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plot [e.g. graph]

plotting

tae

colour

tae

colouration

tae noa ki

including

tae uku

pottery glazes

taeranoho

hanga oranga, tauoranga

lifestyle

tāewa

tāwēwē, werewere

dangle

taha ahurea

ā-iwi

cultural

taha ā-ringa

individual

taha hanga

construction

taha hanga

physical

taha hinengaro

intellectual

taha ohaoha

economic

taha rerehua

rerehua

aesthetic

taha tangata

personal

taha tukurua

recycling

taha whakanao

production

tāhanga pūmuapare

antibody complex

tahararo o te rau

tua o te rau

bottom of leaf

tāhawahawatia

contaminated

tahepuia

rangitoto

lava

tahepuia / rewanga kohatu

Rewanga kōhatu

lava, magma

tāhihi

appendage

tahu tūpāpaku

cremation

tāhuahua

food chain

tahumaero

disease

tahumaero romahā

respiratory disease

tahumaero romahā pūnoa

common respiratory disease

tai (tai timu, tai pari)

tide

tai moana

sea level

taiaki

hormone

taiāki

hormones

taiāki huka

taiaki

insulin

taiaki ongakano (LH)

lutenising hormone (LH)

taiaki onga-rua (FSH)

follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

taiaki repe tākihi

adrenalin

taiaki rūnakore

taiaki- purumimi, katimimi, pūmimi, taiaki rūnākore

ADH anti diuretic hormone

taiaki runākore (ADH)

taiaki purumimi, taiaki katimimi, pāmimi, āpurumimi

antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

taiaki-whakahema [taiaki ongakano]

luteinising hormone (LH)

taiao

environment

taiao āroto o te tinana

body’s internal environment

taiao horihori

artificial environment

taiapu

exposure

taiapu iratuki

irradiate

taiapu pari toka

rock cliff exposure

taiawa mimi, ngongomimi

urethra

taihema toa

male organ

taihemahema

whēkau taihemahema

organ, sexual

taihemahema

reproductive organ

taihemahema

reproductive organ, sexual organ

Taihua

foreshore

taikiri

wē tinana

body fluid

taikiri

wē taikiri

body fluid, lymph

taikiri

lymph

taikoraha

matatāhuna

mudflats

taimana

diamond

taimau taurite, pūmau taurite

2005

equilibrium constant

taiohi

adolescent

taiohinga

adolescence

tairewa

miscible

tairongo

senses

taitoto

wētoto

plasma

taiwhanga

kopa

chamber

taiwhanga mātai arorangi

astrological observatory

taiwhanga pūtaiao

laboratory

taka

preparation, food

taka noa

free fall

Taka Pūmotu

Periodic Table

takahanga

events

takahanga hanganga maunga

orogenic phase

takahanga papanga

sedimentary phase

takahanga putunga

depositional phase

takahē

malfunction

takahuri

rotate

takai

takatakai, tākai

package

tākai wera

thermal insulator

tākai-iahiko

electrical insulator

takamiro

centriole

takanga

phase

takatā

editor

takawai

humid

takawai

quartz

takawai hāorarua

silicon dioxide

takawaiore aunoa

mechanical toy

takawairore

toy

takawairore aunoa

mechanical toy

takawairore aunoa

toy, mechanical

take

problem

take āhuahanga

geometrical reason

take ā-iwi

take ā-hapori tata

issue, local

take ā-iwi

local issue

take ā-tangata

take whai aro

personal issues

take aukati

limiting factor

take iranga

genetic factor

take mataora, take koiora

biological reason

take mōrea

risk factor

take ōmataora

reason, biological

take pāpāho

media issue

take pāpori

societal issue

take taiao

environmental factor

take tapatahi

take matatika

ethical issues

take tapatahi, whakaaro tapatahi

matatika

ethical

take/whakaaro whanonga

moral issue

take-ai-kore

Wekeweke

hyphae

takenga mai o te tangata

origins of humans

takenga o ngā uarua

origin of biceps

takenga o ngā uatoru

origin of triceps

takere / whakatakere / tākongakonga

quarry (n.,v)

takere, whakatakere

quarry

take-taiao

environmental issue

take-taiao

issue, environmental

takiahi maitai

steel poker

tākihi

whatumanawa

kidney

takimaha

complex

takirere

katirere, kōrere

valve

tākiri

flick

tākirirangi

rocketry

tākiriwai

water rocket

takirua / punarua

pair

takirua taururuku

antagonistic pair

takirua waikawa-kawakore

acid-base pair

takohanga

haepapa, kawenga

responsibility

takohanga

mana, tikanga

responsibility

tākohu

rehu, rehuwai

vapour

takoki

taui

sprain

tākongakonga / takere / whakatakere

quarry (n.,v)

takotako

erect

takotoranga whenua o raro iho

underlying geology

Takurua

Dog star

Sirius

takutai

ākau

coastal

tamaatoato

hypothalamus

Tama-nui-te-Rā

Sun

tame / toa / taurawhi

male (of animal or tree)

tāmore

root (tap)

tānga tautuhi

tānga taipitopito

annotated drawings

Tangaroa

Neptune

tangata

human

tangata mate tākihi

person with kidney damage

tango hāora

kaiwhakaiti

reductant

tango mai

tiki

retrieve

tangohāoratanga

reduction

tangotangotanga

altering

tanuku

strain [e.g. the back]

tao

spear

tāoke

toxin

tāoke

toxin, toxic

taonga aroturuki kapakapa manawa

heart rate monitor

taonga ine mahana

thermometer

taonga kua ahu mai

developments

taonga pūoro

musical instrument

tāoro

urupare

response

tapa

pōkai, numi, whetui, whakakopi, whātuatua

fold

Tapa-ā-Kiwa

Pacific Rim

tāpae

present

tapahanga

segment [maths]

tapahinga

tapahanga

cutting [plant]

tapaina

label

tāpanehia

pane, tohutuku

stamp

tapanga

Waitohu

label

tapangakore

unlabelled

tapaono

hexagonal

tapa-ono

six-sided

tapatahi

ethical

tapatahi / whakaaro tapatahi

tirohanga matatika

ethical take

tapatapahi

cut

tapatoru

triangle

tapawhā rite whakarara

whakarara rite

rhombus

tāpiringa horakai

2005

dietary supplement

tāpiritanga o ngā pere tōpana

vector addition of forces

Tāpoi Rohe Whenua ā-Iwi [ipurangi]

papa rāhui

National Park

tāpoi taimoana

Rāhui moana

marine reserve

tāpokenga

2005

inoculation

tāpua

important, significant

tāpui wai

water reserves

tapumati

finger print

tapumati / tapumati hao

fingerprint

taputapu

wāhanga, wae

component

taputapu

tool

taputapu iahiko

circuit component

taputapu kawe ā-riri

military hardware

tara

vagina

tārai

fashion (v.t.)

tārai

fashion [verb]

taramea / kakara

perfume

taratahi iranga

genetic isolation

taratara

rough

tari hoahoa tāone o te rohe

town planning office

taro whero, kōkura

beetroot

taru urutomo

invasive weed

tārua

duplicate

tārua

replicate

tārua pūrua

duplicate pair

tāruatanga DNA

tāruarua pītau ira

replication, DNA

taruhea

tarukino

cannabis

tarukino

drug

tārutunga hinu

oil spill

tāta

stalk, stem

tāta

tātā

stem

tātā

stalk, stem

tātā puāwai

flowering stem

tātā tiotio

Aloe

tātai

formula

tātai hanganga

ture hanga, ture anga

structural formula

tātai kirikā

ine pāmahana etc

thermometer

tātai kupu

ture kupu

word equation

tātai matū

chemical formula

tātai tātea

sperm count

tātaihia

tātai

calculate

tātaitai

calculate

tātaitanga

calculation

tātaitanga tāruarua

iterate

tatangi pāorooro

2005

ultrasound

tatapapa

tātāpapa

phylloclade

tātāpua

peduncle

tātārau

petiole

tātari

filter, screen (verb)

tātari rōrahi

tātari taurahirahi (Maths)

analysis, volumetric

tātari rōrahi

volumetric analysis

tātari tō-ā-papa

tātari tauma

analysis, gravimetric

tātari tō-ā-papa

tātari taumaha

gravimetric analysis

tātari, hītari

filter (v.)

tātari, wetewete

analyse

tātarihā, pūrere tātārihā, pūrere hā

breathalyser

tātaritanga

analysis

tatau taukē

over-perfect numbers

tatauranga

statistics

tātea

semen, sperm

Tātene

Dardan

tātuhi, tautohu, tautuhi

identify

tātuhia, tāngia

draw

tau hiato

complex number

tau kaha

tau kaha ā-hiko, pāpātanga kaha hiko

power rating

tau konutawa

iodine number

tau ngota

atomic number

tau papatipu

mass number

tau taupoki

reciprocal

tau toharite

mean

tau waenga

tau tūwaenga

median

tauaho arorangi [NZTC]

tau hihi

light year

tauāki

statement

tauanga

tātaritari, tātaitairanga

statistic

tauanga

statistics

tauatanga

succession (biol.)

tauhae

stigma

tauhae

stigmata

tauhohe

react

tauhohe

reaction

tauhohe kore

unreactive

tauhohe matū

chemical reaction

tauhohe matū

reaction, chemical

tauhohe mauwera (NZTC)

endothermic reaction

tauhohe putawera (NZTC)

exothermic reaction

tauhohe tangohāoratanga, pitihāoratanga

redox reaction

tauhohe.

react

tauhohenga

reaction

tauhohenga matū

chemical reaction

tauhohenga whakapāharetanga

neutralisation reaction

tauhōkai

glide

tauhokohoko

retailing

tauhuringa

translation

tauihu

bow

tauine pH

pH scale

tauira

model

tauira

pattern

tauira tuatahi

prototype

tauira wheako me ngā tauira aromatawai

learning and assessment examples

tauka

lens

taukamo

lens, eyepiece

taukiko

cortex

taumaha

weight

taumahi tinana

body function

Taumano

for a long time

taumanu

pedal

taumata arataukai

trophic level

taumāwhe

2005

subduction

taunaki

evidence

taunaki kitea

direct evidence

taunaki putaiao kōaro

indirect evidence

taunakitanga

evidence

taunga

coordinate

taungawaka

dock

tauoma tānga

relay race

taupāpātanga

ratio

tāupetanga iranga [WH]

genetic variation

taupori

population

taupori mātaitai

shellfish populations

taupori matapae

projected population

taupū ata tāhapa

absolute refractive index

taupū atatāhapa

2005

refractive index

taupū hau

fractional indice

taupū kōaro

logarithm

taupū pH

pH level

taupū tau tōraro

taupū tōraro

negative indice

taupū tōraro

negative index

taupuhipuhi

symbiotic

taupuhipuhinga

interdependence (bio.)

taupuni

workstation

taura taherapa

rubber rope

tauraki

dehydration

taurangi

variable

taurangi

tāupe

variables

taurangi whakamauru

dependent variable

taurangi whakamauru kore

independant variable

taurangi whāū

variable, control

taurangi whāū/whakatina, tāupe whāū/whakatina

control variable

taurangitanga

variation

taurawaro

mekameka

chain, [carbon, organic]

taurawhi / toa / tame

male (of animal or tree)

tāuri

breeding

tauri kōmore

kōmore, kōmore whatianga

wrist and ankle decoration

taurite

tairite

balance

taurite

equilibria

taurite

equilibrium

taurite raraunga

data matching

taurite wai

see “balance”

water balance

tauritenga

equilibrium

tauritenga pūputu

punctuated equilibrium

taurohenga

zonation

tauru

pulley

taurua

even (number)

tautake

kaupapa, toi whakaaro, ariā

philosophy

tautau

pendulum

tautau māmā

simple pendulum

tautauira

tīpako

sample

tautauira

sample, specimen

tautika

perfect

tautika te whakapiki

hūrokuroku

rise evenly

tautohetohe

taukumekume

debate

tautohu

identify

tautohu / tāutu / tautuhi

identify / define

tautuhi

annotate

tautuhi

whakamārama

define

taututetute

jostle

tauwhāinga papawhenua

geological event

tauwhāiti

specific

tauwhaituhi

transcription

tāwara

ngutungutu (v), whakamātau (v), rongo (n), ngao (n)

taste

tāwariwari

elastic

tāwariwari

flexibility

tāwariwari, roroha

elastic, springy

tawatawa

2005

mackeral

Tāwera (o te ata) / Meremere / Rereahiahi (o te ahiahi) / Kōpū

Venus

tāwēwē

tautau

mobile

tawhā

rohenga

limitations

tawhā ngaru

wave parameter

tawhā taupori

population parameter

tāwhai

mimicry

tāwhai, tāwai rauriki

(Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides and var solandri)

beech, black & mountain

tāwhai, whakatau

mimicry

tawhairauriki (Nothofagus solandrii var. cliffortioides)

tāwhai rauriki

mountain beech

tāwhana auau tauhohenga

tāwhana tere tauhohe

reaction rate curve

tāwhara

taste (n.)

tāwhara

tasting

tāwhara, tāwara

taste, flavour

tawhera

leaf, compound

tawhera mōkito

microfiche

tawhera whārahi

microscope slide

tawheraiti

leaflet

tawherarima

foliate (5)

tawheratoru

foliate (tri-)

tawherawhitu

foliate (7)

tāwhiti

rore, māhanga

trap

tawhiti (d)

distance

tawhiti huapae

horizontal distance

Tawhiti Rahi

Poor Knight Is

tawhiti rite

equidistant

te ao ahupūngao

physical world

te ao kararehe

fauna

te ao mataora

living world

te ao o Tane-mahuta

flora

te ao rawa

material world

te hangarau matū

materials technology

te hangarau mōhiohio me te hangarau whakamōhio

information and communication technology

te hoki whakamuri i te karaka, te wā whakamuri karaka

daylight saving

Te Ikarangi

galaxy

te kai i ngā auahi o te hunga kaipaipa

auahi tukurua [hui 2004]

passive smoking

Te Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa

ALAC

te kōmata o te rangi

zenith

te kupenga a Tara-mai-nuku

stratus

te mamao i hōrapa

distance covered

Te Mango Roa

Te Ika Roa

galaxy, Milky Way

Te Mangō Roa

Milky Way galaxy

Te motu o Arapaoa

Arapawa Island

te nui o te ika ka whakaaetia kia haoa

quota (fishing)

te nui o te ika kua whakaaetia kia haoa

pānga ika, tohatanga ika

quota (fishing)

te nui o te ika kua whakaaetia kia haoa

quota (fishing)

te papakāinga

local waterways

te rere pūroto o te toto

reretoto hē, totorere kino

bad circulation (anatomy)

Te Rerenga o Tama-Nui-Te-Rā

The Solar System

te roa o te ngaru / roangaru

wavelength

Te Tai-o-Rehua

Tasman Sea

Te Taki o Autahi

Mahutonga

Southern Cross

Te Tiritiri o te Moana

Southern Alps

Te Tō ā-papa Pūmau Tukupū

Universal Gravitational Constant

te tōpana i pākahatia ki ..

force exerted on ..

Te Ture Hoko Waipiro

Sale of Liquor Act

te wā e totoka ana te āhua o te ngaku

solid state of the substance

tehuka

tēhuka

dextrose

teihana haumanu parakaingaki

sewage treatment station

teitei

height

teitei / tiketike

altitude

teka pepa

paper dart

Tekau o Runga Rawa

Upper-Ten

tēpoko

kiripaka

asbestos

tere

rapidly

tere (v)

velocity

tere ā-koki

angular speed

tere aumou

tere hūrokuroku

constant speed

tere ka hua ake

resultant speed

tere o te tauhohenga

rate of reaction

tere o te tauhohenga

reaction, rate of

tere o te tauhohenga

reactivities

tere ohorere

instantaneous speed

tere te whakaheke

drop rapidly

tere te whakapiki

rise rapidly

tere tiketike rawa

maximum speed

tere toharite

average speed

tere tuatahi, tīmata

initial speed

tere tuatahi, tīmata

initial velocity

tere whakamutunga

2005

final velocity

terenga iranga

2005

genetic drift

Terepia

Trebius

tiaki i te pūngao

penapena pūngao

conservation of energy

tiaki i te taiao

rāhui, kaitiakitanga

conservation

tiaki i te taurite wai

control of water balance.

tiaki rohe

territorial

tianora

janola

tiehe

Jersey cow

tīehu

paratī

splash

tīehu

stir up (water)

tieke

tiemi 

seesaw

tīemiemi

damselfly

tihi

peak

tika

tikapū

accurate

tika, pono

reliable

tikanga ā-rata

medical use

tikanga e pā ana ki te pāpātanga o te tauhohenga matū

factors affecting rates of reaction

tikanga haumaru

safety practices

tikanga ine kounga

qualitative method

tikanga ine nui

quantitative method

tikanga ine nui me ngā ine kounga

quantitative and qualitative methods

tikanga Newton-Raphson

Newton-Raphson method

tikanga pāwhaitua

integration

tikanga rōnaki

gradient function

tikanga toko

method of propulsion

tikanga weherua

bisection method

tikanga whakaoti rapanga

problem solving

tikanga whakapūrua matū-pū

2005

base-pairing rule

tiketike, teitei

altitude

tīmeka

aliphatic (sci.)

Timita

Demeter

tinaku

germinate

tinakutanga

germination

tinana taiarorangi

astronomical body

tinana tangata

human body

tīngoimoroiti

microvilli

tīngoingoi

villi

tini a Tangaroa, ngā

Te tini a Tangaroa

marine life

Tīni, tini

tin

tino kohuke

essential mineral

tino koki

koki whakawhakaata

critical angle

tino wāhanga ako

essential learning area

tino whakatere

high acceleration

tio, whakatio

freezing

tioata

crystal

tioata / mihiwai

crystal

tiomimi

urea

Tionihua

Dionysus

tīpako

select

tīpoka

retrieval

tipoka mōhio

information retrieval

tipu

bug (fermentation)

tipu

growth

tipu

tupu

plant

Tipu

tuputupu, otaota

Plantae

tipu hua inohi

Gymnosperm

tipu pikipiki

climbing plant

tipu pūtautahi

protophyte

tipu whai puāwai

tipu pua

flowering plant

tipu whaipua

angiosperm, flowering plant

tipu whaipua

tupu whaipua

flowering plant,angiosperm

tipu whaipua

plant, flowering

tīra / maitai

steel

tiritiama

trit = third

tritium

tiro whānui

rangahau

survey

tirohanga

view

tirohanga ahurea

(ā-ahurea, ā-pāpori)

cultural and social

tirowhānui ā-motu

rangahau ā-motu

national survey

tītiki, kune, kikiri

embryo

tītipu mokito

culture (thing grown)

titiro nahanaha

whakaaro whaitake etc

think systematically

titiro whakamua

predictions

titiro whakamua / matapae

prediction

titiro whakamua, matapae

prediction

titiwha

molar (concentration)

tītohunga

phenomenon

tītohunga ā-rongo

tipua

phenomenon, physical

tītohunga ā-rongo, ariā, mātāpono

phenomena, concepts and principles

tītohunga-ā-rongo

physical phenomena

Tiukiriana

Teucrian

tiutiriamati

deuter = second

deuterium

tīwai

trunk, of tree

tīwara

can opener

tīwara

cleave, split

tīwarawara

cleavage

tīwari i te ngota

2005

split the atom

tiwhanga

mole (amount)

tīwhiti

aromatic (structure)

toa

tāne

male

toa / tame / taurawhi

male (of animal or tree)

tō-ā-papa

gravity

tohanga tahi

one serving

toharite

average

tohetaka

dandelion

tohitū whakanao tukurua

recycling factory

tohu

preserve

tohu

preserving

tohu

symbol

tohu

symbol, marker

tohu

symptom

tohu iranga

genetic code

tohu māori

indicator, natural

tohu māori

natural indicator

tohu mātiti

grid reference

tohu taiao

environmental cue

tohu taka

recipe

tohu waikawa

litmus

tohuāhea

tohuāhua

phenotype

tohuāhua iraruarite ngoi

homozygous dominant phenotype

tohuāhua iraruarite ngoikore

homozygous recessive phenotype

tohuhau

wind vane

tohuhema

gamete

tohu-hono

anti-code

tohuira

genotype

tohuiranga

genotype

tohurau

degree (of heat measurement)

tohurua

putu (maths)

degree ©

tohutao

tohutaka

recipe

tohutohu

specification

tohutohu

specifications

tohutohu a ngā kaihanga ārai ngoiaho

light-dependent resistor

tohutohu iranga

mōhiohio iranga

genetic information

tohutua

degree (F)

toi

rhizome

toi

root (long, slender)

toi matahuhua

various arts

toitū

prime

toiwhenua [pae rauropi]

niche

toka

rock

toka hore

sedimentary rock

toka kāhuarau / toka maopūroro

metamorphic rock

toka kongotu

igneous rock

toka kongotu, toka ngiha

rock, igneous

toka konumohe

bauxite

toka maopūroro

metamorphic rock

toka ngiha / toka kōngotu

igneous rock

toka papanga

stratified rock

toka parataiao / toka hore

sedimentary rock

toka pōtiki rawa

young(est) rock

toka pūnoa, toka māori

toka pūnoa

common rocks

toka uku

shale

toka whatihōtiu [oblique cleaving; NZTC]

plagioclase

toka whatitika [straight cleaving; NZTC]

orthoclase

toka, hore

parataiao

rock, sedimentary

toka, maopūroro

kāhuarau

rock, metamorphic

toka, papanga

rock, stratified

tokahewa [bare, smooth rock NZTC]

gabbro

tokahuke

ore

tokahuke konumohe

ore, bauxite

tōkai

sexual reproduction

tokamāhurehure

conglomerate

tokanuku

plutonic

toka-onepū / kohatu awa

sandstone

tokapuia

puia, ā-puia

volcanic

toka-ratarata

molten rock

tokarewa

magma

tokarewa karā

basalt magma

tokataiea

[toka = -ite, rock; taiea = dior-, distinguished. NZTC]

diorite

tokauku mārō

pakohe

argilite

tokohanga

tautoko 

support

tokorangi

cranes

tōmiti

evaporate

tōmiti, whakaeto

evaporation

tōneke

trolley

tongi karu

eye spot

tono whakamana-ā-ture

patent application

Tōpana

force

tōpana amio whakaroto

centripetal force

tōpana amio whakawaho

centrifugal

tōpana auheke

2005

downward force

tōpana aupiki

2005

upward force

tōpana hei

pana, tōpanatanga

push force

tōpana kei waenga i ngā korakora

forces between the particles

tōpana kore-pā

non-contact force

tōpana kotahi

net force

tōpana kukume

attractive force

tōpana more

net force

tōpana pā.

contact force

tōpana tahatahi

unbalanced force

tōpana taurite

balanced force

tōpana tauutu

reaction force

tōpana tō

pull force

tōpana whakahāngai

whakamahi tōpana

applied forces

tōpana whakahāngai

impulse

tōpana whakahuri

torque

tōpana, ākinga

force

tōpanatanga

work

tōpata

grain

topenga

motungahake, kotahatanga (Maths)

cross-section

topenga rau

cross section through a leaf

topenga tapatoru

triangular cross-section

tōpū hōtuku

graph

tōpuku

bulb, plant

tōrere

kouka

abyss

tōrino

eardrum

tōrino

helix

tōrino huirua

double helix

tōriretanga

refinement

torohaki / ainga

momentum

torohaki ā-koki

angular momentum

Torohana

Trojan

torokaha

strength

torokaka

straight (hair)

toruwae

waetoru

tripod

tōtā

condense

tōtā

condensed vapour

Tōtaranui

Queen Charlotte Sound

tote Epsom

Epsom salt

tote; pāhare [chem.]

kurutai

salt

tōtika

appropriate

tōtika mahi

operating efficiency

tōtikatanga ā-utu

cost effectiveness

toto hāoratatango

toto hāora-kore

deoxygenated blood

toto whaihāora

oxygenated blood

tōtōā

uneconomical

tōtōeka (streaked variety of greenstone)

marble

totohu

sink

totohu

sinking (eg. in water)

totohu

sinking (eg. in water)

totoka

totoka

solid

tōwhiti

aromatic (structure)

tū kanohi

tohu, whakatauira

represent

tū kanohi

māngai, tauira

represent

tūāhua

situation

tuaina

aho

string

tuaka

axis

tuaka hangarite

axis of symmetry

tuakaihautanga o Tama-nui-te-rā

solstice

tuakoi

hemisphere

tuakoi tonga

southern hemisphere

tuanaki

calculus

tūāpapa

base [biol]

tuara

whai tuahiwi

vertebrate

tuatete

hedgehog

tuauriuri

abyss, dark

tūāwhiorangi autōhiko

2005

electromagnetic spectrum

tuāwhiorangi hauwai

spectrum of hydrogen

tuawhiti

ngaore

succulent

tūhekenga urutau

2005

adaptive radiation

tūhene

deficient

tuhi

pūkete

record

tuhi haehae

tuhi

sketch

tuhi haehae

tuhi hoahoa

sketch

tuhinga parawae

fossil record

tuhinga whakaahua

sketches

tuhipānui

article (in newspaper)

tuhituhinga

literature

tūhonoa

tūhono anō, whakaranu anō, tauhonohono

recombination [biol]

tuhua

matā, tūhua

obsidian

tūhura

hōpara, torotoro

explore

tūhura

explore, investigate

tūhura

investigate

tūhura ā-ringa

tūhura nanao

practical investigations

tūhuratanga

investigation

Tūhuratanga puka koura, whakamātau puka koura

gold foil experiment

tuipūmuā

ribosome

tukanga

takinga

process

tukanga

processing

tukanga ahumahi

manufacturing process

tukanga iranga

genetic process

tukanga koiora, tukanga mataora

biological process

tukanga maretai kikonga

tissue culture process

tukanga matū

chemical process

tukanga matū

process, chemical

tukanga matū ahumahi

industrial chemical process

tukanga matūora

biochemical process

tukanga ora

life process

tukanga pūkahakaha

mechanical processes

tukanga whakawehe pūtau

cell division process

tukanga whāpāhare

tukanga whakakupapa

process, neutralisation

tūkari waro

open cast mining

Tūkariana

Deucalion

tukatuka

processing

tukatuka matū, hātepe matū

chemical processing

tukatuka mōhiohio

information processing

tukinga korakora

collision of particles

tūkinotanga

para o te taiao, whakapara i te taiao

pollution

tūkinotanga ā-pūngao

Pollution by energy

tūkinotanga ā-taiao

Whaka/parataiao

environmental pollution

tūkinotanga ā-taiao

pollution, environment

tūkinotanga matā

lead pollution

tūkinotanga pūngao

energy pollution

tukitukitanga

tukinga

collision

tuku ihotanga

transfer

tuku ihotanga o te mōhiohio ā-ira

transfer of genetic information

tuku painga

helpful

tuku para karihi

nuclear waste disposal

tuku pūngao / whakahā

respire

tuku pūrongo

report

tuku whēkau

organ donation

tukuhurihuri

bearing

tukumate

pathogen

tukumate

pathogenic

tukumate; moromate

pathogens

tukuna

given

tukunga iho

inheritance

tukuoro

whakanui reo

loud speaker

tukuoro

loud speaker

tukupapa

tāpapa, takoto

prostrate

tukupara

excretion

tukupū

universe

tukupūngao

respiration

tukupūngao ā-pūtau

cellular respiration

tukurua

hangarua, whakahouhou

recycling

tukurua whaiaro

tāruarua whaiaro

self replication

tukutahi, pūrere kōtui

synthesiser

tukutuku katote

lattice (network of ions)

tukuwai

ngongowai

hose

tukuwai

transpiration

tūmahi

method

tūmanakohanga ora

life expectancy

Tū-mata-uenga / Matawhero

Mars

tūnga puoto

retort stand

tūnga whārahi

microscope stand

tungāne-tuahine

sibling

tūnguru / pātanga o te rangi

weathering

tūnguru iho

worn away

tūnou kapowai

dragonfly larva

tūpeka

tobacco

tūpono

chance

tūpoupou

serious illness

tupu

grow

tupu papai ake

optimal growth

tupu puawai

flowering plant

tupu whenua

Tipu whenua

land plant

tupuku

tūpuku

inertia

tūpuku hurihuringa

rotational inertia

tūraha

spreading

tūrama

light

tūrama hihi katinga

ultraviolet light

tūranga, tūwāhi

location

tūrara

chromatography

Ture a Ohm

Ohm’s Law

Ture Aho

Sine Rule

Ture Mauranga Whenua

Land Transport Act

Ture Taparara

Trapezium Rule

ture tohurua

binomial theorem

Ture Whakahaere Rawa Taiao

Resource Management Act

Ture Whenu

Cosine Rule

Ture-Atawhai-Ngao

Law of Conservation of Energy

tūroro

patient

tūtae pōpopo

decomposing dung

tūtae-ruru

toadstool

tūtārere

straggling

tūtohi

chart

tūtohi kāwai poaka

pig pedigree chart

Tūtohi Punnet, tūtohi tukutuku

Punnett square

tūtohi ripo, mahere ripo

flow chart

tūtohinga iranga

genetic code

tūturutanga

specification

tūwatawata

perforated

tuwhene

surplus

tūwiri

drill

Page updated: 14 August 2007