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NALT Full

Preferred term

materials handling

Type

Topic

Definition

The treatment of materials during manufacture, processing, movement, storage, use, reuse, and/or disposal.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

materials science

Narrower concepts

bundling

Related concepts

Synonyms

handling of material
handling of materials

In other languages

manejo de materiales

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136943

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