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Base Transceiver Station (BTS): The name for the antenna and radio equipment necessary to provide wireless service in an area. Also called a base station or cell site.

Primary Control Tide Station: A tide station at which continuous observations have been made over a minimum of 19 years. Its purpose is to provide data for computing accepted values of the harmonic and non-harmonic const . . . View Full Definition

Quasi-Stationary Front: A front which is nearly stationary or moves very little since the last synoptic position. Also known as a stationary front.

Radar Station: Radar station is a term used to describe a facility housing a ground radar.

Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model (PBPK Model): A computer model that describes what happens to a chemical in the body. This model describes how the chemical gets into the body, where it goes in the body, how it is changed by the body, an . . . View Full Definition

Performance-Based Pay: A variable pay strategy that pays employees based on their individual performance and contributions, rather than the value of the job they are performing.

P Base: A special mounting similar to 'D' flange except with a machine fit tenon recessed instead of protruding. Usually found on pumps.

Paper Base: Support for the emulsion used in printing papers.

Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS): A computer-based system used by USDA’s meat and poultry inspection agency, the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organizes inspection requirements, schedules inspection activiti . . . View Full Definition

Rate Base: The value of a regulated public utility and its operations as defined by its regulators and on which the company is allowed to earn a particular rate of return.