Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area.
- noun Plant material, vegetation, or agricultural waste used as a fuel or energy source.
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- noun The total mass of all
living things within a specific area,habitat etc. - noun
Vegetation used as afuel , or source ofenergy , especially ifcultivated for that purpose.
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- noun plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
- noun the total mass of living matter in a given unit area
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term biomass is most often encountered in discussions of sources of energy, as biomass can be used to supply energy needs directly (as fuel wood, for example) or indirectly (by being converted to alcohol; see gasohol).
biomass 2002
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The current spawning stock biomass is 120 million pounds, or 61 million fish.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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More autotroph biomass is just going to provide more organic material for heterotrophs.
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The current spawning stock biomass is 120 million pounds, or 61 million fish.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The current spawning stock biomass is 120 million pounds, or 61 million fish.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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BASF When biomass is used in making plastic, it replaces petroleum products as an ingredient, reducing demand for carbon-laden fossil fuels.
Bioplastics Boom 2010
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I recall seeing some study last year from the Smoky Mountains research site that found only a 20% increase in biomass of the trees that they studied, which was about half of what they had predicted in the model.
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The current spawning stock biomass is 120 million pounds, or 61 million fish.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Peter + Maria Hoey When biomass is used in making plastic, it replaces petroleum products as an ingredient, thus reducing demand for carbon-laden fossil fuels.
Just One Word: Bioplastics Mara Lemos Stein 2010
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The current spawning stock biomass is 120 million pounds, or 61 million fish.
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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