The amount needed to get the cells or organ to do feel the effect of a substance.
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BIOMASS
1. the amount of living matter in an area. 2. the organic matter that is renewable and available.
BIOMASS ENERGY
Turning any biomass into heat by burning it or with biogasification .
BIOMASS FUEL
Any organic matter that can be made into heat by burning it or using biogasification .
BIOME
The balance of a eco system that is naturally maintained .
BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION
An electronic way to identify an individual based on their unique characteristics.
BIOMETRICS
Using electronics to measure the biological characteristics of a person. Refer to biometric authentication .
BIOREMEDIATION
Reducing the contaminants in soil or water. Microorganisms are used to do this by bioaugmentation. They are introduced as a liquid that will cause them to grow. Refer to phytotreatment […]
BIOSPHERE
The atmospheric layer that has the whole terrestrial eco system in it. It has all living things in it and supports soil, water, and air. AKA ecosphere.
BIOTA
Any nonhuman life in the geographical area.
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Using biolog to make industrial copies of naturally occuring substances from the organisms that made them. Genetic engineering is just one example of this technology.
BIOTHERMAL ENERGY
Any energy that comes from composting biological materials. It produces heat and methane that is an alternate to natural gas . It will take more research to make this a […]
BIOTIC
Any living activity that is produced by an organism. It is the opposite of abiotic.
BIPARTITE
Consisting of, or divisible into, two parts. A term in conveyancing descriptive of an instrument in two parts, and executed by both parties.
BIRD DOG
An investor who searches but does not buy a property.
BIRRETUM, BIRRETUS
A cap or coif used formerly in England by judges and serjeants at law. Spelman.
BIRTH
The act of being born or wholly brought into separate existence. Wallace v. State, 10 Tex. App. 270.
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
the certificate that is filed with the right authorities when a child is born that records the date and place of birth and the parent’s names etc.
BIRTH CONTROL
used to prevent a pregnancy and is practiced in several ways such as abstinence, condoms, diaphragms, jellies and oral contraceptive tablets.
BIRTH-DEATH RATIO
The jobs a business has during a period of time. It is usually done monthly for a government job report. The Bureau of labor statistics publishes the report. The average […]
BIS IDEM EXIGI BONA FIDES NON PATITURI ET IN SATISFACTIONIBUS NON PERMITTITNR AMPLINS FIERI QUAM SEMEL FACTUM EST
Good faith does not suffer the same thing to be demanded twice; and in making satisfaction [for a debt or demand] it is not allowed to be done more than […]
BIS LAT
Twice.
BISAILE
The father of one’s grandfather or grandmother .
BISANTIUM, BESANTINE, BEZANT
An ancient coin, first issued at Constantinople ; It was of two sorts,
BISHOP
In English law . An ecclesiastical dignitary, being the chief of the clergy within his diocese, subject to the archbishop of the province in which his diocese is situated. Most […]