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A person appointed by a principal to act on the latter's behalf in.

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Temperature of equilibrium between the liquid and vapor phases of a substance at a given pressure.

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Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing

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Embrittlement of stainless steels upon extended exposure to temperatures between 400 and 510

Kuching-Pending and Sarikei Service.

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Namely. Used in tariffs to specify commodities.

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A unit of energy equal to 101 ergs or to 0.2389 calories.

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EXT

Extension

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An instrument for the measurement of both solar and terrestrial radiation.

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(AIM)A market for small, young and growing companies operated by the London Stock Exchange as a.

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ILA

International Longshoremen's Association

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The envelope of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by virtue of the earth's gravitational attraction. The system whose chemical Properties. dynamic motions, and physical processes constitute the subject matter of meteorolog ...

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Length of rope whose ends are joined together so that it forms a loop.

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Term assurance in which premiums are increased in line with the retail price index and hence the sum.

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Cubic capacity of a vessels holds to carry packaged dry cargo such as bales/pallets.

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A reversing thermometer (for seawater temperature) which is not protected against hydrostatic pressure. The mercury bulb is therefore squeezed, and the amount of mercury broken off on reversal is a function of both temperature and of hydrostatic pressure.

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A program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that implements energy legislation and presidential directives. FEMP provides project financing, technical guidance and assistance, coordination and reporting, and new initiatives for the federal government ...

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(1) A cell, the emf of which is due to the potential difference between a metal in an active state and the same metal in a passive state. (2) A corrosion cell in which the anode is a metal in the active state and the cathode is the same metal in the passi ...

A type of inhibitor that appreciably changes the potential of u metal to a more noble (positive) value.

The algebraic ratio of two specified stress values in a stress cycle. Two commonly used stress ratios are: (1) the ratio of the alternating stress amplitude to the mean stress. A = Sa/Sm and (2) the ratio of the minimum stress to the maximum stress. R =Sm ...