Air pressure

A person in possession of a negotiable instrument such as a bill of exchange or promissory.

An increase in hardness and strength caused by plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization range.

Abbreviation for "Trailer on Flat Car." The movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar. Also known as Piggyback.

The monetary value of a fund, calculated by adding up the value of its underlying.

A conjoint action involving corrosion and erosion in the presence of a moving corrosive fluid, leading to the accelerated loss of material.

A corrosion test involving exposureof specimens at controlled levels of humidity and temperature. Contrast with salt-fog test.

The time rate of straining for the usual tensile test. Strain as measured directly on the specimen gage length is used for determining strain rate. Because strain is dimensionless, the units of strain rate are reciprocal time.

A sturdy railing or elevated guard rail around the deck at the stern. also known as Pushpit

The unofficial filtration industry description for filters designed to trap small size contaminants.

The center of an area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone.

Water vapor content of the air. See absolute humidity, dew point, mixing ratio, relative humidity, specific humidity.

Special Periodical Survey of Automated Control System

A ring or hoop of metal.

A device, or system of devices, that allows electrical current to flow through it and allows voltage to occur across positive and negative terminals.

The storage of compressed air in a container for use to operate a prime mover for electricity generation.

Various means for allowing LNG tanks to expand and contract due to temperature changes by sliding on the tank supports while restricting its movement due to the motion of the vessel.

In reference to a wind energy conversion device, the area through which the rotor blades spin, as seen when directly facing the center of the rotor blades.

In charting, a short-lived reversal of an upward trend, catching out bears and shorters who were.

Same as aneroid barometer. Holostelic means wholly made of solids, while aneroid means devoid of liquid.