The process by which events in the real world are translated into machine-readable signals.

A recording anemometer.

International Commercial Terms

A structural, load-carrying building member with an open web system that supports floors and roofs utilizing wood or specific steels and is designed as a simple span member.

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 ...

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Local Area Network

A written agreement (also called a deed of trust) between a bond issuer and a purchaser which.

To disconnect a transmission and/or distribution line; a power line that is not carrying a current; to open a circuit.

The formation of complex chemical species by the coordination of groups of atoms termed ligands to a central ion, commonly a metal ion. Generally, the ligand coordinates by providing a pair of electrons that forms an ionic or covalent bond to the central ...

A clockwise change in wind direction. Veering winds with height are indicative of warm air advection (WAA).

Naturally occurring magnetic oxide of iron (Fe3O4).

A term used for the transparent or translucent material in a window. This material (i.e. glass, plastic films, coated glass) is used for admitting solar energy and light through windows.

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

Geographic Information System

In the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Large Amplitude Motions and Loads

Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

Nondestructive Evaluation.