Biomass

Definitions: Biomass

Biomass

Noun

1. Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel.

2. The total mass of living matter in a given unit area.

Specialty Definitions: Biomass

Domain	Definitions
Agriculture	The generic term for any living matter that can be converted into usable energy through biological or chemical processes. It encompasses feedstocks such as agricultural crops and their residues, animal wastes, wood, wood residues and grasses, and municipal wastes. (references)
Biology & Biotechnology	The term biomass is used to designate the dry weight of living matter, including stored food, present in a species population and expressed in terms of a given area or volume of the habitat. Source: European Union. (references)
	The total dry organic matter at a given time of living organisms of one or more species per unit area(species biomass)or of all the species in a community(community biomass). Source: European Union. (references)
Energy	Energy resources derived from organic matter. These include wood,agricultural waste and other living-cell material that can be burned to produce heatenergy. They also include algae, sewage and other organic substances that may beused to make energy through chemical processes. (references)
	As defined by the Energy Security Act (PL 96-294) of 1980, "any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and aquatic plants." (references)
Environment	All of the living material in a given area; often refers to vegetation. (references)
Health	Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) It includes the yield of vegetative mass produced from any given crop. (references)
Science	Organic nonfossil material of biological origin. For example, trees and plants are biomass. (references)
Solar	Plants, crops, and trees; converted by solar fuel technologies into fuels and byproducts. See the Biomass Resource Information Clearinghouse. (references)
Weather	Total dry weight of all living organisms that can be supported at each tropic level in a food chain. Also, materials that are biological in origin, including organic material (both living and dead) from above and below ground, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, roots, and animals and animal waste. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Biomass

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Biomass is the organic non-fossil material of biological origin, collectively. For example, plants (including trees) and animals are biomass, as are the materials they produce, such as animal droppings and wood. Biomass is sometimes burned as fuel for cooking and to produce electricity and heat. Biomass used as fuel often consists of underutilized types, like chaff and animal waste. This is often considered a type of alternative energy although it is not a non-polluting one.

In some industrialized countries, like Germany, paradoxically, food is cheaper than fuel compared by price per joule. Central heating units supplied by food grade wheat or maize are available.

See also

biosphere, biodiesel, bioalcohol, green power

External link

http://www.getreideheizung.de/

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Biomass."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Biomass

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BIOMASS	English	Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks	Geography, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Biomass

Specialty definitions using "biomass": additives, Alternative Fuels, Anaerobic Digester, ANIMAL WASTE CONVERSION, axenic production ♦ Bioconversion, Biofuel, Biogasification or biomethanization, Biomass Energy, Biomass Fuel, biomass fuels, Biomass Gasification, Bone Dry, Bone Dry Unit ♦ carbon sequestration, carbon-based resources ♦ Ecological Integrity, ecological pyramids, energy from biomass, Energy Security Act of 1980 ♦ Forest health ♦ GAS UTILITY ♦ INDIGENOUS ENERGY RESOURCES ♦ liquids from biomass ♦ microbial biomass growth rate ♦ NDVI, net energy ratio ♦ pyramid of numbers ♦ Qualifying Facility ♦ Renewable Energy, RENEWABLE RESOURCES ♦ SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Solar Fuel Technology ♦ TAX CREDITS, TERRESTRIAL BIOMASS, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ♦ undersown crops. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Biomass

Domain	Title
References	USA Biomass Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Biomass Burning and Global Change - Vol. 2 : Biomass Burning in the Tropical and Temperate Ecosystems (reference) Biomass Combustion (reference) Biomass Energy Policy in Africa: Selected Case Studies (African Energy Policy Research Series) (reference) Biomass Forestry in Europe: A Strategy for the Future (reference) Biomass Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Biomass & Bioenergy (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Horchata biomass - necromass remixes (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Biomass

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dead surf clams washed up on South County beaches after the oil spill. An estimated biomass of 400,000 Kg. of surf clams died in the spill.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Natural reef areas close to the artificial reef site were also sampled to determine the biomass and species composition of fish. You can see the portable transect line lying along the bottom.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	Natural reef areas close to the artificial reef site were also sampled to determine the biomass and species composition of fish. You can see the portable transect line lying along the bottom.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		Acanthurus olivaceus - surgeonfish grazing on algae on new reef material. Demonstrates artificial reef contribution to food chain. Murky waters occurred under certain conditions of current and swell. Fish biomass increased greatly during murky water episodes.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Biomass

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The second phase of the SPP program has been delayed, and the program is now focused on "small" biomass and renewable projects. (references)
		They also offer wide exposure to a reliable, simple biomass energy application, thus helping to improve the reputation of biomass energy. (references)
		These include the use of renewables such as straw, hay and woodchips as well as other biomass sources that have reasonable transport costs. (references)
Economic History	Switzerland	The market for systems using biomass as a source of energy is also growing fast. (references)
	Kenya	Biomass, though cheaper to use and in plentiful supply in rural Kenya, remains undeveloped. (references)
	Switzerland	R&D, at this time, is focussing on solar energy, wind generated energy, geothermal energy and biomass. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Biomass

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	The Energy Security Act also provides significant incentives for the development of gasohol and biomass fuels, thereby enhancing the nation's supply of alternative energy sources.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Biomass

"Biomass" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.66% of the time. "Biomass" is used about 131 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)	94.66%	124	28,785
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.29%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.29%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	0.76%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	131	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Biomass

Country	Name
USA	USA Biomass Corporation
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Biomass

Expressions using "biomass": biomass energy ♦ biomass fuel ♦ biomass fuels ♦ energy from biomass ♦ liquids from biomass ♦ microbial biomass growth rate. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "biomass": electricity-from-biomass.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Biomass

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
biomass	544	biomass research	3
biomass energy	52	bioenergy biomass	3
biomass pyramid	13	biomass fuel fuel	3
biomass gasification	8	biomass plant	3
biomass plant power	7	biomas biomass	3
biomass boiler	7	biomass ethanol	3
biomass fuel	6	biomass buffer ph soil	2
biomass crop electricity energy	6	bamboo biomass	2
biomass picture	6	biomass burning	2
biomass boiler tube water	6	biomass cell fuel	2
biomass root	5	biomass gasification waste	2
biomass disadvantage	5	biomass numbers pyramid	2
biomass information	4	biomass digesters	2
biomass definition	4	biomass cost	2
biomass gasifier	4	biomass cell efficiency fuel increase solar wind	2
biofuels biomass	4	biomass cotton stalks	2
as biomass fuel	4	usa biomass	2
biomass technology	3	advantage biomass	2
		biomass heavy metal	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Biomass

Language		Translations for "biomass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"�物量. (various references)

Danish		biomasse : maengden af organisk stof i form af levende organismer pr. flade- eller rumfangsenhed til et givet tidspunkt, biomasse. (various references)

Dutch		biomassa. (various references)

Finnish		biomassa, jonkin alueen elävän aineksen kokonaismäärä. (various references)

French		biomasse. (various references)

German		Biomasse. (various references)

Greek		βιομάζα. (various references)

Hungarian		biomassza. (various references)

Italian		biomassa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ハ長調 (bar, bar code, barbarism, barbecue, barbell, barber, barell, bargain, bargain sale, bargaining power, bartender, barter, base, Bayer, BBQ, Berkeley, berkelium, Berkley, Bermuda shorts, Bermuda Triangle, berth, bias, biathlon, bio, bio music, biochip, biocomputer, bioconversion, bioelectronics, bioethics, biofeedback, biogas, biography, biohazard, bioholonics, bioindustry, bioinfomatics, bionics, biopsy, bioreactor, biorhythm, bioscience, biosensor, biotechnology, biotelemetry, biotron, bird carving, bird sanctuary, bird watching, birdcall, birdie, Birmingham, birth, birth control, birthday, bourbon, Burberry, burger, burlesque, burner, burn-out syndrome, burst, buying power, by, bye, C major, crowbar, Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, hair combed in stripes across a bald pate, old man who takes Viagra, scale, updating a software version, Vermont, vernier, verse, version, vertical marketing, violin, violinist, virgin, Virginia, virginity, virtual, virtual circuit, virtual reality). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		バイオマス . (various references)

Korean		생물 자원. (various references)

Pig Latin		iomassbay

Portuguese		biomassa:peso seco de matéria viva,incluindo alimentos armazenados,existente numa população.Exprime-se em massa por unidades de área ou volume de habitat, biomassa. (various references)

Russian		биомасса. (various references)

Spanish		biomasa, masa viva. (various references)

Swedish		biomassa. (various references)

Thai		จำนวนสิ่งมีชีวิตต่อหน่วยพื้นที่. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Biomass

Derivations
	Words beginning with "biomass": biomasses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Biomass" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilmarsh, bilomas, bimas, biomas, Biomuse, Boima, Boismassif, Isomass. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Biomass

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-m-o-s-s"
	-1 letter: sambos.
	-2 letters: ambos, amiss, basis, bassi, basso, bimas, iambs, isbas, misos, oasis, obias, ossia, sambo, simas, somas.
	-3 letters: abos, aims, ambo, amis, bams, bass, bias, bima, bios, boas, boss, iamb, isba, isms, mass, mibs, miso, miss, moas, mobs, moss, obia, obis, ossa, sabs, sibs, sima, sims, sobs, soma.
	-4 letters: abo, abs, aim, ais, ami.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-m-o-s-s"
	+2 letters: ambrosias, biomasses, bioplasms, boyarisms, mislabors, nabobisms, obeahisms.
	+3 letters: absolutism, abstemious, amoebiases, amoebiasis, anabolisms, diabolisms, framboises, globalisms.
	+4 letters: absolutisms, brainstorms, catabolisms, metabolisms, seaborgiums.
	+5 letters: abolishments, abstemiously, ambitionless, ambiversions, behaviorisms, bohemianisms, misbehaviors, nimbostratus, obscurantism, probabilisms, saltimboccas, somnambulism, somnambulist, subdominants, sublimations, vagabondisms.
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