optical dispersion attenuation

optical loss

optical loss

dispersion shifted optical fiber

dispersive optics

optical absorption loss | absorption loss | absorption attenuation

concurrent attenuation with scatter

rotatory dispersion

So, from the federal perspective, I'm quite comfortable in saying that we do not see this as a weakening of the capacity.

The plan includes killing the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy; gutting the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act; shutting down Canada's team of smokestack pollution specialists; ending funding for, among other things, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Canadian environmental technology centres; and shutting down the urban wastewater technology research program, the air pollution and air quality research programs and the environmental research and management elements of the Fisheries Act.

In this regard, ensuring that changes to the boundaries of electoral districts do not weaken francophone minority communities would be a perfect example of a positive measure.

21. Calls on the Member States to continue working towards the goal of an international ban on cluster munitions, to further develop ways to detect and destroy unexploded ordnance, to provide financial and technical assistance to the countries concerned and to continue to work towards the conclusion of the ongoing negotiations on strengthening the global ban on landmines, a global ban on uranium weapons and global control of conventional arms transfers; in this light, finds it embarrassing that, despite the fact that the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2008, it is not yet legally binding and un ...[+++]controlled arms exports from EU Member States seem to be continuing without much hindrance, even to governments in countries where the EU is launching or considering an ESDP operation; further notes the danger that weapons may be transferred through the EU via those Member States with less strict export controls to third countries and/or by an irresponsibly flexible use of the International Import Certificate; stresses, therefore, that it is important for all Member States to apply the highest standards in terms of arms export controls, so as to prevent EU weapons from fuelling conflicts;