(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 ...

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

A device that converts heat or sunlight directly to electricity, invented by Standford Ovshinsky, that has a unique glass composition that changes from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state.

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.

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

The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress adiabatically and to deliver one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

Navy term meaning Officer of the deck.

(GAYE)The description used for schemes where a donation to your chosen charities is automatically deducted.

People aged 65 to 74 are entitled to an additional personal tax allowance provided total earnings.

A measure of the amount of energy lost during the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

A heating system where heat is supplied (radiated) into a room by means of heated surfaces, such as electric resistance elements, hot water (hydronic) radiators, etc.

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

Machines cooled by water circulated through jackets surrounding the cylinders or casings.

Merchant Navy Training Board

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

A type of photoelectric photometer used to measure high-altitude winds on the assumption that stellar scintillation is caused by atmospheric inhomogeneities being carried along by wind near the tropopause level.

Cylindrical Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

Income usually relevant to two people (for example man and wife) which continues until the death of.