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Definition: Bioremediation |
BioremediationNoun1. The branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Environment | Use of living organisms to clean up oil spills or remove other pollutants from soil, water, or wastewater; use of organisms such as non-harmful insects to remove agricultural pests or counteract diseases of trees, plants, and garden soil. (references) |
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| "Bioremediation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bioremediation" is used about 19 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% | 19 | 80,337 |
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 |
bioremediation | 99 |
in situ bioremediation | 9 |
bioremediation product | 6 |
bioremediation cyanobacteria | 6 |
bioremediation oil | 5 |
bioremediation equipment | 4 |
bioremediation petroleum | 4 |
soil bioremediation | 4 |
bioremediation groundwater | 4 |
oil spill bioremediation | 3 |
bioremediation pah | 2 |
bioremediation compost pcbs using | 2 |
bioremediation journal | 2 |
bacterium bioremediation human pathogenic sewage | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bioremediation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | biologisk selvrensning (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | biologisch herstel (intrinsic bioremediation, turnover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luonnollinen puhdistuminen (intrinsic bioremediation), luonnollinen bioremediaatio (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bioremédiation intrinsèque (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | biologische Sanierung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εγγενής βιολογική αποκατάσταση (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ioremediationbay биологическая очистка (bio-remediation). (various references) biorremediación intrínseca (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) biologisk självreningskapacitet (intrinsic bioremediation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bioremediation": bioremediations. (additional references) | |
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"Bioremediation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biorememdiation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: remediation. | |
-4 letters: ambitioned, brominated, endometria, inebriated, moderation, reobtained. | |
-5 letters: brominate, debarment, dominator, inebriate, mediation, meteoroid, monitored, reedition. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: bioremediations. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101111 01110010 01100101 01101101 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i o r e m e d i a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006F 0072 0065 006D 0065 0064 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675818471797170756786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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