A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.

See mixed potential.

A device that removes contaminants, by mechanical filtration, from the fresh air stream before the air enters the living space. Filters can be installed as part of a heating/cooling system through which air flows for the purpose of removing particulates b ...

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

Where a life company pays commission to an agent, the company does so on the proviso it will be.

A type of motor designed to operate precisely at the synchronous speed with no slip in the full-load speeds (rpm).

The potential of an electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode or another electrode when no current flows to or from it.

An instrument for determining the direction from which radio waves approach a receiver. It may consist of a manually operated direction indicator, or it may use a servo system to position the antenna automatically in the direction of the incident waves.

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The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.

A registered trademark of an agency of the state of Nebraska, for an automotive fuel containing a blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.

A unit or measure of electricity supply or consumption of 1,000 Watts over the period of one hour; equivalent to 3,412 Btu.

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

Pertaining to forces on a body or part of a body that tend to crush or compress the body.

(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

Accelerated corrosion of a metal because of an electrical contact with a more noble metal or nonmetallic conductor in a corrosive electrolyte.

The volatility of the underlying instrument implied by the market value option's.

The distance the bow of a boat is forward of another's stern

The test or specimen electrode in an electrochemical cell.