The element directly responsive to the value of the measured variable.

An electricity powered device that extracts available heat from one area (the heat source) and transfers it to another (the heat sink) to either heat or cool an interior space or to extract heat energy from a fluid.

The number found by plotting the octave band spectrum on the NR curves given in IS0 Standard R 1996-1967 and selecting the - r- highest noise rating curve to which the spectrum is tangent.

Abbreviation for "Less than Container Load." The quantity of freight which is less than that required for the application of a container load rate. Loose Freight.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Distribution pressure (headers).

Pertaining to the current resulting from the coupling of dissimilar electrodes in an electrolyte

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The difference between the outgoing infrared terrestrial radiation of the earth's surface and the downcoming infrared counterradiation from the atmosphere.

An additional keel secured outside the main keel, usually as protection in the event of grounding.

Change from a run to a reach

Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down. Also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing. A large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a scotchman.

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

See auxiliary electrode.

A gigantic sea animal.

In railcar or container shipments, the weight of the empty railcar or empty container.

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed By Name."

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.

(1) Possessing a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapor; applied to condensation nuclei composed of salts that yield aqueous solutions of a very low equilibrium vapor pressure compared with that of pure water at the same temperature. ...

The amount payable by a life insurance company to the beneficiaries on the death of the insured (the.

Same as mercury barometer.