The porous device which perform the actual process of filtration.

Working Party on Stability Subdivision and Load Lines (IACS)

The correctable part of the inaccuracy of an instrument.

The ability of a non-water-soluble fluid to form an emulsion with water.

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

Liberian Shipping Council

An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is caused by a difference in concentration of some component in the electrolyte. This difference leads to the formation of discrete cathode and anode regions.

The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, taken as the highest point on any of the runways of the airport. Same as airport elevation.

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

(1) The distance that the wind and sea has to travel over open water unimpeded by land; the longer the fetch, generally the higher the waves. (2) Also to reach someplace, especially in adverse conditions. When sailing close-hauled, being able to arrive at ...

A beam which supports a deck.

A tube with a narrow throat (a constriction) that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of the liquid passing through it, creating a partial vacuum immediately after the constriction in the tube. The vacuum created has a sucking effect, and a ven ...

Tanker Vegetable and Animal Oils.

A type of water heater that has no storage tank thus eliminating storage tank standby losses. Cold water travels through a pipe into the unit, and either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water only when needed.

The change in direction of a ray of light when it passes through one media to another with differing optical densities.

The difference between the total cooling effect and the dehumidifying effect.

Same as mercury barometer.

In the US, a board of Directors comprised of seven members which directs the federal banking system,.

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

The positioning and shape of the sails to the wind; To sheet in or out the sails for the most optimal performance and speed