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| Terms for subject Environment (6528 entries) |
| akmens druskos kasyba | rock salt mining (Rock salt mining is an underground mining process in which the salt is physically dug out of the ground in an operation involving drilling, blasting and crushing the rock. The major percentage of this output is used for winter road maintenance) | |
| akmens vata | rock wool (A generic term for felted or matted fibers manufactured by blowing or spinning threads of molten rock, slag, or glass. The material is used for thermal insulation) | |
| akmuo | stone (A general term for rock that is used in construction, either crushed for use as aggregate or cut into shaped blocks as dimension stone) | |
| aktas | act (1. Something done voluntarily by a person, and of such a nature that certain legal consequences attach to it. 2. Documents, decrees, edicts, laws, judgments, etc.) | |
| aktinis | actinium (A radioactive element of the actinide series, occurring as a decay product of uranium. It is used as an alpha particle source and in neutron production) | |
| aktinoidas | actinide (A group of 15 radioactive elements some of which occur naturally while others are produced in nuclear reactions. They include plutonium, americium and neptunium. The health hazard presented by the actinides, if they are released into the environment, comes from the potency of their radioactive characteristics. They are alpha-emitters, and therefore can cause intense localized damage in tissues if absorbed into the body) | |
| aktyvinta anglis | activated carbon (A powdered, granular or pelleted form of amorphous carbon characterized by a very large surface area per unit volume because of an enormous number of fine pores) | |
| aktyvintas dumblas | activated sludge (Sludge that has been aerated and subjected to bacterial action; used to speed breakdown of organism matter in raw sewage during secondary waste treatment) | |
| aktyvioji visuomenės dalis | active population (The number of people available and eligible for employment within a given enterprise, region or nation) | |
| aktyvus dalyvavimas | active participation (The involvement, either by an individual or a group of individuals, in their own governance or other activities, with the purpose of exerting influence) | |
| akumuliacija | accumulation | |
| akumuliatorius | accumulator (A rechargeable device for storing electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, consisting of one or more separate secondary cells) | |
| akustika | acoustics (The science of the production, transmission and effects of sound) | |
| akustinė kokybė | acoustical quality (The characteristics of a confined space that determines its ability to enable music and speech to be heard clearly within it) | |
| akustinė savybė | acoustic property (The characteristics found within a structure that determine the quality of sound in its relevance to hearing) | |
| akustinis komfortas | acoustic comfort | |
| akustinis triukšmas | airborne noise (Noise caused by the movement of large volumes of air and the use of high-pressure air) | |
| akvakultūra | aquaculture (1. The cultivation and harvest of freshwater or marine animals and plants, in ponds, tanks, cages or on protected beds. This is usually done in inland waters, estuaries or coastal waters. It is estimated that commercial fish farming accounts for more than 10% of the world's fish needs. Fish farming usually concentrates on molluscs, including oysters, mussels and clams, because they are usually immobile and fetch high prices. Shrimps and salmon are also farmed, but the stock have to be caught in the wild first, so that they can be brought up to commercial standards in pens. Aquaculture in not new. In Asia freshwater fish have been farmed for some 4.000 years, usually on small farms. 2. The use of artificial means to increase the production of aquatic organisms in fresh or salt water) | |
| akvedukas | aqueduct (A channel for supplying water; often underground, but treated architecturally on high arches when crossing valleys or low ground) | |
| alaus darykla | brewery |