biomass

biomassa

Materiale proveniente da piante o organismi vissuti recentemente, utilizzabile per produrre energia.

In inglese semplice: Material from plants or recently living things that can be used to produce energy.

• The power station burns biomass.
• Wood waste can be used as biomass fuel.
• They grow crops to supply the biomass industry.

Espressioni comuni: biomass fuel, biomass energy, burn biomass

biomassa

Peso complessivo degli esseri viventi presenti in una determinata zona o gruppo.

In inglese semplice: The combined weight of living things in a particular area or group.

• The forest has a large biomass.
• Scientists estimated the total biomass of fish in the lake.
• Drought reduced the grassland’s biomass.

Espressioni comuni: forest biomass, total biomass, fish biomass

biomassa

Peso totale di un essere vivente o di una sua parte.

In inglese semplice: The total weight of a living thing or one of its parts.

• We measured the biomass of each plant.
• The cell’s biomass increased as it grew.
• This method estimates the biomass of a single organism.

Espressioni comuni: cell biomass, total biomass, measure biomass