In general, any object that reflects incident energy. Usually it is a device designed for specific reflection characteristics.

A general term used to imply that a part in service (1) has become completely inoperable, (2) is still operable but is incapable of satisfactorily performing its intended function, or (3) has deteriorated seriously, to the point that it has become unrelia ...

See evaporative opportunity.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

A unit of electrical measurement equal to the product of a volt and an ampere.

A method of winds aloft observation accomplished by tracking a balloon-borne radar target or radiosonde with either radar or a radio theodolite.

A fabric bag through which a gas stream is passed for the removal of particulate matter.

(1) A chemical substance or mixture, usually liquid, containing ions that migrate in an electric field. (2) A chemical compound or mixture of compounds which when molten or in solution will conduct an electric current.3.A nonmetallic (liquid or solid) con ...

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

Continuous Refrigeration Survey

A general name for instruments which detect the presence of (but do not necessarily measure) small electrical charges by electrostatic means. Compare to electrometer.

An order to buy shares up to a maximum price or sell down to a minimum price.

Enormous sea monster supposed to have been seen off coasts of America and Norway. Sometimes mistaken for an island.

A ruling by a court of law. An example is the ordering of a court to a person to settle a debt to.

A depth measuring device.

An insurance policy arranged by either the buyer or the seller to insure goods against damage in transit. The appropriate Incoterm will determine the responsibility of the buyer or seller to arrange the insurance.

A support fixed on the front part of a chassis (which is retractable); used to support the front end of a chassis when the tractor has been removed.

In sailing, to be lifted by a wind shift that allows your boat to be lifted closer to the wind where by it allows you to sail a shorter distance to the next mark, buoy or finish line

(1) A type of corrosion attack (deterioration) uniformly distributed over metal surface. (2) Corrosion that proceeds at approximately the same rate over a metal surface. Also called general corrosion.

Under the First Law of Thermodynamics, efficiency is the ratio of work or energy output to work or energy input, and cannot exceed 100 percent. Efficiency under the Second Law of Thermodynamics is determined by the ratio of the theoretical minimum energy ...