The American central banking system which comprises 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, their.

A device that converts heat or sunlight directly to electricity, invented by Standford Ovshinsky, that has a unique glass composition that changes from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state.

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

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The height of the cloud base above the local terrain.

When a vessel's head falls off from the wind. To pay. To cover over with tar or pitch. To pay out. To slack up on a cable and let it run out.

The amount of energy service or useful energy delivered per unit of energy input. Often used in reference to lighting systems, where the visible light output of a luminary is relative to power input; expressed in lumens per Watt; the higher the efficacy v ...

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).

The tendency of the strands of a line to fray out at the ends.

See feed.

The ratio of the electrochemical equivalent current density for a specific reaction to the total applied current density.

The rate of crack extension caused by constant-amplitude fatigue loading, expressed in terms of crack extension per cycle of load application.

Is the suction pressure attained by an ejector or positive displacement vacuum pump at zero capacity with the suction absolutely blanked off.

A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

The net transfer of electric charge per unit time. Also called electric current. See also current density.

The difference between the actual electrode potential when appreciable electrolysis begins and the reversible electrode potential.

To come alongside.

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Coal tar or asphalt-based coating.

A cell developed in an electrolyte resulting from electrical contact between two dissimilar metals. See galvanic corrosion.