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ice age

wā tio

ice block

poro hukapapa

ice cap

motutio / panetio

ice cube

mataono hukapapa

porowhā hukapapa

ice cube

mataono hukapapa

porotio

icecap

panetio

identical

ritepū

2005

identify

tātuhi, tautohu, tautuhi

identify

tautohu

identify / define

tautohu / tāutu / tautuhi

igneous intrusion

kōngutu urutomo

igneous rock

toka kongotu

igneous rock

toka ngiha / toka kōngotu

ignited

whakakāpuratia

ileum

piropiko

image

ata

tūata 2005

imaginary

pohewa

imaging technology

hangarau ata

immune response

urupare ārai

immunisation

whakatō kanoārai(tanga)

2005

immunity

ārai mate

impact

pānga

impact

pātuki

impact

pāpātanga

impact, relationship (things)

pānga

implantation

whakatōnga

implementation process

hātepe whakatinana

tukanga whakauru

important, significant

tāpua

impression

hāraunga

impulse

tōpana whakahāngai

in cartesian form

mā te ritenga tuaka

in polar form

kia pākoki te āhua

in your discussion

i tō matapaki

matapakinga

inactive

nohopuku

incident ray

hihi tūpono

2005

including

tae noa ki

incomplete combustion

ngingiha otikore

incubation period

wā pēhinga

incubator

pūrereawhi

Incubate = pēhi

incubator

pāka whakamāhanahana

independant variable

taurangi whakamauru kore

independent assortment [biol]

hiatonga korehere

index

kuputohu

rārangi kupu

index

kuputohu

taupū

indicator, natural

tohu māori

indirect evidence

taunaki putaiao kōaro

indistinct

mōnehunehu

individual

taha ā-ringa

induced current

iahiko whakaputa-o-roto [NZTC]

inductor

pūpoapoa

industrial chemical process

tukanga matū ahumahi

industrialised country

whenua ahumahi

industry

ahumahi

industry

umanga

inelastic

rorohakore

2005

inert electrode

kawehiko tūpuku

2005

inertia

tupuku

tūpuku

infect

poke

whakapoke

infection

mate

infertility

pākoko

pukupā, pakoko, matapā, korekore

inflammation

kakātanga

2005

inflammatory

whakakakā

Kakā

influence

awe

influenza

rewharewha

information

mōhiohio

information and communication technology

te hangarau mōhiohio me te hangarau whakamōhio

information gathering

kohikohi mōhio

information processing

tukatuka mōhiohio

information retrieval

tipoka mōhio

informed member

ā-tangata kotahi, ā-tangata mātau

infrared [radiation]

hihi pōkākā

infra-red wave

hihi pōkākā

ingenuity

parapara

inhale

whakangā

inhaled air

hau ka whakangā

inheritance

tukunga iho

inheritance

kāwaiheke

inheritance

hekeiho

inherited variation

momo whakaheke

initial heart rate

kapakapa manawa tīmata

initial speed

tere tuatahi, tīmata

initial velocity

tere tuatahi, tīmata

inlet pipes

kōrere tukuwai

innovation

auahatanga

innovation, technological

pūrere hangarau tino hou

inoculate

whakatipu-ā-pia (culture); tāpoke(hia) (against disease) 2005

inoculation

tāpokenga

2005

inorganic fertiliser

wairākau pararopi

input

kōkuhunga

inquire

pākiki

inquiry

uiuinga

insect

ngārara, ngāngara

pēpeke

insect repellent

rongoā ārai ngārara

insect-pollinated flower

puāwai ruihaetia e te pepeke

insert

kōkuhu (v), kōuru, tāuru

insertion

komotanga

insertion of triceps

kōurunga o te uatoru

insoluble

rewakore

insoluble fibre

weu rewakore

instantaneous acceleration

whakatere ohorere

Whakatere inamata

instantaneous speciation

whakamomo tangetange

2005

instantaneous speed

tere ohorere

instruction manuals and explanatory leaflets

pukapuka tohutohu me ngā panui

insulate

pareārai

insulating property

āhuatanga ārai

insulation

ārai

insulator

ārai

insulin

taiāki huka

taiaki

integral [calculus]

pāwhaitua

integrate

whātahi

integration

tikanga pāwhaitua

intellectual

taha hinengaro

intellectual property right

mōtika whakairoiro hinengaro

intensity

kukū

rukiruki

interaction

noho tahitanga

interactions

nohotahitanga

interactions

nohonga tahitanga

interactive multimedia

pāpāho pāhekoheko

interconnection

whakahononga ngātahi

intercostal muscle

uaua taka

intercourse, sexual

ai

mahimahi

interdependence

taupuhipuhinga

interdependence (bio.)

taupuhipuhinga

interface

matawehe

interface, boundary

kotikoti papatahi, mata weherua, rohe

tauroherohe, atanga

interference

mahirihiri

2005

interior design

hoahoa rō whare

interlaced

rīrapa, kōtui

kōtuitui

internal body temperature.

pāmahana āroto

pākiri tinana, pāmahana tinana

internal reflection

whakaata a-roto

whakaata rāroto/tauroto

internal skeleton

anga roto

anga rāroto/tauroto

internal structure

hanganga aroto

internet

ipurangi

interpret

whakamāori

whakamahuki

interrelationship

honongakōtui

intersection of the diagonals

pūtahitanga o ngā hauroki

interview

patapatai

Uiui

intestine

piro

intra-specific competition

whakataetae pūtāmomorite

introduced species

momo tauhou

invade

urutomo

invasive weed

taru urutomo

inventiveness

hinengaro auaha

inverse action

pāheko kōaro

kōarotanga

inversely proportional

rahinga ōrite kōaro

taupāpātanga

invertebrate

hātaretare

investigate

tūhura

investigation

tūhuratanga

iodide

pāhare konutawa

2005

iodine

konutawa

iodine number

tau konutawa

ion

katote

ion table

ripanga ngota katote

ripanga katote

ionic bond

hononga katote

ionic compound

pūhui katote

ionisation

katotetanga

2005

ionising ability

āheinga whakakatote

2005

ionosphere

kōhautuakatote

2005

iris

kōpere

iron

maitai

steel

iron

rino (Fe)

iron oxide

rino waikura

iron pyrite

hāmoamoa

iron sand

onepū rino

iron(II) sulfate

pākawa ngāwhā rino (II)

irradiate

taiapu iratuki

irreversible

kāore nei he hokinga whakamuri

irrigation

rere ai te wai ki ngā māra

hāwaiwai (TKI)

irritate, provoke

mūkākā

isolating mechanism [reproduction]

nukatau whakapūreirei

2005

isomer

poinanaha [WH]

hangangarua [?]

isotope

kanoirite

issue, environmental

take-taiao

issue, local

take ā-iwi

take ā-hapori tata

iterate

tātaitanga tāruarua

IUPAC (systematic) name

ingoa (nahanaha) IUPAC

Page updated: 14 August 2007