A term applied to a floating object that is moored or anchored so that it remains at one place. Budys are used for marking the places on the water where a ship is sunk, where reefs are below, where the edges of the channel are, or to provide means for moo ...

Ability to float, the supporting effort exerted by a liquid (usaually water) upon the surface of a boly wholly or partially immersed.

The space-conditioning load of a building.

The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.

A measure of the heating requirements of a building expressed in Btu per degree-day.

The relationship of a building to true south, as specified by the direction of its longest axis.

The factor, when multiplied by the monthly degree-days, that yields the monthly space heating load.

The overall rate of heat loss from a building by means of transmission plus infiltration, expressed in Btu per hour, per degree temperature difference between the inside and outside.

A scheme set up to give limited protection to people with share and/or deposit accounts in.

'Mutual' non-profit-making institutions set up to lend money to their members for house purchase..

Insurance which covers the policyholder against certain building losses or damages which may occur. .

The increase in pressure in the discharge header that develops as a result of flow after the pressure relief device opens

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

The transparent or opaque sphere in an electric light that the electric light transmits through.

A type of hydroturbine in which the entire generator is mounted inside the water passageway as an integral unit with the turbine. These installations can offer significant reductions in the size of the powerhouse.

Cargo shipped in loose condition and of a homogeneous nature.Cargoes that are shipped unpackaged either dry, such as grain and ore, or liquid, such as petroleum products. Bulk service generally is not provided on a regularly scheduled basis, but rather as ...

Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count." Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.

The weight of a material per unit of volume compared to the weight of the same volume of water.

A container with a discharge hatch in the front wall; allows bulk commodities to be carried.

Transverse or longitudinal partitions separating portions of the ship ("walls" in a ship).