measurand
physical quantity which is the subject of a measurement
Compensation point
light point for photosynthesis
energy budget
balance sheet of energy income against expenditure
Confluency
concept in cell culture biology
substance purity
test criterion
cant deficiency
deficiency of a rail vehicle's speed
oxygen saturation
relative measure of the amount of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium
Protein turnover
Replacement of broken-down proteins within an organism
Specificity constant
Measure of enzyme efficiency
gene density
ratio of number of genes per number of base pairs
access time
Performance measure of storage drives and storage media in computers
cell viability
parameter in microbiology and cell culture
darkness
lack of light
positive end-expiratory pressure
pressure in the lungs above atmospheric pressure that exists at the end of expiration
track geometry
three-dimensional geometry of railway track layouts and associated measurements
Conformational entropy
the entropy change due to a change in the "configuration" of a particle
Residual dipolar coupling
measurand in NMR spectroscopy
slip
Proportion of the difference between the actual speed of the asynchronous motor and the synchronous speed to the synchronous speed
remnant cholesterol
a very atherogenic lipoprotein composed primarily of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL)
sugar content
proportion of sugar to the total mass or volume of foodstuffs
water activity
one of the main factor limiting microbial activity
bale
unit of paper measurement
enzyme specificity
Substrate specificity of enzymes
gravity
technical term; relative density compared to water, of the wort or must at various stages in the fermentation of alcoholic beverages
rolling circumference
distance traveled by a wheel in one revolution (in constant contact with the ground)
chemical composition
concept in chemistry that has different, but similar, meanings if referred to a single pure substance or a mixture
chemical composition
concept in chemistry that has different, but similar, meanings if referred to a single pure substance or a mixture
wind load
force exerted on a structure due to wind energy
substandard delivery minutes
term used in the Netherlands in the context of water collection
total harmonic distortion
the distortion produced by an amplifier, as measured in terms of the harmonics of the sinusoidal components of the signal that it introduces
Nitrogen balance
chemical measure
wheelbase
horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels
index of a subgroup
measure of the relative magnitude to an overall mathematical group
cant
civil engineering term for a difference in elevation between edges of a road or railway
intrinsic activity
agonistic activity of a given ligand relative to the activity of an endogenous agonist
plateau pressure
pressure applied to small airways and alveoli during positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
Native contact
aspect of protein folding
Protein quality
protein ranking for human nutrition
Energy charge
measure of energy in cells