A device which automatically records the water equivalent of snow on a given surface as a function of time. A small sample of a radioactive salt is placed in the ground in a shielded collimator which directs a beam of radioactive particles upwards. A Geig ...

The vertical absorption of a liquid into a porous material by capillary forces.

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

Water of sufficient depth to allow a boat to travel through it.

A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

Fishing Vessel

Classifications of fires developed by the National Fire Protection Association.

Material such as brick, rock, or stone.

An aluminum foil fabricated insulator with backings applied to provide a series of closed air spaces with highly reflective surfaces.

The highest operating pressure the system or component is designed to withstand.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

A Customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossin ...

Family income assurance in which the assured may, if he or she chooses, increase premiums in line.

China Ocean Shipping Co.

Industry-related: A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.

The slope (dE/di) at the corrosion potential of a potential (E)/current density (i) curve. Also used to describe the method of measuring corrosion rates using this slope.

An instrument which measures the spectral distribution of the intensity of direct solar radiation.

American Shipbrokers Association

Same as wave pole.

A rainbow formed by light rays which have been reflected from an extended water surface. Not to be confused with a reflected rainbow whose image may be seen in a still body of water. The center of a reflection rainbow is at the same elevation as the sun b ...