A type of anchor with a heavy inverted mushroom shaped head. Mushroom anchors are used to anchor in mud and other soft ground.

A method for making sheets of polycrystalline silicon in which silicon dendrites are slowly withdrawn from a melt of silicon whereupon a web of silicon forms between the dendrites and solidifies as it rises from the melt and cools.

The number of cycles of stress that can be sustained prior to failure under a stated test condition.

A total life cycle cost divided into equal amounts.

A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

A graphical aid used in fire weather forecasting to calculate the degree of forest-fire danger (or burning index). Commonly in the form of a circular slide rule, the firedanger meter relates numerical indices of (a) the seasonal stage of foliage, (b) the ...

An architectural design (also known as the double envelope house), sometimes called a "house-within-a-house," that employs a double envelope with a continuous airspace of at least 6 to 12 inches on the north wall, south wall, roof, and floor, achieved by ...

A thermograph in which ventilation is provided by a suction fan.

The ratio of the maximum demand on an electricity generating and distribution system to the total connected load on the system; usually expressed as a percentage.

International Maritime Pilot's Association. Located in Belgium, but mostly managed from the Netherlands.

An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, thi ...

A term indicating a temperature relationship between two temperatures or temperature variation between two points.

A hypothetical "body" whose surface absorbs no electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. An idealization exactly opposite to that of the black body. In nature, no true white bodies are known. Moist white pigments exhibiting high reflectivity for visibl ...

Foreign substance which comes from the environment, adhering to a surface of a material

Slang name for the Q Flag. Also an old term for yellow fever.

Committee of European Shipbuilders Associations

Cathode Ray Tube

A cell developed in an electrolyte resulting from electrical contact between two dissimilar metals. See galvanic corrosion.

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