The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as river basin.

A scale with the ice point at zero degrees and the boiling point of water at 80 degrees, with pressure of one atmosphere.

The approximate energy producing capacity of a power plant, under specified conditions, usually during periods of highest load.

A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.

Flag Of Convenience

A canvas cover secured over a funnel when not in use. Sailor's headwear, woolen type, capable of covering the ears in cold weather.

See Intracoastal Waterway.

(AITC)An association formed in 1932 to represent the interests of investment trust companies. Its main.

(1) In heat treatment, to reheat hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below the eutectoid temperature for the purpose of decreasing hardness and increasing toughness. The process is also sometimes applied to normalized steel. (2) In to ...

An increase in the central pressure of a pressure system; opposite of a deepening. More commonly applied to a low rather than a high.

Electromagnetic radiation lying within the wavelength interval to which the human eye is sensitive, the spectral interval from approximately 0.4 to 0.7 microns (4000 to 7000 angstroms). Bounded on the short-wavelength end by ultraviolet radiation and on t ...

A coating process, similar to gas carburizing and carbonitriding, whereby a reactant atmosphere gas is fed into a processing chamber where it decomposes at the surface of the workpiece, liberating one material for either absorption by, or accumulation on ...

A radiosonde whose carrier wave is modulated by audio-frequency signals whose frequency is controlled by the sensing elements of the instrument.

A wave resulting from the action of wind on a water surface.

Nested Grid Model generated every 12 hours by NCEP.

A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.

Costs which affect a company's profit (or loss) which are not associated with normal activities and.

An air conditioner consisting of one or more assemblies that move, clean, cool, and dehumidify air.

The first law states that energy can not be created or destroyed; the second law states that when a free exchange of heat occurs between two materials, the heat always moves from the warmer to the cooler material.

A phrase used by traders to describe the phenomenon of any stock - even the most rapidly falling one.