A measure of the amount of "spin" (or rotation) in the atmosphere.

European Committee for Standardisation

1,000 grams or 2.2046 pounds.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...

Confederation of European Union Shipmasters Associations

Self-Polishing Copolymer (Anti-Fouling Compound)

Precipitation composed of liquid water drops more than 0.5 mm in diameter, failing in relatively straight, but not necessarily vertical, paths. Compare to drizzle.

The capability of doing work; different forms of energy can be converted to other forms, but the total amount of energy remains the same.

Defects, such as dangling bonds, induced in an amorphous silicon semiconductor upon initial exposure to light.

A component of a radiosonde consisting of a series of alternate electrically conducting and insulating strips. As these are scanned by a contact the radiosonde transmits temperature and humidity signals alternately. The contact may be a baroswitch as in t ...

A promise in writing to repay a debt. For example a bond, bill or.

Temperarure at which a liquid solidifies under any given set of conditions. It may or may not be the same as the melting point or the more rigidly defined true freezing point or (for water) ice point.

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

Wash trading, bucketing, cross trading, or other types of trade to give the appearance of trading.

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act "Superfund"

Foreign Vessel

The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.

A unit of electricity consumption of one Watt over the period of one hour.

Said of a vessel when caught between ice on both sides.

The stress component perpendicular to a plane on which forces act. Normal stress may be either tensile or compresssive.