A facility or enclosure in which air content and other conditions (such as temperature, humidity, and pressure) are controlled and maintained at a specific level by special facilities and operating processes and by trained personnel.
The stopping of articles, such as peanuts, etc., for cleaning at a point between the point of origin and destination.
A sheet or halyard coiled so that it will run out quickly without becoming tangled.
Remove unnecessary things from the decks usually in preparation for oncoming bad weather.
Turbulence encountered by aircraft when flying through air space devoid of clouds. Thermals and wind shear are the main causes.
An auxiliary volume that may be opened to the clearance space for increasing the clearance, usually temporarily, to reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.
An independent organisation, appointed by an exchange, which guarantees securities.
Splitting (fracture) of a crystal on a crystallographic plane of' low index.
A fracture, usually of' polycrystalline metal, in which most of the grains have failed by cleavage, resulting in bright reflecting facets. It is associated with low-energy brittle fracture.
A process for making inexpensive Galium Arsenide (GaAs)photovoltaic cells in which a thin film of GaAs is grown atop a thick, single-crystal GaAs (or other suitable material) substrate and then is cleaved from the substrate and incorporated into a cell, a ...