Current efficiency at the cathode.

An optical instrument which consists of a sighting telescope mounted so that it is free to rotate around horizontal and vertical axes, with graduated scales so that the angles of rotation may be measured. Used to observe the motion of a pilot balloon.

A type of inhibitor that appreciably changes the potential of u metal to a more noble (positive) value.

Anemometer which measures wind speed by the speed of rotation of 3 or 4 hemispherical or conical cups, each fixed to the end of a horizontal arm projecting from a vertical axis. See condenser-discharge anemometer, contact anemometer. Compare to bridled-cu ...

Tanker Sulphuric Acid.

One of the radiation laws which states that the wavelength of maximum radiation intensity for a black body is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the radiating black body.

Guarantee issued by a bank to a carrier to be used in lieu of lost or misplaced original negotiable bill of lading.

A form of data transmission in which the bits of each character are sent one at a time along a single communication path. Compare to parallel data transmission.

A decrease in the central pressure of a pressure system. Usually applied to a low rather than to a high.

Trim And Stability Booklet

A pump for circulating the heat transfer fluid in a hydronic heating system.

A unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a difference of 1 Volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity.

Land Earth Station Operator

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

The practice of acquiring a company, then selling parts of it, in the hope that the cash realised.

Generation of energy at the location where all or most of it will be used.

A period prior to the detection of corrosion while the metal is in contact with a corrodent.

Same as wind sock.

An opening in a ship's deck for the loading and discharging of any kind of cargo.

A power line for supplying electricity within a specified area.