A device used to simulate the angle of the sun for assessing shading potentials of building structures or landscape features.

Manufacturing Technology Program.

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.

A metal plating process wherein the plating current is provided by galvanic action between the work metal and a second metal, without the use of an external source of current.

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

The amount of precipitation captured by a rain gauge.

Construction Differential Subsidy: A direct subsidy paid to U.S. shipyards building U.S.-flag ships to offset high construction costs in American shipyards. An amount of subsidy (up to 50 percent) is determined by estimates of construction cost differenti ...

The greatest distance at which it is just possible to see and recognize with the unaided eye (1) in the daytime, a prominent dark object against the sky at the horizon, and (2) at night, a known, preferably unfocused, moderately intense light source.

A type of combustion heating appliance in which the combustion gases are vented to the outside, either with a fan (forced) or by natural convection.

The thermodynamic function 3G = 5H - TSS, where H is enthalpy, T is absolute temperature. and S is entropy. Also called free energy, free enthalpy, or Gibbs function.

Composite Auxiliary Boiler Survey.

An air distribution outlet, typically located in the ceiling, which mixes conditioned air with room air.

Same as atmometer.

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 ...

Girobank was established in 1968 and known then as the National Girobank. It was set up by the Post.

U.S. classification society which certifies seagoing vessels for compliance to standardized rules regarding construction and maintenance.

A cargo consolidator in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and subsell it to smaller shippers. The NVOCC issues bills of lading, publishes tariffs and otherwise conducts itself as an ocean common carrier, except that it will not provide the ac ...

A bill of lading term to provide surrender of the original bill of lading before freight is released; usually associated with a shipment covered under a letter of credit.

Outer Continental Shelf

Wireless device used to report trades and quotes to the market data system. Also used for.