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raceme, spike

pūhui roa

radar

hihiani

radiant heat

hahana mahana

radiant light

aho

radiation

parawhiti

radiation

iraruke

radio isotopes

ehu iraruke

radio telescope

pūkohi hihirangi

radio waves

hihi irirangi

radioactive

ira tukituki

radioactive decay

piraunga ira tukituki

radioactive decay

horo iraruke, mehanga iratuki

radioactive source

matamata ira tukituki

radioactive tracer

kaitakitaki iratuki

2005

radioactivity

ira tukituki(tanga)

radioisotope

ehu iratuke

radiotherapy

whakaora ā-iraruke, haumanu iraruke

radium

konutuki

radius

āpiti

pūtoro

raised in waves

huamo

random

matapōkere

randomly

noatia

noa

randomly chosen

i tīpako matapōkeretia

range of technique

āhuatanga mahi

rapidly

tere

rare

onge

rate

auau / pātanga rerekē

rate

pātanga rerekē / auau

rate factor

āhuatanga auau

rate of blood flow

auau o te rerenga toto

pāpātanga toto, pāpātanga o te toto

rate of oxygen use

auau o te whakamahi hāora

pāpātanga hāora

rate of photosynthesis

auautanga ahotakakame ; auau o te ahotakakame

rate of reaction

tere o te tauhohenga

ratio

ōwehenga

ratio

taupāpātanga

rationale

pūnga

take

rationale

pūnga

raw material

matū māori

ray box

pouaka hihi

ray of light

hihi tūrama

reabsorb

whenumi anō

mimiti anō

react

tauhohe

reactant

huatakinga, tauhohenga

reactant

huatakinga, matū hohe, kaitauhohe

reactant

kaitauhohe, huatakinga, matū hohe

reaction

tauhohe

reaction

tauhohenga

reaction force

tōpana tauutu

reaction mixture

ranunga tauhohe

reaction rate curve

tāwhana auau tauhohenga

tāwhana tere tauhohe

reaction scheme

mahere tauhohe

reaction, chemical

tauhohe matū

reaction, rate of

tere o te tauhohenga

reactivities

tere o te tauhohenga

reactivity

kaha o te tauhohenga

reactivity series

raupapa tauhohenga

reagent

kaiwhakahohe

real-life context

horopaki tūturu

rearrangement

whakatakotoranga hou/anō

whakanahanaha anō, whakanaha anō

reason, biological

take ōmataora

recessive

ngoikore

recessive allele

Arere/irarā ngoikore

recessive gene

ira-ngoikore

recipe

tohutao

tohutaka

recipe

tohu taka

reciprocal

tau taupoki

recognise

āhukahuka

kite

recognise

āhukahuka

mōhio

recombination [biol]

tūhonoa

tūhono anō, whakaranu anō, tauhonohono

record

tuhi

pūkete

recorded

mauhangatia

mauhanga

rectilinear

rārangi-tōtika

recurved

kokeu

recycling

tukurua

hangarua, whakahouhou

recycling

taha tukurua

recycling factory

tohitū whakanao tukurua

red blood cell

pūtau toto whero

red dwarf

whito whero

red giant

whetū nunui whero

red lead

matā whero

red litmus

kātohu whero

Red Sea

Moana Whero [bible]

2005

redox reaction

tauhohe tangohāoratanga, pitihāoratanga

reduce the effects

whakaiti ake ngā pānga

whakaiti iho i ngā pānga, pare

reductant

tango hāora

kaiwhakaiti

reduction

tangohāoratanga

reed switch

pana kaho

reference circle

porohita whakatara

references

kōrero whakatara

tohutoro, taipitopito

refinement

tōriretanga

reflected

whakaatatia

reflection

whakaata

reflection

whakaatanga

reflection

hurihuringa

reflex

kahuki

refraction

ata tāhapa

refraction

ata tāhapa(tanga)

refraction

ata pikopiko

refractive index

taupū atatāhapa

2005

regional metamorphism

whakamaopūrorotanga pā

regional metamorphism

whakamaopūrorotanga ā-takiwā

regulation

waeture

relate

whakarite

whakahāngai

related

pātahi [WH]; whai pānga

related

whai pānga

relationship

pāpārite; pātahitanga [WH]

relationship (between things)

pānga

whanaungatanga

relationships

pānga

relative density

ukanga pānoa, apiapitanga pānoa

relative melting point

pūwāhi rewa pānoa

2005

relative motion

nekehanga hāngai

relative reactivities

kaha pānoa tauhohehohe, pānga o te kaha o ngā tauhohenga

relative unit

wae pānoa, wae pāritenga

wae hāngai, waetohu hāngai

relay race

tauoma tānga

relevant information

mōhiohio hāngai

mōhiohio whai pānga

reliability

whaikiko

whaitake, whai tikanga

reliable

tika, pono

remote control

pū mamao

remote control device

rou mamao

remove

whakakore

tango

renal artery

iatuku [iakawe] tākihi

renal tubule

ngongo weu tākihi

renewable resource

rawa hangarua [e taea ana te whakahou]

repeating unit

wae tāruarua

repel

akiri (tia)

2005

replanting programme

hōtaka whakatipu anō

replicate

whakahoki

tāruarua

replicate

tārua

replicate, clone

whakarua

replication

whakatāruarua

tāruarua

replication, DNA

tāruatanga DNA

tāruarua pītau ira

report

pūrongo

report

tuku pūrongo

reporting

pūrongo

represent

tū kanohi

tohu, whakatauira

represent

tū kanohi

māngai, tauira

representation

āhua

whakaaturanga

reproduce

whakaputa uri

ai, aitanga

reproduce

whakaputa uri

whakanao uri

reproduction

whakaputa uritanga

reproduction

whakaputanga uri

reproduction

whakaputa uri

reproduction, asexual

paratau kore

reproduction, sexual

paratau

reproductive organ

taihemahema

reproductive organ, sexual organ

taihemahema

reptile

moko

ngārara, ngāngara

researcher

kairangahau

reservoir

hikuwai

kurawai

resistance

parenga

resistance

parenga ia

resistance

parenga iahiko

resistor

pare-iahiko [NZTC]

resistor, light-dependent

ārai ngoiaho

pare ngoiaho

resonance

kōwarotanga

Resource Management Act

Ture Whakahaere Rawa Taiao

resource, natural

rawa māori, rawa whenua

resources

rawa

respiration

tukupūngao

respiration

whakahā

respiratory disease

tahumaero romahā

respiratory system

pūnaha romahā

respire

whakahā

respire

tuku pūngao / whakahā

response

tāoro

urupare

responsibility

takohanga

haepapa, kawenga

responsibility

takohanga

mana, tikanga

responsible decision

whakatau i āta whakaarotia

whakatau tika

result

kitenga

tukunga iho, putanga, hua

resultant speed

tere ka hua ake

retailing

tauhokohoko

retina

āhuahua

pī

retort

puoto kakīroa

retort stand

tūnga puoto

retrieval

tīpoka

retrieve

tango mai

tiki

revolutions per minute

huringa ia miniti

revolve/rotate about the axis

huri mā te tuaka

rheostat

pare-iahiko tāupe

rheumatism

uhumona

rūmātiki

rheumatism

uhumona

rhinovirus-14

huaketōrino-14

rhizome

toi

rhizome

akakōare

rhombus

tapawhā rite whakarara

whakarara rite

rib

rara

taiki, heke, kaokao

ribosome

tuipūmuā

ridge

hiwi

rise

kōkiri

rise evenly

tautika te whakapiki

hūrokuroku

rise rapidly

tere te whakapiki

risk

mōrea

mōreareatanga

risk factor

take mōrea

river flats

mānia, mānia awa

RNA

waikawa tuipūmua

2005

road cutting

pari o te huarahi

robot

karetao

ponana hiko

robotic arms

ringa tāhiko

ringa ponana hiko

robotics

hanga karetao

hanga ponana hiko

robust

pakari

rock

toka

rock cliff exposure

taiapu pari toka

rock cycle

mataora toka

huringa toka, riponga toka

rock layer sequence

raupapa papatūranga toka

rock strata

papanga kōhatu

rock strata

papanga toka

rock, igneous

toka kongotu, toka ngiha

rock, metamorphic

toka, maopūroro

kāhuarau

rock, sedimentary

toka, hore

parataiao

rock, stratified

toka, papanga

rocket, space

waka ātea, tākirirangi

rocket, water

tākiriwai

rocketry

tākirirangi

rocketry, space

mātauranga tākirirangi

rod

matira

role play

whakaari, whakatau

whakatautau

roll the tongue

koropeke i tōna arero

roller coaster

waka rōnaki

Romulus

Romurihi

room temperature

pāmahana rūma

pākiri rūma, pākiri/pāmahana manga/kopa

root (fibrous)

akaaka

root (long, slender)

toi

root (of tree)

pakiaka

root (tap)

tāmore

rose

rōhi

rot (wood)

pūkorukoru

rotate

takahuri

rotational inertia

tūpuku hurihuringa

rough

taratara

round

porotaka

round flask

puoto porotaka

round off

whakaawhiwhi

round-coated seed

koti-porotaka

kākano kahu porotaka

rub

konikoni

rubber

rapa

rubber band

hererapa

rubber band, loaded

hererapa pehu

rubber rope

taura taherapa

rubber tube

ngongo rapa

rubbish dump

ruapara

rubella

Rūpera, karawaka Tiamana

rung

kaupae

rust prevention

ārai atu i te waikura

pare waikura

rusting, oxidation

waikuratanga