PDA Technical Glossary
PDA Technical Reports are highly valued membership benefits because they offer expert guidance and opinions on important scientific and regulatory topics and are used as essential references by industry and regulatory authorities around the world. These reports include terms which explain the material and enhance the reader’s understanding.
The database presented here includes the glossary terms from all current technical reports. The database is searchable by keyword, topic, or by technical report. Each definition provided includes a link to the source technical report within the PDA Technical Report Portal.
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- TR 55: TBA/TCA Detection Mitigation (1)
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Heat-Treated Wood Pallets
Two types of methods to include kiln drying versus steam heat. (TR55)
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Historian
A type of database designed to archive automation and process data. (TR84)
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Hold-Up Volume (Residual Volume, Nonexpellable Volume, Dead Volume)
Amount of fluid remaining in the syringe when the plunger has reached the end of travel within the barrel. (TR73)
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Human Factors
A science discipline that examines human psychological, social, physical, and biological characteristics to evaluate the design, operation, or use of products or systems for optimizing human performance, health, safety, and/or habitability. [Synonym: Ergonomics] (TR62)(TR80)