An ice coating with a consistency intermediate between glaze and rime.

Oscillations of the sea caused by wind blowing along the surface and moving in the direction from which the wind blows.

Maximum allowable working pressure. This data is found on the pressure vessel nameplate and is the maximum pressure at which the lowest set safety valve must be set (stamped).

A measure of proportion by weight, equivalent to one unit weight of a material per billion (109) unit weights of compound. One part per billion is equivalent to 1 mg/kg.

Human Element

An atmometer consisting of a porous porcelain or ceramic container connected to a calibrated reservoir filled with distilled water. Evaporation is determined by the depletion of water in the reservoir.

Legal Automated Workstation System

A valve with a faucet type handle used to restrict the flow of water in a line

Abbreviation for visual flight rules, but commonly used to refer to the relatively favorable weather and/or flight conditions to which these rules apply.

See gaseous corrosion.

An electricity supplier rate structure in which the per unit price of electricity decreases as the amount of energy increases. Normally only available to very large consumers.

The process of deciding how to apportion investment capital between the various possible asset.

(EBITDA)Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.

A material used to seal areas of potential air leakage into or out of a building envelope.

An investment trust which satisfies certain conditions set by the tax authorities and accordingly.

Instrument for measuring the intensity of radiant energy. Its principle is based on the variation of electrical resistance, with the incoming radiation, of one or both the metallic strips which the instrument comprises.

The report produced by a firm of Chartered Accountants which is part of a company's annual Report.

National Research Council

A professional working for a fund manager or broker whose job is to analyse key industry sectors.

These are separate and distinct organizational agencies within the U.S. DOE that market power at federal multipurpose water projects at lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles. There are five PMA's: Alaska Power Admini ...