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rā

sun

rā taka o te maramataka

ngā marama

phases of the moon

rā taka o te maramataka / wāhanga o Whiro

phases of the moon

rahi

amount

rahi o te mahi

amount of work

rahi ōkiko

physical quantity

rahi pū

rahinga pū

exact amount:

rahinga

nuinga

bulk

rahinga ahupūngao

physical quantity

rahinga kikokiko

physical quantity

rahinga ōrite kōaro

taupāpātanga

inversely proportional

rahirahi

thin

raho

testicle

raho

testis

rahoto

scoria

rāhui

kāhui

flock

rāhuitanga o te ngota

conservation of atoms

raima

cement

raima

concrete

raka

ringarua

ambidextrous

rākau ware

shrubs

rama

lamp

rama

light bulb

ranga pūruarite

2005

homologous series

rangahau pītauira

DNA study

rangahau takiraha

transect survey

rangihori

planisphere

rangitahi

temporary

rangotopaki

ngarotopaki

hoverfly

ranu (ka ranua te mewaro me te wai)

mix

ranunga / pokepoke

mixture

ranunga taetohu

universal indicator

ranunga tauhohe

reaction mixture

ranunga, pokepoke

mixture

ranunga-toka

slurry

rapa

rubber

rapi

scratch

rāpoi ngota

molecule

rāpoi ngota mekameka rahi

large chain molecule

rāpoi pītauira

DNA molecule

rara

taiki, heke, kaokao

rib

rārā

branchlet, twig

rārā

rara

twig

rarahi

magnitude

Rarahi Pūrawa

Absolute Magnitude

rārangi

(of the periodic table)

period

rārangi aratau

contour

rārangi aupiki iti

gentle slope

rārangi aupiki nui

tiketike, poupou

steep

rārangi aupiki waenga

straight sloping line

rārangi huapae

horizontal line

rārangi ngaru-mōkito [NZTC]

nodal line

rārangi ngaru-mōrahi [NZTC]

rārangi tūtakina tihi ngaru

antinodal line

rārangi pātata

asymptote

rārangi tuatoru o te Taka Pūmotu

third row of the Periodic Table

rārangi wā

time line

rārangi whakarite o te unahi

directrix

rārangi-pewa

curvilinear

rārangi-tōtika

rectilinear

rarapā

putanga, tukunga iho

consequence

rarapiri

rārāpiri

creeping (mat plant)

rārātini

mangamanga

branched

raraunga

data

raraunga hotuku

data, graphing

rarawe, kuku

(architecture, construction)

boss

rātā

Southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata)

rātā ki te raki

northern rata

rātaka

timetable

ratarata

rewa

molten

ratonga

service

rau

leaf

rau inohi

scale-like leaf

rau purepure

2005

variegated leaf

rau tuawhiti

thallus

rauaruhe

rarauwhe

bracken

rauata

pūata, kōataata

overhead projector

rauemi e wātea ana

available resources

rauene

smooth-edged (leaf)

rauhoro

deciduous

Rauhuru

frond

raumaota

raumāota

evergreen

rauora

safety

raupapa

order, sequence

raupapa

organise

raupapa kapurangi

waste management

raupapa matua

main sequence

raupapa ore tokahuke

order (v.)

raupapa papatūranga toka

rock layer sequence

raupapa tauhohenga

reactivity series

raupapa tūtohunga rārangi

linear programming

raupapa upane

raupapatanga

sequence

raupapa(tanga)

sequence

raupua

petal

rauropi

organism

rauropi ira-whakawhiti

transgenic organism

rauropi ngahere

forest organism

rauropi taimoana

marine organism

rauru

umbilical cord

rautaki hokohoko

marketing strategy

rautupu

thunderstorm

rauwhero

bronze

rauwiringa kaiao

ecosystem

rawa

materials

rawa

resources

rawa ahuwhenua hoko ki tāwāhi, hoko ki tai

agricultural export (product)

rawa ā-tangata, ā-tinana

human and physical resources

rawa hanga whare, rawa hangahanga

building material

rawa hangarua [e taea ana te whakahou]

renewable resource

rawa kāore e taea te whakahou

non-renewable resource

rawa māori, rawa whenua

natural resource

rawa ora

living materials

rawa whakapeto

consumer product

rawa whenua

natural resource

raweke ā-iratia, he mea raweke ngā ira

2005

genetically modified

raweke ira , whawhe ira

genetic engineering

raweke rongoā koiora

biomedical engineering

rawekehanga

maimoa

treatment

rāwekeweke

manipulate

rawhi

clamp

rawhi

clip

reanga

class

rehu matūriki

Rehumatū

aerosol

rehu wākihi 

wax vapour

rei

peat

reihuka

lactose sugar

renarena

tension

renga

blonde

repe huare

salivary gland

repe pupuhi, mate pupuhi repe

mumps

repe tota

repe tōtā /werawera

gland, sweat

repe werawera

sweat gland

repenoni

oil gland (leaf)

repetutupu

pituitary gland

repetutupu ; repe tupu [Te Muka]

pituitary

repeure

prostate gland

repo

swamp

repo mānawa

papa mānawa

mangrove swamp

rere ai te wai ki ngā māra

hāwaiwai (TKI)

irrigation

rere o Tama-nui-te-ra

solar system

rerekē haere o te whenua

changes to the landscape

rerekētanga

whakaurutau, whakahāngai

adjusting

rerekētanga

differences

rerekētanga

variation

rerekētanga maha

multiple variation

rerekētanga mutukore

tāupetanga motukore

continuous variation

rerekētanga o te tere

change in velocity

rerekētanga tāpua

significant difference

rerenga

diversity

rerenga aumou

constant rate

rerenga ki tuarangi

whakataetae taunaha ātea

space race

rerenga rauropi

rerenga koiora

biological diversity

rerenga rauropi

ecological diversity

rerenga toto

blood flow

rerenga whetū

star trail

rerewa

solute

rerewai

osmosis

retihau / retirā

wind surfer

retirā

windsurfing

retirā ; mirihau [TM]

windsurfing

retirā, retihau

wind surfer

rewa

soluble

rewa, whakarewa

melting

rewakore

insoluble

rewanga kohatu / tahepuia

lava, magma

rewarau ā-roto

2005

endothermic

rewarau ā-waho

2005

exothermic

rewharewha

flu

rewharewha

influenza

rīhi whakaeto

Pae / paepae whakaeto

dish, evaporating

rīhi whakaeto

Pae whakaeto

evaporating dish

Rihia

Lysis

ringa hangarau

technician

ringa tāhiko

ringa ponana hiko

robotic arms

ringi

diffuse

rino (Fe)

iron

rino waikura

iron oxide

rinotō

magnetite

rinotō

magnite

ripa

tīwae

column

ripa hapa

fault line

ripa nekepapa

plate boundary

ripa papatūranga toka

stratigraphic column

ripanga

spreadsheet

ripanga

table

ripanga katote

table of ions

ripanga ngota katote

ripanga katote

ion table

ripanga takapūmotu

periodic table of elements

ripine konupora

magnesium ribbon

rīrapa

divaricating

rīrapa, kōtui

kōtuitui

interlaced

ritepū

2005

identical

riuhau

ngongo

airway

riuhau

ngongohau

bronchus

riuhauiti

ngongohauiti

bronchile

riwha

scar (land)

roa o te ngahunga

focal length

roanga tapa pītauira

DNA probe

roangaru / te roa o te ngaru

roanga ngaru, roanga ia

wavelength

rōau

handrail

roha

tūwhera, huaki

dilate

Rohe Puia

Volcanic Zone

rohenga papa nekeneke

tectonic plate boundary

rohi

strong (acid/base)

rōhi

rose

roikaru

humour, vitreous

roikaru

vitreous humour

rōkara

clove

roki

preserve

roki ngako

2005

fat-storing

rokiroki

storage

rokiroki

penapena

store

rokiroki kai

preserve food

rokirokinga kai

tohu kai

food preservation

roku

wane

roma tātea, miru penatātea

2005

seminal vesicle

romia

(ro)romi

engulf

Romurihi

Romulus

rōnaki

gradient

rōnaki

gradient slope

Rongo

Pareārau

Saturn

rongoā

drug (medicine)

rongoā

drugs

rongoā ānini

aspirin

rongoā ārai ngārara

insect repellent

rongoā māori

whakamahu māori

natural remedy

rongoā patu waikawa

antacid

rongoā patumamae

Rongoā whakaeaea

analgesic

rongoā paturopi

antibiotic

rongoā paturopi

penicillin

rongoā waihanga

pharmaceutical

rongohiko

transistor

ropikiritara pūhui

compound ascidian

rōpū kai

food group

rōpū mahinga

functional group

RŌRĀ

SATIRE

rōrahi

kapinga

volume (amount)

rōrahi / kītanga

volume

rorerore LPG

LPG barbeque

rorohakore

2005

inelastic

rorohiko

computer

roto tāhuna waimāori

freshwater dune lake

rou mamao

remote control device

rourou

contribution

rū whenua

earthquake

rū whenua

seismic activity

rua hauota waikura rua (NO2)

nitrogen dioxide

rua hauota waikura tahi

nitrogen monoxide

rua waro

tomo waro

coal mine

rua waro / huke

mine

ruaki

ruāwai

vomit

ruaki

vomiting

ruakōhatu

ruakeri

quarry

ruapara

rubbish dump

rūhā

branch (large)

ruinga hae

pollination

ruinga hae / haetanga

pollination

ruingahae-whakawhiti

cross-pollination

rukenga hinu

oil spill

rukinga mārama

kaha tūrama

light intensity

rūnā pūira / whāiti pūira

meiosis

runaruna

hobbies

Rūpera, karawaka Tiamana

rubella