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| Terms for subject Environment (6716 entries) |
| kontaminant tal-ilma | water pollutant (A chemical or physical agent introduced to any body of water that may detrimentally alter the natural condition of that body of water and other associated bodies of water) | |
| kontaminanti bijoakkumulattivi | bioaccumulative pollutant (Pollutants that become concentrated in living organisms through the consumption of food or water) | |
| kontaminanti tal-ikel | food pollutant (Potentially harmful substances in any food consumed by humans, or other animals, including inorganic and organic chemicals, viruses and bacteria) | |
| kontaminat aloġenat | halogenated pollutant (An organic compound bonded with one of the five halogen elements (astatine, bromine, chlorine, fluorine, and iodine). Several of these compounds contribute to reductions in the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere) | |
| kontaminazzjoni | contamination (Introduction into or onto water, air, soil or other media of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes, wastewater or other pollutants in a concentration that makes the medium unfit for its next intended use) | |
| kontaminazzjoni biċ-ċomb | lead contamination (The presence and release into the air, water and soil, of lead, a toxic metal used in plumbing, gasoline and lead-acid batteries) | |
| kontaminazzjoni bijoloġika | biological contamination (The presence in the environment of living organisms or agents derived by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mammal and bird antigens that can cause many health effects) | |
| kontaminazzjoni kimika | chemical contamination (The addition or presence of chemicals to, or in, another substance to such a degree as to render it unfit for its intended purpose. Also refers to the result(s) of such an addition or presence) | |
| kontaminazzjoni mill-kadmju | cadmium contamination (The release and presence in the air, water and soil of cadmium, a toxic, metallic element, from sources such as the burning of coal and tobacco and improper disposal of cadmium-containing waste) | |
| kontaminazzjoni radjuattiva | radioactive contamination (Contamination of a substance, living organism or site caused by radioactive material) | |
| kontaminazzjoni ta' merkurju | mercury contamination (The presence and release into the air, water and soil of mercury, a naturally occurring heavy metal element, by both natural occurrences such as vaporization and human activities such as burning coal, mining and smelting) | |
| kontaminazzjoni tal-għalf | forage contamination (Introduction of hazardous or poisonous substances such as arsenic or lead into, or onto, fodder for animals. The animals consume the contaminated feed and can become sick and may die) | |
| kontaminazzjoni tal-ikel | food contamination | |
| kontea | county (An area comprising more than one city and whose boundaries have been designed according to some biological, political, administrative, economic, demographic criteria) | |
| kontejner | container (A large case that can be transported by truck and than easily loaded on a ship) | |
| konteniment- | containment (The reinforced steel or concrete vessel that encloses a nuclear reactor. It is designed to withstand minor explosions in the core, to keep radionuclides from escaping into the environment, and to be safe against terrorist attack; nuclear industry) | |
| kontenitur li jintuża darba | non-returnable container (Any container for which no specific provisions for its return from the consumer or final use has been established) | |
| kontenitur li jista' jerġa' jintuża | returnable container (Container whose return from the consumer or final user is assured by specific means (separate collection, deposits, etc.), independently on its final destination, in order to be reused, recovered or subjected to specific waste management operations) | |
| kontenitur li jista' jerġa' jintuża | reusable container (Any container which has been conceived and designed to accomplish within its life cycle a minimum number of trips or rotations in order to be refilled or reused for the same purpose for which it was conceived) | |
| kontenitur tal-aluminju | aluminium container (A can or box made of aluminium in which material is held or carried) |