Proteins, complex carbohydrates, like starch, fats, and nucleic acids are the important biological macromolecules and are essential to life. You learned that many industries depend on macromolecules such as elastomers, fibers and plastics.
For the album by Vic Mignogna, see Metafiction (album). Metafiction is a literary device used self-consciously and systematically to draw attention to a work's status as an artifact. It poses questions about the relationship between fiction and reality, usually using irony and self-reflection.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Torrefaction, also referred to as Torrefecation, of biomass, e.g. wood, can be described as a mild form of pyrolysis at temperatures typically ranging between 200 and 320 Â°C. During torrefaction, the biomass properties are changed to obtain a much better fuel quality for combustion and gasification applications.