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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| 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) | |
| desentralisering | decentralisation (Basic organizational leadership concept and process of shifting and delegating power and authority from a higher level to subordinate levels within the administrative/managerial hierarchy in order to promote independence, responsibility, and quicker decision-making in applying or interpreting policies and procedures to the needs of these levels) | |
| desentralisering av makt | devolution (The act of assigning or entrusting authority, powers or functions to another as deputy or agent, typically to a subordinate in the administrative structure of an organization or institution) | |
| desinfeksjon | disinfection (The complex of physical, chemical or mechanical operations undertaken to destroy pathogenic germs) | |
| desinfeksjonsmiddel | disinfectant (An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that disinfects by destroying, neutralizing, or inhibiting the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms) | |
| desorpsjon | desorption (The process of removing a sorbed substance by the reverse of adsorption or absorption) | |
| destillasjonsindustri | distilling industry (A sector of the economy in which an aggregate of commercial enterprises is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of alcoholic beverages made by a distillation process of vaporization and condensation, such as vodka, rum, whiskey and other related beverages) | |
| destillering | distillation (The process of producing a gas or vapour from a liquid by heating the liquid in a vessel and collecting and condensing the vapours into liquids) | |
| det endokrine system | endocrine system (The chemical coordinating system in animals, that is, the endocrine glands that produce hormones) | |
| Det europeiske felleskaps domstol | Court of Justice of the European Communities (Institution set up under Treaty of Rome to ensure that in interpretation and application of the Treaty the law is observed. It consists of judges from each member state, appointed for 6-year periods, assisted by three Advocates General. It sits in Luxembourg, expressing itself in judgements when called upon to do so in proceedings initiated by member states, institutions of the EC and natural or legal persons. Procedures are generally inquisitorial) | |
| Det europeiske miljøbyrået | European Environment Agency (The EEA is being set up to provide the European Community and its member states with objective, reliable and standardized information on the environment. It will assess the success of existing environmental policies and the data will be used to develop new policies for environmental protection measures. It will gather information covering the present, and foreseeable, state of the environment. The priority area are: air quality and emissions; water quality, pollutants and resources; soil quality, flora and fauna, and biotopes; land use and natural resources; waste management; noise pollution; chemicals; and protection of coastal areas. The Agency will also take into account the socio-economics dimension, cover transboundary and international matters, and avoid the duplication of the activities of other bodies) | |
| Det europeiske miljørådet | European Environmental Council | |
| Det europeiske valutafond | European Monetary Fund (Fund organized by the European Monetary System in which members of the European Community deposit reserves to provide a pool of resources to stabilize exchange rates and to finance balance of payments in support of the pending full European Monetary Union) | |
| Det europeiske valutasystem | European Monetary System (An organization established in Europe in 1979 to coordinate financial policy and exchange rates for the continent by running the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) and assisting movement toward a common European currency and a central European bank) | |
| det indre europeiske markedet | internal European market | |
| Det internasjonale pengefond | International Monetary Fund (An international organization established in 1944, affiliated with the United Nations that acts as an international bank facilitating the exchange of national currencies and providing loans to member nations. It also evaluates the performance of the economies of the world's countries) | |
| detaljhandel | retail trade (The sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities) | |
| detektor | detector (A mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electrical signal, or radiation from a radioactive material) |