| Kaspihavet |
Caspian Sea (No definition needed) |
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| kassert dekk |
scrap tyre (Recyclable material from discarded motor vehicle tyres) |
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| kassert legemiddel |
discarded medicinal drug |
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| kastanje |
chestnut (Any north temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as Castanea sativa, which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur) |
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| katalysator |
catalyst (A substance whose presence alters the rate at which a chemical reaction proceeds, but whose own composition remains unchanged by the reaction. Catalysts are usually employed to accelerate reactions(positive catalyst), but retarding (negative) catalysts are also used) |
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| katalyse |
catalysis (A phenomenon in which a relatively small amount of substance augments the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being consumed) |
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| katalytisk omformer |
catalytic converter (Catalytic converters are designed to clean up the exhaust fumes from petrol-driven vehicles, which are otherwise the major threat to air quality standards in congested urban streets and on motorways. Converters remove carbon monoxide, the unburned hydrocarbons and the oxides of nitrogen. These compounds are damaging to human health and the environment in a variety of ways. The converter is attached to the vehicle' s exhaust near the engine. Exhaust gases pass through the cellular ceramic substrate, a honeycomb-like filter. While compact, the intricate honeycomb structure provides a surface area of 23.000 square metres. This is coated with a thin layer of platinum, palladium and rhodium metals, which act as catalysts that simulate a reaction to changes in the chemical composition of the gases. Platinum and palladium convert hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water vapour. Rhodium changes nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons into nitrogen and water, which are harmless) |
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| katamaran |
twin-hull craft (Oil tank vessels provided with a double-hull to meet the regulatory safety requirements in oil transportation. Requirements include minimum values for depths and breadth of double bottoms. Also called double-hull tank vessel) |
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| katastrofe |
catastrophe (A sudden, widespread disaster or calamity that greatly exceeds the resources of an area or region) |
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| katastrofe |
disaster (The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid) |
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| katastrofeberedskap |
disaster preparedness (The aggregate of measures to be taken in view of disasters, consisting of plans and action programmes designed to minimize loss of life and damage, to organize and facilitate effective rescue and relief, and to rehabilitate after disaster. Preparedness requires the necessary legislation and means to cope with disaster or similar emergency situations. It is also concerned with forecasting and warning, the education and training of the public, organization and management, including plans, training of personnel, the stockpiling of supplies and ensuring the needed funds and other resources) |
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| katastrofeberedskapstjeneste |
disaster control service (Work done or agency established to analyze, plan, assign and coordinate available resources in order to prepare for, respond to, mitigate and recover from damage caused by an ecological calamity, natural or human in origin) |
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| katastrofeforebygging |
disaster prevention (The aggregate of approaches and measures to ensure that human action or natural phenomena do not cause or result in disaster or similar emergency. It implies the formulation and implementation of long-range policies and programmes to eliminate or prevent the occurrence of disasters) |
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| katastrofehjelp |
disaster relief (Money, food or other assistance provided for those surviving a sudden, calamitous event causing loss of life, damage or hardship) |
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| katastrofeområde |
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) |
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| katastrofeplan |
disaster contingency plan (An anticipatory emergency plan to be followed in an expected or eventual disaster, based on risk assessment, availability of human and material resources, community preparedness, local and international response capability, etc.) |
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| kategori av truet art |
category of endangered species (Those of the planet's flora and fauna which are threatened with extinction. Hunting and poaching to fuel the trade in ivory, horn, skins, fur and feathers have long been a threat to already endangered species. Pollution, agricultural expansion, loss of wetlands, deforestation and other erosion of habitats have been added to the hazards. Human activity was responsible for most of the animals and plants known to have been lost in the past two centuries) |
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| kation |
cation (A positively charged atom or group of atoms, or a radical which moves to the negative pole (cathode) during electrolysis) |
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| kattedyr |
felid (Predatory mammal, including cats, lions, leopards, tigers, jaguars, and cheetahs, typically having a round head and retractile claws) |
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| keramikk |
ceramics (objects, products |
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