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    Dictionary of Biochemistry
    Dictionary of Biochemistry
    Dictionary of Biochemistry
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    Dictionary of Biochemistry

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    There are hundreds of terms which sound alien to you and you have to look for their definitions and meanings. To save you from the trouble, this concise dictionary has been composed.

    You can download it on your device and be ready for the terms which might confuse you.

    All the best!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateAug 16, 2011
    ISBN9781466017092
    Dictionary of Biochemistry
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      Dictionary of Biochemistry - Students' Academy

      Dictionary of Biochemistry

      By Students’ Academy

      Copyright@2011Students’ Academy

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      Chapter 1

      A

      Ablation

      Ablation refers to the processes of melting, evaporation, wind erosion, and breaking off of ice masses, that removes snow or ice from a glacier or snowfield.

      Ablation also means the amount of snow or ice which has been removed.

      Abscission

      Abscission refers to shedding of leaves, flowers, fruits, or seeds, etc. by plants.

      Absorption Coefficient

      Absorption Coefficient refers to a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation when it passes through a given substance.

      Acclimation

      Acclimation is also called Acclimatization. It refers to the transformation that happens in an organism to allow it to tolerate a new environment.

      Accumulation

      Accumulation refers to snowfall, condensation, avalanching, snow transport by wind, and freezing of liquid water, floating ice, or snow cover, or other similar processes.

      Acidity Profile

      Acidity Profile is defined as the acid concentration in ice core layers as a function of depth as decided through electrical measurements.

      Adaptation

      Adaptation refers to the adjustment of an organism or population to a new or changed environment through genetic transformations brought about by natural selection.

      Adiabatic Process

      Adiabatic Process refers to any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat.

      Adiabatic Warming

      Adiabatic Warming refers to a process which occurs without gain or loss of heat.

      Advection

      Advection refers to the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

      Advection can also be defined in detail as the horizontal large-scale movement of air that alters temperature or other physical properties. In oceanography, advection is the horizontal or vertical flow of sea water as a current.

      Aerosol

      Aerosol refers to a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

      Agglomeration

      Agglomeration refers to the process by which precipitation particles become bigger by collision or contact with cloud particles or other precipitation particles.

      Agung

      Agung is an active volcano 10,380 ft (3,141 m) high in Bali, Indonesia. This volcano last erupted in 1964.

      Airborne Fraction

      Airborne Fraction refers to the amount of CO2 which is released from all energy consumption and land use activities that is present in the atmosphere as opposed

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