A manmade waterway used to connect bodies of water that do not connect naturally. Canals use locks to raise and lower boats when connecting bodies of water that have different water levels.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

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

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A reaction in which there is a decrease in valence resulting from a gain in electrons. Contrast with oxidation.

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Drag Suction Hopper Dredger.

Embrittlement resulting from bombardment with neutrons, usually encountered in metals that have been exposed to a neutron flux in the core of a reactor. In steels, neutron embrittlement is evidenced by a rise in the ductile-to-brittle transition temperatu ...

A metallic element of atomic weight 200.6 1, unique (for metals) in that it remains liquid under all but very extreme temperatures.

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.

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

Another expression for escalating.

System consisting of one or more metals and all parts of the environment that influence corrosion.

A type of lamp having a lens of heavy durable glass that focuses the light. They have longer lifetimes with less lumen depreciation than standard incandescents.

The top point of the line about which the earth rotates.

The process of using heat that is rejected in one part of a cycle for another function or in another part of the cycle.

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.

An assembly, consisting of a vessel, electrodes, and an electrolyte, in which electrolysis can be carried out.

The face value of currency, coins, and stocks and.

A charting technique in technical analysis that, among other things, indicates the range of a day's.