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See: 'term.

A term used in the automotive industry to describe the corrosion of vehicle body parts due to the collection of road salts and debris on ledges and in pockets that are kept moist by weather and washing. Also called deposit corrosion or attack.

Defense Energy Support Center

A pyrheliometer of the thermoelectric type. Radiation is allowed to fall on two concentric silver rings, the outer covered with magnesium oxide and the inner covered with lamp black. A system of thermocouples (thermopile) is used to measure the temperatur ...

Slang for the leg irons which were used to secure men under punishment.

These fluids can be either water or steam trapped in fractured or porous rocks; they are found from several hundred feet to several miles below the Earth's surface. The temperatures vary from about 90 F to 680 F (32 C to 360 C) but roughly 2/3 range in te ...

A material with high absorbtance and low emittance properties applied to or on solar absorber surfaces.

Any body of rate tariffs that are not part of an agreement or conference system.

Tender Offer

(FSCS) The Financial Services Compensation Scheme is the sole financial compensatory scheme. It was set up.

Convention on the Carriage of Noxious and Hazardous Substances by Sea

Gears

Liquid

Above this pressure, the system may rupture or burst.

A navigational instrument which provides a bearing to a radio beacon.

A solar thermal system that has one tank for storing solar heated water to preheat the water in a conventional water heater.

Having to do with boats, ships, or sailing.

(GTC)An order to a broker to buy or sell shares at a specified price which remains valid until cancelled.

Movement of cargo by water from one country through the port of another country, thence, using rail or truck, to an inland point in that country or to a third country. As example, a through movement of Asian cargo to Europe across North America.