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Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries)
sedimentologia sedimentology (The scientific study of sedimentary rocks and of the processes by which they were formed; the description, classification, origin, and interpretation of sediments)
sega mowing (The cutting down of grass, crops or grain with a scythe or a mechanical device)
segellament sealing (Luting, making watertight, waterproofing)
segellament en origen del vessament landfill base sealing (Sealing of a landfill with a relatively impermeable barrier designed to keep leachate inside. Liner materials include plastic and dense clay)
seguretat aèria air safety (Any measure, technique or design intended to reduce the risk of harm posed by either moving vehicles or projectiles above the earth's surface or pollutants to the earth's atmosphere)
seguretat ambiental environmental security (Measures taken or policies instituted to protect and promote the safety of external conditions affecting the life, development and survival of an organism)
seguretat civil civil safety (Actions and measures undertaken, often at a local level, to ensure that citizens of a community are secure from harm, injury, danger or risk)
seguretat de les instal·lacions security of installations (Measures, techniques or designs implemented to protect from harm or restrict access to any apparatus, machinery or construction put in place or connected for use)
seguretat del reactor reactor safety (Those studies and activities that seek to minimise the risk of a nuclear reactor accident)
seguretat en el treball industrial safety (Measures or techniques implemented to reduce the risk of injury, loss and danger to persons, property or the environment in any facility or place involving the manufacturing, producing and processing of goods or merchandise)
seguretat en el treball occupational safety (An area of statutory duty imposed on employers and employees in most countries, for the protection of the workforce from occupational disease and stresses and physical hazards through appropriate measures)
seguretat internacional international safety (Freedom from danger or the quality of averting risk of harm to persons, property or the environment shared across one or more national boundaries; consequently, the combined efforts of more than one nation to achieve or preserve that state)
seguretat nuclear nuclear safety (Measures and techniques implemented to reduce the possibility of incidence and the potential harm posed by radioactive substances used as an energy source, a test material or in weaponry)
seguretat social social security
seguretat vial road safety (Any measure, technique or design intended to reduce the risk of harm posed by moving vehicles along a constructed land route)
selecció de lloc site selection (The process of choosing or picking a location or area for some designated purpose)
selecció de tecnologia selection of technology (No definition needed)
seleni selenium (A highly toxic, nonmetallic element; used in analytical chemistry, metallurgy, and photoelectric cells)
selva verge primary forest (Forest which originally covered a region before changes in the environment brought about by people)
semiconductor semiconductor (A solid crystalline material whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator and is usually strongly temperature-dependent)