A quality of compressed air for use with pneumatic instruments and controls. (usually dry and free from contaminants)

The technique for varying the potential of an electrode in a continuous manner at a preset rate.

A rocket designed primarily for routine upper air observations in the lower 250,000 feet of the atmosphere, especially that portion inaccessible to balloons (above 100,000 feet).

A device invented by Captain Jacques Cousteau in 1943 to enable a diver to operate underwater independent from an air supply from the surface.

A publication predicting the time and height of high tide and low tide.

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

The liquid resulting when water vapor contacts a cool surface; also the liquid resulting when a vaporized working fluid (such as a refrigerant) is cooled or depressurized.

A type of home mortgage that takes into account the energy savings of a home that has cost-effective energy saving improvements that will reduce energy costs thereby allowing the homeowner to more income to the mortgage payment. A borrower can qualify for ...

To take in, or lower a sail. To put out a light. To cover with water.

A room that faces south (in the northern hemisphere), or a small structure attached to the south side of a house.

A defective maximum thermometer of the liquid-inglass type in which the mercury flows too freely through the constriction. Such a thermometer will indicate a maximum temperature that is too low.

A set of wheels that support the front of a container; used when the automotive unit is disconnected.

A small storm jib made of very heavy cloth.

The point at which a price breaks out either above or below a stable established range or trendline..

A dust-collection chamber containing numerous permeable fabric filters through which the exhaust gases pass. Finer particulates entrained in the exhaust gas stream are collected in the filters for subsequent treatment/disposal.

An electronic 'stock market' service owned by Reuters which enables members to display bid and offer.

An accounting term which refers to the amount a company pays in the form of interest on cash.

A colorless and odorless gaseous element. The lightest and apparently the most abundant chemical element in the universe. However, it is found only in trace quantities in the observable portion of our atmosphere, only about 0.00005 percent by volume of dr ...

The record or trace made by a microbarograph.

Thermometer for measuring the temperature in the soil at different depths.