Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean.

The porous device which perform the actual process of filtration.

Atdifference in latitude

The after section of the propeller shaft.

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.

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

Drill.

Leaking, Underground.

Special Safeguard (In Agreement on Agriculture)

A metal that readily combines with oxygen at elevated temperatures to form very stable oxides, for example, titanium, zirconium, and beryllium. Reactive metals may also become embrittled by the interstitial absorption of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.

A diagram showing the intensity of the radiation field in all directions from a transmitting radio or radar antenna at a given distance from the antenna.

Energy generated from an electromagnetic field produced by an electric current flowing through a superconducting wire kept at a specific low temperature.

Space cooling achieved by shading, natural (unassisted, as opposed to forced) ventilation, conduction control, radiation, and evaporation; also called passive cooling.

The purchase of a security, commodity or financial instrument (e.g. shares) in the belief that.

Provisional

The one who steers the boat.

An electrical device for converting alternating current to direct current. The chamber in a cooling device where water is separated from the working fluid (for example ammonia).

A balloon-borne instrument for the simultaneous measurement and transmission of meteorological data. It includes transducers for the measurement of pressure, temperature, and humidity; a modulator for the conversion of the output of the transducers to a q ...

(1) The formation at high temperatures of thick corrosion product layers on a metal surface. (2) The deposition of water-insoluble constituents on a metal surface.

The overall assets of an individual less liabilities.