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sus·tain·a·ble
(sə-stā′nə-bəl)adj.
1. Capable of being sustained.
2. Capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment: sustainable agriculture.
sus·tain′a·bil′i·ty n.
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sustainable
(səˈsteɪnəbəl)adj
1. (Economics) capable of being sustained
2. (Environmental Science) (of economic development, energy sources, etc) capable of being maintained at a steady level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage: sustainable development.
3. (Economics) (of economic growth) non-inflationary
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udržitelný
dauxrebla
pysyvä
持続可能性
sustainable
[səsˈteɪnəbl] ADJ [growth, development, agriculture] → sostenible; [charge] → sustentableCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sustainable
[səˈsteɪnəbəl] adj [rate, growth] → durable
(from ecological point of view) [agriculture, development, source] → durablesustainable development n → développement m durable
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sustainable
adj → aufrechtzuerhalten pred, → aufrechtzuerhaltend attr; development, recovery, agriculture, forestry → nachhaltig; resources → erneuerbar; growth → nachhaltig, kontinuierlich; level, situation, argument → haltbar; position → vertretbar
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