This glossary is something that any other students in Social Sciences can use if they struggle with some definition of some words. In this glossary, there is 20 definition.
arid
adjective
Arid is an adjective that means extremely dry or lacking enough rain and water to support plant life.
Example: How the water supplies and water-related disease in semi-ARID areas such as the grasslands of Africa, North East China, The Mediterranean and parts of Australia will be affected by the changes is investigated in this report.
fr: aride
atmosphere
noun
An atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding Earth or another celestial body, held in place by gravity.
Example: Finally, there are CAM plants that are not affected by the level of CO 2 in the ATMOSPHERE.
fr: atmosphère
biosphere
noun
The biosphere is the global ecological system combining all living organisms and the places where they live.
Example: The journal of publication, Biological Conservation , is focused primarily on ecological conservation and the influence of man on the BIOSPHERE, and it is therefore no surprise that the main objective of the article is to aid conservation agencies in their management of present woodland.
fr: biosphère
capital
noun
Capital means financial assets, a main government city, an uppercase letter, or the top part of a column.
Example: A sensitivity analysis of the project provides a meaningful way of locating potential areas of risk and in combination with NPV outweighs other CAPITAL investment techniques.
fr: capitale
corrosion
noun
Corrosion is the gradual destruction of materials, usually metals, through a chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment.
Example: Other Akebono caliper technology innovations include our fully sealed caliper slide mechanism and CORROSION-protected pad slides.
fr: corrosion
country
noun
A country is a distinct area of land with fixed borders and its own independent government.
Example: I will explain what an export subsidy is, how it works effectively and its consequences on a COUNTRY's economy.
fr: pays
deposition
noun
The laying down or accumulation of sediment, soil, or rocks by natural agents like wind, ice, or water.
Example: I will outline some of the factors that affect formation, pre and post DEPOSITION, and I will examine a few ways in which archaeologists can study and analyse formation processes.
fr: déposition
desert
noun
Arid Land, a large, dry area of land that gets very little rain.
Example: As the majority of semi-arid regions are surrounded by DESERT, it is thought that the reduction of soil moisture will result in a worsening of desertification.
fr: désert
drainage
noun
Drainage means the natural or artificial removal of water or other liquids from an area.
Example: This was a major cost to his business as all arena requires full DRAINAGE, a gravel base, covered with special silica sand, lots of post and rail fencing and he had high specification rubber riding surface made from waste tyres that had the steel wires removed which were very costly.
fr: drainage
equator
noun
The equator is an imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth at 0 degrees latitude, located halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
Example: Hurricanes begin over the ocean near the EQUATOR as they need the heat of the ocean and the rotation of the earth to form; these areas are often close to areas inhabited by coral reefs as they also require the warm waters.
fr: équateur
erosion
noun
Erosion is the natural process where water, wind, ice, or gravity wears away rock and soil from the Earth's surface and moves them to a new location.
Example: With land clearance, there are no roots to protect the soil from water EROSION.
fr: érosion
evaporation
noun
Evaporation is the process where a liquid changes into a gas or vapor at temperatures below its boiling point.
Example: Because vacuum chilling lower the temperature of the food by losing some of its energy in the form of latent heat during EVAPORATION, the final weight of the product were less than that of the fresh produce.
fr: évaporation
flow
noun
The word flow means the steady, continuous movement of a liquid, gas, or abstract concept in one direction.
Example: Sideward, via surface subsurface FLOW.
fr: couler
frost
noun
Frost is a thin layer of tiny ice crystals that forms on cold outdoor surfaces when water vapor in the air turns directly into ice.
Example: Infections of powdery mildew in autumn to young wheat crops can reduce tiller numbers and can also reduce the hardiness of the crop to FROST.
fr: gel
hydrography
noun
Hydrography is the applied science of measuring, describing, and mapping the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes, and rivers.
Example: The work starts with presenting the environmental context of the find, namely the topography, HYDROGRAPHY and geology of the area, which of so important in underwater archaeology and understanding of the site.
fr: hydrographie
magnitude
noun
Magnitude means the great size, extent, or importance of something.
Example: Once specific vocalisation was established as a fact, the use of calls as species identifier has revealed a diversity of almost unprecedented MAGNITUDE.
fr: ampleur
ocean
noun
An ocean is a very large body of salt water that covers about 71 percent of the Earth's surface.
Example: The OCEAN's coral ecosystems are also being harmed.
fr: océan
precipitation
noun
Precipitation is any form of water, like rain, snow, or hail, that falls from clouds to the ground.
Example: Fitting a linear regression shows evidence of a marked increase in winter PRECIPITATION and decrease in summer PRECIPITATION, and to a lesser extent an increase in spring PRECIPITATION and decrease in autumn PRECIPITATION.
fr: précipitation
river bank
noun
A riverbank is the sloping land or ground along the edge of a river that holds the water within its natural channel.
Example: Other aspects to be looked into are, whether the property will be in an Area of outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), on the Oxford Green belt and within 50m meters of a RIVER BANK, 500m of Ancient Woodland, 25m of a Public Footpath and 50m of a Tree Preservation Order (TPO).
fr: bord de la rivière
riverbed
noun
A riverbed is the physical ground, channel, or bottom surface over which a river or stream flows.
Example: The railroad line and car parks sit in the old riverbed.
