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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (Hydrocarbons containing two or more closed rings of atoms) | |
| pakkis | ice pack (Large areas of floating ice, usually occurring in polar seas, consisting of separate pieces that have become massed together) | |
| paleoklimatologi | palaeoclimatology (The study of paleoclimates throughout geologic time, and of the causes of their variations, on either a local or a worldwide basis. It involves the interpretation of glacial deposits, fossils and sedimentologic and other types of data) | |
| paleontologi | palaeontology (The study of life in past geologic time, based on fossil plants and animals and including phylogeny, their relationship to existing plants, animals, and environments, and the chronology of the Earth's history) | |
| paleoøkologi | palaeoecology (The application of ecological concepts to fossil and sedimentary evidence to study the interactions of Earth surface, atmosphere, and biosphere in former times) | |
| papir | paper (Felted or matted sheets of cellulose fibers, formed on a fine-wire screen from a dilute water suspension, and bonded together as the water is removed and the sheet is dried) | |
| papiravfall | waste paper (Newspapers, magazines, cartons and other paper separated from solid waste for the purpose of recycling) | |
| papirindustri | paper industry (Industrial production of paper: pulp is produced by mechanically or chemically processing wood or other vegetative materials to extract usable cellulosic fibers as an aqueous slurry. The pulp slurry may be used directly in paper making or it may be shipped elsewhere for processing into paper products. The fundamental industrial operations are divided into two major categories: pulp mill and paper mill. The pulp mill operation includes wood preparation, pulping, deinking, pulp washing, screening and thickening, and bleaching. The paper mill operations include stock preparation, paper machine operation and finishing) | |
| papirmasseindustri | pulp industry (A sector of the economy in which an aggregate of commercial enterprises is engaged in manufacturing and selling the soft, moist, slightly cohering mass deriving from wood that is used to produce paper sheets, cardboard and other paper products) | |
| parafin | kerosene (A thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel for heating and cooking, in lamps, and as a denaturant for alcohol) | |
| parameter | parameter (1. A quantity in an equation which must be specified beside the independent variables to obtain the solution for the dependent variables. 2. A quantity which is constant under a given set of conditions, but may be different under other conditions) | |
| parasitt | parasite (Organism which lives and obtains food at the expense of another organism, the host) | |
| parasittologi | parasitology (A branch of biology which deals with those organisms, plant or animal, which have become dependent on other living creatures) | |
| parkeringsanlegg | parking provision (Area where a vehicle can be left for a period of time) | |
| parkeringsplass | car park (Area of ground or a building where there is space for vehicles to be parked) | |
| parlament | Parliament (An assembly of elected representatives, typically controlled by a political party and constituting the legislative and, in some cases, the executive power of a state) | |
| partering | quartering (The act of dismembering the carcass of an animal with the production of organic waste which if improperly disposed cause problems of pollution and fawl smells) | |
| partikkel | particle (1. Any very small part of matter, such as a molecule, atom, or electron. 2. Any relatively small subdivision of matter, ranging in diameter from a few angstroms to a few millimeters) | |
| partikkelseparator | particle separator (A device for segregation of solid particles by size range, as a screening) | |
| påsprøytet asbest | sprayed asbestos (Asbestos emitted into the atmosphere in a spraying operation) |