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.

At a considerable distance.

U.S. Customs' automated program under AMS. It allows for electronic reporting of inbound (foreign) cargoes in the U.S.

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

An instrument that, once established, cannot be modified or cancelled without the agreement of all parties concerned.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

The Inland Revenue limit on how much money can be paid into a free-standing additional voluntary.

Features and vegetation on the outside of or surrounding a building for aesthetics and energy conservation.

A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

ISM International Safety Management Code (ISM Code)

A life-threatening condition where there is loss of body heat; the greatest danger for anyone in the water. As the body loses its heat, body functions slow down, and this can quickly lead to death.

The effect of cooling by the radiation of heat from a building to the night sky.

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 cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed.

The date by which a shareholder must own shares in order to qualify for a.

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

A common type of liquid-inglass thermometer, used, in meteorology, in psychrometers and as a maximum thermometer.

A unit of measurement for the ability of a material to retard the diffusion of water vapor at 73.4 F (23 C). A perm, short for permeance, is the number of grains of water vapor that pass through a square foot of material per hour at a differential vapor p ...

Heating a ferrous alloy to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then cooling in air to a temperature substantially below the transformation range.