... video and data.
bandwidth efficiency In TV, the ratio of picture qual-
ity to RF bandwidth.
bandwidth, HDTV (color set and color-difference set).
See SMPTE 240 standard.
bandwidth on demand Say ... above and below this band. It is the
opposite of a bandpass. The band rejected is gener-
ally much wider than that suppressed by a trap. Also
called band-rejection filter, bandstop filter, and
rejector ... and there is a need for a refer-
ence that documents the evolving terminology, standards, and acronyms.
The Dictionaryof Video and Television Technology contains the most up-to-
date terms and...
... trees and a long
tongue to catch insects inside the
tree.
woodwind
[
"wUd wInd
] n. a group
of musical instruments, many of
which are made of wood or used
to be made of wood, and many of
which ... loudly.
yellow
[
"jEl o
]
1.
n. the color of a
ripe lemon or of the yolk of an
egg. (Plural only for types and
instances.)
2.
the adj. use of Q.
(Comp: yellower; sup: yellowest.)
3.
adj. ... woodiest.)
2.
adj. [of a plant] containing
wood. (Comp: woodier; sup:
woodiest.)
wool
[
"wUl
]
1.
n. the soft, curly hair
of sheep and goats. (Plural only
for types and instances.)
2.
n.
thread,...
... production and use of foods and chemicals generally. It is important to
note that these statutes were written (1) before the development of rDNA technologyand
the proliferation of its products,
2
and ...
phenotypes, genes, and donors and all anticipated test release sites and movements for a
Pew Initiative on Foodand Biotechnology
Guide to U.S. Regulation of Genetically Modified Food
and Agricultural ... products. The products of biotechnology span a wide range of foods,
drugs, and chemicals, and are thus governed by a complex range of laws that apply to all
foods, drugs and chemicals. Under...
... Use This Dictionary
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of variation is similar to wild card terms. Here are
examples of the sets of limited sets of verbs.
be ahead of Tom
get ahead of Tom
keep ahead of Tom
remain ahead of Tom
stay ... head.
A minimum of abbreviations and symbols are
used, and these are explained in the section
“Terms and Symbols.” The user who understands
the meaning of entry head, variable, and wild
card term ... stroke of
two.
arrive (up)on the scene (of
something
) and arrive at
the scene (of
something
) to reach the location of an
event in progress. (Upon is formal and less commonly
used than on and...
... resources sparingly.
Prof. Dr Ing. Dietrich Knorr
Berlin University of Technology
Institute ofFood Biotechnology and
Food Chemistry
Department ofFood Biotechnology
and Food Process Engineering
dietrich.knorr@tu-berlin.de
... eld of
TU Berlin: “Health andNutrition . The committees of the TU Berlin
recently approved the launch of the Innovation Centre Health and
Nutrition. In these pioneering elds oftechnologyand ...
functions ranging from the intake and utilisation offood to getting rid of waste.
Prof. Dr. Andreas F.H. Pfeiffer
German Institute of Human
Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke and
Charité – Universitätsmedizin...
... VEGETABLES, and sug-
ary foods like jelly and jam.
Enzymes in foods can also lead to spoilage. Alter-
natively, insect pests can infest foods, making them
unfit. Softening and ripening of fruit and vegetables
are ... liquid dressing served
with foods. Sauces are usually high-
FAT foods.
Stroganoff and orloff usually contain butter. Hol-
landaise and bearnaise sauces contain butter and
egg yolks; bearnaise contains ... Because table sugar is one of the most
common
FOOD ADDITIVES, it is partially responsible
for the low nutrient density of convenience and
fast foods, processed foods, and soft drinks. Sucrose
is...
... against a surface and spring
back.
bounce off ( (of)
something
) to
rebound from something.
bounce out (of
something
) to
rebound out of or away from
something.
bounce
something
off (of)
some-
one ... jump;
a forward jump.
→
by leaps and bounds
bound hand and foot with hands
and feet tied up.
boundary ["baUn dri] n. a border; a
line that marks the edge of a thing
or a place.
bouquet [bo ... outburst of anger.
blown ["blon] Past participle of
blow.
blue ["blu] 1. n. the color of a clear
sky on a bright day; the color of a
deep, clear ocean. (Plural only for
types and instances.)...
... front
part of the body.
2. n. a piece of
furniture with drawers, used to
store clothes, linen, and other
items. (Often chest of drawers.)
3. n. a large, wooden storage box.
→
get
something
off
one’s
chest
→ ... and
put on different clothing.
8. tv. to
replace a baby’s dirty diaper with a
clean one.
9. iv. to become differ-
ent.
10. iv. to take off one set of
clothes and put on another.
a
change of ... (Plural only for types
and instances.)
charge ["tSa#dZ] 1. n. the cost of
something; the amount of money
needed to pay for something.
(Often plural.)
2. n. control [of
someone or something]....
... is
light; from the rising of the sun to
the setting of the sun.
from hand to hand from one per-
son to a series of other persons;
from one person’s hand to another
person’s hand, and so forth.
from ... mixture of
sugar and other things that is
spread on top of a cake or pastry.
(Plural only for types and
instances.)
froth ["frOT] n. foam; a mass of
white bubbles that forms on top of
liquids ... past tense of freeze.
frozen ["froz @n] Past participle of
freeze.
fruit ["frut] n. the part of a plant
that contains seeds and can be
eaten as food. (Plural only for
types and instances....
... level.
grand ["grAnd] 1. adj. impressive;
magnificent. (Adv: grandly. Comp:
grander; sup: grandest.)
2. n. a
thousand dollars. (Slang. No plu-
ral.)
→
(as) busy as Grand Central
Station
grand ... noun.)
grandparent ["grAn(d) pEr @nt] n.
a grandmother or a grandfather;
the parent of one’s parent. (The
plural usually refers to one or
more pairs consisting of a
grand-
mother
and a grandfather.)
grandson ... ["gl^v] n. one of a pair of fit-
ted coverings for the hand, typi-
cally made of fabric or leather and
having individual “pockets” for
each finger and thumb.
→
fit like a glove
→ hand in glove...