toisc aibitheach |
abiotic factor (Physical, chemical and other non-living environmental factors. They are essential for living plants and animals of an ecosystem, providing the essential elements and nutrients that are necessary for growth. The abiotic elements also include the climatic and pedologic components of the ecosystem) |
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toisc anaeróbach |
anaerobic condition (A mode of life carried on in the absence of molecular oxygen) |
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toisc antrapaigineach |
anthropogenic factor |
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toisc astaíochta |
emission factor (The relationship between the amount of pollutants produced to the amount of raw materials processed, or fuel consumed, in any polluting process) |
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toisc bhitheach |
biotic factor (The influence upon the environment of organisms owing to the presence and activities of other organisms, as distinct from a physical, abiotic, environmental factor) |
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toisc bithchomhchruinnithe |
bioconcentration factor (The quotient of the concentration of a chemical in aquatic organisms at a specific time or during a discrete time period of exposure, divided by the concentration in the surrounding water at the same time or during the same period) |
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toisc gheoigineach |
geogenic factor (Geogenic factors are those which originate in the soil, as opposed to those of anthropic origin (anthropogenic)) |
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toisc idirghníomhaíochta |
interaction factor |
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toisc shocheacnamaíoch |
socioeconomic factor (An essential element in a society's make-up, organization or behavior that combines financial dimensions with inter-personal or inter-group dynamics) |
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toisc shuímh |
position factor |
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toisc éiceolaíoch |
ecological factor (An environmental factor that, under some definite conditions, can exert appreciable influence on organisms or their communities, causing the increase or decrease in the number of organisms and/or changes in the communities) |
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toitcheo |
smog (Air pollution consisting of smoke and fog. The air pollution caused by the action of sunlight on unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, mostly from car exhaust. It occurs over large industrial areas and urban complexes, and causes eye irritations, breathing problems and damage to plant life) |
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toitcheo fótaiceimiceach |
photochemical smog (A combination of fog and chemicals that come from automobile and factory emissions and is acted upon by the action of the sun. Nitrogen dioxide, in the presence of the sun and some hydrocarbons, is turned into nitric oxide and atomic oxygen. The atomic oxygen reacts with the oxygen molecules and other constituents of automobile exhaust fumes to form a variety of products including ozone. The ozone is harmful in itself and is also implicated in a highly complex series of continuing reactions. As long as there is ozone or nitrogen dioxide and sunlight present, other undesirable reactions will occur) |
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toitcheo leictreonach |
electrosmog (Pollution caused by electric and magnetic fields generated by power lines, electrical equipment, mobile and cordless phones, radar, electrical household appliances, microwave ovens, radios, computers, electric clocks, etc.) |
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toitriú |
fumigation (The use of a chemical compound in a gaseous state to kill insects, nematodes, arachnids, rodents, weeds, and fungi in confined or inaccessible locations; also used to control weeds, nematodes, and insects in the field) |
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tollán |
tunnel (A underground passageway, especially one for trains or cars that passes under a mountain, river or a congested urban area) |
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tomhaltas amhábhair |
raw material consumption (The developed countries depend on a stable supply of raw materials for their industries. Total resource requirements are increasing rapidly over the entire world. In developed countries, although population is increasing slowly, per capita use is increasing rapidly, while the opposite is happening in developing countries. Traditionally raw materials have been classified as non-renewable resources, but a distinction may be important between "loosable" resources, such as oil and coal, and "non-loosable" resources, such as metals, which can be used several times over by recycling processes) |
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tomhaltas deiridh fuinnimh |
final energy consumption |
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tomhaltas fuinnimh phríomhúil |
primary energy consumption (Consumption of energy used in the same form as in its naturally occurring state, for example crude oil, coal, natural gas, e.g. before it is converted into electricity) |
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tomhas |
measuring (The ability of the analytical method or protocol to quantify as well as identify the presence of the substance in question) |
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