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CORRECTIVE ACTION

Specialty Definition: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Domain	Definition
Environment	EPA can require treatment, storage and disposal (TSDF) facilities handling hazardous waste to undertake corrective actions to clean up spills resulting from failure to follow hazardous waste management procedures or other mistakes. The process includes cleanup procedures designed to guide TSDFs toward in spills. (references)
	The act encompassing analysis and evaluation of deficiencies and the execution of preventive or remedial action to prevent or materially reduce the probability of the recurrence of defects. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Specialty definitions using "CORRECTIVE ACTION": Administrative Order, alarm-signal operator, ALCOHOL-AND-DRUG-ABUSE-ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR ♦ CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE, CONTROLLER, REMOTELY-PILOTED VEHICLE ♦ DEBURRING-AND-TOOLING-MACHINE OPERATOR, drop-board operator, dx board operator ♦ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICER ♦ FIELD ARTILLERY SENIOR SERGEANT, FIELD-SERVICE ENGINEER, FIELD-SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, floor housekeeper ♦ group leader ♦ HAZARDOUS-WASTE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST ♦ INSPECTOR, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, INSPECTOR, ELECTROMECHANICAL, INSPECTOR, MATERIAL DISPOSITION, INSPECTOR, WATER-POLLUTION CONTROL, INSTRUMENT INSPECTOR ♦ JOB DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST ♦ LIAISON ENGINEER, loading-machine operator ♦ MARKSMANSHIP INSTRUCTOR, MIXING SUPERVISOR ♦ NURSE, SUPERVISOR, EVENING-OR-NIGHT ♦ operator, circuit, operator, direct wire ♦ PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATOR ♦ real-time data ♦ SAFETY INSPECTOR, safety technician, SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR, SHOTGUN-SHELL-LOADING-MACHINE OPERATOR, signal timer, SUPERVISOR, ASSEMBLY, SUPERVISOR, INSPECTING, SUPERVISOR, INSPECTION, SUPERVISOR, KEYMODULE ASSEMBLY, SUPERVISOR, LIVESTOCK-YARD, supervisory agreement ♦ team coordinator, technical specialist, aircraft systems, tier 1 capital ♦ UTILITY WORKER, LINE ASSEMBLY. (references)

Commercial Usage: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Domain	Title
Books	Taking Further Corrective Action (Self-Study Workbooks Series) (reference) The Corrective Action Handbook (reference) Risk-Based Corrective Action and Brownfields Restorations: Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Congress 98: October 18-21, 1998 Boston, Massachusetts) (reference) Leak Prevention and Corrective Action Technology for Underground Storage Tanks (reference) Peace: by the wonderful people who brought you Korea and Viet Nam; an authoritative indictment of maleficent Federal leadership, and a successful formula for corrective action (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Indonesia	It employs persuasion, publicity, and moral authority to highlight abuses, to recommend legal and regulatory changes, and to encourage corrective action. (references)
	Yemen	Also in August, the Minister of Justice led an inspection tour of courts in several governorates to review the performance of officials, identify problems and take corrective action, if necessary. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: CORRECTIVE ACTION

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
corrective action	56
corrective action form	22
corrective action plan	19
corrective action report	10
corrective action software	10
corrective action procedure	5
8d corrective action	4
corrective action request	3
corrective action program	2
corrective action system	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Language		Translations for "CORRECTIVE ACTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		styrevirkning, korrektion (correction). (various references)

Dutch		corrigerende handeling, corrigerende actie, herstel (clean up, cleanup, convalescence, recovery, recovery phase, rehabilitation, remediation, repair, repair mecanism, repairs, reset, restitution). (various references)

French		mesure de redressement, mesure correctrice, mesure corrective (corrective measure), action corrective. (various references)

Greek		�"ιορθωτική πράξη, διορθωτική επενέργεια, διορθωτικά μέτρα πολιτικής. (various references)

Italian		azione correttiva (remedial action). (various references)

Pig Latin		orrectivecay actionay

Portuguese		acção correctora. (various references)

Spanish		política correctiva (corrective policy), medida correctora, medida correctiva (corrective measure, corrective policy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: CORRECTIVE ACTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-v"
	-4 letters: overreaction.
	-5 letters: acrocentric, areocentric, contractive, enterococci, interactive, reiteration, retroaction, retroactive.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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