A company or individual that is not directly regulated as a utility. These entities produce power for their own use and/or sell it to regulated utilities.

The space within a building or structure that is normally occupied by people, and that may be conditioned (heated, cooled and/or ventilated).

Not a linear function of the relevant variables.

Customs form permitting in bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier's possession while draying cargo.

The raising of new money by a company in order to pay off existing debt. more

The electromotive force generated in a circuit containing two dissimilar metals when one junction is at a temperature different from that of the other. see also thermocouple.

The correctable part of the inaccuracy of an instrument.

A double block where the two sheaves lie in a plane one below the other, rather than alongside each other.

Department Of the Interior

The opening up the back (aft) edge of the mast in which the mainsail luff rope slides when it is hoisted. Some masts have an external sail track.

Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers An association formed in 1990 to represent the interests of stockbroking and investment.

A graph or chart that shows constant corrosion behavior with changing solution (environment) composition and temperature.

Hyundai Merchant Marine Korean shippig company

International Union of Marine Insurance

A compartment having a watertight bulkhead at each end.

A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 Megawatts.

All the components of the appliance used to condition interior air of a building.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

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

A mathematical representation of the frequency or ratio that specific wind speeds occur within a specified time interval.