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label

tapanga

Waitohu

labelled diagram

hoahoa tapanga

Hoahoa waitohu

laboratory

taiwhanga pūtaiao

lack

hapa

Korenga

lactation

whāngote

Period of lactation

lactic acid

waikawa waiū

lactic acid

waikawa miraka

lactose sugar

reihuka

lagging strand

aho takamuri

lamp

rama

land line

pae whenua

land plant

tupu whenua

Tipu whenua

Land Transport Act

Ture Mauranga Whenua

landslide

horo whenua

landslide, erosion

horo whenua

landslides

horo whenua

Lanolin

hinuwūru

large chain molecule

rāpoi ngota mekameka rahi

large complex structure

hanga rahi, matatini hoki

large intestine

piro nui

laser

pūrere taiaho

laser beam

hihi taiaho

lateral bud

popona kōtaha

latitude

ahopae

lattice (network of ions)

tukutuku katote

lava

tahepuia

rangitoto

lava, magma

rewanga kohatu / tahepuia

lava, magma

tahepuia / rewanga kohatu

Rewanga kōhatu

Law of Conservation of Energy

Ture-Atawhai-Ngao

layer, thick mass

kahupapa

leach (v.t.)

whakapākeka

leach (verb)

whakapākeka

lead

konumatā

lead

matā (Pb)

lead [metal]

matā

lead pollution

whakaparu ā-mata

lead pollution

tūkinotanga matā

lead screen

ārai matā

Leader

Kaihautū

leading strand

aho ārahi

leaf

rau

leaf epidermis

kiritai rau

leaf, compound

tawhera

leaflet

tawheraiti

leaflet

mātārere

learning and assessment examples

tauira wheako me ngā tauira aromatawai

learning outcome

hua akoranga

learning strands

whenu ako pūtaiao nei

leathery

kiriuka

legal responsibility

haepapa ture

lens

arotahi, mōhiti

lens

tauka

lens grinding

kauoro mōhiti

lens, eyepiece

taukamo

lens, objective

arotahi whārahi

lentil

patapoki (lentil)

= concave seed (WH)

less dense

iti iho te apiapi

apiapi iti

lesson plan

mahere mō ia wā whakaako

letterhead

mokoreta

leucocyte

ngenimā

lever

hua

life cycle

mai i te whānautanga ki te hemonga / mataora

life cycle of stars

mataora o ngā whetū

life expectancy

tūmanakohanga ora

life process

tukanga ora

lifestyle

taeranoho

hanga oranga, tauoranga

lifestyle activity

mahi nohoao

mahi hanga oranga, mahi tauoranga

ligament

nape

light

tūrama

light bulb

rama

light exercise

kori tinana ngāwari

light intensity

rukinga mārama

kaha tūrama

light ray

hihi mārama

hihi, hihi tūrama

light telescope

whātata tūrama

light year

tauaho arorangi [NZTC]

tau hihi

light-dependent resistor

tohutohu a ngā kaihanga ārai ngoiaho

light-dependent resistor

ārai ngoiaho

light-emitting diode

whāhutahi whakaputa

whāhutahi whakaputa tūrama

lightning rod

pou uira

lightweight, soft

kōmāmā

limestone

pākeho

limestone cave

ana pākeho

limestone caves

ana pākeho

limewater (calcium hydroxide)

wairaima (konupūmā waihā)

waipākeho

limitations

tawhā

rohenga

limited oxygen

hāora whāiti

limiting factor

take aukati

line

aho

linear accelerator

kātere rārangi

linear equation

whārite rārangi

whāritenga rārangi

linear programming

raupapa tūtohunga rārangi

lining of the uterus

paparanga o te kōpū

lipases

kōnatungako

liquid

wē

liquid milk

miraka wē

liquid oil

hinu wē

liquified petroleum gas (LPG)

hauī

literature

tuhituhinga

litmus

tohu waikawa

litter

punipuni

liver

atewhane

ate

living materials

rawa ora

living system

pūnaha whaioranga

living things

mea oreore

living world

te ao mataora

living world

ao ora

loaded rubber band

hererapa pehu

local authority

mana ā-rohe

local environment

papakāinga

local issue

take ā-iwi

local waterways

te papakāinga

location

tūranga, tūwāhi

lock onto [a cell]

mauhere atu ki te pūtau

locomotion

nēneke, nūnuku, kaunuku

locus of the point

huanui o te pūwāhi

lode

papa kohuke

logarithm

taupū kōaro

logical

arorau

logical deduction

whakatau arorau

long chain alkanes

waiwaro mekameka roa

long chains of carbon

mekameka waro roa

long sighted

kite mao

long term plan

mahere taumano

longitude

ahopou

longitudinal section

motu roa

tapahanga whāroa

long-term effect

pānga tauroa

pānga pāroa

loop

koropewa

loud speaker

tukuoro

whakanui reo

low acceleration

whakatere pōturi

low-decile school

kura ōtekau raro

kura rawa kore

LPG

LPG

LPG barbeque

rorerore LPG

lubricant

hinu / wēhekewaku

lubricant, oil

hinu

lunar

pōunga

lunar cycle

marama kōwhiti

lunar eclipse

āraitanga marama

lunar eclipse

whenumi marama

whenumi

lung

pūkahukahu

pukapuka

lung cancer

pupuku o ngā pūkahu; mate atewharowharo pukupuku [HM Ngata]

mate pukupuku pūkahukahu

luteinising hormone (LH)

taiaki-whakahema [taiaki ongakano]

lutenising hormone (LH)

taiaki ongakano (LH)

lymph

taikiri

lymph node

pona taikiri

lymphocyte

ngeni taikiri

lymphocyte

ngeni taikiri

Lysis

Rihia