controlled burning

  • 1Controlled burning —    The act of setting fire to the woods to burn away the litter on the ground. The fire releases nutrients into the soil and causes a new growth of young plants without damaging or destroying the timber. Controlled burning is a key management… …

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  • 2controlled burning — /kəntroʊld ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say kuhntrohld berning) noun the controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at a planned time, intensity and rate of spread, the object being to reduce the danger of… …

  • 3Controlled burn — Back burn redirects here. For the village in Scotland, see Backburn. An experimental burn in Canada; note the measuring equipment in front. Part of a series on W …

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  • 4controlled burn — /kəntroʊld ˈbɜn/ (say kuhntrohld bern) noun 1. the supervised burning of hazardous flammable material, as dead wood, leaf litter, dry grass, etc., throughout an area of land to prevent bushfires. 2. an instance of such controlled burning: they… …

  • 5Burning Wheels — Developer(s) Synetic Publisher(s) RTL Interactive Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 …

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  • 6Controlled Impact Demonstration — The controlled impact demonstration The Controlled Impact Demonstration (or colloquially the Crash In the Desert) was a joint project between NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aimed at acquiring data, as well as demonstrating and …

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  • 7Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center — The controlled demolition hypothesis is a 9/11 conspiracy theory that claims the complete structural failure of the World Trade Center towers was not caused by the plane crash damage that occurred as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks, nor by …

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  • 8patch burning — (PACH bur.ning) pp. The purposeful and controlled burning of a section of an ecosystem. Also: patch burning. patch burn v., n. patch burn adj. Example Citation: Dr. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, a professor of rangeland ecology at Oklahoma State, and his …

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  • 9control burning — /kəntroʊl ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say kuhntrohl berning) noun → controlled burning …

  • 10prescribed burning — /prəskraɪbd ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say pruhskruybd berning) noun → controlled burning …