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MX

Mexico (Flag)

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To push a sail out so that the wind fills the opposite side, thus slowing the boat down.

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The amount of money needed to purchase equipment, buildings, tools, and other manufactured goods that can be used in production.

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TRB

Transportation Research Board

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Unless Used In Which Case Time Actually Used To Count

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A sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. It consists essentially of a spherical lens which bums an image of the sun upon a specialty prepared card.

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EMT

Emergency Medical Technicians.

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An atmospheric sounding instrument which is supported by a captive balloon and used to obtain temperature and humidity data from the ground level to a height of a few thousand feet. The data is telemetered to the ground through a wire cable.

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A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, thereby causing it to spread more readily on a solid surface.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. The two principle types are aneroid and mercurial.

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Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

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JIP

Joint Industry Project

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The forwarding agreement or carrying agreement between shipper and air carrier and is issued only in nonnegotiable form.

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DBH

Destroyed By Hurricane

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Transmitted energy which is modulated in order to carry information. Usually, it is in the form of a radio- frequency sine wave, modulated either in amplitude or in frequency.

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WTR

Water

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An income tax allowance to single people including widows/widowers, separated spouses etc who are.

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Moves anchors and tow drilling vessels, lighters and similar.

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A colorless gaseous compound of nitrogen and hydrogen used in refrigeration and in making of fertilizers and explosives. Found in some ambient air conditions.

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PE

Peru (Flag)

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