Buffer definition

Buffer means a percentage equivalent to the absolute value of the Barrier.
Buffer means a qualified laborer employed to operate a buffing or grinding machine in the cleaning and preparation of the pipe other than the final buffing of the pipe bevels in preparation for the weld.
Buffer means the zone contiguous with a critical area that is required for the continued maintenance, function, and structural stability of the critical area.

Examples of Buffer in a sentence

  • Fish Passage Outcome Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Outcome Forest Buffer Outcome Tree Canopy Outcome Continually increase available habitat to support sustainable migratory fish populations in Chesapeake Bay freshwater rivers and streams.


More Definitions of Buffer

Buffer means the area of land immediately adjacent to the banks of State waters in its natural state of vegetation, which facilitates the protection of water quality and aquatic habitat.
Buffer means an area consisting of perennial vegetation, excluding invasive plants and noxious weeds, adjacent to all bodies of water within the state and that protects the water resources of the state from runoff pollution; stabilizes soils, shores, and banks; and protects or provides riparian corridors.
Buffer means a strip of land that is managed to reduce or eliminate the impacts of land use practices on sensitive areas or natural features;
Buffer means a natural or vegetated area as defined in 15A NCAC 02B .0202.
Buffer means berms, fencing and/or planting for the purpose of screening noise, views, dust, sprays and uses between properties where off-site impacts may occur;
Buffer means an undisturbed area consisting of trees, shrubs, ground cover plants, duff layer, and generally uneven ground surface that extends a specified distance horizontally across the surface of the land from the mean water level of an adjacent lake or from the top of the bank of an adjacent river or stream.
Buffer means an upland, wetland, and/or riparian area that protects and/or enhances aquatic resource functions associated with wetlands, rivers, streams, lakes, marine, and estuarine systems from disturbances associated with adjacent land uses.