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Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries)
abocador de residus perillosos hazardous waste dump (Disposal facilities where hazardous waste is placed in or on land. Properly designed and operated landfills are lined to prevent leakage and contain systems to collect potentially contaminated surface water run-off)
abocador incontrolat uncontrolled dump (Place where waste is left on the ground and not buried in a hole)
abocament a l'aigua emission to water (The discharge of solid, liquid or gaseous pollutants or contaminants into a body of water)
abocament al ríu river disposal (Discharge of solid, liquid or gaseous waste into a river)
abocament de residus waste dumping (The disposal of solid wastes without environmental controls)
abocament de residus a l'oceà ocean dumping (The process by which pollutants, including sewage, industrial waste, consumer waste, and agricultural and urban runoff are discharged into the world's oceans. These pollutants arise from a myriad of sources)
abocament de residus domèstics domestic waste landfill (Site for the disposal of wastes arising from domestic activities)
abocament en fons marí deep-sea disposal (The disposal of solid waste or sludge by carrying the wastes out to sea, usually in a barge, and dumping into deep water)
abocament radiactiu radioactive dumping (Waste generated by the emission of particulate or electromagnetic radiation resulting from the decay of the nuclei of unstable elements)
abocament subterrani underground disposal (The discharge, dumping or emission of wastes below the surface of the soil)
abocament urbà municipal dumping (Place where a town's refuse is disposed of after it has been collected)
abocaments industrials industrial dumping (The disposal of any waste generated by a manufacturing or processing process by the agency or body which produced it)
absorció absorption (exposure, The taking in of fluids or other substances by cells or tissues)
absorció sorption (The taking up, usually, of a liquid or gas into the body of another material (the absorbent). Thus, for instance, an air pollutant may be removed by absorption in a suitable solvent)
absorció contaminant pollutant absorption (The process by which a pollutant is physically incorporated into another substance or body)
absorció química chemisorption (The process of chemical adsorption)
abús de fàrmacs drug abuse
acabat de metalls metal finishing (A process in which a chemical or some other substance is applied to metals as a way to clean, protect, alter or modify appearance or physical properties, especially surface properties)
àcar mite (An order of small Arachnida with rounded bodies. Mites are very abundant in the soil, feeding on plant material and invertebrate animals. Some parasitic mites (e.g. red spider) damage crops and can be serious pests. Others cause diseases in animals. Ticks are blood-suckers, some being vectors of diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans and fowls, and louping ill in cattle and sheep)
acceptació tecnològica technology acceptance (The approval, favorable reception and ongoing use of newly introduced devices and systems, usually developed from recent advances in the engineering sciences or industrial arts)