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In the US, the amount (normally fixed) which a policyholder is obliged to pay prior to an.

The traded value of an asset agreed by seller and.

An absolute temperature scale. (

A contact anemometer connected to an electrical circuit which is so arranged that the average wind speed is indicated.

A line drawn to indicate both the direction and magnitude of a force, such as leeway or a current.

The minimum temperature shown by a minimum thermometer exposed in an open situation with its bulb at the level of the tops of the grass blades of short turf.

A device used to control temperatures; used to control the operation of heating and cooling devices by turning the device on or off when a specified temperature is reached.

A floating log

An equation that expresses the exact electromotive force of a cell in terms of the activities of products and reactants of the cell.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

Solar radiation scattered by particles in the atmosphere.

Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

A corporate restructuring in which one part of a company is spun off as a new company, often.

Succession of long and unbroken waves that are not due to meteorological conditions in the vicinity. Generally due to wind or storms at a distance from the position.

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.

A form of thermal energy resulting from combustion, chemical reaction, friction, or movement of electricity. As a thermodynamic condition, heat, at a constant pressure, is equal to internal or intrinsic energy plus pressure times volume.

A winch, frequently unpowered, having rope storage capacity and used for topping and lowering a derrick boom while the boom is unloaded and for supporting it while it is supporting a load.

A flower-like diagram indicating the relative frequencies of different wind directions for a given station and period of time.