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Wachstumrate
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Growth rate
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Walzentrockner
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m
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Drum drier
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Wärmeaustausch
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m
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Heat exchange
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Wärmebildungskoeffizient
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Heat production coefficient
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Cell production (grams)/heat released in
metabolism (kcal)
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Wärmerückgewinnung
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Heat recovery
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Wärmetauscher
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Heat exchanger
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Wärmeüberträgimg
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f
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Heat transfer
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Wasseraktivität
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Water activity;
aw
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Usually refers to foods; measured as the
ratio of the vapor pressure of water over the sample to the vapor pressure of
pure water at the same temperature. A measure of the concentration of ‘free’
(unbound) water. Most bacteria require aw > 0.85; some yeasts
and molds grow at aw > 0.6.
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Wasserdampfdruck
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Water vapor pressure
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Partial pressure of water vapor in air at
a given temperature
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wasserdampfdurchlässig
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adj
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Permeable to water vapor
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wasserfrei
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adj
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Anhydrous
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Describes certain chemicals, esp. those
which can form hydrates
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Wassermantel
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n
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Water jacket
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For temperature control
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Wasserstoffbrücken
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Hydrogen bonds
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Wasserstoffdonator
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Hydrogen donor
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Wasserstoffion, -ionen
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n, usually plural
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Hydrogen ions
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H+, usually hydrated,
represented as H3O+; responsible for acidity
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Weg
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n
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Pathway
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Metabolic pathway
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Wegwerf-
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Disposable
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‘throw-away’
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Weilschen Krankheit
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Weil’s disease
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Leptospirosis with attack on the liver;
caused by Leptospira icterohaemorragiae
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Weinsäure
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n
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Tartaric acid
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2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid
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Weizen
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Wheat
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Wildstamm
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n
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Wild strain
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The strain commonly found in nature, as
compared to strains specially selected for certain features
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Wimpern
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Cilia
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Windpocken
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Chickenpox
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Windpocken
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Varicella
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Wirbelbettreaktor
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Fluidized bed reactor
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The name may imply more turbulence than in
a Fliessbet
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Wirbelschichtreaktor
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Fluidized bed reactor;
turbulent bed reactor
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Fluid flow keeps solid particles
suspended. Some German authors consider that a ‘Wirbelschichtreaktor’ has
very turbulent flow, while a ‘Fliessbetreaktor’ has plug flow.
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Wirbelschichttrockner
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m
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Fluidized-bed drier
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Wirtszelle
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Host cell
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Wundstarrkrampf
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Tetanus; lockjaw
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Disease produced by Clostridium tetani in wounds with very inadequate blood
circulation (oxygenation).
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Würze
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f, -, -n
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Wort
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(also means spice or seasoning)
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Wurzelknöllchen
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Nodules
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Growths on roots of legumes, which
contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium
spp.) (Legumes: peas, beans alfalfa, clover, some others)
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