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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| fellesskapet-betaler-prinsipp | community-pays principle (A tenet of environmental policy, according to which the costs of ecological challenges, environmental quality improvements and the removal of environmental hazards are allotted to community groups or local corporations and, thereby, to the general public) | |
| fellesskapsrettsakt | Community act | |
| fellesskyldner | joint debtor (Persons united in a joint liability or indebtedness. Two or more persons jointly liable for the same debt) | |
| fellessystem | combined sewer system (A sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer, or as an industrial sewer and a storm sewer) | |
| fellestransport | combined transport (Transport in which more than one carrier is used, e.g. road, rail and sea) | |
| feltforsøk | field experiment (Experiment carried out on a substance or on an organism in the open air as opposed to in a laboratory) | |
| feltundersøkelse | field study (Scientific study made in the open air to collect information that can not be obtained in a laboratory) | |
| fengselslov | law relating to prisons (Binding rules and regulations pertaining to the construction, use and operation of jails, penitentiaries and other places of legal confinement and punishment) | |
| fenol | phenol (A white crystalline soluble poisonous acidic derivative of benzene, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant and in the manufacture of resins, nylon, dyes, explosives and pharmaceuticals) | |
| ferdighus | prefabricated building (Building whose sections are manufactured in specialized factories and later transported and assembled on a building site) | |
| ferie | holiday (1. A period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel or recreation 2. A day on which work is suspended by law or custom, such as a religious festival, bank holiday, etc.) | |
| feriekoloni | holiday camp (A place providing accommodation, recreational facilities, etc. for holiday-makers) | |
| fermentering | fermentation (Any enzymatic transformation of organic substrates, especially carbohydrates, generally accompanied by the evolution of gas; a physiological counterpart of oxidation, permitting certain organisms to live and grow in the absence of air; used in various industrial processes for the manufacture of products, such as alcohols, acids, and cheese by the action of yeasts, molds, and bacteria; alcoholic fermentation is the best-known example. Also known as zymosis) | |
| ferniss | varnish (A transparent surface coating which is applied as a liquid and then changes to a hard solid; all varnishes are solutions of resinous materials in a solvent) | |
| feromon | pheromone (Any substance secreted by an animal which influences the behaviour of other individuals of the same species) | |
| ferskvann | freshwater (Water having a relatively low mineral content, generally less than 500 mg/l of dissolved solids) | |
| ferskvann til bading | bathing freshwater (Freshwater in which bathing is explicitly authorised or in which bathing is not prohibited and is traditionally practised by a large number of bathers. Water in such areas must meet specified quality standards relating to chemical, microbiological and physical parameters) | |
| ferskvannsbiologi | freshwater biology (The scientific study or the characteristic life processes of living organisms found in a natural body of water that does not contain significant amounts of dissolved salts and minerals, such as a lake or river) | |
| ferskvannsforringelse | freshwater degradation (Pollution immediately or eventually involves the hydrological cycle of the earth, because even pollutants emitted into the air and those present in the soil are washed out by precipitation. Water is considered polluted when it is altered in composition or condition so that it becomes less suitable for any or all of the functions and purposes for which it would be suitable in its natural state. This definition includes changes in the physical, chemical and biological properties of water, or such discharges of liquid, gaseous or solid substances into water as will or are likely to create nuisances or render such water harmful to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, fish or other aquatic life. It also includes changes in temperatures, due to the discharge of hot water) | |
| ferskvannsøkosystem | freshwater ecosystem (The living organisms and nonliving materials of an inland aquatic environment) |