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point source

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point source
n.
A source, especially of pollution or radiation, occupying a very small area and having a concentrated output.

point source
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(Physics / General Physics) Optics a source of light or other radiation that can be considered to have negligible dimensions
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Noun1.point source - a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted
origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
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point source
n (Phys) → Punktquelle f, → punktförmige Lichtquelle


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Point source natural resources extracted from a narrow economic or geographical base provide conditions detrimental to the formation of effective institutions, as they are easier for the elites to control and therefore each of the effects described above are made more likely to occur.
court ruling that pesticide discharge is a point source of pollution subject to additional regulation and permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Point Source Pollution Point source pollution usually comes from a discharge pipe and goes directly into a waterway.
 
 
 
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