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The relationship of a building to true south, as specified by the direction of its longest axis.

The overall rate of heat loss from a building by means of transmission plus infiltration, expressed in Btu per hour, per degree temperature difference between the inside and outside.

Nautical Institute. Organization founded in 1971 located in London which promotes high professional standards among deck officers.

The motion of air relative to a body in it.

Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

A provider of venture capital, usually used in relation to backers of theatrical.

Freight that has not been called for or picked up by the consignee or owner.

International Labor Organization; Based in Geneva, it is one of the oldest components of the UN system of specialized agencies and has been involved over the years in appraising and seeking to improve and regulate conditions for seafarers. In its unusual ...

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 ...

Water Quality Insurance Syndicate

One of the radiation laws which states that the wavelength of maximum radiation intensity for a black body is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the radiating black body.

Money paid to a divorced or separated spouse pursuant to a divorce.

Thermometer used for measuring the highest temperature attained during a given interval of time, for example, a day.

Telex

Abbreviation for visual flight rules, but commonly used to refer to the relatively favorable weather and/or flight conditions to which these rules apply.

The mass of unit volume of a material at a specified temperature.

A person or firm carrying out.

The production of an electric current in a conductor by the variation of a magnetic field in its vicinity.

See 'allocation.