The commencement of regular payments from capital which has accumulated in an.

Reduction of visibility by strong winds blowing across dry ground with little or no vegetation. Visibilities of 1/8 mile or less over a widespread area are criteria for a Blowing Dust Advisory.

A buoy moored near a Lightship from which she can check her position to make sure that she has not moved by dragging.

International Commercial Terms

A recording variometer.

Hollow vessel of iron, steel or wood, that is filled with water and sunk under a vessel. When water is pumped out, the buoyancy of the camel lifts the ship. Very valuable aid to salvage operations.

A device for applying a fine spray by compressed air.

Vietnam Register

A recording anemometer.

Wind with a speed between 7 and 10 knots (8 and 12 mph), Beaufort scale number 3.

A building structural element that is built onto a building's exterior along the inner edges of all the windows, and extending from the ground to the eaves. Wingwalls help ventilate rooms that have only one exterior wall which leads to poor cross ventilat ...

In the US, these are securities issued by federal government.

Central Processing Unit. The part of a computer which controls and directs all functions.

The electroplating of zinc upon iron or steels

A combustion heating appliance that vents the combustion by-products directly into the heated space. The latest models have oxygen-sensors that shut off the unit when the oxygen level in the room falls below a safe level.

Local Area Network

The amount of power a wind turbine can produce at its rated wind speed, e.g., 100 kW at 20 mph. The rated wind speed generally corresponds to the point at which the conversion efficiency is near its maximum. Because of the variability of the wind, the amo ...

The area between the layers of glazing (panes) of a window.

As defined by the Energy Security Act (PL 96-294) of 1980, "any organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, animal wastes, municipal wastes, ...

A slender threadlike spike of pure crystalline material, such as silicon.