DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENTS 



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abschüssig a. steep; precipitous. 



abschwächen v. to reduce; to clear; to 

 thin out or dilute. 



absengen v. to flame (a cotton plug). 



Absenker m. {hot.): layer; cutting. 



Absenkung /. lowering. 



absetzen v. to settle; to precipitate. 



Absitzdauer /. time needed for sedimen- 

 tation; settling period. 



Absonderung /. excretion, secretion; 

 separation; extraction. 



Absonderungsdrüse /. secretory gland. 



Absonderungsflüssigkeit /. secretory or 

 excretory fluid. 



AbsonderungsstofE m. product of secre- 

 tion. 



Absonderungsvermögen n. secretory 

 power. 



Absonderungswerkzeug n. secretory or- 

 gan or apparatus. 



Absorptionsgewebe n. absorbing tissue. 



Absorptionshaar n. absorbing hair. 



Absorptionsstreifen m. (opt.): absorp- 

 tion bands. 



Absorptionsstrom m. absorption current. 



Absorptionsvermögen n. absorption ca- 

 pacity. 



Absorptionszelle /. absorbing cell. 



Abspaltung /. segregation; elimination; 

 separation; off-splitting. 



absperren v. to shut off. 



Absprung m. (bot.) : ramular abscission. 



Abstammung /. origin; derivation; de- 

 scent. 



Abstammungslehre /. descendence 

 theory. 



Abstand m. distance. 



abstehend a. spreading. 



absteigend a. descending. 



absteigender Saftstrom, descending sap- 

 flow. 



absterben v. to die off. 



Absterbekurve /. death curve; lethal 

 curve. 



absterbend a. dying. 



abstossen v. to shed; to repulse; to 

 throw off. 



Abstossung /. repulsion. 



abströmen v. to flow off rapidly. 



Abstufen n. graduating; shading; gra- 

 dation. 



abstumpfen v. to neutralize; to truncate. 



Abstumpfung /. (cryst.): truncation. 



Abteilimg /. division. 



Abtönimg /. toning down. 



abtöten v. to destroy. 



Abtragungsgebiet n. (geol.): zone of ero- 

 sion or removal. 



abtrennen v. to separate; to detach. 



Abtrieb m. (for.): felling trees; recent 

 cutting. 



Abtriebsalter n. (/or.): cutting age; final 

 age. 



Abtriebswert m. the value of fellable 

 timber. 



abtriefen v. to trickle off in drops. 



Abtrittsdünger m. fertilizer from cess- 

 pools. 



abtropfen v. to fall in drops; to drip off. 



abwägen v. to weigh; to balance. 



Abwärme /. lost heat. 



abwärtsgerichtet a. inverted. 



Abwärtskrümmung /. epinasty. 



Abwärtstransformator 7n. step-down 

 transformer. 



Abwasser n. sewage; trade waste. 



Abwässer n.pl. = Abwasser. 



abwechselnd a. alternating. 



Abwehr /. defense. 



Abwehrbewegimg /. defensive move- 

 ment. 



Abwehrferment n. antibody. 



Abwehrmassregel /. defense measure. 



Abwehrstellung /. (so.): position of de- 

 fense. 



abweichen v. to differ; to deviate; to 

 depart; to diverge. 



abweichende Form /. aberrant form. 



Abweicher m. variant. 



Abweichung /. deviation; variation; de- 

 parture; divergence; aberration. 



Abweichungsquadratsumme /. sum of 

 the squares of deviation. 



Abweichungstabelle /. deviation table. 



Abwitterung /. weathering (of rocks). 



Abwitterungshalde /. a rocky slope with 

 the rocks embedded in the product of 

 their weathering. 



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