operate a plant

  • 1operate — op‧e‧rate [ˈɒpəreɪt ǁ ˈɑː ] verb 1. [transitive] to use and control a machine or equipment: • the software necessary to operate the machine 2. [intransitive] MANUFACTURING if a machine, factory etc operates in a particular way, it works in that… …

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  • 2Plant breeding — is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics.[1] Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for …

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  • 3plant — I n. shrub, bush 1) to grow plants 2) to water a plant 3) an annual; biennial; climbing; decorative; exotic; perennial; tropical plant 4) a plant grows factory utility 5) to manage, operate, run a plant 6) a power plant buildings equipment 7)… …

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  • 4plant and machinery — The equipment required to operate a business. No formal definition is given in the tax legislation. However, from the tax point of view the definition often used is that given in the taxation case Yarmouth v. France (1887). This defines plant and …

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  • 5plant and machinery — The equipment required to operate a business. No formal definition is given in the tax legislation. However, from the tax point of view the definition often used is that given in the taxation case Yarmouth v France (1887). This defines plant and… …

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  • 6Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant — Infobox NPP Picture=Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.jpg Pic des= Country=United States Utility=Long Island Lighting Company Built=1973 1984 Start=1985 1989 (low level testing but not commercial generation) End=1989 Reactor= Reactor MW= S Reactor=1 S …

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  • 7Bataan Nuclear Power Plant — is a nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled, on Bataan Peninsula, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Manila in the Philippines. It is located on a 3.57 square kilometer government reservation at Napot Point in Morong, Bataan. It was the… …

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  • 8Georgetown Steam Plant — Infobox nrhp | name =Seattle Electric Company Georgetown Steam Plant nrhp type = nhl caption = location= Seattle, Washington lat degrees = 47 | lat minutes = 32 | lat seconds = 34.02 | lat direction = N long degrees = 122 | long minutes = 18 |… …

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  • 9Load following power plant — A load following power plant is a power plant that adjusts its power output as demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day. Load following plants are in between base load and peaking power plants in efficiency, speed of startup and… …

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  • 10Chemical plant — BASF Chemical Plant Portsmouth Site in the West Norfolk area of Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. The plant is served by the Commonwealth Railway …

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