Glossary C

Deutsch: Bedingung / Español: Condición / Português: Condição / Français: Condition / Italiano: Condizione /

A condition is the distribution of scores describing resource attributes without respect to any societal value or desired use, that is, a state of being. (New term l993.)

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A condition indicator is a Characteristic of the environment that provides quantitative estimates of the state of ecological resources and is conceptually tied to a value.

A Conditional Registration is Under special circumstances, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) permits registration of pesticide products that is "conditional" upon the submission of additional data.

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A Conditionally Exempt Generators (CE) is Persons or enterprises which produce less than 220 pounds of Hazardous Waste per month. Exempt from most Regulation, they are required merely

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A Conditioned Air is air that has been heated, cooled, humidified, or dehumidified to maintain an interior space within the "comfort zone." (Sometimes referred to as "tempered" air.)

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A Conductance is a rapid method of estimating the Dissolved Solids content of water supply by determining the capacity of a water sample to carry an electrical current.

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Deutsch: Leitfähigkeit / Español: conductividad / Português: condutividade / Français: conductivité / Italiano: conducibilità

Conductivity refers to the ability of a material to conduct an electric current. In the environmental context, it most commonly pertains to the conductivity of water, which is an important measure of water quality.

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A Cone of Depression is a Depression in the water table that develops around a pumped well.

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A Cone of Influence is the depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table by the pumping of water from a well.

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A Cone Penterometer Testing (CPT) is a direct Push system used to measure lithology based on soil penetration resistance.

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