A device for measuring the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics whose intensity is greater than a predetermined level.

To sail against the prevailing wind and seas.

An investment strategy which seeks to identify companies whose net assets per share are worth.

A metallic structure on which a compressor or other machine is mounted.

A thermometer consisting of a clock mechanism the speed of which is a function of temperature.

Electrodepositing a metal or alloy in an adherent form on an object serving as a cathode.

The net transfer of electric charge per unit time. Also called electric current. See also current density.

The difference between the actual electrode potential when appreciable electrolysis begins and the reversible electrode potential.

Maritime Administration (U.S.)

National Research Council

Part of a computer word that has meaning in itself, often, a byte.

The interior heat gain due to heat conduction, convection, and radiation from the exterior into the interior, and from occupants and appliances.

The atmospheric pressure at mean sea level either directly measured by stations at sea level or empirically determined from the station pressure and temperature by stations not at sea level. Used as a common reference for analyses of surface pressure patt ...

The rate of crack extension caused by constant-amplitude fatigue loading, expressed in terms of crack extension per cycle of load application.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

A type of cloud height indicator which uses a searchlight to project vertically a narrow beam of light onto the cloud base. The height of the cloud is determined using a clinometer, located at a known distance from the ceiling light, to measure the angle ...

The tendency of the strands of a line to fray out at the ends.

A compound with a central atom or ion bound to a group of ions or molecules surrounding it. Also called coordination complex. See also chelate, complexation, and ligand.

A plastic card enabling the holder to access an automated teller machine to obtain cash and.

A instrument designed to study small fluctuations of some quantity. The microbarograph is an example of a recording pressure variometer.