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Business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty has jurisdiction.

A colorless odorless very poisonous gas formed by the incomplete burning of carbon. Found in some ambient air conditions.

A measure of the average amount of a specified pollutant or material emitted for a specific type of fuel or process.

Energy output from a system that equals energy input.

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 stock markets of countries which have a low per head income compared with the developed world.

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

The correctable part of the inaccuracy of an instrument.

A new letter of credit issued to another beneficiary on the strength of a primary credit. The second L/C uses the first L/C as collateral for the bank. Used in a three-party transaction.

This potential, sometimes called zeta potential, is a potential difference in the solution caused by residual, unbalanced charge distribution in the adjoining solution, producing a double layer. The electrokinetic potential is different from the electrode ...

Same as wave pole.

The arithmetic wind speed over a specified time period and height above the ground (the majority of U.S. National Weather Service anemometers are at 20 feet (6.1 meters).

The height of the decks, below decks.

A building energy auditing technique for locating areas of low insulation in a building envelope by means of a thermographic scanner.

A device where sunlight concentrated onto a absorber heats it to a high temperature, and the thermal radiation emitted by the absorber is used as the energy source for a photovoltaic cell that is designed to maximize conversion efficiency at the wavelengt ...

An alloy of lead containing 3 to l5% Sn, used as a hot dip coating for steel sheet or plate. Terne coatings, which are smooth and dull in appearance, give the steel better corrosion resistance and enhance its ability to be formed, soldered, or painted.

See embrittlement.

Fine separated particles floating in the air and clouding it. A substance in the gaseous state.

The measure of a company's solvency, looking at the relationship between its assets and its.