That portion of the base metal that was not melted during brazing, cutting, or welding, but whose microstructure and mechanical properties were altered by the heat; Refers to area adjacent to a weld where the thermal cycle has coused microstructural chang ...

Change from a run to a reach

The ring bolted to the upper end of the shank of an anchor and to which the bending shackle secures.

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors.

The process of managing the consumption of energy, generally to optimize available and planned generation resources.

A vessel discharges part of its cargo at anchor into a lighter to reduce the vessel's draft so it can then get alongside a pier.

Same as radiation pattern. Anticyclone-An area of high atmospheric pressure which has a closed circulation that is anticyclonic (clockwise in northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in southern hemisphere).

The interval between the lower and upper measuring limits of an instrument, i.e. a thermometer with a range of -35 to 50

Separation of a solid accompanied by little or no macroscopic plastic deformation. Typically, brittle fracture occurs by rapid crack propagation with less expenditure of energy than for ductile fracture.

An inert gas. A colorless, monatomic element which is found to occur in dry air to the extent of only 0.000524 percent by volume. Helium is very light, having a molecular weight of only 4.003 and specific gravity referred to air of 0.138. Because helium i ...

Dispatch Half Demurrage on Working Time Saved Both Ends

A payment made by investors for new shares. The term would apply to payments made when a company.

A tax allowance which takes account of depreciation of certain types of business assets such as.

A pipe lead-in for anchor chain through ship's bow.

The trapping of light inside a semiconductor material by refracting and reflecting the light at critical angles; trapped light will travel further in the material, greatly increasing the probability of absorption and hence of producing charge carriers.

A class of power generator that is not a regulated utility and that has generating plants for the purpose of supplying electric power required in the conduct of their industrial and commercial operations.

A heating system, such as a solar water heater or geothermal heatpump, in which the working fluid is heated and used directly; in an open-loop solar system, the domestic water is circulated in the collector loop.

A system of physical units based on the use of the centimeter, gram. and the second as elementary quantities of length. mass. and time.

A mechanical/electrical device used to pull air out of an interior space; usually located in the highest location of a building, in the ceiling, and venting to the attic or directly to the outside.

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