A network of checks or cracks appearing on the surface.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

(1) The amount of any substance dissolved or deposited in electrolysis is proportional to the total electric charge passed. (2) The amounts of different substances dissolved or deposited by the passage of the same electric charge are proportional to their ...

Rubber Stern Bearing

A cargo on which the transportation charge is assessed on the basis of weight.

The electroplating of zinc upon iron or steels

See: 'all or.

A facility or piece of equipment that produces electricity.

A compound used to make certain types of solar photovoltaic cells.

A hygrometer which uses a transducing element whose electrical properties are a function of atmospheric water vapor content. The humidity strip and carbon-film hygrometer element are examples of such a transducer.

A type of (geothermal) heat pump that uses well (ground) or surface water as a heat source. Water has a more stable seasonal temperature than air thus making for a more efficient heat source.

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

Chart Of Account.

Slang name for the Q Flag. Also an old term for yellow fever.

The lowest possible bid price of units in a unit trust under FSA regulations which is usually lower.

An absolute pyhrliometer, developed by C.G. Abbott, in which the radiation-sensing element is a blackened water-calorimeter.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

Also known as a preferred channel buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels. The preferred channel is indicated by the color of the uppermost stripe. Red on top indicate ...

An investor who believes share prices are going to fall. He therefore sells shares, sometimes.

Having no sails up. In heavy weather the windage of the mast and other spars can still be enough to move the boat.