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safety factor

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005596

A mathematical adjustment (generally a 10-fold reduction) used to account for the extrapolation of data to arrive at an risk level that is considered safe.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005596
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsosafety assessment; interspecies dose conversion; uncertainty; uncertainty analysis
TranslationsSpanish: factor de seguridad
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005596",
  "term": "safety factor",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A mathematical adjustment (generally a 10-fold reduction) used to account for the extrapolation of data to arrive at an risk level that is considered safe.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "safety assessment",
    "interspecies dose conversion",
    "uncertainty",
    "uncertainty analysis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "factor de seguridad"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/safety-factor/"
}

Record 5,596 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.