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21Direct DNA damage — Direct DNA damage: The UV photon is directly absorbed by the DNA (left). One of the possible reactions from the excited state is the formation of a thymine thymine cyclobutane dimer (right). The direct DNA damage leads to sunburn, causing an… …
22Water damage — describes a large number of possible losses caused by water intruding where it will enable attack of a material or system by destructive processes such as rotting of wood, growth, rusting of steel, de laminating of materials such as plywood , and …
23Office of Surface Mining — Reclamation and Enforcement Seal Agency overview Headquarters 1951 Constitution Avenue …
24Dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger — The dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger (DSSHE) was designed to face some problems found in other types of heat exchangers. They increase heat transfer by: removing the fouling layers, increasing turbulence in case of high viscosity flow,… …
25Dynamic scraped surface heat exchangers — Introduction The most important technologies for indirect heat transfer use tubes (shell and tube exchangers) or flat surfaces (plate exchangers). Their goal is to exchange the maximum amount of heat per unit area by generating as much turbulence …
26scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …
27scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …
28Attack surface — The attack surface of a software environment is the scope of functionality that is available to any application user, particularly unauthenticated users. This includes, but is not limited to: * User input fields * Protocols * Interfaces *… …
29corrosion — Surface damage caused by the chemical action of moisture, air, or chemicals. Seawater is a big cause of corrosion …
30pitting — Surface damage to a metal in the form of pits or holes. The opposite is piling …
