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Baklava
A Middle Eastern sweet made from many layers of thin pastry and butter, and covered with chopped nuts and syrup. This particular delicacy is a sumptuous confectionary treat consisting of multiple layers of exceptionally thin pastry. Its luscious center is replete with a butter and nut blend, which is then lavishly drizzled with a generous…
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Baguette
French bread. The Greek word bakterion, meaning rod or stick, is the source of both baguette, a stick-shaped loaf of French bread, and of bacteria, the stick-shaped microorganisms that surround us everywhere. The Greek bakterion gave rise to the Latin baculum, which evolved into the Italian bacchio, still with the sense of stick. The diminutive…
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Bacillus cereus
Spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, aerobic to facultative aerobe, proteolytic. Saprophytic aerobic Gram-positive spore-bearing bacillus, shorter than B. anthracis. Found often in milk and cream, causing a failed methylene blue test. A gram-positive spore forming food pathogen that causes two types of food poisoning syndromes: emesis and diarrhea. Type 1, the emetic syndrome, is caused by the…
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Bacilli
Rod-shaped bacteria, some of which cause disease by infecting the body. Bacilli can cause anthrax, a potentially lethal germ disease, as well as dysentery, tetanus, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. Short rod-shaped bacteria. They are the most common bacteria and produce diseases such as tetanus (lockjaw), typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and diphtheria. Bacilli, which are bacteria characterized by…
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Avoirdupois
A system of weights based on the pound of 16 ounces and the ounce of 16 drams.
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Average and range chart (X Bar and R Chart)
The most commonly used control chart where averages and rang- es are plotted, usually with upper and lower limits.
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Average
The sum of a number of measurements divided by the number of units. The usual amount, size, rate, etc. A value calculated by adding together several quantities and then dividing the total by the number of quantities. A number intended to give a general picture of a group of numbers, such as test scores; in…
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Available chlorine
The amount of active chlorine in a chlorine bearing compound that can be released in a water solution. Chlorine as a gas is totally available chlorine.
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Autoclave
A vessel in which high temperatures can be reached by using high steam pressure. A device used for sterilizing instruments and dressings by means of steam or moist heat under pressure. Equipment for sterilising surgical instruments using heat under high under high pressure. Apparatus for the steam sterilization of surgical dressings and instruments, bacteriological media…
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Au jus
Juice obtained from roasting and served with the product. This term generally refers to sliced roast meat, particularly beef, that is served alongside its own juices, enhancing the flavor and moisture of the meat.
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