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Blower.

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Has to do with the properties of air-water vapor mixtures in the atmosphere.

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A business owned and operated by its.

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The piece of board on which a man working aloft is swung.

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Energy available due to position.

Category:Energy Terms

The removal of heat from the air or gas between stages.

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The angle between the sun's apparent position in the sky and true south, as measured on a horizontal plane.

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To gain hydrodynamic lift, causing the boat to lift, rising slightly out of the water so that it is gliding over the water rather than plowing through it, reaching speeds in excess of those normally associated with its waterline length.

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The process of distributing electricity; usually defines that portion of an electrical utility's power lines between a utility's power pole and transformer and a customer's point of connection/meter.

Category:Energy Terms

The amount of solar radiation, both direct and diffuse, received at any location.

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The inherent imprecision of a given process of measurement, the unpredictable component of repeated independent measurements of the same object under sensibly uniform conditions.

Category:Meteorology

An imaginary sphere surrounding the globe that contains the sun, moon, stars and planets.

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To spill the sails is to take the wind out of the sails, either by heading up into the wind, or by easing the sheets to the point where the sails can hold no wind.

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Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

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An invoice provided by a supplier prior to the shipment of merchandise, informing the buyer of the kinds and quantities of goods to be sent, their value, and specifications (weight, size, etc.).

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The programs and instructions which direct a computer.

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To collide with a vessel head on.

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Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets. Must be set-up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.

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(1) A spar. Such as a pole used to position a sail (e.g., spinnaker pole or whisker pole, which serves the same purpose for a jib). (2) One of the two points around which the earth spins, known as the north and south poles.

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A line running from near the top of the mast, used to hold the spinnaker pole in place.

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