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Seamen who worked on the masts and yards of square-rigged ships.

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FO

1.Fuel oil2.For Orders3.Free Out

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A measure of the quality of a light source by expressing the color appearance correlated with a black body.

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Categories of energy consumers, as defined by consumption or demand levels, patterns, and conditions, and generally included residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural.

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Sunlight scattered by atmospheric particles and gases so that it arrives at the earth's surface from all directions and can not be focused.

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A stationary or rotating vent used to ventilate attics or cathedral ceilings; usually made of galvanized steel, or polypropylene.

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A strategy in options trading in which an option is purchased at an exercise price below that of the.

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The length of fluid flow (gas or liquid) past a sensor required for the sensor to respond to 63.2% of a step change in speed. Expressed in feet or meters. For anemometers, this value is calculated from time constant times wind tunnel speed.

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Amount of solar radiation incident, per unit area and time, on a surface which is perpendicular to the radiation and is situated at the outer limit of the atmosphere, the earth being at its mean distance from the sun. It equals approximately 2.00 ly/ min ...

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Hundred weight (United States, 100 pounds: U.K.,112)

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all material and energy present in and around an operating system, such as dust, air moisture, chemicals, and thermal energy.

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Small charts showing tidal stream directions and rate of flow.

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An order to hold a vessel on the course she is heading.

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(1) Generally something wrong or difficult (2) To be tangled (line) or in turmoil (air); to entangle or obstruct (3) In racing, a rules infraction

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A metal fitting on the mast that the stays attached to the mast; a fitting on the mast for securing rigging.

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An energy band in a semiconductor in which electrons can move freely in a solid, producing a net transport of charge.

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In 1887 Charles Dow (as in 'The Dow Jones') developed two stock market 'averages':

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Instead of making an initial charge, some unit trust companies (particularly PEP managers) make a.

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Interest cover measures the amount of interest paid by a company on its borrowings against its.

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A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

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