The formation and instantaneous collapse of innumerable tiny voids or cavities within a liquid subjected to rapid and intense pressure changes. Cavitation produced by ultrasonic radiation is sometimes used to effect violent localized agitation. Cavitation ...

Office of Naval Research

US legislation to prevent monopolies and restraint of.

A wall that carries ceiling rafters or roof trusses.

The process of removing a power plant, apparatus, equipment, building, or facility from operation.

Kuching-Pending and Sarikei Service.

An opening; in solar collectors, the area through which solar radiation is admitted and directed to the absorber.

Electronic Data Transfer

Corrosion occurring under or around a discontinuous deposit on a metallic surface. Also called poultice corrosion.

Institute of Civil Engineers

The date on which a bond may be redeemed by the issuer before maturity which may be at par or at a.

Guaranteed Safe Berth

(1) Injection of air or water under high pressure through a tube to the anode area for the purpose of purging the annular space and possibly correcting high resistance caused by gas blocking. (2) In connection with boilers or cooling towers, the process o ...

A category of electric power producer established under the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) of 1978, that includes small-power producers (SPP) who use renewable sources of energy such as biomass, geothermal, hydroelectricity, solar (thermal a ...

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Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing

A device for obtaining a continuous record of stage at a point on a stream. The most common recorders consist of a float-actuated pen which traces a record on a clock driven chart.

A clock-driven device for recording the time of occurrence of an event or the time interval between the occurrence of events.

The positive pole or electrode of an electrolytic cell, vacuum tube, etc. (see also sacrificial anode).

A movable plate used to control air flow; in a wood stove or fireplace, used to control the amount and direction of air going to the fire.