The meteorological visual range, which can be estimated from the average extinction coefficient using the Koschmieder equation.

Old Latin name for the south wind.

One which blows across a boat's side

A pressure below that of the existing atmospheric pressure taken as a zero reference.

To haul on a rope, to haul up tight, to hoist the last possible inch or so.

(Bridging loan) Commission or fees charged by a broker for conducting transactions for its.

Usually refers to a rating that applies to an article regardless of size or quantity.

A transaction in which the purchaser of goods pays an initial deposit and takes possession. .

Break; e.g., the line parted under strain

(1) The transverse measurement of a boat at its widest point. Also called breadth. (2) One of the transverse members of a ship's frames on which the decks are laid.

An energy saving device in a heat pump that, during the cooling cycle, recycles some of the waste heat from the house to heat domestic water.

The duct(s) of a forced air heating/cooling system through which heated or cooled air is supplied to rooms by the action of the fan of the central heating or cooling unit.

The audio-frequency signal transmitted by the Diamond-Hinman radiosonde when the baroswitch pen passes each fifteenth contact of the commutator, up to a number determined by the design of the commutator, and each fifth contact thereafter. This signal is t ...

Stability

Liner Shipping Agreements.

The wires, connectors, measuring devices, current sources, etc., that are used to bring about or measure the desired electrical conditions within the test cell. It is this portion of the cell through which electrons travel.

A type of atmometer. It is a pan used in the measurement of the evaporation of water into the atmosphere. The NWS Class A pan is a cylindrical container 48 inches in diameter and 10 inches deep.

A pair of additional backstays temporarily rigged to provide extra support to the masts of square rigged vessels when sailing downwind.

An optical device for concentrating light that is made of concentric rings that are faced at different angles so that light falling on any ring is focused to the same point.

Solar and terrestrial radiation directed downwards (towards the earth's surface); incoming radiation.