pungao - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

pūngao

1. (noun) energy.

Kāore e kitea te pūngao, engari ka kitea te hua o te whakamahinga o te pūngao. Mā te pūngao e tupu ai, e huri ai, e neke ai, e wera ai rānei tētahi mea (RP 2009:354). / Energy cannot be seen, but the results of using energy can. Energy is required for growth, change, movement and heat (RP 2009:354).

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raupapa pūngao

1. (noun) energy chain.

Arā ētahi pūāhua he nui ake i te kotahi te huringa pūngao, ka kīia he raupapa pūngao (RP 2009:214). / There are some other situations where there is more than a single energy transformation, and these are called energy chains.

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huringa pūngao

1. (noun) energy transformation.

Arā ētahi pūāhua he nui ake i te kotahi te huringa pūngao, ka kīia he raupapa pūngao (RP 2009:214). / There are some other situations where there is more than a single energy transformation, and these are called energy chains.

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pūngao pōkākā

1. (noun) heat energy.

Ko te mahi a te pūngao pōkākā he whakapiki i te paemahana o tētahi mea, hewhakarewa, he whakakā, he whakakoropupū rānei (RP 2009:357). / Heat energy raises the temperature of something to melt, burn, or boil it.

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pūngao koiora

1. (noun) bioenergy.

He pūngao koiora te waihā ewaro, ka whakamahia hei kora motukā (RP 2009:357). / Ethanol is bioenergy used as car fuel.

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whakarau pūngao

1. (noun) metabolism.

Ko te whakarau pūngao ngā tauhohe matū e haere ana i roto i ngā pūtau o tētahi rauropi e puta ai te pūngao, hei whakatutuki māna i ōna tukanga ora, pērā i te tupu, te neke, te tukupara me te whakaputa uri (RP 2009:448). / Metabolism involves the chemical reactions in the cells of an organism which produce energy, enabling the organism to carry out its living processes such as growth, movement, discharging waste and reproduction. (RP 2009:448).

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