Glossary M

The Environmental Glossary. Letter M +++ Popular Articles: 'Management', 'Matter', 'Mean'

A MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY (MCS) is a condition in which a person reports sensitivity or intolerance (as distinct from "allergic") to a number of chemicals and other irritants at

multiple Metric or Multimetric approaches are analysis techniques using several measurable characteristics of a biological

A multiple use is when a water body has more than one beneficial use designation.

A Multivariate Community Analysis is statistical methods (e.g. ordination or discriminant analysis) for analyzing physical and biological Community data using multiple variables.

A Municipal Solid Waste is garbage that is disposed of in a sanitary or Municipal Solid Waste landfill

A Municipal solid waste (MSW) is Residential solid waste and some non-hazardous commercial, institutional, and industrial wastes.

A municipal water system is a water system that has at least five service connections or which regularly serves 25 individuals for 60 days; also called a public water system

A Mutagenic is causing alteration in the DNA (genes or chromosomes) of an organism

A Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit.

A MVV is Maximum voluntary ventilation

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