Average speed of recovery two shots of chain cable when three shots are submerged and freely suspended at commencement lifting (m/s)

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The most essential characteristic parameters of a machine mechanical performance, indication with some important technical index.

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Required by some countries for protection against the dumping of certain types of merchandise or products.

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A rain gauge which indicates but does not record the amount of precipitation captured.

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A class of power generator that is not a regulated utility and that has generating plants for the purpose of supplying electric power required in the conduct of their industrial and commercial operations.

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A cargo consolidator in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and subsell it to smaller shippers. The NVOCC issues bills of lading, publishes tariffs and otherwise conducts itself as an ocean common carrier, except that it will not provide the ac ...

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Non-Condensing

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Are those constituents in the suction gas that cannot be condensed to a liquid with the cooling medium available.

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Reciprocating type compressor used mainly in oil and gas field applications. The compressor cylinders operate at low compression ratios and experience small temperature rise.

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Is one that does not attack normal materials of construction.

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Not a linear function of the relevant variables.

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A compressor designed to compress air or gas without contaminating the flow with lubricating oil. Piston rings and packing are usually made of TFE-based materials or carbon or other synthetic material that operate without lubrication.

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Fuels that cannot be easily made or "renewed," such as oil, natural gas, and coal.

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A sighting taken for celestial navigation at noon, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.

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NOP

Notice of Protest (see LOP)

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NOR

Norway (Flag)

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a wind coming from the northeast

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Is the term used for average atmospheric air at sea level in a temperature zone where it contains some moisture. It is defined in the ASME Test Code For Displacement Compressors as being at 14.696 psiA, 68

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The range of operating conditions within which a device is designed to operate and for which operating influences are stated. See operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

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A characteristic applied to domestic water heaters that is the amount of gallons raised 100 degrees Fahrenheit per hour (or minute) under a specified thermal efficiency.

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