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Examples of biological oxygen demand in a Sentence
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Sanitation officials said in emails that the facility has exceeded levels for solid particles in the wastewater as well as levels for biological oxygen demand and turbidity, or water clarity, all of which are used to measure the degree of organic pollution during the treatment process.
—Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of biological oxygen demand was
in 1916
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“Biological oxygen demand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biological%20oxygen%20demand. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
Medical Definition
biological oxygen demand
noun
biological oxygen de·mand
-di-ˌmand
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