Abbreviation for "Destination Delivery Charge." A charge, based on container size, that is applied in many tariffs to cargo. This charge is considered accessorial and is added to the base ocean freight. This charge covers crane lifts off the vessel, draya ...

The commencement of regular payments from capital which has accumulated in an.

Same as atmometer.

A plastic card enabling the holder to access an automated teller machine to obtain cash and.

A change in the terms to a Letter of Credit that is already issued. Such changes can only be made with the agreement of all parties to the Letter of Credit.

Supported or transported by air.

A device used by energy auditors to pressurize a building to locate places of air leakage and energy loss.

An instrument of the aspiration condenser type which measures the concentration and mobility of small ions.

Lacking a relationship to a time base or clock. In asynchronous communications, individual data characters are sent at an arbitrary rate.

The pressure corresponding to the outlet velocity of a fan; the kinetic energy per unit volume of flowing air.

A general term to designate apparatus designed to observe the details of weather during thunderstorms.

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

(ATM)Also known as cash dispenser. A computerised self service machine allowing the holder of an ATM.

A fractographic pattern of radial marks (shear ledges) that look like nested letters "V"; sometimes called a herringbone pattern. Chevron patterns are typically found on brittle fracture surfaces in parts whose widths are considerably greater than their t ...

A recording anemometer.

A boat that is letting herself be subjected to prevailing conditions without the use of sails or other devices. Lying ahull is usually not preferred to other actions because a boat may tend to lie with her beam to the waves and the wind parallel to the wa ...

The amount of precipitation captured by a rain gauge.

An electrical current that periodically reverses its direction. Standard in US and Canada is 60 cycles per second. Europe and other countries is 50 cycles per second.

An insulation product composed of loose fibers or fiber pellets that are blown into building cavities or attics using special pneumatic equipment.