Enormous sea monster supposed to have been seen off coasts of America and Norway. Sometimes mistaken for an island.

The physically connected generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and components operated as a unit.

A model for generating expected equity returns. It is based on the premise that returns are the.

A small balloon used to determine the height of the cloud base. The height can be computed from the ascent velocity of the balloon and the time required for its disappearance into the cloud.

A unit of electrical measurement equal to the product of a volt and an ampere.

An instrument developed by K. Angstrom for measuring the effective terrestrial radiation. It consists of four manganin strips, of which two are blackened and two are polished. The blackened strips are allowed to radiate to the atmosphere while the polishe ...

See exfoliation corrosion.

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

In austenitic stainless steels the precipitation of chromium carbides, usually at grain boundaries, on exposure to temperatures of about 550 to 850

Indirect heat exchanger designed to transfer heat from combustion gas to the air stream added to the combustion zone.

Same as mirror nephoscope.

The process in which a metal fractures prematurely under conditions of simultaneous corrosion and repeated cyclic loading at lower stress levels or fewer cycles than would be required in the absence of the corrosive environment.

A composite metal containing, two or more layers that have been bonded together. The bonding may have been accomplished by co-rolling, co-extrusion, welding, diffusion bonding, casting, heavy chemical deposition, heavy electroplating, or explosive claddin ...

A mortgage which guarantees the interest rate charged will remain sandwiched between two specified.

MT 100 - bank payment on behalf of a customer.MT 400 - bank payment in settlement of a collection.MT 700 - bank issuance of a letter of credit.

An atmosphere in an area of heavy industry with soot, fly ash, and sulfur compounds as the principal constituents.

An increase in the central pressure of a pressure system; opposite of a deepening. More commonly applied to a low rather than a high.

The selective attack of one or more components of a solid solution alloy; eg. dezincification, dealumination etc. See dealloying.

An order to buy shares up to a maximum price or sell down to a minimum price.

The transfer of heat through a material by the transfer of kinetic energy from particle to particle; the flow of heat between two materials of different temperatures that are in direct physical contact.