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| Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries) |
| administrative sanction (Generally, any formal official imposition of penalty or fine; destruction, taking, seizure, or withholding of property; assessment of damages, reimbursement, restitution, compensation, costs, charges or fees; requirement, revocation or suspension of license; and taking other compulsory or restrictive action by organization, agency or its representative) | sancions administratives | |
| adsorption (The physical or chemical bonding of molecules of gas, liquid or a dissolved substance to the external surface of a solid or the internal surface, if the material is porous, in a very thin layer) | adsorció | |
| adult (A person who is fully grown, developed or of a specified age) | adult | |
| adult education (Any instruction or training, informal or formal, which is geared to persons of mature age, regardless of previous education, and typically offered by university extension programs, employers, correspondence courses or community groups) | educació d'adults | |
| advertisement (The action of drawing public attention to goods, services or events, often through paid announcements in newspapers, magazines, television or radio) | publicitat | |
| advice (An official notice, opinion, counsel or recommendation that is optional or at the receiver's discretion) | consell | |
| aeration (Exposition to the action of air) | aeració | |
| aerial photograph (An image of the ground surface made on a light-sensitive material and taken at a high altitude from an aircraft, spacecraft or rocket) | fotografia aèria | |
| aerial photography (No definition needed) | fotografia aèria | |
| aerobic condition (Life common to the majority of animal and plants species requiring the presence of oxygen) | condicions aeròbiques | |
| aerobic process (A process requiring the presence of oxygen) | procés aeròbic | |
| aerobic treatment (The introduction of air into sewage so as to provide aerobic biochemical stabilization during a detention period) | tractament aeròbic | |
| aerobiology (The study of the atmospheric dispersal of airborne fungus spores, pollen grains, and microorganisms; and, more broadly, of airborne propagules of algae and protozoans, minute insects such as aphids, and pollution gases and particles which exert specific biologic effects) | biologia de l'aire | |
| aerodynamic noise (Acoustic noise caused by turbulent airflow over the surface of a body) | soroll aerodinàmic | |
| aerosol (A gaseous suspension of ultramicroscopic particles of a liquid or a solid) | aerosol | |
| aesthetics (Considerations, values, and judgements pertaining to the quality of the human perceptual experience (including sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, and movement) evoked by phenomena or components of the environment) | estètica | |
| afforestation (1. Establishment of a new forest by seeding or planting of nonforested land. 2. The planting of trees on land which was previously used for other uses than forestry. 3. The planting of trees in an area, or the management of an area to allow trees to regenerate or colonize naturally, in order to produce a forest) | repoblació forestal | |
| Africa (The second largest of the continents, on the Mediterranean in the north, the Atlantic in the west, and the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean in the east. The Sahara desert divides the continent unequally into North Africa and Africa south of Sahara. The largest lake is Lake Victoria and the chief rivers are the Nile, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi. The hottest continent, Africa has vast mineral resources, many of which are still undeveloped) | Àfrica | |
| afterburning (An afterburner is a gadget fitted to the exhaust flues of furnaces and also to the exhaust systems of motor vehicles. They remove polluting gases and particles, which are the result of incompletely combusted fuel, by incineration and break down other chemical molecules associated with combustion into inert chemicals) | postcombustió | |
| age (The period of time that a person, animal or plant has lived or is expected to live) | edat |