Glossary D

The Environmental Glossary. Letter D +++ Popular Articles: 'Disease', 'Deposition', 'Development'

A Diversity is having great variety

A DNA Hybridization is Use of a segment of DNA, called a DNA probe, to identify its complementary DNA; used to detect specific genes.

A Dobson Unit (DU) is Units of ozone level measurement.

A Dock is To remove a cow's tail. This practice may keep cows udders cleaner, but may also result in cows being less content, especially in fly season.

The Document Control describes the policies and procedures used by an organization to ensure that its written activities and reports, and their revisions, are reviewed, approved for release, inventoried, distributed, archived, stored, and retrieved in accordance with the organization"s requirements.

The DOE-2 Model is a computer program that simulates hourly building Energy use. It is an international benchmark used as the basis for building standards in the U.S. and other countries.

A domain is the areal extent of a resource; the region occupied by a resource.

A Domestic Application is Pesticide application in and around houses, office buildings, motels, and other living or working areas.(See: residential use.)

A domestic water use is water used for household purposes, such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing clothes, dishes, and dogs, flushing toilets, and watering lawns and gardens.

A dose denotes the quantity of radiation or Energy absorbed. Dose may refer to the following:

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