A written receipt in full, in discharge from all claims.

The difference between amounts of precipitation and runoff for a given storm. It is that portion of the precipitation that remains in the basin as soil moisture, surface storage, ground water, etc.

Occurs in the base metal adjacent to weldments due to high through-thickness strains introduced by weld metal shrinkage in highly restrained joints. Tearing occurs by decohesion and linking along the working direction of the base metal; cracks usually run ...

In a ship with multiple cabins, the cabin closest to the stern.

A computed characteristic of a particular river basin, expressed as the time difference between the time-center of mass of rainfall and the time-center of mass of resulting runoff.

An instrument for rapidly obtaining samples of airborne dust; a type of dust counter. Particles pass through a cylindrical chamber, are drawn at high velocity through a narrow slit, and then impinge upon a microscope cover glass located a short distance f ...

Removal of dissolved mineral matter, generally from water.

The turning of the blade of an oar from the vertical to the horizontal while it is being taken aback for the next stroke. This reduces the windage on the blade thus reducing the effort expended.

The incremental cost to an electric power producer to generate or purchase a unit of electricity or capacity or both.

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

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Commodities such as metals, coffee and grain which are bought and sold for use as opposed to hedging.

Gearless

To remove the ballast from the a ship.

A reserve appliance; for example, a standby generator for a home or commercial building.

The minimum demand experienced by a power plant.

Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System

The main sense in which the term asset is used is to describe anything owned by an.

Grain

The difference between the price of a futures contract and the spot or cash price. The item being.