Capital gains tax arises as a result of a 'chargeable event' - in the case of stock market.

Same as fogbow.

A device, similar to a potometer, for measuring transpiration, consisting of a vessel containing soil in which one or more plants are rooted and sealed so that water can escape only by transpiration from the plant.

A construction element that inhibits termites from entering building foundations and walls.

That horizontal wind velocity at which the Coriolis acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force. It is directed along contour lines or isobars.

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Small buoyant transmitter which should always remain afloat if the ship sinks, and send automatically a distress message via satellites.

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

Rapid Response Team.

The Cadbury Code is the unofficial name for the first Code of Best Practice on corporate.

A common unit used in measurement of atmospheric pressure. Defined as that pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at standard gravity and a temperature of 0'C.

The maximum repeated stress that can he endured by a metal without failure under definite conditions of corrosion and fatigue and for a specific number of stress cycles and a specified period of time.

Direct current. A continuous, one directional flow of electricity

Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters. Nautical miles have the unique property that a minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile - Measurement of speed is done in knots ...

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.

A formal notification to the writer of an option from a clearing house that an option has been.

European Sea Ports Organisation

Non-Transportation Use

A compound that causes oxidation, thereby itself being reduced.

The amount of energy derived from an electrical source per unit quantity of electricity passing through the source.2. Electrical potential; voltage.

A point (or line) on a scale used for reference or comparison purposes. In calibration of meteorological thermometers, for example, the fiducial points are 100