Glossary P
A Pre-Dissemination Review is an oversight mechanism to facilitate a decision that information about to be disseminated meets the Information Quality Guidelines2 [EXIT Glossary] or other relevant standards.
Deutsch: Niederschlag / Español: Precipitación / Português: Precipitação / Français: Précipitation / Italiano: Precipitazione /
A precipitation is water in the form of rain, sleet, or snow (wet deposition). A Precipitation is a part of the hydrologic cycle during which condensed water vapor in the air falls to the ground, land and bodies of water.
A precision is the degree to which replicate measurements of the same attribute agree or are exact.
Deutsch: Raubtier / Español: Depredador / Português: Predador / Français: Prédateur / Italiano: Predatore
Predator in the environmental context refers to an Organism that hunts, captures, and consumes other organisms, known as prey, to sustain itself. Predators play a vital role in ecosystems by maintaining population balance, supporting biodiversity, and driving natural selection processes.
A Preliminary Assessment (PA) is the process of collecting and reviewing available information about a known or suspected Hazardous Waste site or Release that is used to determine if