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sylvan(dictionary)
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batch processing (medicine) and sylvan (iou)


batch processing (medicine)


batch processing
<technique> Growth in a closed system with a specific amount of nutrient medium. In bioprocessing, defined amounts of nutrient material and living matter are placed in a bioreactor and removed when the process is completed.


sylvan (iou)



sylvan noun & adjective. Also silvan. M16.
[French sylvain, silvain or Latin Silvanus woodland god, from silva: see SYLVA, -AN.]
A. noun. A native or inhabitant of a wood or forest; spec. (a) Classical Mythology an imaginary being believed to haunt woods or groves; a spirit of the woods; (b) a person living in a wood, or in a woodland region; a forester; (c) a creature, esp. a bird, living in or frequenting the woods; (d) rare a woodland tree, shrub, etc. Chiefly arch. & poet. M16.
B. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, situated in, or characteristic of, a wood or woods. L16.
2. Consisting of or formed by woods or trees. Chiefly poet. L16.
Shelley The pillared stems Of the dark sylvan temple.
3. Having or characterized by woods or trees; wooded. E17.
D. Arkell In such sylvan surroundings, he must have felt himself..still in the country. D. M. Thomas To think of himself..living in sylvan seclusion.
sylvanity noun sylvan quality or character M19.
sylvanly adverb E19.
sylvanry noun sylvan scenery E19.