A Customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossin ...

This is a national organization dedicated to representing the interests of cooperative electric utilities and the consumers they serve. Members come from the 46 states that have an electric distribution cooperative.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

The maximum repeated stress that can he endured by a metal without failure under definite conditions of corrosion and fatigue and for a specific number of stress cycles and a specified period of time.

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

An instrument used to measure and record earthquake vibrations and other earth tremors.

The permitted increase in pressure developed after the valve has opened. Usually expressed in percentage, ie.; 3% accumulation (A.S.M.E. Code, Section I). Flows through safety/relief valves are officially determined at these overpressure conditions.

Metal or wooden peg inserted in gunwale of a boat for an oar to heave against when rowing without crutch or rowlock.

Class AA Ice Stregthening.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Pressure at the point of use.

see 'balance of.

Modification of a corrosion system so that corrosion damage is mitigated.

A power supply which achieves its output regulation by means of one or more active power handling devices which are alternately placed in the "off" or "on" states. It is more efficient than linear supplies which vary the conduction of power devices to ach ...

Money owed by an individual or company to another individual or.

Total remuneration of an employee or director which includes salary and bonuses.

Protesting involves getting legal evidence that a bill of exchange or promissory note has not been paid.

Refers to the direction in which a line goes.

An instrument used to reveal but not necessarily measure the presence of an electrical quantity. It is used to display the output of a sensing element after suitable amplification and modification. Sometimes called display.

Capacity of a soil or other surface to be penetrated by water sinking into the ground under the force of gravity. It thus expresses the rate of percolation.

A solar energy conversion device that uses a trough covered with a highly reflective surface to focus sunlight onto a linear absorber containing a working fluid that can be used for medium temperature space or process heat or to operate a steam turbine fo ...