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.

International Union of Marine Insurance

Itemized list of commodities with marks/numbers but no cost values indicated.

The official who is in charge of a harbor, enforcing all its applicable regulations.

Those privately or publicly owned establishments that generate, transmit, distribute, or sell electricity.

An order to stop; as, "Avast heaving!"

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

see 'balance of.

Power generated by a utility unit that operates at a very low capacity factor; generally used to meet short-lived and variable high demand periods.

Solar collector thermal performance ratings based on collector efficiencies, usually expressed in Btu per hour for solar collectors under standard test or operating conditions for solar radiation intensity, inlet working fluid temperatures, and ambient te ...

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

Small particle on which water vapor condenses.

(1) Term describing the status of seamen, corresponding to rank in the case of officers. (2) A method of measuring a yacht's expected performance relative to another yacht while racing. Over the years many formulas have been experimented with, in order to ...

The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the amount of water vapor present in a given volume of air at a given temperature to the amount required to saturate the air at that temperature.

Restricted Service, Paraguay, Parana and River Plate interior waters until line Buenos Aires-Colonia port.

A ratio used to work out how many days on average it takes a company to get paid for what it.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

Cylindrical Water-Tube Boiler Survey.

A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening, where the temperature of the land falls below the sea temperature.

See approximate absolute temperature scale, Celsius temperature scale, centigrade temperature scale, Fahrenheit temperature scale, Kelvin temperature scale, Rankine temperature scale, Reaumur temperature scale,