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

The act of decoying a ship ashore by means of false lights.

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Power generated by a utility unit that operates at a very high capacity factor.

A unit of luminous intensity of a light source.

A coating consisting of' a compound of the surface metal, produced by chemical or electrochemical treatments of the metal. Examples include chromate coatings on zinc, cadmium, magnesium, and aluminum and oxide and phosphate coatings on steel. See also chr ...

The range through which the input may be varied without initiating a response. Usually expressed as a percentage of full-scale range.

A vessel or tank where heat produced from the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, fuel oil, or coal is used to generate hot water or steam for applications ranging from building space heating to electric power production or industrial process heat.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Transportation Research Board

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All (not just 98%) particles larger than the stated micron size have been removed from the fluid being filtered.

A type of air compressor in which air is compressed in a series of stages as it flows axaily through a decreasing tubular area.

Emergency Medical Technicians.

A surface weather observation, made at periodic times, of sky cover, state of the sky, cloud height, atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level, temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction. amount of precipitation, hydrometeors and lithometeors. and s ...

(1) A solid solution of one or more elements in body-centered cubic iron. Unless otherwise designated (for instance, as chromium ferrite), the solute is generally assumed to be carbon. On some equilibrium diagrams, there are two ferrite regions separated ...

An instrument which indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere. Also spelled coniscope.

The document which lists the regulations that govern the running of a company. Articles of.

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The act if striking or collision of a moving vessel against a stationary object.