Glossary C

Deutsch: Kultur / Español: Cultura / Português: Cultura / Français: Culture / Italiano: Cultura /

A Culture is In microbiology, a population of microorganisms in a growth medium or the act of growing Bacteria in media for identification.

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Cultures and Stocks are Infectious agents and associated Biologicals including cultures from medical and pathological laboratories; Cultures and Stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories; waste from the production of biologicals; discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.

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A culvert is man-made construction that diverts the natural flow of water.

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A cumulative distribution is a means of representing the variation of some attribute by giving running totals of the resource with attribute values less than or equal to a specified series of values.

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- Cumulative Ecological Risk Assessment : A Cumulative Ecological Risk Assessment is Consideration of the total ecological risk from multiple stressors to a given eco-zone.

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A Cumulative Exposure is the sum of exposures of an Organism to a Pollutant over a period of time.

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A Cumulative Working Level Months (CWLM) is the sum of lifetime Exposure to radon working levels expressed in total working

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A Curb Stop is a water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building.

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A Curbside Collection is Method of collecting recyclable materials at homes, Community districts or businesses.

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A Curie (Ci) is a standard measurement for radioactivity, specifically the rate of Decay for a gram of radium - 37 billion decays per second. A unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7 x 10 ¹⁰ disintegrations per second.

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