See principal stress (normal).

An instrument for measuring the pressure of gases and vapors. A mercury barometer is a type of manometer.

A chemical process involving formation of a heterocyclic ring compound that contains at least one metal cation or hydrogen ion in the ring.

First Refusal. First attempt at best offer that can be matched

A term indicating a temperature relationship between two temperatures or temperature variation between two points.

United Nations EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport. EDI Standards are developed and supported by the UN for electronic message (data) interchange on an international level.

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

In the US, the amount (normally fixed) which a policyholder is obliged to pay prior to an.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.

Stout line or cable fore and aft around the deck of the boat to keep crew from falling overboard.

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 ...

Plating wherein fine metal powders are peened onto the work by tumbling or other means.

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

Certified Container Securing Arrangements

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

The ratio of the radiant energy (heat) leaving (being emitted by) a surface to that of a black body at the same temperature and with the same area; expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Standardized weights or volumes for heating fuels.

A thermometer which utilizes the thermal properties of gas. There are two forms of this instrument: (a) a type in which the gas is kept at constant volume, and pressure is the thermometric property, and (b) a type in which the gas is kept at constant pres ...

Any sudden and heavy rain, almost always of the shower type.

A turbine that uses water pressure to rotate its blades; the primary types are the Pelton wheel, for high heads (pressure); the Francis turbine, for low to medium heads; and the Kaplan for a wide range of heads. Primarily used to power an electric generat ...