permission from a government to bring within its borders and sell a product manufactured in a foreign country)
sissevool influent
sissevooluvesi inflow (1. Water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer service connections) from sources such as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellars drains, yard drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration. 2. Action of flowing in; an inflow of effluent into a river)
skistosomiaas schistosomiasis (A disease in which humans are parasitized by any of three species of blood flukes: Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum; adult worms inhabit the blood vessels)
sogasus turbidity (Cloudy or hazy appearance in a naturally clear liquid caused by a suspension of colloidal liquid droplets or fine solids)
solidaarvõlgnik joint debtor (Persons united in a joint liability or indebtedness. Two or more persons jointly liable for the same debt)
somp haze (Reduced visibility in the air as a result of condensed water vapour, dust, etc., in the atmosphere)
soo swamp (A permanently waterlogged area in which there is often associated tree growth, e.g. mangroves in hot climates)
soo bog (A commonly used term in Scotland and Ireland for a stretch waterlogged, spongy ground, chiefly composed of decaying vegetable matter, especially of rushes, cotton grass, and sphagnum moss)
sooeristus gender issue (A point, matter or dispute concerning the capabilities, societal roles or other differences and divisions between women and men, especially the relative weight of biological and physical difference versus culture and socialization as a cause of those distinctions)
soojavereline warm-blooded animal (Animal which has a body temperature that stays the same and does not change with the temperature of its surroundings)
soojus heat (physics, A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature: it is equal to the total kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules of a system)
soojuse ja elektri koostootmine cogeneration (Usually the generation of heat in the form of steam, and the generation of power in the form of electricity. Combined heat and power plants are able to convert a much higher proportion of the energy in fuel into final output. The steam produced may be used through heat exchangers in a district heating scheme, while the electricity provides lighting and power)
soojuse salvestamine heat storage (Keeping heat created during a period of low consumption until a peak period when it is needed)
soojuselektrijaam thermal power plant (A power-generating plant which uses heat to produce energy. Such plants may burn fossil fuels or use nuclear energy to produce the necessary thermal energy)
soojuspump heat pump (A device which transfers heat from a cooler reservoir to a hotter one, expending mechanical energy in the process, especially when the main purpose is to heat the hot reservoir rather than refrigerate the cold one)
soojuspõhise võrdlusaluse käitiseosa heat benchmark sub-installation
soojusreostus thermal pollution (The excessive raising or lowering of water temperature above or below normal seasonal ranges in streams, lakes, or estuaries or oceans as the result of discharge of hot or cold effluents into such water)
soojussisseseade thermal equipment (Equipment related to the production of heat)

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