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mackeral

tawatawa

2005

magma

tokarewa

magnese

konupango

magnesium

konupora (Mg)

magnesium carbonate

konupora pākawa waro

magnesium chloride

konupora pūhaumāota (MgCl2)

magnesium hydroxide

konupora waihā (Mg(OH)2

magnesium metal

konganuku konupora

magnesium oxide

waikura konupora

magnesium ribbon

ripine konupora

magnet

aukume

magnet

autō

magnetic amplifier

pikihanga autō

magnetic field

papa autō

magnetism

autō

magnetite

rinotō

magnification

whakarahinga

magnifying glass

mōhiti whārahi

magnite

rinotō

magnitude

rarahi

main sequence

raupapa matua

making

whakanao

mahi, hanga

malachite

malachite

male

toa

tāne

male (of animal or tree)

tame / toa / taurawhi

male organ

taihema toa

male reproductive system

pūnaha whakaputa uri o te tāne

malfunction

takahē

malleable

ngāwari

malleable (metals)

kōpoke, māngohe

maltose sugar

huka mote

mammal

whāngote

mammal grazer

whāngote taka

manage time

whatahaere wā

manganese

konupango

manganese dioxide

konupango hāorarua

2005

mangrove

mānawa

mangrove swamp

repo mānawa

papa mānawa

manipulate

rāwekeweke

manipulate [math]

whakamahi

mantle

kahu

mantle

nukuratarata

manufacture

ahumahi

manufacture, industrial

ahumahi

manufacturing

waihangatanga

manufacturing process

tukanga ahumahi

map

mahere

mapi

map, chart (n.)

mahere

map, concept

mahere, ariā

map, topographical

mahere matawhenua

marble

tōtōeka (streaked variety of greenstone)

marble

māpara

[rock]

Marcellus

Mahera

marina

herenga waka

tumu herenga waka, tauranga waka

marina (boat)

herenga waka

marine life

tini a Tangaroa, ngā

Te tini a Tangaroa

marine organism

rauropi taimoana

marine reserve

tāpoi taimoana

Rāhui moana

market

hokohoko

marketing plan

mahere hokohoko

marketing strategy

rautaki hokohoko

Marlborough Sounds

Ngā Tini Moutere o Arapawa [local source]

Mars

Tū-mata-uenga, Matawhero

mass

papatipu

Papatupu, kapinga(displacement)

mass extinction

ngaro-ā-tōpū

Korehāhā whānui

mass number

tau papatipu

matching pairs of chromosomes

pūira takirua rite

mated

aihonotia

2005

material

matū

material world

ao rawa

material world

te ao rawa

material world

ao rawa

material, everyday

matū ā-rangi

material, matter (sci.) substance, chemical

matū

material, unfamiliar

matū tauhou

materials

rawa

materials technology

te hangarau matū

matter [sci.]

matū

mature

matua

(whaka)pakeke

maximum

mōrahi

maximum acceleration

whakaterenga mōrahi

maximum speed

tere tiketike rawa

mean

tau toharite

measles

mate karawaka

measure

ine

measuring cylinder

puoto ine

mechanical device

pūhanga manawa

mechanical device

pūrere pūhanga manawa

mechanical egg beater

koheri aunoa

mechanical energy

pūngao pūhanga manawa

mechanical processes

tukanga pūkahakaha

mechanical system

pūnaha pūkahakaha

mechanical toy

takawaiore aunoa

mechanical toy

takawairore aunoa

mechanics

pūhanga manawa

media

pāpāho

media issue

take pāpāho

median

tau waenga

tau tūwaenga

medical technologies

hangarau-ā-rata

medical use

tikanga ā-rata

medium

kawenga

medium (noun)

aratuku

medium-term effect

pānga tauwaenga

medulla

[?]

meiosis

rūnā pūira / whāiti pūira

melt

whakakoero

whakarewa

melting

whakakoero

melting

rewa, whakarewa

melting point

ira whakakoero (MP)

melting point

ira rewa

membrane

kiriuhi

membrane, cell

kiriuhi pūtau

membrane, semi-permeable

kiriuhi hītari

memory exercises

mahi whakapakari pūmahara

menstrual cycle

huringa awaātua, mate marama, awa wahine

mate wahine, te mataora īkura

menstrual cycle

mate marama

mate-ā-marama

menstruation

mate wahine

īkura

mental retardation

pōhauhautanga

mercury

konuoi

Mercury

Apārangi

also Whiro [Ryan, Stowell, Hana]

mercury

konuoi (Hg)

merino

marina, merino

meristem

pūwewehe

mesoderm

kiriwaenga

mesosphere

kohauwaenga

kōhauwaenga

Messalina

Meharina

messenger RNA

waikawa tuipūmua karere

2005

metabolic pathway

ara matūriaka

metabolism

whakarau pūngao

metal

konganuku

metal alloy

koranu

metal atom

ngota konganuku

metal carbonate

pākawa waro

metal carbonate compound

pūhui pākawa konganuku

metal compound

pūhui konganuku

metal compounds

pūhui konganuku

metal hydroxide

waihā konganuku

metal ion

katote konganuku (Na+)

metal oxide

waikura konganuku

metal, heavy

konganuku taumaha

metal, sacrificial

konganuku raupanga

metal, trace

konganuku rehu

konganuku urutapu

metallic bonding

hononga konganuku

metallic mineral

kohuke konganuku

metamorphic rock

toka kāhuarau / toka maopūroro

metamorphism

whakamaopūrorotanga

metamorphosis

hangawainga toiora

meteor

kōtiri

meteorite

matakōkiri

meter

pūrere ine

methanal

haparo-tahi mewaro

methane

mewaro (CH4)

methanoic acid

waikawa mewaro

methanol

waihā mewaro

method

aratuka

tikanga

method

tūmahi

method of propulsion

tikanga toko

methyl butanoate

pūhākawa mewaro

2005

methyl ethanoate

ehākawa mewaro

methyl methanoate

mehākawa mewaro

methyl propanoate

pōhākawa mewaro

2005

methylated spirits

wai ewaro

methylpropene

waiwaro rua pōwaro mēwaro

metric system

pūnaha rau

microbe

moroiti

microfiche

tawhera mōkito

microorganism

moromoroiti, moroiti, moroitiiti

micro-organism, microbe

moroiti

micro-organisms

moromoroiti

microscope

karuwhārahi

microscope

karu whārahi

microscope slide

tawhera whārahi

microscope stand

tūnga whārahi

microscope tube

ngongo whārahi

microscope, binocular

whārahi karurua

microscope, electron

karu whārahi irahiko

microscope, monocular

whārahi karutahi

microscopic

mōkitokito

microvilli

tīngoimoroiti

microwave

ngaruiti

microwave oven

ngaruiti

microwave station

mid-decile school

kura ōtekau waenga

midpoint

pūwaenga

midrib

karawhā

tuaka

midwife

kairāwhina whakawhānau [Te Muka]

kaiāwhina whakawhānau, tāpuhi whaka whānau

migration, bird

pīrere manu

hekenga manu

military hardware

taputapu kawe ā-riri

milk powder

miraka paura

Milky Way galaxy

Te Mangō Roa

millipede

waemano

weri

mimic

pakoire

mimicry

tāwhai, whakatau

mine

huke / rua waro

rua ………

mineral

kohuke

mineral

manawa whenua

Mineral Key

Kī Kohuke

Tohu kohuke

minerals

ōpapa

minimum

mokito

mōkito

mining

karikari

mining gold

karikari kōura

mining iron sands

karikari kirikiri rino

minute (time)

hahori

meneti, miniti

mirror

whakaata

mirror image

whakaata

mirror, concave

whakaata hakoko

mirror, convex

whakaata koropuku

miscible

tairewa

mitochondrion

puna whakarau pūngao

mitochondrion

punaraungao

mitosis

whāū pūira / pūmau pūira

mix

ranu (ka ranua te mewaro me te wai)

mix

whakaranu

poke

mixture

ranunga, pokepoke

MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)

MMR (mate karawaka, repe pupuhi me te rūpera)

mobile

tāwēwē

tautau

mobile phone

waea pūkoro

model

tauira

modification

nanaotanga

modify

whakarerekē

modularisation

kōwaehanga

moisture content

ōwehenga wai o roto

molar (concentration)

titiwha

molasses

marahihi

mole (amount)

tīwhanga

molecular compound

pūhui rāpoi ngota

molecule

rāpoi ngota

mollusc

waeua

molten

ratarata

rewa

molten rock

toka-ratarata

molten wax

hinu whakakoero

wākihi rewa

momentum

neke rahaki

momentum

ainga / torohaki

monarch butterfly

kahuku

kahukura

monera

huakite

monitor [verb]

aro turuki

aroturuki

monitoring

aroturuki

monitoring

aro turuki

monocotyledon

pātakatahi

monocular microscope

whārahi karutahi

monomer

waetahi

monosaccharide

hukatahi

moral

whanonga

moral issue

take/whakaaro whanonga

mordant

whakaū kano

waitumu

mordant

whakaū

more

nui ake

Morse code

arike a Mohe

Arikē a Mohe

Morse code

arikē a Mohe

Waehere Mohe

mortar

whāpiri / moata

mortar (grinding dish)

paekoru

mosasaurus

mokotai

moss

pūkohu

moth

pēpē

motif

waitohu

motion

nekehanga

motion

nekenga

motor

pūkaha

mould

pūhekaheka / waitau

mountain beech

tawhairauriki (Nothofagus solandrii var. cliffortioides)

tāwhai rauriki

mouth freshener

karahā

mouthpart

wāhanga waha

move (v.i.)

nuku

neke

move [verb]

nuku

move freely

kautere haere

move horizontal

whakaneke huapae

movement

ara nekehanga

movement

kaunuku

movement (through system)

nekehanga

mucous plug

puru hūwareware

mucus

hūwareware

ware

mudflats

taikoraha

matatāhuna

mudstone

kōhatu hū

2005

muffin

mawhene

multicellular

pūtau whāioio

multiple variation

rerekētanga maha

multi-step linear equation

whārite rārangi whiringa maha

mumps

repe pupuhi, mate pupuhi repe

mumps

mate pupuhi repe

mural [painting]

kōwaiwai pakitara

muscle

uaua

muscle

ua

muscle wasting

whakamemeke uaua

muscle-wasting

horokiwa uaua

2005

muscular dystrophy

mēmeke uaua

Muses

Muihi

mushroom

maiharu

harore

musical instrument

taonga pūoro

mussel shell

anga kuku

anga kūtai etc

mutate

irakē

mutation

irakētanga

mycelium

pūnaha weuweu (fungus) [NZTC]

wekeweke

Mycenae

Mihinei

myriapod

waetini