GLOSSARY This glossary includes words used in the text and technical words that might be helpful to chemists, biologists and biotechnologists. The phonetic transcription uses the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The Italian translation refers only to the meaning of the English word as used in the text. A AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) / t m k b z p ( )n spek tr m tr /: spettrometria di assorbimento atomico absorbance / b z b ns/: assorbanza absorption / b z p ( )n/: assorbimento accuracy / kj r si/: accuratezza, esattezza acid / s d/: acido acid-base reaction / s d be s ri k n/ : reazione acido-base actinide / kt na d/: attinide activated sludge process / kt ve t d sl d pr s s/: trattamento ai fanghi attivi activation energy / kt ve ( )n en d /: energia di attivazione add (v.) / d/: aggiungere addition reaction / d n ri k n/: reazione di addizione affect (v.) / fekt/: influenzare AFS (Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry) / e ef es ( t m k: fl ( ) res( )ns spek tr m tr /): spettrometria a fluorescenza atomica agar / e g /: agar - mannitol salt a. / m n t l s lt e g :/: a. sale mannitolo - violet red bile a. / va l t red ba l e g /: a. bile rosso violetto agrobacterium / r b k t ri m/: agrobatterio aim / e m/: scopo airborne / e b n/: trasportato dall aria alcohol / lk h l/: alcool aldehyde / ald h d/: aldeide ale / e l/: ale , birra chiara aliphatic compound /al fat k k mpa nd/: composto alifatico alkali / lk la /: alcalino - a. metals: metalli alcalini alkaline / alk l n/: alkalino - a. earth metals: metalli alcalino-terrosi alkalinity /alk l n ti/: alkalinità alkaliphil / lk l fa l /: alcalofilo alkane / alke n/: alcano alkene / alki n/: alchene alkyl / lk l/: alchile alkyne / lka n/: alchino allotrope / al tr p/: allotropo alloy / l /: lega alum / l m/: allume aluminum (AmE) / lu m n m/; aluminium (BrE): / lj m n m/: alluminio amalgam / mal m/: amalgama amide / e m d/: ammide amine / e mi n/: ammina amino acid / mi n as d/: amminoacido amphoteric / mf ter k/: anfotero amylase / am le z/: amilasi anaerobic / an r b k/: anaerobico anion / an n/: anione anode / an d/: anodo antibiotic / ant b t k/: antibiotico antibody / ant b di/: anticorpo antigen / ant d ( )n/: antigene appendage / pend d /: appendice apron / e pr n/: grembiule aquifer / kw f /: falda acquifera aromatic compound /ar mat k k mpa nd/: composto aromatico array / re /: gamma, raggruppamento ash / /: cenere assay / se /: saggio, analisi assess (v.) / ses/: valutare, calcolare, misurare atmosphere / atm sf /: atmosfera GLOSSARY 275