An insulation product composed of loose fibers or fiber pellets that are blown into building cavities or attics using special pneumatic equipment.

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.

(1) A metal corroding under the control of a surface reaction product. (2) The state of the metal surface characterized by low corrosion rates in a potential region that is strongly oxidizing for the metal. (3) The state of a metal when its behavior is mu ...

The frequency-dependent complex-valued proportionality factor (A

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

Embrittlement of alloy steels caused by holding within or cooling slowly through a temperature range just below the transformation range. Embrittlement is the result of the segregation at grain boundaries of impurities such as arsenic, antimony, phosphoru ...

Corrosion effect on a metal per unit of time. The type of corrosion rate used depends on the technical .system and on the type of corrosion effect. Thus, corrosion rate may be expressed as an increase in corrosion depth per unit of time (penetration rate, ...

A device that cools air by removing moisture from it.

Referring to alterations in the environment due to the presence or activities of humans.

The maximum stress that can be sustained for a specified number of cycles without failure, the stress being completely reversed within each cycle unless otherwise staled.

A condition that results from an imbalance between the number of protons and the number of electrons in a substance.

An instrument which indicates the presence of precipitation. The ombroscope consists of a heated, water-sensitive surface which indicates by mechanical or electrical techniques the occurrence of precipitation.

A mechanical device used for air circulation and to provide cooling.

World Health Organisation

A boat that is letting herself be subjected to prevailing conditions without the use of sails or other devices. Lying ahull is usually not preferred to other actions because a boat may tend to lie with her beam to the waves and the wind parallel to the wa ...

Closest Point of Approach

Hague-Visby Rules

An oil capable of conversion from a liquid to a solid by slow reaction with oxygen in the air.

Captain Of The Port

The rising of cold water from the deeper areas of the ocean to the surface. This phenomena often occurs along the California coast during the spring and summer.