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gabbro |
tokahewa [bare, smooth rock NZTC] |
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gain |
whai / whiwhi |
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galaxy |
ikarangi |
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galaxy |
Te Ikarangi |
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galaxy, Milky Way |
Te Mango Roa |
Te Ika Roa |
gall bladder |
kouawai |
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gamete |
tohuhema |
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gamete |
pūtaumomoira |
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gamete production |
whakaputa tohuhema |
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gamma ray |
hihi kama |
2005 |
gap |
āputa |
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gas |
haurehu |
haurehu: generic term for gas hautahu, haukāpuni |
gas |
hau |
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gas bubble |
pupū korohū |
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gas exchange [biol] |
whakawhiti haurehu |
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gas exchange occurs |
e whakawhiti ai te haurehu |
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gather/pick |
whawhaki, kato |
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gauge (n., v.t.) |
ine |
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gauge (noun and verb) |
ine |
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gauze |
whāriki ārai |
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gear |
niho |
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gearbox |
wakaniho [Ryan, Ngata] |
pouaka whakahuri [Ngata] |
Geiger counter |
ine iraruke [radiation meter. NZTC] |
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gemstone |
mihiwai |
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gene |
ira |
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gene expression |
whakaaturanga ira |
2005 |
gene pool |
petinga ira |
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gene pool |
puna ira |
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generate |
hahau |
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generation |
whakatipuranga |
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generator |
whakahiko |
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genetic |
iranga |
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genetic change |
huringa iranga, rerekē haere o te iranga |
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genetic code |
tūtohinga iranga |
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genetic code |
tohu iranga |
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genetic drift |
terenga iranga |
2005 |
genetic engineering |
raweke ira , whawhe ira |
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genetic engineering |
whawhe ira |
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genetic factor |
take iranga |
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genetic information |
mōhiohio ā-ira |
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genetic information |
tohutohu iranga |
mōhiohio iranga |
genetic inheritance |
iranga tukunga iho |
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genetic isolation |
taratahi iranga |
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genetic material |
ngaku iranga |
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genetic modification |
whawhe ira, rawekeweke iranga |
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genetic process |
pānga iranga |
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genetic process |
tukanga iranga |
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genetic stress disorder |
mate pōkaikaha iranga |
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genetic variation |
tāupetanga iranga [WH] |
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genetic variation |
iranga taurangi |
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genetically engineered, applied genetics |
whawhē ira |
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genetically linked diseases |
mate ā-ira |
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genetically modified |
raweke ā-iratia, he mea raweke ngā ira |
2005 |
genetics |
iranga |
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genital opening |
puaretanga taihemahema |
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genome |
huingaira |
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genotype |
tohuira |
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genotype |
tohuiranga |
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genotype |
momoira |
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gentle slope |
rārangi aupiki iti |
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genus |
puninga |
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geological event |
tauwhāinga papawhenua |
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geological history |
whakapapa pūtaiao-ā-nuku |
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geological period |
wā arowhenua |
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geologist |
Kaitātai arowhenua |
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geology |
pūtaiao ā-nuku |
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geology |
arowhenua |
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geometrical reason |
take āhuahanga |
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geothermal energy |
pūngao puia, pūngao ngāwhā |
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geranium |
pinakitere |
2005 |
germ |
iroriki |
mero |
germinate |
tinaku |
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germination |
tinakutanga |
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ginger |
paitū kanekane |
angoango |
ginger beer |
pia kōpī |
wai angoango |
given |
tukuna |
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glaciation |
wā kōpakatanga |
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glacier |
awakeo |
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glacier |
awa kōpaka |
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gland, sweat |
repe tota |
repe tōtā /werawera |
glass |
kōata |
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glass house |
whare kōata |
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glass tube |
ngongo karaehe |
ngongo kōata |
glass-like lustre |
kanapa-kōata |
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glaucoma |
mate roikaru |
mate kirikaru/kamo/whatu |
glaucous bloom of leaf |
hanamā |
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glaze [chem] |
whāanga |
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glide |
tauhōkai |
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global warming |
whakamahana o te ao |
whakamāhanahana o te ao |
global warming |
mahana haere o te ao |
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global warming |
whakamahana o te Ao |
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glomerulus |
pona iatoto |
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glow brightly |
mumura |
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glow, bright |
mumura |
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glow, dim |
kātoretore |
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glow, dim, glimmering |
kātoretore |
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glowing match |
māti mura |
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glucose |
kuhuka |
kūhuka |
glucose |
huka |
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glyceride |
hākawa nonireka |
2005 |
glycerol |
nonireka |
2005 |
go milky, cloudy |
mirakaraka |
Ehuehu, kōrehu |
gold |
koura (Au) |
Kōura |
gold foil experiment |
Tūhuratanga puka koura, whakamātau puka koura |
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golf ball |
pōro hahau |
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golf course |
papa haupōro |
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Golgi body |
paparanga miru |
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good taste |
pāreka |
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gorse |
kōhe, kōti; whino [Kai Tahu]; tūtū [in Pounamu, Pounamu] |
Kōhi |
gradient |
rōnaki |
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gradient function |
tikanga rōnaki |
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gradient slope |
rōnaki |
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gradualism |
ātawhanake |
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graduated evolution |
kunenga whanakemoka |
2005 |
grain |
patakano |
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grain |
tōpata |
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granite |
hinewaiapu |
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graph |
kauwhata, tōpū hotuku |
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graph |
tōpū hōtuku |
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graphic communication |
whakamōhio ā-whakairoiro |
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graphics |
whakairoiro |
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graphing data |
whakatōpū hōtuku |
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graphing data |
raraunga hōtuku |
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graphite |
matāpango |
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graphite |
waro reti |
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grass |
otaota |
pātītī |
gravel |
onepu, kirikiri |
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gravel |
kirikiri |
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gravimeter |
ine tō-ā-papa |
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gravimetric analysis |
tātari tō-ā-papa |
tātari taumaha |
gravitational energy |
ngao tō-ā-papa |
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gravitational field |
āpure tō-ā-papa |
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gravitational potential energy |
pūngao torohū tō-ā-papa |
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gravitional potentional energy |
ngao tō-ā-papa pūngao moe (Ep) |
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gravity |
tō-ā-papa |
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grease |
pera |
Hinu |
Great Depression |
Pāheketanga Ohaoha |
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greenhouse effect |
para ārai |
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greenhouse effect |
(pānga) kati kōtuhi, para ārai |
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greywacky |
kōhatu awa |
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grid reference |
tohu mātiti |
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grind |
kauoro |
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grip |
kakati |
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
Whakanaonga Tapeke ki Uta [NZTC] |
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Gross National Product (GNP) |
Whakanaonga Tapeke ā-Motu [NZTC] |
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ground movement |
kaunuku o te whenua |
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grow |
tupu |
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growth |
tipu |
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growth response |
urupare tupu |
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guard cell |
pūtau tautiaki |
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gum |
kāpia |
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gush |
kuhī |
paratī |
gush forth |
kuhī |
pākaru, pakaru |
gymnosperm |
tipu hua inohi |
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gypsum |
gypsum |
Page updated: 14 August 2007