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121Climate categories in viticulture — The climate characteristics of a wine region will have significant influence on the viticulture in the area. In viticulture, the climates of wine regions are categorized based on the overall characteristics of the area s climate during the… …
122Canopy (grape) — Grape vines and their canopies In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. The canopy plays a key role in light energy capture via… …
123Multidrug tolerance — Not to be confused with multidrug resistance. Multidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance is the ability of a disease causing microorganism to resist killing by antibiotics or other antimicrobials. It is mechanistically distinct from multidrug… …
124Breakage — Revenue gained by retailers through unredeemed, expired or lost gift cards. Breakage refers to money received from gift cards but never redemeed by customers. In 2006 it was estimated that consumers lost over $8 billion annually due to breakage.… …
125abeyance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. suspension. See end, latency. Ant., renewal, operation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. suspension, cessation, inaction, intermission, pause, latency, remission, dormancy, quiescence. ANT.:… …
126latency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being hidden Nouns latency, passivity, inertia, dormancy, abeyance; ambiguity, mystery, secret; invisibility, imperceptibility; concealment; more than meets the eye or ear; possibility. Verbs… …
127torpor — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Stupor] Syn. coma, dormancy, latency, inactivity; see stupor . 2. [Apathy] Syn. dullness, sluggishness, apathy, inanition; see indifference 1 , laziness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [TOR pur] a state… …
128dormant — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mənt[/t]] ADJ Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980... The virus remains… …
