In the US, a power of attorney which, subject to conditions and safeguards, continues in force even.

See hydrogen embrittlement.

A device that allows a terminal or computer at one location to communicate with a terminal or computer at a distant location via wire or phone lines.

A shipwrecked sailor as compared with one who has been marooned or deliberately put ashore.

Port and Tanker Safety Act.

The inner coil in a heat pump that, during the cooling mode, absorbs heat from the inside air and boils the liquid refrigerant to a vapor, which cools the house.

The six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and.

International Securities Clearing Corporation

An instrument for automatically maintaining an electrode in an electrolyte at a constant potential or controlled potentials with respect to a suitable reference electrode.

Same as atmometer.

To keep close.

A hygrometer which determines the amount of precipitable moisture in a given region of the atmosphere by measuring attenuation of radiant energy caused by the absorption bands of water vapor.

Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.

Iron or steel straps fastened diagonally across a ship's frames to make a rigid framework.

The part of a wind energy conversion device blade, or airfoil, that is the last to contact the wind.

Abbreviation for "Master Container Freight Station." See CFS.

Determined by weighing a special type of wooden stick that has been exposed in the woods, its weight being proportional to its contained water.

An anemometer which measures wind speed in terms of the drag which the wind exerts on a solid body. See bridled-cup anemometer, normal-plate anemometer, pendulum anemometer.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

The portion of the precipitation on the land which ultimately reaches the streams. especially the water from rain or melted snow that flows over the surface.