An absolute temperature scale. The kelvin unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273,16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. The triple point of water is the equilibrium temperature (0,01

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Warehouse Withdrawal for Transportation Immediate Exportation.Allows merchandise that has been withdrawn from a bonded warehouse at one U.S. port to be exported from the same port exported without paying duty.

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

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

A tube in which combustion gases from a combustion appliance are vented out of the appliance to the outdoors.

A vessel with permanently installed cranes designed principally for lifting operations.

A method of docking with a boat's stern to the dock.

Search of a vessel, by Customs authorities, for unreported goods.

A general name for instruments which detect the presence of (but do not necessarily measure) small electrical charges by electrostatic means. Compare to electrometer.

The increase in pressure in the discharge header that develops as a result of flow after the pressure relief device opens

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

Conduction of electric current from an underground metallic structure by means of a metallic conductor. Forced drainage is that applied to underground metallic structures by means of an applied electromotive force or sacrificial anode. Natural drainage is ...

A gauge that measures air flow as a percentage of capacity, used in rotary screw compressors as an estimator during modulation controls.

The development of slight breaks in a coating that do not penetrate to the underlying surface.

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

The stress that will cause fracture in a creep test at a given time in a specified constant environment. Also called stress-rupture strength.