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| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Degradation or decomposition by means of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms by which complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler molecules; cf. mineralization biodegradatio n can occur under aerobic or anaerobic conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Decomposition or breakdown of a substance through the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or fungi) or other natural physical processes (such as sunlight). (references) |
| The series of processes by which living organisms degrade pollutant chemicals, organic wastes, pesticides, and implantable materials. (references) | |
Public Administration | The decomposition of chemical substances in the environment through biological processes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | Decomposition of material by microorganisms. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Biodegradable matter is material that can be biodegraded. For example, most plastic bags are not biodegradable, but paper bags are. In managing waste disposal, this can sometimes be an important difference, because plastic bags stay around forever if left as litter, whereas paper bags eventually decompose. However, in anaerobic landfills, whether a material is biodegradable makes little difference: biodegradable matter usually does not decay, because of the lack of oxygen required by the microorganisms.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biodegradation."
Synonyms: BIODEGRADATIONSynonyms: Biodeterioration, Biological degradation. (additional references) |
Crosswords: BIODEGRADATION |
| Specialty definitions using "BIODEGRADATION": Sparge or Sparging ♦ wet ashpit. (references) |
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Health | Except for the brain, glucocerebroside arises mainly from the biodegradation of old red and white blood cells. (references) | |
Fabry's disease is a fat storage disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme involved in the biodegradation of lipids. (references) | ||
All of these patients exhibit a deficiency of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase that catalyzes the first step in the biodegradation of glucocerebroside. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BIODEGRADATION" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BIODEGRADATION" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
biodegradation | 18 |
biodegradation de pseudomonas xylene | 4 |
biodegradation rubber | 3 |
biodegradation de solid | 3 |
biodegradation journal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BIODEGRADATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bionedbrydning (biological degradation), biologisk nedbrydning (biological degradation), biologisk nedbrydelighed, biodegration. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | biodegradatie (biological degradation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | biologinen hajottaminen, biologinen hajoaminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biolyse (biological degradation), biodétérioration (biological degradation), bio-dégradation, biodégradation (biological degradation), dégradation biologique (biological degradation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | biologischer Abbau (biological degradation), biologische Abnutzung (biological degradation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βιοαποικοδόμηση,βιοδιασπασιμότητα, βιο-αποδόμηση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | biodegradazione (biological degradation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iodegradationbay biodegradação, biodegração, biólise. (various references) биологическое разложение. (various references) biodegradación, biólisis. (various references) biologisk nedbrytning, biodegradering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BIODEGRADATION": biodegradations. (additional references) | |
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"BIODEGRADATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biodegradtion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-d-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: degradation. | |
-4 letters: abrogation, deorbiting, derogation, eradiating, originated, redbaiting. | |
-5 letters: abnegator, aborigine, abrogated, adoration, andradite, aragonite, badinaged, bargained, bioregion, debriding, deodorant, dragooned, gabardine, gadrooned, gradation, granitoid, indagated, indagator, iodinated, originate, radiating, radiation, rebaiting, rebidding, rebooting, tragedian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-d-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: biodegradations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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