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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| dekkfrøet plante | angiosperm (The class of seed plants that includes all the flowering plants, characterized by the possession of flowers. The ovules, which become seeds after fertilization, are enclosed in ovaries. The xylem contains true vessels. The angiospermae are divided into two subclasses: Monocotyledoneae and Dycotiledoneae) | |
| dekontaminering | decontamination (The removing of chemical, biological, or radiological contamination from, or the neutralizing of it on a person, object, or area) | |
| dekret | decree (A declaration of the court announcing the legal consequences of the facts found) | |
| delavgjørelse | interim decision | |
| delegert forvaltning | delegated management (The process of assigning or transferring authority, decision making or a specific administrative function from one entity to another) | |
| delstatslovgivning | provincial/regional law (D) | |
| delstatsmyndighet | provincial/regional authority (D, The power of a government agency or its administrators to administer and implement laws and government policies applicable to a specific political subdivision or geographical area within the state) | |
| delstatsregjering | territorial government (An administrative body or system in which political direction or control is exercised over a designated area or an administrative division of a city, county or larger geographical area) | |
| deltakelse | participation (The act of sharing or taking part in a civic, community or public action) | |
| demografi | demography (The statistical study of human vital statistics and population dynamics) | |
| demografisk utvikling | demographic development (Growth in the number of individuals of a population) | |
| demokrati | democracy (A system of governance in which ultimate authority power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their freely elected agents) | |
| den enkeltes rettigheter | rights of the individual (Just claims, legal guarantees or moral principles accorded to each and every member of a group or state, including the freedom to do certain things and the freedom from certain intrusions imposed by the collective body) | |
| dendrokronologi | dendrochronology (The science of dating the age of a tree by studying annual growth rings. It is also employed to interpret previous environments and climatic variations by examining certain kinds of trees. It is based on the theory that the width of the growth ring reflects the amount of rainfall and the temperature of the year in which it was formed) | |
| dendrometri | dendrometry (The measuring of the diameter of standing trees from the ground with a dendrometer that can also be used to measure tree heights) | |
| denitrifikasjon | denitrification (1. The loss of nitrogen from soil by biological or chemical means. It is a gaseous loss, unrelated to loss by physical processes such as through leachates. 2. The breakdown of nitrates by soil bacteria, resulting in the release of free nitrogen. This process takes place under anaerobic conditions, such as are found in water-logged soil, and it reduces soil fertility) | |
| densitet | density (The mass of unit volume of a substance) | |
| departement | ministry (The body of top government administrators or other high ranking public officials that are selected by a head of state to manage certain aspects of a state's affairs, as opposed to civil servants whose tenure is unaffected by public changes resulting from democratic elections or some other process) | |
| departementsbygning | ministry building (Any structure or edifice occupied by a body of top government administrators or other high ranking public officials selected or appointed by a head of state to manage certain aspects of a state's affairs) | |
| departementsdekret | ministerial decree (A formal judgment or mandate handed down on a specific issue or concern from a major administrative department of a state, usually under the authority of that department's chief minister, secretary or administrator) |