Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Conscientious objector. A conscientious objector is an individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion. In general, conscientious objector status is only considered in the context of military conscription and is not applicable to volunteer military forces.
Embedded energy, also known as embodied energy, is defined as the Energy that was used in the work of making a product. Embodied energy is attempts to measure the total of all the energy necessary for an entire product Lifecycle. This lifecycle includes raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, assembly, installation, disassembly, deconstruction and/or decomposition.
Embedded lease â substance over form. âThe accounting treatment and presentation in financial statements of transactions and events should be governed by their substance and not merely by the legal form,â â a statement abstract from the Indian accounting standards that is seldom read and rarely followed.