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Transportation charge advanced by one carrier to another to be collected by the later carrier from the consignor or consignee.

Direct current supplied by a device employing a power source external to the electrode system of a cathodic protection installation.

When reaching retirement age, a person can elect to defer payment of his/her state pension. The.

Cargo thrown overboard in order to lighten the ship and washed ashore.

A barge equipped with tracks on which up to about 12 railroad cars are moved in harbors or inland waterways.

The process of transmitting electricity over one or more separately owned electric transmission and distribution systems. (See Wholesale and Retail Wheeling.)

A unit of rate of water evaporation equal to the evaporation per hour of 34.5 pounds of water at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit into steam at 212 degrees F.

An enterprise in which there is a risk of loss.

The amount of work accomplished by electrical power, usually measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). One kWh is 1,000 Watts and is equal to 3,413 Btu.2.The energy of moving electrons.

Direct current. A continuous, one directional flow of electricity

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

The face-centered cubic form of pure iron, stable from 910 to l400

In thermodynamics, the integrating factor of the differential equation referred to as the first law of thermodynamics, In statistical mechanics, a measure of translational molecular kinetic energy (with three degrees of freedom). In general, the degree of ...

Electromagnetic radiation lying within the wavelength interval to which the human eye is sensitive, the spectral interval from approximately 0.4 to 0.7 microns (4000 to 7000 angstroms). Bounded on the short-wavelength end by ultraviolet radiation and on t ...

A provision of a bond or preferred stock issue, listed in its indenture (the formal agreement.

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

(1) To throw, as to heave a line ashore. (2) An upward pull on a line; to lift (3) The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.

The U.S. government does not issue certificates of free sale. However, the Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, will issue, upon request, a letter of comment to the U.S. manufacturers whose products are subject to the Federal Food, Drug ...

A device for converting a solid fuel to a gaseous fuel.