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SUSTAINABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being sustained
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sustainability (the property of being sustainable)
Derivation:
sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)
sustain (admit as valid)
sustain (provide with nourishment)
sustain (lengthen or extend in duration or space)
sustainability (the property of being sustainable)
Context examples:
This discovery at the chemistry-biology interface is a first step toward developing new sustainable materials and practices and providing the groundwork for possible remediation approaches.
(Nanoparticles may have bigger impact on the environment than previously thought, National Science Foundation)
Although clouds might explain the opacity, they become less and less sustainable as the pressure decreases, and the opacity has been observed where the atmospheric pressure is very low.
(Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth, NASA)
The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable dyeing of polyester fabric.
(Washable, wearable battery-like devices could be woven directly into clothes, University of Cambridge)
The carbon-neutral device sets a new benchmark in the field of solar fuels, after researchers at the University of Cambridge demonstrated that it can directly produce the gas – called syngas – in a sustainable and simple way.
(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)
Because tumor cells have elevated levels of ROS compared to normal cells, the increase in oxidative stress beyond baseline levels elevates ROS beyond sustainable levels, exhausting tumor cell antioxidant capacity, which may result in the induction of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway.
(Elesclomol, NCI Thesaurus)
The State Environment Secretariat (SEMA) has published a list of 331 species of amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, continental invertebrates, fish, marine invertebrates, and the so-called social interest species—those exploited by traditional communities for sustainable use or subsistence.
(Over 300 animal species threatened in Bahia, Agência Brasil)
Inventions that render the facilities more water-efficient, they reason, could have a profound impact on wastewater management, sustainable water use, and sanitation, possibly cutting the amount of water used to flush waste by, reportedly, a factor of two.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, director of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative at the Barcelona institute said: 'Urban greening programs are not only key to promoting public health, but they also increase biodiversity and mitigate the impacts of climate change, making our cities more sustainable and livable.'
(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Modified natural materials will be an essential component of a sustainable future, but first a detailed understanding of their properties is needed.
(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)
National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this fundamental research to understand and engineer the process of how living things create bones, shells and other mineral-based tissues, said Nora Savage, a program director for NSF's sustainable manufacturing program.
(Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production, National Science Foundation)
