SELECTIVE PESTICIDE

Meaning of SELECTIVE PESTICIDE in English

A chemical designed to affect only certain types of pests, leaving other plants and animals unharmed.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012

SELECTIVE — adj selective
Interlingua English vocab
SELECTIVE — nagpili
English-Visayan vocabulary
SELECTIVE — adjective Date: 1625 of, relating to, or characterized by selection ; selecting or tending to select, highly specific in activity …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PESTICIDE — noun Date: circa 1925 an agent used to destroy pests
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PESTICIDE — Any toxic substance used to kill animals or plants that damage crops or ornamental plants or that are hazardous to …
Английский словарь Британика
SELECTIVE — sə̇ˈlektiv, -tēv also -təv adjective Etymology: Latin select us (past participle of seligere to select) + English -ive — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌsīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: pest + -i- + -cide : an agent (as a chemical) used to destroy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — (a.) Selecting; tending to select.
Английский словарь Webster
SELECTIVE — ( a. ) Selecting; tending to select.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — — selectively , adv. — selectiveness , n. /si lek"tiv/ , adj. 1. having the function or power of selecting; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — — pesticidal , adj. /pes"teuh suyd'/ , n. a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — adj. choosy, picky, finicky; making a selection, choosing; pertaining to selection; highly specific in effect or action
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PESTICIDE — n. chemical mixture used to kill pests and insects
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SELECTIVE — adjective Date: 1625 1. : of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PESTICIDE — noun Date: circa 1925 : an agent used to destroy pests
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELECTIVE — adj selecting; tending to select.
Webster English vocab
SELECTIVE — ■ adjective 1》 relating to or involving selection. ↘tending to choose carefully. 2》 (of a process or agent) affecting some …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PESTICIDE — ■ noun a substance for destroying insects or other pests of plants or animals. Derivatives pesticidal adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
SELECTIVE — [se.lec.tive] adj (1625) 1: of, relating to, or characterized by selection: selecting or tending to select 2: highly specific in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PESTICIDE — [pes.ti.cide] n (ca. 1925): an agent used to destroy pests
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PESTICIDE — any toxic substance used to kill animals or plants that cause economic damage to crop or ornamental plants or are …
Britannica English vocabulary
SELECTIVE — selective BrE AmE sə ˈlekt ɪv sɪ- ▷ selective|ly li ▷ selective|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — pesticide BrE AmE ˈpest ɪ saɪd -ə- ▷ pesticide|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — / sɪˈlektɪv; NAmE / adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] affecting or concerned with only a small number of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — / ˈpestɪsaɪd; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] a chemical used for killing pests , especially insects : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — se ‧ lec ‧ tive AC /səˈlektɪv, sɪˈlektɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ selection , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PESTICIDE — pes ‧ ti ‧ cide /ˈpestəsaɪd, ˈpestɪsaɪd/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] a chemical substance used to kill insects …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELECTIVE — adj. 1 using or characterized by selection. 2 able to select, esp. (of a radio receiver) able to respond to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PESTICIDE — n. a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. øøpesticidal adj.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELECTIVE — adj. 1 using or characterized by selection. 2 able to select, esp. (of a radio receiver) able to respond to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — n. a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. pesticidal adj.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — adj.1 using or characterized by selection. 2 able to select, esp. (of a radio receiver) able to respond to a …
Oxford English vocab
PESTICIDE — n. a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals. Derivatives: pesticidal adj.
Oxford English vocab
SELECTIVE — 1. A selective process applies only to a few things or people. Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — ( pesticides) Pesticides are chemicals which farmers put on their crops to kill harmful insects. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELECTIVE — 1. A ~ process applies only to a few things or people. Selective breeding may result in a greyhound running …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PESTICIDE — (~s) Pesticides are chemicals which farmers put on their crops to kill harmful insects. N-MASS
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELECTIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB highly ▪ It is inevitably highly selective , both in the Acts it covers …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PESTICIDE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE chemical ▪ Four more test orchards were managed conventionally, with the full arsenal of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELECTIVE — [adjective]Selective means intentionally choosing some things and not others.As a teacher she was very selective, accepting only a small number …
Cambridge English vocab
PESTICIDE — [noun] - a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants and other unwanted organisms The pesticides …
Cambridge English vocab
PESTICIDE — n. Any toxic substance used to kill animals or plants that damage crops or ornamental plants or that are hazardous …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PESTICIDE — Synonyms and related words : Cain, aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, apache, assassin, assassinator, bactericide, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, bug bomb, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PESTICIDE — n. Function: noun a chemical agent used to destroy pests FF1C; the need to control indiscriminate use of pesticides FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PESTICIDE — noun a chemical agent used to destroy pests the need to control indiscriminate use of pesticides Synonyms: biocide, economic poison …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PESTICIDE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SELECTIVE — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc. ▪ highly ▪ increasingly ▪ necessarily ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chemical , synthetic ▪ the threat to human health from chemical ~s in our food ▪ organic …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PESTICIDE — substance used for controlling, destroying, or repelling a specific pest. Includes fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, rodenticides, defoliants, and plant growth …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SELECTIVE — adj. particular, discerning, discriminative, discriminating, discriminatory, eclectic, exacting, demanding, choosy, Colloq picky Thea has been very selective in her choice …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PESTICIDE — A chemical that is used to kill insects and other pests.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
SELECTIVE — прил. 1) выбирающий, отбирающий 2) выборочный 3) отборный Syn : select, choice 4) избирательный, селективный избирающий, выбирающий отборный; выборочный - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PESTICIDE — сущ.; с.-х. пестицид, средство для борьбы с вредителями пестицид, средство для борьбы с вредителями pesticide с.-х. пестицид, (химическое) средство для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELECTIVE — selective.ogg sıʹlektıv a 1. избирающий, выбирающий 2. отборный; выборочный selective cataloguing - упрощённая каталогизация selective inspection - дип. выборочная инспекция …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PESTICIDE — pesticide.ogg ʹpestısaıd n пестицид, средство для борьбы с вредителями
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELECTIVE — 1) выбираемый 2) выборочный 3) избирательный 4) избирательный обратный 5) селективный 6) селекторный 7) экстракционный • frequency selective network — частотноизбирательная схема frequency selective voltmeter — селектирный вольтметр harmonic selective …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PESTICIDE — пестицид, ядохимикат apply pesticide as — применять пестицид в виде
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SELECTIVE — a 1. избирающий, выбирающий 2. отборный; выборочный selective cataloguing - упрощённая каталогизация selective inspection - дип. выборочная инспекция ( в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SELECTIVE — _a. 1> отбирающий, выбирающий 2> отборный 3> селективный, избирательный 4> - Selective Service System
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SELECTIVE — a. 1. отбирающий, выбирающий 2. отборный 3. селективный, избирательный 4. - Selective Service System
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SELECTIVE — прил. 1) выбирающий, отбирающий 2) выборочный 3) отборный Syn : select, choice 4) избирательный, селективный избирающий, выбирающий отборный; выборочный - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PESTICIDE — сущ.; с.-х. пестицид, средство для борьбы с вредителями пестицид, средство для борьбы с вредителями pesticide с.-х. пестицид, (химическое) средство для …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

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