A type of solar thermal collector where the heat transfer fluid flows through tubes formed in the absorber plate.

Securities, such as some debentures (perpetual debentures) and certain government loan stock.

Anemometer which measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal film heated by an electric current. A type of cooling-power anemometer.

Differential Global Positioning System

The elevation of the water surface in a stream as measured by a river gauge with reference to some arbitrarily selected zero datum.

Term used in the days of sail to indicate the starboard of the two anchors carried at the bow of a ship. The anchor on the port side was known as the small bower (although they were the same size).

(1) The underside of the hull that sits in the water (2) The ocean floor

The sum of the sensible and latent heat in a substance or fluid above a base point, usually 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cargo ship of 14.800 tonnes deadweight.

The sum of solar and terrestrial radiation.

Geological Survey/Supply Vessel.

The direction of an object (with reference to you, your ship, another object).

A generic term for measures of resistance to extension of a crack. The term is sometimes restricted to results of fracture mechanics tests, which are directly applicable in fracture control. However, the term commonly includes results from simple tests of ...

A coating process whereby thermally emitted electrons collide with inert gas atoms, which accelerate toward and impact a negatively charged electrode that is a target of the coating material. The impacting ions dislodge atoms of the target material, which ...

Installations character for MO with Class A Specific Automation Equipment.

An architectural feature used to shade exterior walls; usually made of a lattice of metal or wood; often covered by vines to provide additional summertime shading.

The twelve month period commencing 6th April and ending 5th April the following.

A quantitative analysis for evaluating structural behavior in terms of applied stress, crack length, and specimen or machine component geometry. See also linear elastic fracture mechanics.

An expression used to describe the market in the underlying instrument (for example, shares,.

Temperature at which condesation first occurs and moisture is formed.