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shielding

Material of suitable thickness and physical characteristics used to protect personnel from radiation during the manufacture, handling, and transportation of fissionable and radioactive materials.

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chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear environment

An operational environment that includes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and hazards and their potential resulting effects.

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control

In mapping, charting, and photogrammetry, a collective term for a system of marks or objects on the Earth or on a map or a photograph, whose positions or elevations (or both) have been or will be determined.

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task

A clearly defined action or activity specifically assigned to an individual or organization that must be done as it is imposed by an appropriate authority.

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coordination level

A procedural method to separate fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft by determining an altitude below which fixed-wing aircraft normally will not fly.

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