The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

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Upward displacing swells.

The standard method for calculating residential cooling loads developed by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) based largely on the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and A ...

The process of the absorption of heat from one location and its transfer to another for rejection or recuperation.

A situation where the exercise price of a call/put option approximates to the current market price.

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A halo phenomenon consisting of a horizontal circle passing through the moon, corresponding to the parhelic circle through the sun. Produced by reflection of moonlight from ice crystals.

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

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

The wind speed with 50 percent probability of occurring.

A vector term which includes both wind speed and wind direction.

A point (or line) on a scale used for reference or comparison purposes. In calibration of meteorological thermometers, for example, the fiducial points are 100

Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

(IIEDS)A service for individual investors which puts their orders at the head of any Tandem Systems Queue..

This is a trading term between buyer and seller where a seller agrees to deliver goods to a buyer before a payment is made and without any form of guarantee of payment.

A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

The ratio of the percentage change in the quantity of a good or service demanded to the percentage change in the price.

A graph representing the relationship between the power available from the wind and the wind speed. The power from the wind increases proportionally with the cube of the wind speed.

(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 ...