Glossary A

Acrylamide refers to a chemical known (at high levels) to cause nervous system damage in humans. Also possibly carcinogenic.
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Chemical (A chemical substance is any material with a ...)

Acrylic fiber refers to a quick-drying synthetic textile fiber made by polymerization of acrylonitrile usually with other monomers.

-see also:
"Acrylic fiber" is in the UNSPSC Code "73141508"
  Acrylic fiber manufacturing services

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Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): fibers

Active ophthalmic instrument is described as any ophthalmic instrument connected with a permanetly installed source of electrical power engergy.

In German - Aktives ophthalmisches Instrument

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Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): Instruments

Active profile denotes that part of the gear tooth that actually comes into contact with its mating tooth along the line of action.

Adapter (lower) is described firstly, as the lower section of a die on which the part nests. It is also called a boss, die post, horn, locator, master, master adapter, master plug, riser, and stool; secondly, it is a device for connecting two parts of an apparatus not originally intended.
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Adapter (Adapter revolves around many forms, but ...)

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Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): adapters

Activated sludge refers to a sludge particles produced in raw or settled wastewater (primary effluent) by the growth of organisms (including zoogleal bacteria) in aeration tanks in the presence of dissolved oxygen. The term "activated" comes from the fact that the particles are teeming with fungi, bacteria, and protozoa. Activated sludge is different from primary sludge in that the sludge particles contain many living organisms which can feed on the incoming wastewater.
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Bacteria (A Bacteria is a one-celled organisms. Many act as ...)
Aeration (Aeration is a term in aquaculture systems that ...)
Aeration (An Aeration is a process which promotes ...)

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Added sugar is defined as sugar and syrup that are added to foods during processing or preparation. Added sugars do not include naturally occurring sugars, such as those that occur in milk and fruits.
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Sugar (Sugar is characterized as pure carbohydrate, a ...)

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Alternative Spellings (Synonyms): sugars

Adding machine is a term that is commonly applied to any calculator that prints results on paper tape, however it is specifically a two-function machine capable of addition and subtraction, but not multiplication or division.