Glossary C

The Environmental Glossary. Letter C +++ Popular Articles: 'Community', 'Contaminant', 'Contamination'

A Concentrator array is a PV Array which uses concentrating devices (reflectors, lenses) to increase the intensity of the sunlight striking the array.

A_"conceptual model describes a series of working hypotheses of how the stressor might affect ecological components.

Deutsch: Beton / Español: Hormigón / Português: Concreto / Français: Bêton / Italiano: Calcestruzzo
Concrete is a composite material composed of coarse granular material (the aggregate or filler) embedded in a hard matrix of material (the cement or binder) that fills the space among the aggregate particles and glues them together.

Deutsch: Betonbruch / Español: escombros de hormigón / Português: entulho de concreto / Français: gravats de béton / Italiano: macerie di cemento

Concrete rubble in the environmental context refers to the broken pieces of concrete left over from demolished structures or construction waste. This rubble can have significant environmental impacts but also potential benefits if recycled and reused appropriately.

Deutsch: Kondensat / Español: Condensado / Português: Condensado / Français: Condensat / Italiano: Condensato /

A Condensate is 1.Liquid formed when warm landfill gas cools as it travels through a collection system. 2. Water created by Cooling steam or water vapor.

A Condensate Return System is System that returns the heated water condensing within steam piping to the Boiler and thus saves energy.

A Condensation is a part of the Hydrologic Cycle during which water vapor turns into a liquid

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.)

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

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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