Compounds that provide lubrication between surfaces in order to reduce friction. (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D054327)
Ditch cleaning is a corrective maintenance activity for ditches focused on sediment and debris removal. (Washington Stormwater Center. 2019. What is Ditch Cleaning? https://www.wastormwatercenter.org/wp-content/uploads/factsheet-f2-ditch-cleaning-final.pdf)
A species of insect belonging to the Cephidae family of the order Hymenoptera, whose adults are 7-10 mm long, shiny black, with a dark yellow transverse stripe on the abdomen, and whose larvae feed on the stems of plants such as wheat, barley and rye, causing damage. (Translated from Türkçe Terim Bilimleri Sözlüğü, Mühendislik Bilimleri, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA), 2019)
The application to an animal of any procedure designed to restrict its movements. (Adapted from WOAH, 2023. Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Glossary. https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahc/current/glossaire.pdf)
Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration. (Wikipedia. 2026. Demography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography)
