Solar Energy terms starting with O

17 terms

  1. O<sub>3</sub> See ozone
  2. OASIS An isolated, fertile tract or green locality in a desert region, made so by the presence of water. See also Palm oasis
  3. Obligate species Restricted to a particular condition of life; for example, dependent on a particular habitat to be able to breed.
  4. Obsidian A black or dark-colored volcanic glass.
  5. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) One of the U.S. agencies responsible for regulation of biotechnology. The major law under which the agency has regulatory powers is the Occupational…
  6. Off-highway vehicle (OHV) or off-road vehicle Any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other…
  7. Off-road vehicle See also Off-highway vehicle
  8. Off-road vehicle (OHV) designations OPEN: Vehicles are allowed without restrictions. LIMITED: Vehicle travel off existing roads and trails would be allowed only for authorized or permitted…
  9. Off-site facility A hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal area that is located away from the generating site.
  10. Oil and gas leasing (on BLM land) The BLM leases oil and gas rights to explore for and produce oil and gas resources from federal lands or mineral rights owned by the federal government.
  11. Onroad mobile source (emissions) Any mobile source of air pollution such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses that travels on roads and highways.
  12. OSHA See Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
  13. Ostracods Group of small crustaceans with a bivalved carapace which can be closed to completely cover the body; important planktonic fish food.
  14. Outflow The volume of growing cells that is removed from a bioreactor during a continuous fermentation process.
  15. Overbank deposits Fine-grained sediment (silt and clay) deposited from suspension on a floodplain by floodwaters from a stream channel.
  16. Overdraft When the amount of money withdrawn from a bank account is greater than the amount actually available in the account, the excess is known as an overdraft…
  17. Ozone (O3) A strong-smelling, reactive, toxic, chemical gas consisting of three oxygen atoms chemically attached to each other.