Glass Reinforced Plastic

The distance or length of flow of the air past a point during a given interval of time.

The process of producing electricity by transforming other forms or sources of energy into electrical energy; measured in kilowatt-hours.

A device that captures the heat from the exhaust air from a building and transfers it to the supply/fresh fresh air entering the building to preheat the air and increase overall heating efficiency.

A wave disturbance in airflow due to some barrier in the flow. i.e. a hill or mountain.

Alternating current is carried by conductors and a ground to residential, commercial, or industrial consumers. The waveform of the phase power appears as a single continuous sine wave at the system frequency whose amplitude is the rated voltage of the pow ...

A compartment having a watertight bulkhead at each end.

Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used a PFD will support a person in the water. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest.

A sliding fitting that attaches to a track allowing for the adjustment of blocks or other devices attached to the car.

Delivered Ex Ship

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

An elementary particle of an atom with a negative electrical charge and a mass of 1/1837 of a proton; electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of an atom and determine the chemical properties of an atom.

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.

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

A reversible propeller mounted in a tunnel running through the ship/s hull to give movement athwart-ships.

A lighted or unlighted fixed (non-floating) aid to navigation that serves as a signal or indication for guidance or warning. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute "beacons.")

Fisheries Research Ship.

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 device that produces mechanical energy directly from two heat reservoirs of different temperatures. A machine that converts thermal energy to mechanical energy, such as a steam engine or turbine.

A pension plan in which an employee's pension benefit is related to number of years service and.