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The Environmental Glossary. Letter P +++ Popular Articles: 'Periplaneta americana', 'Process', 'Product'

PPB

PPB --->Parts per billion

PPM

A PPM is Parts per million

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Practice

Deutsch: Praxis / Español: Práctica / Português: Prática / Français: Pratique / Italiano: Pratica

Practice in the environment context refers to the application or exercise of methods, strategies, and activities aimed at protecting and improving the natural environment. This encompasses a broad range of actions, from individual behaviors to collective initiatives, aimed at conserving natural resources, reducing pollution, and promoting sustainability.

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Pre-Dissemination Review

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.

Pre-Milking Teat Dip

A Pre-Milking Teat Dip is a product applied in preparation for milking to clean the teat and reduce the spread of disease and maintain healthy teats.

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Precession

A Precession is the tendency of the Earth's axis to wobble in space over a period of 23,000 years.

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Precipitation

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.

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Precision

A precision is the degree to which replicate measurements of the same attribute agree or are exact.

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Precursor

A precursor is a Compound that reacts in the atmosphere to form a pollutant.

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Predator

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.

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