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Extension

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The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing, measured by elongation or reduction of area in a tensile test, by height of cupping in an Erichsen test, or by other means.

TYP

Type

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Same as constant-level balloon.

Category:Meteorology

The maximum stress that can be sustained for a specified number of cycles without failure, the stress being completely reversed within each cycle unless otherwise staled.

Describes the reliability of power plants. It refers to the number of hours that a power plant is available to produce power divided by the total hours in a set time period, usually a year.

Category:Energy Terms

CPA

Closest Point of Approach

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LLA

1.Local Lighthouse Authority2.Long Length Additional

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A component on a compressed air line that provides wide are coverage with a thin sheet of air. Also amplifies compressed air flow, reduces noise. Used in blowing, cooling. Also known as air curtain.

Category:Sea Words

Smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail.

Category:Sea Words

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a transaction was effected at a price based.

Category:Financial Terms

PC

personal computer

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Captain Of The Port

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Lloyd

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The destruction of adhesion between a coating and its substrate by products of a cathodic reaction.

These are state government agencies responsible for the regulation of public utilities within a state or region. A state legislature oversees the PUC by reviewing changes to utility laws, rules and regulations and approving the PUC's budget. The commissio ...

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Fan

A device that moves and/or circulates air and provides ventilation for a room or a building.

Category:Energy Terms

A device attached to a meteorological instrument to provide ventilation; usually a suction fan.

Category:Meteorology

A protective coating applied to circuits.

Category:Meteorology

Electrolytic pickling in which the work is the cathode.