The sovereign power to take property for a necessary public use, with reasonable compensation.

A graphical aid used in fire weather forecasting to calculate the degree of forest-fire danger (or burning index). Commonly in the form of a circular slide rule, the firedanger meter relates numerical indices of (a) the seasonal stage of foliage, (b) the ...

Electrochemical system consisting of an anode and a cathode immersed in an electrolyte. The anode and cathode may be separate metals or dissimilar areas on the same metal. The cell includes the external circuit, which permits the flow of electrons from th ...

An instrument for determining the direction of cloud motion. There are two basic designs of nephoscope, the directvision nephoscope and the mirror nephoscope.

Strong pieces of plank used with the wring-bolts.

Aging induced by rapid cooling after solution heat treatment.

Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down. Also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing. A large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a scotchman.

Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases.

The amount of energy service or useful energy delivered per unit of energy input. Often used in reference to lighting systems, where the visible light output of a luminary is relative to power input; expressed in lumens per Watt; the higher the efficacy v ...

A type of heating system where heat, resulting when electric current flows through an "element" or conductor, such as Nichrome, which has a high resistance, is radiated to a room.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.

An economic situation in which there is a general fall in the level of.

A stream of vapor, gas or liquid coming out fast from a narrow orifice.

The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.

See S&W

The service provided by a financial planner. This is a long term service provided for clients which.

Generic term for rapid variations in apparent position, brightness, or color of a distant luminous. object viewed through the atmosphere.

A locker big enough to hang clothes.

NEXt Generation RADar. A NWS network of about 140 Doppler radars operating nationwide.

The process of breaking down organic material; reduction of the net energy level and change in physical and chemical composition of organic material.