A numbering system using a base number of 2 and having only two digits: 0 and 1. The fundamental system of representing information with electrical pulses.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a transaction was effected at a price based.

Energy systems supply individual, or small-groups, of energy loads.

In folklore, a name for rain.

The record obtained from a bolometer.

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier.

See 'automated teller.

In meteorology, a deflecting force acting on a body in motion and resulting from the earth's rotation. It deflects air currents to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere, thus having an effect on wind direction.

Lower explosive mixture

Electrode reaction equivalent to a transfer of negative charge from the electronic to the ionic conductor. A cathodic reaction is a reduction process. An example common in corrosion is: Ox + ne s Red.

A powerfully oxidizing allotropic form of the element oxygen. The ozone molecule contains three atoms (O3). Ozone gas is decidedly blue, and both liquid and solid ozone are an opaque blue-black color, similar to that of ink.

International Cargo Handling Coordination Association

Rubber Stern Bearing

A device attached to a meteorological instrument to provide ventilation; usually a suction fan.

A popular term for "non-conventional" transportation fuels derived from natural gas (propane, compressed natural gas, methanol, etc.) or biomass materials (ethanol, methanol).

Describes the reliability of power plants. It refers to the number of hours that a power plant is available to produce power divided by the total hours in a set time period, usually a year.

The total cost of production divided by the total quantity produced.

Discharging a battery to 20 percent or less of its full charge capacity.

A relatively small-scale, upward moving current of air.

An instrument whose calibration is determined by comparison with an absolute instrument.