tachograph
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tach·o·graph
/ ˈtakəˌgraf/
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n.
a tachometer providing a record of engine speed over a period, esp. in a commercial road vehicle.
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Nitrous Oxide Levels Are Low near Tanks at Richland, Wash., Nuclear Reservation.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/25/2004; 700+ words
; ...face of tank farm workers for nitrous oxide. Of the 58 checks completed...had had no detectable levels of nitrous oxide. The other two had levels of...Dentist and medical offices that use nitrous oxides don't typically monitor for...
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Nitrous oxide law `difficult' to enforce
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 4/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...questioned how a new legal ruling on nitrous oxide will be enforced. Associate Health...a consequence of the misuse of nitrous oxide and other substances such as butane...said the store stopped selling nitrous oxide in February 2004 after police...
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Nitrous Oxide: A Necessary Evil Of Agriculture
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Edition 08-28-2009 Nitrous Oxide: A Necessary Evil Of...turns out that nitrous oxide does not have a deleterious...they actually neutralize nitrous oxide. So that's the...that's at issue here. Nitrous oxide also contributes to global...
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Oxygen contamination of the nitrous oxide pipeline supply
Magazine article from: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...SUMMARY Midogas (CIG Australia) nitrous oxide/oxygen blenders are commonly...pipeline supply of oxygen and nitrous oxide. Using cylinder supplies, the...was heard and felt through the nitrous oxide hose. The leak was measured at...
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NOAA study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission.(Report)
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science; 9/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...third of global nitrous oxide emissions are from human activities. Nitrous oxide, like CFCs, is stable...gases, called nitrogen oxides, that trigger ozone-destroying...Greenhouse Gases, Livestock, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone Depletion, NOAA...
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NOAA STUDY SHOWS NITROUS OXIDE NOW TOP OZONE-DEPLETING EMISSION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...following press release: Nitrous oxide has now become the largest...compounds, manmade nitrous oxide is becoming an increasingly...the Montreal Protocol. Nitrous oxide is also a greenhouse...activities. Nitrous oxide, like CFCs, is stable...gases, called nitrogen ...
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A harmless addiction. (Medicine).(nitrous oxide addiction)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...health workers who habitually used nitrous oxide, a gas used extensively by dentists...found that the neuropathy from nitrous oxide inhalation is, in fact, due to deficiency in cobalamin. Nitrous oxide destroys cobalamin by oxidising...
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Nitrous-oxide use for kicks seen rising
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...teenagers are turning to nitrous oxide as a cheap high. One...shaped capsules of nitrous oxide that are used to...unclear if using nitrous oxide to get a high is against...state law that specifies nitrous oxide as a controlled...
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Compartmentation of folate metabolism in rat pancreas: Nitrous oxide inactivation of methionine synthase leads to accumulation of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in cytosol
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Folate Metabolism in Rat Pancreas: Nitrous Oxide Inactivation of Methionine Synthase...or induced by the anesthetic gas nitrous oxide) perturbs folate metabolism, we decided to determine the effects of nitrous oxide on pancreatic folate coenzyme...
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Nitrous oxide affects more than the brain
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/20/1998; ; 590 words
; ...the term "laughing gas" because nitrous oxide abuse can have some serious side effects on the body. Nitrous oxide is known by many different...harmful to the body if inhaled. Nitrous oxide can sometimes be found at concerts...
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Nitrous Oxide
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
Nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide was first identified by Joseph...City. A Practical Anesthesia Nitrous oxide was finally made a practical anesthetic...a Chicago surgeon, began to use nitrous oxide in combination with oxygen in 1868...
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nitrous oxide
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
nitrous oxide or nitrogen (I) oxide, chemical compound...3 , at about 240°C to produce nitrous oxide and water; the reaction must be...prevent explosive decomposition of the nitrous oxide. The gas is purified, liquified...
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oxide
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...one other chemical element . Oxides are widely and abundantly distributed in nature. Water is the oxide of hydrogen. Silicon dioxide...monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen are among the waste...internal-combustion engines. Nitrous oxide is an oxide of nitrogen often...
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NOx (Nitrogen Oxides)
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
NO x (Nitrogen Oxides) NOx is a common term for the more reactive nitrogen oxides and includes nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but excludes, for example, nitrous oxide (N2O). NO2 is a reddish brown, highly...
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Denitrification
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...NO 2 − ), to gaseous nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and dinitrogen (N 2...nitrate, organic molecules, and nitrous oxide. per year for marine systems...with nitrogen as a component of nitrous oxide. The range in these estimates...
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