Dictionary of Agriculture - N doc

... Union noun an organisation representing the interests of British farmers in negotiations with the government and other agencies. Abbr NFU National Institute of Agricultural Botany National Institute ... government which deals with farming, the environ- ment, animal welfare and rural develop- ment in Wales. Abbr NAWARAD National Canine Defence League National Canine Defence League noun f...

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... with running costs. Abbr HFA hill grazing hill grazing noun grassland used for sheep and cattle grazing in hilly and moun- tainous areas hill land hill land noun land on hills, mountains or moors ... from nectar in flowers, and stored in a beehive honey bee honey bee noun a common hive-bee honeycomb honeycomb /hnikəυm/ noun a construction of wax, made by bees for storing honey honey fun...

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... gland. mineralisation mineralisation /m n rəla | zeʃ(ə )n/ , mineralization noun the breaking down of organic waste into its inorganic chemical components mineral matter content mineral matter content noun the amount of minerals ... conservative approach.’ [Farmers Guardian] manager manager noun a person who is in charge of an organisation or part of one mane mane noun a long hai...

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... same as preg- nancy toxaemia twinning twinning /tw n ŋ/ noun the act of giving birth to twins twinter twinter /twntə/ noun a two-year-old ewe twist twist noun a disease of cereals and grasses ... (1674–1740) an 18th- century gentleman farmer. He invented the mechanical seed drill and the horse-drawn hoe. tunnel tunnel noun a long enclosure, covered with a semicircular roof tunnel cloch...

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... leaves turns yellow and the veins stay green intervention intervention noun 1. the act of making a change in a system 2. ˽ to sell into inter- vention to sell to a government agency at an intervention ... ICA International Coffee Organization International Coffee Organization noun an international organisation set up to stabilise the international market in coffee by holding buffer stocks...

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... planning permission planning inquiry planning inquiry noun a hearing before a government inspector relating to a deci- sion of a local authority in planning matters planning permission planning ... existing buildings or new use of land planning controls planning controls plural noun legisla- tion used by a local authority to control building planning department planning department noun a...

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... than a given channel. Compare ADJACENT CHANNEL. alternate-channel interference Interference caused by a transmitter operating in the chan- nel beyond an adjacent channel. Compare ADJACENT-CHANNEL ... terrain (HAAT). antenna impedance The complex-number im- pedance that an antenna presents to a transmis- sion line. It can vary over a tremendous range, and depends on the antenna type, antenna ....

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... tuned circuit can receive on one channel and reject signals from the nearest outly- ing channels. adjacent sound channel In television, the radio- frequency (RF) channel containing the sound modulation ... measurement of current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quan- tities. 1. TANGENT GALVANOMETER method: Current is proportional to the tangent of the an- gle of...

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... current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quan- tities. 1. TANGENT GALVANOMETER method: Current is proportional to the tangent of the an- gle of deflection of the needle of ... television sound. Also called Cochannnel sound frequency. ac component In a complex wave (i.e., one con- taining both ac and dc), the alternating, fluctu- ating, or pulsating part of...

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... atmosphere airport engineering [ CIV ENG ] The planning, de- sign, construction, and operation and mainte- and the work area in a tunnel or shaft being nance of facilities providing for the landing and excavated ... electronics, engineering acoustics, industrial engi- neering, mechanics and mechanical engineering, systems engineering, and thermodynamics. Many new entries have been added sin...

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