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biochemical oxygen demand

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000715

A measurement of the amount of organic pollution in water.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000715
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
AbbreviationBOD
SynonymsBOD (pollution); biological oxygen demand
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsopollution load; moving bed biofilm reactors; water pollution; dissolved oxygen
TranslationsSpanish: demanda bioquímica de oxígeno
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000715",
  "term": "biochemical oxygen demand",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A measurement of the amount of organic pollution in water.",
  "abbreviation": "BOD",
  "synonyms": [
    "BOD (pollution)",
    "biological oxygen demand"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "pollution load",
    "moving bed biofilm reactors",
    "water pollution",
    "dissolved oxygen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "demanda bioquímica de oxígeno"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biochemical-oxygen-demand/"
}

Record 715 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.