(APR)Where interest on loans is expressed as other than a yearly rate, for example 1.5% per month, APR.

Interational thermometric scale on which the freezing point of water equals 0

Newly Industrialized Country

Energy terms

An electrical current that periodically reverses its direction. Standard in US and Canada is 60 cycles per second. Europe and other countries is 50 cycles per second.

A method of preventing the ends of a line from unlaying or fraying by turns of small stuff, stout twine or seizing wire with the ends tucked.

The heating capacity of a steam boiler; expressed in Btu per hour (Btu/h), or horsepower, or pounds of steam per hour.

A long, underground metal or plastic pipe through which air is drawn. As air travels through the pipe it gives up some of its heat to the soil, and enters the house as cooler air.

Away from land, toward the water.

The person who is in charge of a vessel and legally responsible for it and its occupants.

Offshore Northern Seas Conference

Radio Direction Finder

An instrument used for the measurement of the reflecting, power (the albedo) of a surface. A pyranometer adapted for the measurement of radiation reflected from the earth's surface is sometimes employed as an albedometer.

The downward facing structural element that is directly opposite the floor.

A mound of dirt next to exterior walls to provide wind protection and insulation.

A thermal expansion valve.

The development of slight breaks in a coating that do not penetrate to the underlying surface.

These are separate and distinct organizational agencies within the U.S. DOE that market power at federal multipurpose water projects at lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles. There are five PMA's: Alaska Power Admini ...

For gauging purposes a transverse section including all longitudinal members such as plating, longitudinals and girders at the deck, side, bottom, inner bottom and longitudinal buklheads.

A contrary indicator moving in the opposite direction of the market and useful in spotting short.