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fabric

papanga

weruweru

Fact Sheet

Puka Take Pumau

Puka Whakamārama

factor, physical

āhuatanga ōkiko

Take kikokiko

factor, up to 3

ki te tauwehe toru

factorise

whakatauwehe

factors affecting rates of reaction

tikanga e pā ana ki te pāpātanga o te tauhohenga matū

factory

aupoke

whare ahumahi / hangahanga

faded

hāmā

Hātea

faint

māheahea

fair test

whakamātau tōtika

fair test

whakamātautau tika

Fallopian tube

pūkano, pūkakano, arakano

Fallopian tube, oviduct

pūkano

familiar materials

matū ā-rangi

kawekawe taunga

family

whānau

family genetics

iranga whānau

farming, fish

ahumoana

farming, organic

ahuwhenua pararopi

fashion (v.t.)

tārai

fashion [verb]

tārai

fast bowler

kaiepa tere

fat

ngako

fat intake

kai ngako

fat, lipid

ngako

fat-storing

roki ngako

2005

fatty acid

waikawa matū

waikawa ngako, waikawa ngakongako

fault (of earthquakes)

hapa(rū)

pīere

fault [seismology]

hapa (rū)

fault line

ripa hapa

fauna

te ao kararehe

feasibility

kaha whai takenga

feasible option

kōwhiringa ka taea

feature

āhuatanga

feature, adaptive

āhuatanga urutau

feature, physical

āhuatanga ōkiko

hanga

feature, special

āhuatanga motuhake

fecundity

makurutanga

feed

kame

feedback

urupare

feeling

kare-ā-roto

feelings

ngā kare-a-roto

feely bag

pēkē whāwhā

feldspar

wherepāra [NZTC]

konumohe takawai [to be confirmed]

feldspar, orthoclase

wherepāra whatitika [NZTC]

feldspar, plagioclase

wherepāra whatihōtiu [NZTC]

female

uwha/uha

female (of animal or tree)

kouwha / uwha

kouwha – tree; uwha - animal

female part

wāhanga uwha

female reproductive system

pūnaha whakaputa uri o te wahine

ferment

moī

ī karapēpē, māī, māhī, toroī

fermentation

moītanga

fermentation

whakamōi

fermentation rate

auau moītanga

fern

kaponga

huruwhenua (generic)

fertile

haumako

taipā

fertilisation

whakakikiri(tanga)

fertilisation

kikiritanga

fertilisation

whakakikiritanga

fertilised, be/become

kikiritia

fertiliser

wairākau / whakahaumako

festival

ahurei

taiopenga

fever

kirikā

fibre

muka

kaka, weu

fibre optics

whakaata tākaka

fibrin

pūtepe, pūtōtepe

fibrinogen

pūtaitoto

field

papa

fieldtrip

haerenga ki waho o te kura

fieldwork

mahi tūwaenga

Fig. 1

Ata 1

figure [illustration, diagram]

ata

filament (stamen)

kaka

film projector

pūrere tukuata

filter (v.)

tātari, hītari

filter, screen (verb)

tātari

final velocity

tere whakamutunga

2005

fine (grain)

matarehu

fine fibre

aho tarapī

fine focussing knob

pona āta whāngahu, kau whakangahu rauiti

fine grained

matarehu

finely divided

hungahunga

fingerprint

tapumati / tapumati hao

fire fighter

kaitīnei ahi

fish

ika

fish farming

whakatipu ika

fish farming

ahumoana

fish processing plant

whare tukatuka ika, whare whakanao ika

fishing quota system

pūnaha tohanga ika

fix nitrogen

whakapūmau hauota

2005

fixed cost

utu pūmau

flagellum

pihi

waero, whīore

flask

puoto

flask

kotimutu

flask, conical

puoto kōrere

flask, round

puoto porotaka

flat bag

kopa papa

flavour

whakarehu

whakareka, whakakakara

flesh

kiko

flexibility

ngohengohe

flexibility

tāwariwari

flexibility

wairua tāwariwari

flexible

ngohengohe

flexible

pīngore / ngohengohe

flexible, softness

ngohengohe/ pīngore

flexor muscle

uaua whā

2005

flick

tākiri

flightless insect

ngāngara e kore e taea te rere

flint

ahi pao

flint

māta

matā (stone)

floating

manu

mānu, māunu, tere, rewa

flock

rāhui

kāhui

flora

te ao o Tane-mahuta

flora and fauna

ao tipu, ao kararehe

flow chart

tūtohi ripo, mahere ripo

flower

pua

flower head

pūhui pua

Pane pua

flowering plant

tipu whai puāwai

tipu pua

flowering plant

tupu puawai

flowering plant,angiosperm

tipu whaipua

tupu whaipua

flowering stem

tātā puāwai

flu

rewharewha

flu vaccination

werohanga rewharewha

flu virus

huaketo rewharewha

fluctuate

mānenei

Tātāu

fluid

kūtere, wē

fluorescence

matū kōrekoreko

fluoride

pūkōwhai

fluorine

hau kōwhai

fluorite

fluorite [nothing found yet]

flux

ngaorere

focal

ngahunga

focal length

roa o te ngahunga

focus

arotahi

focus, lens

arotahi

focusing

arotahi

focussing knob, coarse

pona whāngahu noa

focussing knob, fine

pona āta whāngahu

foetal monitoring

aro turuki (i te kōngahungahu)

foetus

kōngahungahu

kōhungahunga

fog

kohu

fold

tapa

pōkai, numi, whetui, whakakopi, whātuatua

foliate (5)

tawherarima

foliate (7)

tawherawhitu

foliate (tri-)

tawheratoru

foliate (tri-)

tawheratoru

follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

taiaki onga-rua (FSH)

food additive

matū tāpiri ki te kai

food additive

matū kai

food chain

tāhuahua

food droplet

māturutanga ngako

food group

rōpū kai

food irradiation

iraruketanga kai

food particle

ngeni kai

food preservation

rokirokinga kai

tohu kai

food processing plant

whare whakanao kai

food product

hua kai

food product

momo kai

food technology

Hangarau kai

food web

huirapa kai

for a long time

Taumano

force

tōpana, ākinga

force

Tōpana

force component

wāhanga tōpana

force exerted on ..

te tōpana i pākahatia ki ..

force meter

ine-tōpana

force, applied

whakahāngai tōpana

force, constant

ākinga pūmau

Ākinga taimau

forces between the particles

tōpana kei waenga i ngā korakora

foreshore

Taihua

foreskin

kirimata, pahuhu

forest organism

rauropi ngahere

forestry

ngāherehere

formation

hanganga

ahunga

formed by a volcano

hangaia e te puia

formula

tātai

formula equation

whārite tauira

fossil

parawae

fossil fuel

koranehe

fossil record

tuhinga parawae

founder effect

pānga whakaū

2005

Fourth Form

Pae Tuawhā

fractional indice

taupū hau

free fall

taka noa

free object

utauta noa.

freeze

whakatoka

freezing

tio, whakatio

freezing

Whakatio

pātiotio

frequency

auautanga, auau; iarere [radio etc]

Putaputanga

freshness

kaha mohou

Hou

freshwater dune lake

roto tāhuna waimāori

friction

Waku

frond

Rauhuru

frozen water

wai pātiotio

fructose

Whāhuka

fruit

Hua

fruit

Huarākau

fuel

Kora

fuel

kora

fuel

matū whakakora

fuel oil

hinu kora

full (moon)

hua

Rākaunui

function

āheinga

function

ngaku

Mahi, take, tikanga

function

kaupapa matua

functional group

rōpū mahinga

functioning

mahinga

fungi

kōpura whetū

fungi, fungus

kōpura whetū

fungus

kōpurawhetū

fungus

kōpura whētu

fungus

kōpura-whetū

funnel (n)

kōrere

funnel (noun)

kōrere

fuse

honopare [NZTC]

fuse (v.t.)

hono