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

Per Freight Ton

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

If Used, Half Time Actually to Count

A type of wind turbine in which the axis of rotation is perpendicular to the wind stream and the ground.

The cutting of a grid pattern of grooves in a semiconductor material, generally for the purpose of making interconnections.

Superheater

The practice of acquiring a company, then selling parts of it, in the hope that the cash realised.

A WECS that is used to grind grain, and that typically has a high-solidity rotor; commonly used to refer to all types of WECS.

These are official trade shipping terms agreed by the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris.

A list of investments in which a financial institution such as a mutual fund is authorised to.

Said of an object that is secured to another; attached, fixed, secured.

The process of transmitting electricity over one or more separately owned electric transmission and distribution systems. (See Wholesale and Retail Wheeling.)

A stress that causes an elastic body to deform (shorten) in the direction of the applied load. Contrast with tensile stress.

An order meaning sufficient (enough).

Indirect heat exchanger designed to transfer heat from combustion gas to the air stream added to the combustion zone.

A fabric, usually synthetic, used to make sails.

Ragged low clouds, usually stratus fractus. Most often applied when such clouds are moving rapidly beneath a layer of nimbostratus.

A thin sheet of material (metal) of a heat exchanger that conducts heat to a fluid.

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.