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A local variation of the wind vector or any of its components in a given direction.

A device that uses electronic components to regulate the voltage of fluorescent lamps.

The compound (working fluid) used in air conditioners, heat pumps, and refrigerators to transfer heat into or out of an interior space. This fluid boils at a very low temperature enabling it to evaporate and absorb heat.

Any material that has a limited capacity for conducting an electric current. Certain semiconductors, including silicon, gallium arsenide, copper indium diselenide, and cadmium telluride, are uniquely suited to the photovoltaic conversion process.

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.

The overall assets of an individual less liabilities.

A short length of line, usually braided or marled, used to temporarily bind the anchor cable to the messenger when the anchor is weighed by hand around the capstan.

A wedge-shaped piece of timber used to secure barrels against movement.

A metal having an extremely high melting point, for example, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, chromium, vanadium, and rhenium. In the broad sense, this term refers to metals having melting points above the range for iron, cobalt, and nickel.

A strategy employed in a futures market to reduce risk.

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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.

A unit of rate of operation. Electrical Hp: a measure of time rate of mechanical energy output; usually applied to electric motors as the maximum output; 1 electrical Hp is equal to 0.746 kilowatts or 2,545 Btu per hour. Shaft Hp: a measure of the actual ...

Tank,one of which is situated at each side of the top part of the hold of a bulk carrier.

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

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