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121Drag reducing agent — A drag reducing agent, also called a flow improver, is a long chain polymer chemical that is used in crude oil, refined products or non potable water pipelines. It is injected in small amounts (parts per million) and is used to reduce the… …
122Kiev Military Institute of Control and Signals — (Ukrainian: Київський Військовий Інститут Управління і Зв язку, Kyivskyi Viyskovyi Instytut Upravlinnia i Zvyazku) is an institution of higher military education in Ukraine, located in its capital city of Kiev. Subordinated to the Armed Forces of …
123Centers for Disease Control and Prevention timeline — The following is a timeline of events relating to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1940s*1946 The Communicable Disease Center is organized in Atlanta, Georgia on July 1. *1947 In San Francisco, CDC took over the Public Health… …
124contamination control — Procedures to avoid, reduce, remove, or render harmless (temporarily or permanently) nuclear, biological, and chemical contamination for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing the efficient conduct of military operations. See also biological… …
125Flour bleaching agent — is a food additive added to flour in order to make it appear whiter (freshly milled flour is yellowish) and to oxidize the surfaces of the flour grains and help with developing of gluten.Usual bleaching agents are: * Organic peroxides, namely… …
126ganglionic blocking agent — n a drug used to produce blockade at a ganglion * * * a drug that blocks nerve impulses at autonomic ganglionic synapses; used for initial control of blood pressure in patients with acute dissecting aortic aneurysm, production of controlled… …
127riot agent — noun A chemical substance such as tear gas used to control or disperse rioters • • • Main Entry: ↑riot …
128biological control — noun Date: 1921 1. the reduction in numbers or elimination of pest organisms by interference with their ecology (as by the introduction of parasites or diseases) 2. an agent used in biological control …
