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nahanaha

systematic

naki

slope

Nako

Naxos

nakunaku / kūnatu

digest

nakunakuhia

nakunaku

crushed

nanaotanga

modification

nape

ligament

nape horiaku

nylon cord

nehu rauropi

eco-funeral

nehurau

tomentum

neke ā-karu

apparent

neke ā-tinana

actual

neke rahaki

momentum

nekehanga

motion

nekehanga

movement (through system)

nekehanga hāngai

relative motion

nekehanga hawarite

harmonic motion

nekehanga hawarite māmā

simple harmonic motion

nekehanga porowhita

circular motion

nekehanga tītere

projectile motion

nekenga

motion

nekepapa

tectronic plate

nēneke, nūnuku, kaunuku

locomotion

ngā āhuatanga hangarau

technological world

ngā hua, ngā pūnaha me ngā taiao hangarau

technological products, systems and environments

ngā iahiko

electronics

ngā kare-a-roto

feelings

ngā kupu me ngā tohu mātanga e tika ana

specialist vocabulary and symbols

ngā manakohanga o ngā kiritaki

consumer preferences

ngā tikanga tauhokohoko

trade practices

Ngā Tini Moutere o Arapawa [local source]

Marlborough Sounds

ngahemo

moe

unconscious

ngahere urutapu

virgin forest

ngāherehere

forestry

ngahunga

focal

ngahuru

autumn

ngākau nui

zeal

ngākau titikaha

confidence

ngako

fat, lipid

ngako totoka

solid fat

ngaku

Mahi, take, tikanga

function

ngaku

substance

ngaku iranga

genetic material

ngaku korekino

harmless substance

ngaku whakapau hāora toru

ozone depleting substance

ngakuāhua matū

chemical property

ngakuāhua ōkiko

tūāhua ōkiko

physical property

ngakuāhua, āhuatanga

properties

ngakutae kiri

skin pigmentation

ngāngara e kore e taea te rere

flightless insect

ngao

awaawa, kōawa

trough

ngao hiko

electrical energy

Ngao Kōmaru

Solar Power

ngao matū

chemical energy

ngao matū moe

chemical potential energy

ngao moumou

waste energy

ngao neke

kenetic energy

ngao oro

sound energy

ngao tāwariwari

elastic energy

ngao tō-ā-papa

gravitational energy

ngao tō-ā-papa pūngao moe (Ep)

gravitional potentional energy

ngao wera

heat energy

ngao whaihua

useful energy

ngao whakaputa, tāputa ngao

energy output

ngao whakauru, tāuru ngao

whakaurunga ngao, tāuru ngao

energy input

ngaohiko

voltage

ngaohiko ka whakawhiti i

voltage across

ngaorere

flux

ngārara

insect

ngārara rere

winged insect

ngārara, ngāngara

pēpeke

insect

ngaro-ā-tōpū

Korehāhā whānui

mass extinction

ngaru

wave

ngaru autō ā-hiko/autōhiko

electromagnetic wave

ngaru tū

standing wave

ngaruiti

microwave

ngaruiti

microwave oven

ngatere

vibration

ngātere

Hoto

pulse

ngateri, ngatari

vibration

ngau o te puku

kōpito

abdominal pain

ngāwari

malleable

ngawaro

decane

ngāwhā

hot spring

ngawhere

breakdown

ngawheretia

broken down

ngāwherewhere

break down

ngeni kai

food particle

ngeni kame

phagocyte

ngeni taikiri

lymphocyte

ngeni waitinana T

T-lymphocytes

ngenikame

phagocyte

ngenimā

leucocyte

ngenimoni

phagocyte

ngeniwhero

erythrocyte

ngiha

tahu, kā, wera

burn

ngingiha

combustion

ngingiha otikore

incomplete combustion

ngingiha otinga

ngingiha katoatia

complete combustion

ngingiha paruhi

complete combustion

ngō

aphid

ngohe auroa

continuum activity

ngohe hangarau

mahi hangarau

technological practice

ngohengohe

flexibility

ngohengohe

flexible

ngohengohe/ pīngore

flexible, softness

ngōhiko

diode

ngoi

dominant

ngoi

power (sci.)

ngoi

power, energy

ngoi tarepa

ngoi noa

completely dominant [biol]

ngoikore

recessive

ngoingoi

soft

ngoiti

pipette

ngōiti

tubule

ngōiti tākihi

kidney tubule

ngongo

pūngote

drinking straw

ngongo

tube

ngongo

tube, siphon

ngongo karaehe

ngongo kōata

glass tube

ngongo rapa

rubber tube

ngongo ruke

from reactor

discharge tube

ngongo weu

capillary tube

ngongo weu tākihi

renal tubule

ngongo whārahi

microscope tube

ngongo, pūkawe

siphon

ngopata

māturuturu whatu

dropper, eye

ngopata

māturuturu

eye dropper

ngori

weak (acid/base)

ngorongo

Eustachian tube

ngota

atom

ngota katote hauwai

hydrogen ion

ngota konganuku

metal atom

ngota tukituki

colliding atom

ngotea

absorption

ngunu

annelid

ngunu papatahi

platyhelminth

niho

gear

nihokati

zip

niko tātea, niko taitea, pōkai raho

2005

epididymis

niniho

serrated, toothed

niu

coconut

noatia

noa

randomly

noho haumaru i te wai

water safety

noho kiriora

hygiene

noho tahitanga

interaction

noho whakapiri ki runga

superimposed, be

nohoanga rauora

safety seat

nohonga riaki

state=level

excited state

nohonga tahitanga

interactions

nohopuku

inactive

nohotahi ki

associated with [biol]

nohotahitanga

interactions

nohotata toitū

sympatric

nonireka

2005

glycerol

Nōwītini

Norwegian

nui ake

more

nui o te ika kua whakaaetia kia haoa

pānga (e.g. ika, whenua)

quota

nukatau whakapūreirei

2005

isolating mechanism [reproduction]

nuku

neke

move (v.i.)

nuku

move [verb]

nukupapa

continental drift

nukuratarata

mantle

nukuwai

ika oneone ™

amphibian