A decrease in the polarization of an electrode; the elimination or reduction of polarization by physical or chemical means; depolarization results in increased corrosion.

An abbreviation for one thousand cubic feet of natural gas with a heat content of 1,000,000 Btus, or 10 therms.

The interior heat gain due to heat conduction, convection, and radiation from the exterior into the interior, and from occupants and appliances.

Radio Direction Finder

A radiosonde which transmits the indication of the meteorological sensing elements in the form of a code consisting of combinations of dots and dashes.

International data interchange standards sponsored by the United Nations. See UN/EDIFACT.

An investment strategy which seeks to identify companies whose net assets per share are worth.

A clock-driven instrument mounting which automatically and continuously points in the direction of the sun. It is used with a pyrheliometera,hen continuous direct solar radiation measurements are required.

The range of the stress-intensity factor during a fatigue cycle.

Working Party on Fire Protection and Safety (IACS)

An international company whose services include travel and financial products and which is probably.

The angular position of the sun at solar noon with respect to the plane of the equator.

The rate of change of an option's delta relative to a given change in the underlying share. Equal to.

A graphical aid used in fire weather forecasting to calculate the degree of forest-fire danger (or burning index). Commonly in the form of a circular slide rule, the firedanger meter relates numerical indices of (a) the seasonal stage of foliage, (b) the ...

A thermoelectric thermometer used for measuring air temperature. The name is derived from the fact that the reference thermocouple is placed in an insulated bottle.

Latvia(flag).

(See MALL.)

Any quantity, such as force velocity, or acceleration, which has both magnitude and direction at each point in space, as opposed to scalar which has magnitude only. Such a quantity may be represented geometrically by an arrow of length proportional to its ...

Splitting (fracture) of a crystal on a crystallographic plane of' low index.

In the US, a plan enabling employees to choose from a variety of benefits, depending on their own.