Structured Settlements: Also called "periodic payments," structured settlement laws mandate, allow defendants to request, ...
Structureless - no observable aggregation or no definite orderly arrangement around natural lines of weakness.
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Single grain - loose, incoherent mass of individual particles as in sands.
Ecosystem Structure
Attributes related to the instantaneous physical state of an ecosystem; examples include species population density, species richness or evenness, and standing crop biomass.
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structure activity relationship (SAR)
Association between specific aspects of molecular structure and defined biological action.
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Infrastructure: Physical structures that allow society to function. Examples include buildings, roads, water pipelines, sewers, electric power lines, railways, and airports.
soil structure The arrangement of soil particles into aggregates.
soil temperature Soil temperature measures the hotness or coldness of soil. Soil temperature is very important to the agricultural industry.
Stock Structure
1. The spatial organization of a species in terms of the genetic structure of the species across geographic space (e.g.
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The basic network or foundation of capital facilities or community investments which are necessary to support economic and community activities.
Trophic Structure: organization of energy flow through a community
True Mangroves: strict mangrove; term defined by P.B.
STRUCTURED PARKING
More commonly referred to as parking garages, these are parking facilities which expand vertically to provide parking on various levels.
A structure that helps remove heat from water used as a coolant; e.g., in electric power generating plants.
Device which dissipates the heat from water-cooled systems by spraying the water through streams of rapidly moving air.
A structure built to treat wastewater before discharging it into the environment.
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A structure that protects a shoreline, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves.
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SEED STRUCTURE AND DORMANCY
The life of a seed is a complex series of events that culminates in the breaking of seed dormancy and the sprouting of a new plant.
Dam: A structure of earth, rock, concrete, or other materials designed to retain water, creating a pond, lake, or reservoir.
Dealkalinisation: Any process that serves to reduce the alkalinity of water.
Aqueduct. A structure for transporting water form one place to another by means of a pipeline, canal, conduit, tunnel or a combination of these things.
Wastewater Infrastructure- The plan or network for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage in a community.
Cooling Tower- A structure that helps remove heat from water used as a coolant; e.g., in electric power generating plants.
thermal mass: a structure capable of absorbing and store heat energy, leading to increased comfort for building occupants and a reduced need for artificial heating and cooling.
Absorption Process, either chemical or physical, by which a substance or particle, gas or liquid, is drawn into the structure of another. Acid A material with pH of less than 7.0.
Geologist:a scientist who studies the origin, history, and structure of Earth. Geyser:a regular spray of hot water and steam from underground into the air.
Ecosystems Ecology A category of ecological study that focuses on the structure and function of the entire system of microbes, plants, and animals and their environment and how all parts and organisms interact to make up an ecosystem.
iron/aluminum oxides, humus, salts, or a combination of these; (2) granular, blocky, prismatic, or columnar structure; (3)
redder or browner colors than those in the A horizon; or (4) a combination of these.
C horizon.
Serotiny The retention by a plant (usually by trees) of seeds in hard enclosing structures, e.g. ovaries or cones so that they are not dispersed and free to germinate until after some disaster, especially forest fire.
cilium (1) a short, hairlike, usually numerous structure of microscopic size used by cells to provide locomotion or to move fluid and small particles across the cell or into the mouth area. Cilia are sometimes called undulipodia.
geomorphology The study of present-day landforms, including their classification, description, nature, origin, development, and relationships to underlying structures. Also the his- tory of geologic changes as recorded by these surface features.
(black preferred) Cut at least twice the size of the tire structure. Fit liner into the interior sidewalls and smooth the bottom.
Fill the tire with water and staple liner to the outside of the sidewall and trim the excess plastic.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) - A family of chemical compounds formed by the addition of chlorine to a biphenyl system (a dual-ring structure comprising two benzene rings linked by a single carbon-carbon bond).
The 40 lesson plans cover a variety of basic climate issues such as the composition and structure of the atmosphere, why the Earth is hotter at the equator, and the reasons for the seasons.
Figuring out where to start depends in part on your organization's size, structure, office layout, and other factors. Often, the best starting point is the maintenance folks"the ones who deal with trash removal.
Manufactured Capital comprises material goods - tools machines, buildings and other forms of infrastructure which contribute - which contribute to the production process, but are not used up in it.
The biosphere is fundamentally different from the non-living world because life continuously creates new structures and processes. This creativity is the result of the genetic mechanism characteristic of all human organisms.
Global Warming - Though the planet's temperature has fluctuated over the eons, never before has man's infrastructure-particularly coastal housing and the farm belts-stood to suffer such abrupt change.
Indirect Source: Any facility, building, structure, or installation, or combination thereof, ...
A natural or synthetic chemical structure where two or more like molecules are joined to form a more complex molecular structure (e.g., polyethylene in plastic).
Infiltration Gallery: An engineered structure that facilitates infiltration of water into the subsurface.
Depressurization- A condition that occurs when the air pressure inside a structure is lower that the air pressure outdoors.
Temporary housing: any tent, trailer, mobile home, or other structure used for human shelter that is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure, ...
A structure designed to capture spills or leaks, as from a container or tank. For containers and aboveground tanks, it is usually a bermed area of coated concrete. For underground tanks, it may be a second, outer, wall or a vault.
Carbon chain the atomic structure of hydrocarbons in which a series of carbon atoms, saturated by hydrogen atoms, form a chain. Volatile oils have shorter chains. Fats have longer chain lengths, and waxes have extremely long chains.
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Drug target: A defined molecule or structure within the organism, which is linked to a particular disease.
A system for collecting and maintaining in a structured record information on persons with documented environmental exposure(s).
consisting of residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional land; construction sites; public administrative sites; railroad yards; cemeteries; airports; golf courses; sanitary landfills; sewage treatment plants; water control structures and ...
silos - fixed vertical underground structures made of steel and concrete that house an ICBM and its launch support equipment.
SIP (State Implementation Plan) - mandate for achieving health-based air quality standards.
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appurtanance Machinery, appliances, structures and other parts of the main structure necessary to allow it to operate as intended, but not considered part of the main structure.
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Adaptation: Changes in an organism's structure or habits that help it adjust to its surroundings.
Additive Effect: Combined effect of two or more chemicals equal to the sum of their individual effects.
Changing the physical structure and properties of a waste material that would otherwise have been sent to landfill, in order to add financial value to the processed material
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plate tectonics: Plate tectonics describes the plate structure of the earth's crust and how these plates move.
precipitation: Precipitation is when water falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, sleet, or freezing rain.
Cover: Overhanging or instream structures such as tree roots, undercut streambanks, boulders, or gabions that offer protection from predators or shelter from strong currents.
Biotower
an above ground structure containing plastic media covered in microbial film that reduces the BOD/COD/Ammonia of industrial liquid effluent flowing over it ...
Wellhead: The physical structure, facility, or device at the land surface from or through which groundwater flows or is pumped from subsurface, water-bearing formations.
Adaptability: The degree to which adjustments are possible in practices, processes, or structures of systems to projected or actual changes of climate.
Absorption: The process of one substance entering into the inner structure of another.
Abrasion: The wearing away of a solid surface by friction.
Abrasive Cleaners: Products that clean through abrasive or scouring action.
The cauda equina is a structure within the lower end of the spinal column of most vertebrates, that consists of nerve roots and rootlets from above...
High Risk Facility: A structure that is considered at risk during an event because of the occupants (children) its building materials (glazing of exterior walls is greater than 40 percent).
CARCASS The foundation structure of a tire, including sidewalls, bead and cord.
CC Catalytic converters.
Adverse health effect
A change in body function or cell structure that might lead to disease or health problems
Aerobic
Requiring oxygen [compare with anaerobic].
COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT: A 242-mile structure that transports water from the Colorado River to Southern California.
Choosing a system
System infrastructure
Emissions & byproducts
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Built Environment - Buildings and infrastructure constructed by human beings.
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