The theoretical price at which a futures contract should trade to be equivalent to the purchase.

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

(1) A metal whose potential is highly positive relative to the hydrogen electrode. (2) A metal with marked resistance to chemical reaction, particularly to oxidation and to evolution by inorganic acids. The term as often used is synonymous with precious m ...

Random Access Memory. The memory of a computer which can be read and written into at any location without passing through preceding locations.

The condition when a perfect gas is isentropically compressed, and the gas inlet temperature and also the amount of work spent is the same for each stage.

A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation, serving the same purpose as a lighthouse.

The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.

An endowment plan which carries an option at maturity for the proceeds to be paid in the form of a.

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

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The depth of water that would result from the melting of snow or ice, assuming measurement on a horizontal surface and no infiltration or evaporation.

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

An order to cease (stop).

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.

A device consisting of two dissimilar conductors with their ends connected together. When the two junctions are at different temperatures, a small voltage is generated.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.

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The bearing of an object after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

A curve that indicates the number of hours per year that specific wind speeds occur.

(1) A molecular structure in which a heterocyclic ring can he formed by the unshared electrons of neighboring atoms. (2) A coordination compound in which a heterocyclic ring is formed by a metal bound to two atoms of the associated ligand. See also comple ...