Where an option is neither sold nor exercised but allowed to lapse at.

H2A Radio transmission designatorMbr>Telegraphy by the on-off keying of a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: single-sideband, full carrier. (ALRS)

Forming a conversion coating on a metal surface by anodic oxidation; most frequently applied to aluminum.

(1) The backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull; the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached. (2) A flat surface built into the bottom of the boat to prevent or reduce the leewa ...

The gradual degradation or alteration of a material by contact with substances present in the atmosphere, such as oxygen. carbon dioxide, water vapor, and sulfur and chlorine compounds.

Special Attendance Fees.

A dividend which is due to holders of cumulative preference shares but which has not yet been paid. .

Delivered Duty Unpaid Delivered duty unpaid means that the seller delivers the goods to the buyer, not cleared for import, and not unloaded from any arriving means of transport at the named place of destination. The seller has to bear the costs and risks ...

An instrument which measures the intensity of radiation by determining the amount of chemical change( or fluorescence produced by that radiation.

The volume of water required to cover one acre to a depth of one foot: 43,560 cubic feet.

J2DEN Radio transmission designatorSingle-sideband suppressed carrier with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. Data transmission with a multi-condition code in which each condition repre ...

F3E Radio transmission designator.Telephony using frequency modulation.(ALRS)

In marine insurance this phrase applies to a ship which is free from its moorings and ready to sail.

Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.

A number of quantity defining a limit that errors will not exceed when a device is used under specified operating conditions. Accuracy rating can be expressed in a number of forms, i.e. in terms of the measured variable (+/- 1 C), percent of span (+/-0.5% ...

ACRONYM - National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.

Admiralty List of Radio Signals. British admiralty publications (8 volumes, some of them in double or triple books) informing the navigators about all the radio stations and various kind of broacasted informations such as time signals, weather & navigatio ...

An anemometer utilizing the principle that the pitch of the aeolian tones generated by air moving past an obstacle is a function of the speed of the air. Largely a curiosity and has been put to no practical application in modem meteorology.

Pertaining to water; an aqueous solution is made by using water as a solvent.

In solar heating systems, a type of solar collector in which air is heated in the collector.