An independent financial adviser whose income is derived from fees charged to customers rather than.

The transfer of heat through a material by the transfer of kinetic energy from particle to particle; the flow of heat between two materials of different temperatures that are in direct physical contact.

The ratio of a photovoltaic cell's actual power to its power if both current and voltage were at their maxima. A key characteristic in evaluating cell performance.

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

A way of joining photovoltaic cells by connecting positive leads to negative leads; such a configuration increases the voltage.

A water heater that heats water before it is directly distributed for end use as required; a demand water heater.

Container Safety Convention for ISO Containers

Department Of Energy

Abbreviation for "With Particular Average."

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

This is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. DOE that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification. It also licenses and inspects private, ...

The positive direction of electrode potential, thus resembling noble metals such as gold and platinum.

Arrival at land

A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.

The transfer of title of a security such as stock from buyer to.

The action of letting go the sheets of a sailing vessel, thus spilling the wind and reducing the forward motion of the boat.

Particles of foreign material in a metallic matrix. The particles are usually compounds (such as oxides, sulfides, or silicates), but may be of any substance that is foreign to (and essentially insoluble in) the matrix.

The water volume within a specified portion of a stream channel.

A list of metals and alloys arranged according to their relative corrosion potentials in a given environment. Compare with electromotive series.

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.