Kilopascal; a metric measure of pressure based on force per unit area. (1 kPa = 4.01 inches of water).

American Stock Exchange Options Switching System

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

Electronic Data Interchange.

The maximum difference in output for any given input (within the specified range) when the value is approached first with increasing, and then with decreasing, input signals. Caused by energy absorption in the elements of the measuring instrument. Usually ...

The correction applied to an instrument to account for the effect of temperature upon its response characteristics.

A building structural element that is built onto a building's exterior along the inner edges of all the windows, and extending from the ground to the eaves. Wingwalls help ventilate rooms that have only one exterior wall which leads to poor cross ventilat ...

Electrode reaction equivalent to a transfer of negative charge from the electronic to the ionic conductor. A cathodic reaction is a reduction process. An example common in corrosion is: Ox + ne s Red.

(GDR)A certificate which represents ownership of a given number of a company's shares and which can be.

Fittings on the mast to which the forestay and shrouds attach.

A reef in a spanker or fore-and-aft mainsail, which runs from the outer head-earing, diagonally, to the tack. It is the closest reef, and makes the sail triangular, or nearly so.

A small balloon, loaded with ballast and inflated so that it will explode at a predetermined altitude, which is attached to a larger balloon.

Marine Engine and Equipment Manufacturers Association

The line where the water comes to on the hull of a boat. Design waterline is where the waterline was designed to be, load waterline is the waterline when the boat is loaded, and the painted waterline is where the waterline was painted. Actual waterline is ...

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

In the US, the rules under which a corporation's internal management operates. They include details.

A component of a hydropower plant; a pipe that delivers water to the turbine.

Qualified Member of the Engine department. Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

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

The amount of power a wind turbine can produce at its rated wind speed, e.g., 100 kW at 20 mph. The rated wind speed generally corresponds to the point at which the conversion efficiency is near its maximum. Because of the variability of the wind, the amo ...