biochemical oxygen demand

English

Noun

biochemical oxygen demand (countable and uncountable, plural biochemical oxygen demands)

1. The amount of oxygen needed by aerobic microorganisms to decompose all the organic matter in a sample of water, used as a measure of pollution.

Synonyms

• BOD
• biological oxygen demand

Translations

Translations

• French: demande biochimique en oxygène
• German: biochemischer Sauerstoffbedarf m
• Indonesian: keperluan oksigen biokimia
• Ukrainian: біохімічне споживання кисню (bioximične spožyvannja kysnju), БСК (uk) (BSK)

Further reading

• biochemical oxygen demand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia