Securities which are considered to be more stable in price in a market where prices are.

A transaction on a stock exchange by a broker or institution.

Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

A professional person qualified to give advice to clients regarding investments such as life.

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.

A measure of air purity that is equal to one complete air change (in an interior space).

Same as dropsonde.

A system capable of rotating about one axis.

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

A wooden enclosure about sixteen feet square and eight feet high with a precipitation gauge at its center. The function of the fence is to minimize eddies around the gauge and thus insure a catch that is representative of the actual rainfall or snowfall.

The operation of bringing two lines together; term also applied to other objects.

A facility which allows a delay in buying an annuity if rates should be low when retirement age is.

The range of operating conditions within which a device is designed to operate and for which operating influences are stated. See operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

One of the group of l5 chemically similar metals with atomic numbers 57 through 7l, commonly referred to as the lanthanides.

The potential of a reversible oxidation-reduction electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode, corrected to the hydrogen electrode, in a given electrolyte.

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

A unit of pressure for a fluid, commonly used in water pumping and hydropower to express height a pump must lift water, or the distance water falls. Total head accounts for friction head losses, etc.

See 'personal equity.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

When the wind pushes on the wrong side of the sail, causing it to be pushed away from the wind. If the lines holding the sail in place are not released, the boat could become hard to control and heel excessively.