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dam

matatara

pāpuni, kura

damselfly

tīemiemi

dandelion

tohetaka

danger

mōrearea

dangerous

mōrearea

dangle

tāewa

tāwēwē, werewere

Daphnia

puruhiwai

Dardan

Tātene

data

hōtuku, raraunga

data matching

taurite raraunga

data, graphing

raraunga hotuku

database

putunga hōtuku

pātengi raraunga

daylight saving

te hoki whakamuri i te karaka, te wā whakamuri karaka

Dead Sea

Moana Tote [bible]

2005

death rate

pāpātanga matenga

debate

tautohetohe

taukumekume

decane

ngawaro

decceleration

whakapōturi

deceleration

whakapōturinga

deciduous

rauhoro

decimal place

mati whaiira

tūranga ira

decision making

whakatau

decisionmaking

hangawhakatau

decompose

hanehane

decompose

popo

decompose

whakapopo

decompose [compost]

pōpopo

decompose = composting

whakapopo

decomposer

whakapirau / kaiwhakapopo

decomposing dung

tūtae pōpopo

defence mechanism

pūnaha aria/kaupare

deficient

tūhene

define

tautuhi

whakamārama

deflect

whakakotiti

pare, whakapeka

deforestation

whakamārakerake

tuatua ngahere

degree (F)

tohutua

degree (of heat measurement)

tohurau

degree ©

tohurua

putu (maths)

degrees celcius

waeine māhana (°C)

dehydration

tauraki

dehydrator

pūrere whāparo, whakamaroke

Demeter

Timita

demonstrate

whakaatu

density

kiato / ukanga

deoxygenated blood

toto hāoratatango

toto hāora-kore

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

pītau ira (DNA)

dependent variable

taurangi whakamauru

deposit

putanga

putunga

depositional phase

takahanga putunga

design

whakahoahoa

design

hoahoa

design activities

mahi hoahoa

designer alloy

koranu hoahoa

designing

hoahoanga

desired trait

huaira koroingo

detector

pūoko

detectors

pūkite

detergent

hopiwē

2005

determine

whakatau

whakariterite

Deucalion

Tūkariana

deuterium

tiutiriamati

deuter = second

develop

whakawhanake

develop (ideas)

whakatohua

develop (ideas) (v.t.)

whakatōhua

develop and adapt

whakahiato me te whakarerēke

develop responsability

whakatō i te whakaaro nui

develop, grow (physical)

whanake

development

whanaketanga

development

whakahiato

development

whanake

developments

taonga kua ahu mai

device

pūrere

taputapu

dextrose

tehuka

tēhuka

diabetic

matehuka

diagram

mahere, hoahoa

hoahoa

diagram, annotated

mahere whakarāpopoto

hoahoa taipitopito

diagram, labelled

hoahoa tapanga

hoahoa waitohu

diagram, plan

hoahoa / mahere

diagrams

huahuatanga

dialyising membrane

kiriuhi tātari

dialysis machine

mihini tātari, pūrere tātari

diameter

whitianga

diamond

taimana

diaphragm (anat)

pātūpoho

diarrhoea

kōrere

mate tikotiko, tororere

dichloroethene

haumāota rua waiwaro rua ewaro

dichromate

pākatirua pūmura

dicotyledon

pātakarua

diesel

hinuheu

diet

horakai

ritenga kai

diet

whiringa kai

diet (to lose weight)

whakatiki

dietary supplement

tāpiringa horakai

2005

dietician

mātanga kai

differences

rerekētanga

differentiate [math]

kimi pārōnaki

differentiation

mahi pārōnaki

diffraction

whawhati

diffuse

ringi

diffusion [biol.]

ingo

digest

kūnatu / nakunaku

digestion

kūnatunga, kūnatutanga

digestive enzyme

whākōkī kūnatu

digestive enzyme

pūmua whākōkī

digestive system

pūnaha kūnatu kai

digestive system

pūnaha kūnatu

digital multimeter

ine-hiko-mati

dihybrid cross

whakawhiti parito pūrua

dilate

roha

tūwhera, huaki

dilute acid

waikawa memeha

dilute slip

pani paru waimeha

slip = clay used for smearing on in pottery

dilute solution

wairewa meha

dilute solutions

wairewa meha

dimmer (light)

whakakaurehu

dinosaur

mokoweri / moko tuauri

diode

ngōhiko

diode

whāhutahi (Mar)

Dionysus

Tionihua

diorite

tokataiea

[toka = -ite, rock; taiea = dior-, distinguished. NZTC]

direct current

ia arotahi

2005

direct evidence

taunaki kitea

direction

ahunga

direction

aronga

directional light source

matatiki tūrama arotahi

directrix

rārangi whakarite o te unahi

disaccharide

hukarua

discharge tube

ngongo ruke

from reactor

discolouration

poapoa

discovery

huranga

2005

discuss

matapakihia

discuss

matapaki

discuss your answer

matapikihia tō whakautu

discusson

matapakinga

disease

tahumaero

dish, evaporating

rīhi whakaeto

Pae / paepae whakaeto

disinfectant

patu whakapirau

disinfectant

patu huakita

Patuero

disperse seed

marara [atu] ngā kākano

display/information board

papa mōhio

Papa whakaatu

disposal

whiu

dissolve

whakarewa

rewa

dissolve [sci.]

whakarewa

dissolved gas

korohū-mimiti

Korohū-rewa

dissolving

whakarewa

distance

mamao

distance

tawhiti (d)

distance – time graph

kauwhata wā-tawhiti

distance covered

te mamao i hōrapa

distance–time graph

kauwhata mamao–wā

distill

iheu

distillation, steam

iheutanga hauwai

Iheutanga wairehu

distinguish

wehewehe

diurnal

moepō

divaricating

rīrapa

divergent evolution

kunenga tangongi

2005

diverse sources

mataiki kanorau

diversity

rerenga

diversity, biological

rerenga rauropi

divided, finely

hungahunga

division

wehenga

DNA

pītauira

DNA fragment

kongakonga pītauira

DNA molecule

rāpoi pītauira

DNA probe

roanga tapa pītauira

DNA profiling

kirihua pītauira

2005

DNA replication

kikoruatanga pītauira

tāruatanga pītauira

DNA strand

aho pītauira

2005

DNA study

rangahau pītauira

dock

taungawaka

domatium

mārua

dominant

ngoi

dominant allele

irarā ngoi

ira ngoi

dominant gene

ira-ngoi

dominant trait

āhuatanga ngoi

donor

kaituku

double

whakahuirua

Double Angle

Koki Rearua

double bond

hononga takirua

double helix

tōrino huirua

dough

kerepēhi

poke

downward force

tōpana auheke

2005

drag

waku hau

dragonfly larva

tūnou kapowai

draw

tātuhia, tāngia

draw conclusions

whakatau mutunga

whakatau

dredge

mārau

rou

drift net

kawau moe roa

drill

tūwiri

drill hole

poka tūwiri

drinking straw

ngongo

pūngote

drooping

kupakupa

tautau

drop (of liquid)

māturunga

pata

drop rapidly

tere te whakaheke

dropper bottle

pātara whakamāturu

patara māturuturu

dropper, eye

ngopata

māturuturu whatu

drug

pūroi, tarukino

pūroi: generic term for drugs

drug (medicine)

rongoā

drug resistance

ātetetanga rongoā

drugs

rongoā

drupe (stone fruit)

kākano

duct

piare

ductile

kōngohe

duodenum

pohokauiti

duplicate

tārua

duplicate pair

tārua pūrua

dye

waikano