A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the positive lead is connected to the negative lead of another energy producing, conducting, or consuming device. The voltages of each device are additive, whereas the current is not.

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 ...

Opposite of absorption or adsorption. In filtration, it relates to the downstream release of particles previously retained by the filter.

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A device consisting of a heat transfer system, a moisture elimination system and a refrigeration system designed to improve the quality of the air and reduce the temperature of the air.

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A document, which legally transfers ownership of property from one party to another, most commonly.

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.

Futures contracts where the underlying instruments are financial such as shares, interest rates,.

To turn the boat away from the wind. also Fall Off.

See 'short.

Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will.

Emergency Towing Vessel

Hyundai Merchant Marine Korean shippig company

The headstay on which jibs are hoisted

A mercury barometer which measures atmospheric pressure by weighing the mercury in the column or cistern.

The amount of heat in a quantity of matter at a specific temperature and pressure.

In general, the transformation of data from a "raw" form to some useable form. In meteorology, this often refers to the conversion of the observed value of an element to the value which it would theoretically have at some selected or standard level. The m ...

Is the ratio of weight of vapor existing in a given space to the weight that would be present if the space were saturated at the space temperature.

A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.