Taxonomists are scientists who deal with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms. (Washington State Department of Ecology. 2015. Our taxonomists “name that species!” https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/may-2015/eyes-under-puget-sound-our-taxonomists-name-that-s)
The science of classification into categories of varying rank, and the describing and naming of these categories. (FAO, 2009. Desert Locust Glossary, Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) http://www.fao.org/3/a-as983b.pdf)
Rayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travel along the surface of solids. They can be produced in materials in many ways, such as by a localized impact or by piezo-electric transduction, and are frequently used in non-destructive testing for detecting defects. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_wave)
The infusion of leaves of Camellia sinensis (formerly Thea sinensis) as a beverage, the familiar Asian tea, which contains catchin and caffeine. (DeCS/MESH. 2025. Tea. https://decs.bvsalud.org/en/ths/resource/?id=35959)
Person whose function is to impart knowledge, know-how or skills to learners in an education or training institution. (Cedefop; Tissot, P. (2004). Terminology of vocational training policy – A multilingual glossary for an enlarged Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office)
Any waste material that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. These wastes can be in the form of solids, liquids, gases, or sludges. They are typically generated from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and household activities. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. (Wikipedia, 2024. Bacon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon)
A CTD or Sonde is an oceanography instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater (the D stands for "depth," which is closely related to pressure). The reason to measure conductivity is that it can be used to determine the salinity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTD_(instrument))
Technology involves the application of science and knowledge to develop techniques to deliver a new product and/or service or to use a new process to deliver an established product or service. (Adapted from A/74/238. Agriculture technology for sustainable development. Report of the Secretary-General. Seventy-fourth session. 2019. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3825313 )
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This includes concepts for technological developments and inventions that are applied in modern agricultural and food systems, such as “biotechnology”, “food technology”, “information and communication technologies”, “seed technology” and “wood technology”.
The broad set of processes that cover the exchange of knowledge, money, and goods among different stakeholders that lead to the spreading of technology. As a generic concept, the term is used to encompass both diffusion of technologies and technological cooperation across and within countries. (Adapted from IPCC. 2001. Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. Annexes. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/annex.pdf)
An agricultural implement that uses moving forks to aerate or "wuffle" the hay and thus speed up the process of hay-making. It is used after cutting and before windrowing. (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00000472)
