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Terms for subject Environment (21507 entries)

alteración del sueño	sleep disturbance
alteración física	physical alteration (Any change in a body or substance that does not involve an alteration in its chemical composition)
alteración física	physical alteration
alteración genética en los insectos	genetic change in insects
alteración letal del ciclo vital	lethal change in the life cycle
alteración letal durante el ciclo vital	lethal change in the life cycle
alteración por ruido	noise disturbance (Noise interferes with communication and interferes with thought processes. Noise interferes with sleep, it causes anger and frustration, and has been implicated as a contributor to various psychological and physiological problems. Noise detracts from the quality of life and the environment)
alteración por ruido	noise disturbance
altitud	altitude (1. In general, a term used to describe a topographic eminence. 2. A specific altitude or height above a given level. 3. In surveying, the term refers to the angle between the horizontal and a point at a higher level)
altitud indicada	indicated altitude
altos hornos	blast furnace (A tall, cylindrical smelting furnace for reducing iron ore to pig iron; the blast of air blown through solid fuel increases the combustion rate)
altos hornos	blast furnace
altura de aspiración	lift
altura de chimenea	chimney height (The appropriate height for chimneys serving industrial combustion plants in order to avoid unacceptable pollution)
altura de chimenea	chimney height
altura de la cresta del vertedero	ridge height of the weir
altura de la marea	height of the tide
altura del pico	peak height
altura excesiva de pilas de chimenea	excessive height of chimney stacks
alud de nieve	snowslide (An avalanche of relatively pure snow; some rock and earth material may also be carried downward)