Glossary P

Pesticide refers to a substance used to kill, control, repel, or mitigate any pest. Insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, herbicides, and germicides are all pesticides.

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Deutsch: Farbe / Español: Pintura / Português: Tinta / Français: Peinture / Italiano: Vernice /

Paint refers to a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating. It is a pigment or coloring substance.

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Photolithography refers to a type of lithography where the pattern is defined by a photographic process.

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Deutsch: Fotokopierer / Español: Fotocopiadora / Português: Fotocopiadora / Français: Photocopieur / Italiano: Fotocopiatrice /

A photocopier is a device for making photographic copies of graphic images. Xerographic process is a common form of the photocopier, where light reflected from the original document is focused onto an electrically charged insulated photoconductor, and the latent image is developed using a resinous powder.

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Process manufacturing revolves around the manufacture of products such as chemicals, gasoline, beverages, and food products that typically are produced in batch quantities rather than discrete units.

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Portable device refers to a computing device or storage card that is not a desktop computer.

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A harbor or haven or port is a location where ships may anchor, or that side of the vessel on the left hand or a person who stands on board facing the bow.

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Pollution prevention means the use of processes, practices, materials, products, substances or energy that avoid or minimize the creation of pollutants and waste, and reduce the overall risk to the environment or human health.

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