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(2)hākawa (1)waro

(1)yl (2)anoate

2–pūkeha–3–waikawa pūwaro mēwaro

2–bromo–3–methylbutanoic acid

2-waihā pōwaro

2-propanol

3–waihā–1–pōwaro pūhaumāota

3–chloropropan–1–ol

4-waiwaro-rua-2-pēwaro mewaro

2005

4-methylpent-2-ene

Aehiru

Aeschylus

Aeneas

Aeneas

Aenei

Aeneid

āhāora

hāoraora (UF)

aerobic

ahaoti ōkiko

physical properties

āhei / pūmanawa

ability

āheinga

function

āheinga whakakatote

2005

ionising ability

āheipuringa

capacitance

ahi pao

flint

aho

line

aho

radiant light

aho ārahi

leading strand

aho pītauira

2005

DNA strand

aho tahi

single stranded

aho takamuri

lagging strand

aho tarapī

fine fibre

ahopae

latitude

ahopou

longitude

ahotakakame

photosynthesis

ahu-2

two-dimensional

ahu-3

three-dimensional

āhua

appearance

āhua

whakaaturanga

representation

āhua ā-mahi

technique

āhua hihiko oho

state of positive charge

āhua o te mahi

technique

āhua o te toto

composition of the blood

āhuahanga taunga

coordinate geometry

Āhuahanga Taunga

Coordinate Geometry

āhuahua

retina

āhuaira

alleles

āhuarangi

climate

āhuatanga

feature

āhuatanga

property

āhuatanga

āhuatanga pūtaiao

property (sci.), feature

āhuatanga

property [sci.]

āhuatanga ārai

insulating property

āhuatanga auau

rate factor

āhuatanga hiko

electrical property

āhuatanga korakora o te matū

particle nature of matter

āhuatanga mahi

range of technique

āhuatanga mahi

technique, range of

āhuatanga matū

chemical property

āhuatanga matū

property, chemical

āhuatanga motuhake

feature, special

āhuatanga motuhake

special feature

āhuatanga motuhake

special features

āhuatanga ngoi

dominant trait

āhuatanga ōkiko

Take kikokiko

factor, physical

āhuatanga ōkiko

hanga

feature, physical

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical factor, physical feature, physical property

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical factors

āhuatanga ōkiko

physical property

āhuatanga ōkiko motuhake

special property

āhuatanga ōkiko pūnoa, āhuatanga ōkiko māori

common physical property

āhuatanga pūnoa, āhuatanga māori, āhuatanga e kaha ai te mōhiotia,

common characteristics

āhuatanga tauaro

contrasting aspects

āhuatanga urutau

urutaunga hanga

adaptive feature

āhuatanga urutau

feature, adaptive

āhuatanga waikawakawa

acidic condition

āhuatini

allotrope

āhua-tūpatopato

semi-conservative

āhukahuka

kite

recognise

āhukahuka

mōhio

recognise

ahumahi

industry

ahumahi

manufacture

ahumahi

manufacture, industrial

ahumahi hātepe

process industry

ahumāra

mahi māra

horticulture

ahumoana

farming, fish

ahumoana

fish farming

ahunga

direction

ahupūngao

physics

ahupūngao koiora

biophysics

ahurea me te hapori

culture and society

ahurei

taiopenga

festival

ahuwhenua

agriculture

ahuwhenua māori

organic farming

ahuwhenua pararopi

farming, organic

ai

mahimahi

intercourse, sexual

aihonotia

2005

mated

ainga / torohaki

momentum

āiō

hau

air

akaaka

root (fibrous)

akakōare

rhizome

ake

oho [for atoms], tōrunga

positive

aki paturopi

antigen

ākinga pūmau

tōpana pūmau

constant force

ākinga pūmau

Ākinga taimau

force, constant

akiri (tia)

2005

repel

Akohi

Argos

akomanga hauora

health-education class

ākonga

pia, tauira

student

ā-māheu

2005

vegetative

Ameihia

Ameipsias

āmionga

orbit

āmionga irahiko

kahu irahiko

electron shell

āmionga o waho (o te karihi)

shell

amiorangi

satellite

amirea hūareare

salivary amylase

ana pākeho

limestone cave

ana pākeho

limestone caves

ana tūpāpaku

crypting

Anatihi

Anchises

ānau

curve

anga

enamel (n.)

anga

enamel (noun)

anga kohuke

structure (mineral)

anga kuku

anga kūtai etc

mussel shell

anga roto

anga rāroto/tauroto

internal skeleton

anga waho

external skeleton

angārongo

thigmotropism

angaroto

chordate

angawaho

arthropod

anuhe

caterpillar

ao ahupūngao

physical world

ao ahupūngao

world, physical

ao hangarau

technological world

ao o te rererangi

Ao rererangi

aviation

ao ora

living world

ao ora

ōmataora

world, living

ao rauropi

biosphere

ao rawa

material world

ao tipu, ao kararehe

flora and fauna

ao tukupū

universe

ao-matua

primary body

aorangi

whetūriki

planet

aorangi

satellite

aorangi hori

satellite

aorangi hori

satellite, technological

aorangi hori kōrerorero

communications satellite

aorangi iti

kōtiri

asteroid

ao-tauira taketake

protoplanet

ao-tuarangi

heavenly bodies

aowai

2005

aquatic

apaapa

cement

apaapa pīwata

[pīwata = palisade]

palisade layer

āpaka

alpaca

Apārangi

also Whiro [Ryan, Stowell, Hana]

Mercury

apataki

minenga

audience

apataki tauwhāiti

Minenga

specific audience

apiapitanga wheua kawiti

wrist bone density

āpiti

pūtoro

radius

āpiti

valence

āpitihāora, kaipitihāora

2005

oxidant

āpititahi

2005

covalent

aponga pōpoki

compost pile

āpure

zone

āpure tō-ā-papa

gravitational field

āputa

gap

āputa māia

confidence interval

āputa rārangi aratau

contour interval

ara iahiko

circuit

ara iahiko

electrical circuit

ara iahiko

electrical circuits

ara iahiko hātepe

circuit, series

ara iahiko mataiti

simple electrical circuit

ara iahiko whakarara

circuit, parallel

ara iahiko whātahitanga matatini

complex integrated electrical circuit

ara matūriaka

metabolic pathway

ara nekehanga

movement

ara pāwhati

tracking grid

ara tātea

sperm duct

ara whai tikanga

ara matua

critical path

ara-(iahiko) hātepe

series circuit

ara-(iahiko) whakarara

parallel circuit

arahura [WH]

opportunity

ārai

pupuri

constrain

ārai

tautāwhi

constraint

ārai

insulation

ārai

insulator

ārai āpiti hāora, tāpiri irahiko

antioxidant

ārai atu i te waikura

pare waikura

rust prevention

ārai matā

lead screen

ārai mate

immunity

ārai ngoiaho

light-dependent resistor

ārai ngoiaho

pare ngoiaho

resistor, light-dependent

āraimate hohe

active immunity

āraimate huriaro

passive immunity

āraitanga

eclipse

āraitanga hori

artificial immunity

āraitanga marama

lunar eclipse

āraitanga Marama [Hina]

eclipse of the Moon

āraitanga noa

natural immunity

āraitanga rā

solar eclipse

arakano

oviduct

ararua

awarua, riunga

aisle

aratuka

tikanga

method

aratuka whakaputa tōkaikore

asexual reproduction method

aratuku

medium (noun)

arawai

waterway

arawhata

arawhiti

bridge

areare

tiriwhana

arch (of bridge)

Arere/irarā ngoikore

recessive allele

ariā

concept

ariā

theory

ariā

theory, concept

ariā matūriki

particle theory of matter

ariā nukupapa

continental drift theory

ariā nukupapa

plate tectonics

ariā nukupapa

theory of continental drift

Ariā Pahū Nui

Big Bang theory

arike a Mohe

Arikē a Mohe

Morse code

arikē a Mohe

Waehere Mohe

Morse code

āriponga

kawenga wera/hiko

conduction

ariponga wera

heat conduction

Aritowhane

Aristophanes

aro mātai

evaluate

aro turuki

aroturuki

monitor [verb]

aro turuki

monitoring

aro turuki (i te kōngahungahu)

foetal monitoring

aroākapa pāpori

social hierarchy

ārohi

tirotiro

examine

aromātai

evaluate

aromatawai

assess

aronga

direction

arorau

logical

arotahi

focus

arotahi

focus, lens

arotahi

focusing

arotahi / mōhiti

lens

arotahi hakoko

convex lens

arotahi whārahi

lens, objective

arotahi whārahi

objective lens

arotahi, mōhiti

lens

arotake

evaluate

arotake

evaluation

arotake i te whakatau

evaluation of decision

arotautanga

optimisation

aroturuki

monitoring

Aroturuki Inuinu a ALAC

ALAC Drinking Monitor

arowhenua

geology

arumoni

commercial

ata

figure [illustration, diagram]

ata

tūata 2005

image

Ata 1

Fig. 1

ata pikopiko

refraction

ata tāhapa

refraction

ata tāhapa(tanga)

refraction

āta wānangahia

critically evaluate

āta whakaatu, hāpono

prove

ataata

shadows

ā-tangata kotahi, ā-tangata mātau

informed member

ātārangi

ata (human), maru (others)

shadow

atawhai i a Papa-tū-ā-nuku

conservation

ātawhanake

gradualism

ate kakā B

hepatitis B

ātea

whaitua

space (n.)

ātea

mokowā (interval)

space (n.)

atekakā A

hepatitis A

ateroa

pancreas

ātete

whakahē

oppose

ātete rongoā paturopi

antibiotic resistance

ātetetanga rongoā

drug resistance

atewhane

ate

liver

aua

2005

herring

auaha

creative

auaha hangarau

technological innovation

auaha tōtika

ergonomics

auahatanga

innovation

auahi

smoke

auahi tūpeka

tobacco smoke

auahi tūroa

comet

auau / pātanga rerekē

rate

auau moītanga

fermentation rate

auau o te rerenga toto

pāpātanga toto, pāpātanga o te toto

rate of blood flow

auau o te whakamahi hāora

pāpātanga hāora

rate of oxygen use

auautanga

frequency

auautanga ahotakakame ; auau o te ahotakakame

rate of photosynthesis

auautanga koki

angular frequency

auautanga paepoto

minimum frequency

threshold frequency

auautanga, auau; iarere [radio etc]

Putaputanga

frequency

aukatinga

prevention

aukume

magnet

aukume hikotanga

electromagnetism

aumou

pūmau, taimau,

constant

aupoke

whare ahumahi / hangahanga

factory

aupoke peita

paint factory

autō

magnet

autō

magnetism

autō ā-hiko, autōhiko

electromagnet

autui

cloak pin

awa kōpaka

glacier

awahae

style (of flower)

Awakairangi

Hutt Valley

awakeo

glacier

awakeri

trench

awakoko

semicircular canal

awamimi

ureter

awatātea

sperm tube (vas deferens)

awe

influence

awe

soot

awenga pāpori

societal influence

awetāoke (WH)

allelopathy

awhakātau

rahopūru

avocado

āwhata

scale

āwhata pH

pH scale

āwhiotanga o te marama

phases of the moon