Glossary B
Deutsch: Verhalten / Español: Comportamiento / Português: Comportamento / Français: Comportement / Italiano: Comportamento
Behavior or behaviour is the range of actions and mannerisms made by organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with their environment, which includes the other systems or organisms around as well as the (inanimate) physical environment. It is the response of the system or organism to various stimuli or inputs, whether internal or external, conscious or subconscious, overt or covert, and voluntary or involuntary.
Deutsch: Vermischung / Español: Mezcla / Português: Mistura / Français: Mélange / Italiano: Miscelazione /
Blending refers to the process of combining multiple materials or substances together to produce a desired composition or characteristic. Blending is a common process in many industries, including chemical, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics, among others.
Deutsch: Bench
A bench is a piece of furniture, which typically offers seating for several people. As a workbench or lab bench it is, a place of work consisting of a table and perhaps places to keep an arrangement of tools and materials.
Deutsch: Eimer (Behälter) / Español: Cubo (recipiente) / Português: Balde / Français: Seau / Italiano: Secchio
A bucket or pail is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. A common volume is 10 liters (dm³).
Español: Bolsa / Français: Sac / Italiano: Borsa
A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material. Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily by carried in the hands.
Deutsch: Sprödigkeit / Español: Fragilidad / Français: Fragilité / Italiano: Fragilità
A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it breaks without significant deformation (strain). Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied by a snapping sound. Brittle materials include most ceramics and glasses (which do not deform plastically) and some polymers, such as PMMA and polystyrene. Many steels become brittle at low temperatures (see ductile-brittle transition temperature), depending on their composition and processing.