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Land Earth Station

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The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

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A fan mounted on an attic wall used to exhaust warm attic air to the outside.

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The piston chamber in a compressor or actuator.

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Not attached to the shore or the ground in any manner. Usually, but not necessarily, moving through or making way through the water.

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Capstan

The vertical barrel device used to heave in cable or lines.

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A type of climatic diagram whose coordinates are some form of temperature vs. a form of humidity or precipitation.

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(1) Broken water at bow of a vessel making way. (2) Disturbed water made by a propeller or paddle wheel. (3) The rush or sweeping of waves on a bank, shore, or vessel.

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A mutual fund which invests in a balance of common stock, bonds and preferred stock with an.

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PAK

Pakistan (Flag)

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A bank operating in the seller's country, that handles letters of credit in behalf of a foreign bank.

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An ideal substance that absorbs all radiation falling on it, and reflecting nothing.

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Describes the reliability of power plants. It refers to the number of hours that a power plant is available to produce power divided by the total hours in a set time period, usually a year.

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The height at which the maximum wind speed occurs, determined in a winds-aloft observation.

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An instrument for measuring the intensity of direct solar radiation at normal incidence. See Angstrom compensation pyrheliometer, Eppley pyrheliometer, Michaelson actinograph. silver- disc pyrheliometer, spectropyrheliometer, waterflow pyrheliometer.

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A direct-vision nephoscope which is constructed in the following manner: a comb consisting of a crosspiece containing equispaced vertical rods is attached to one end of a column eight to ten feet long and is supported on a mounting that is free to rotate ...

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Imparting resistance to oxidation to an iron or steel surface by heating in aluminum powder at 800 to 1000

A unit of measure for an electrical current; the amount of current that flows in a circuit at an electromotive force of one Volt and at a resistance of one Ohm. Abbreviated as amp.

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A river, canal or other body of water that boats can travel on.

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Nautical name for an argumentative person.

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