To hold the mainsail or jib off to the side to cause the wind to blow onto the backside of the sail, used to slow a boat

Anemometer which generates an electrical contact output with a frequency proportional to wind speed.

Mobile offshore production

Uninterrupted Power Supply

A method for making sheets of polycrystalline silicon (for solar photovlotaic devices) in which molten silicon is drawn upward by capillary action through a mold.

The conditioned or unconditioned space below the main living area or primary floor of a building.

Association of Mechanical Engineers.

To stop a boat and maintain position (with some leeway) by balancing rudder and sail to prevent forward movement, a boat stopped this way is "hove to"; such as when in heavy seas. The idea is to bring the wind onto the weather bow and hold the ship in tha ...

A type of cyanometer. an instrument used to measure the blueness of the sky. The Linke-scale is simply a set of eight cards of different standardized shades of blue. They are evenly numbered 2 to 26. The odd numbers are used by the observer if he or she j ...

European Currency Unit.

In a semiconductor, the energy difference between the highest valence band and the lowest conduction band.

Bermuda (Flag)

Subcommittee on ship Design and Equipment.(IMO)

ACRONYM Actual cubic feet per minute.

States that the pressure of a gas, at constant volume, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

A pallet so designed that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from two sides only.

The machine by which, when dropped to the bottom, the vessel is held fast.

(1) A cargo carrying vessel, usually without an engine, towed or pushed by a tug. Small barges for carrying cargo between ship and shore are known as lighters. (2) Also a term in sail racing - a boat which forces its way illegally between another contesta ...

Cylinder.

A term which applies to trusts without an interest in possession (for example a discretionary trust).