Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A standard code used to represent data using 8 bits per character.

The face-centered cubic form of pure iron, stable from 910 to l400

Same as radiation pattern. Anticyclone-An area of high atmospheric pressure which has a closed circulation that is anticyclonic (clockwise in northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in southern hemisphere).

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

A model for generating expected equity returns. It is based on the premise that returns are the.

When reaching retirement age, a person can elect to defer payment of his/her state pension. The.

To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

United Nations EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transport. EDI Standards are developed and supported by the UN for electronic message (data) interchange on an international level.

Pyrheliometer based on the comparison of the heating of two identical metal strips, one exposed to radiation, the other to a joule effect.

A boat is double banked, when two oars, one opposite the other, are pulled by men seated on the same thwart.

A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course.

Kilograms per square centimeter absolute.

Corrosion that occurs under some coatings in the form of randomly distributed threadlike filaments.

An aneroid barometer arranged so that the deflection of the aneroid capsule actuates a pen which graphs a record on a rotating drum. Sometimes called aneroidograph.

The stage on a fixed river gauge at which it is necessary to begin issuing warnings or river forecasts if adequate precautionary measures are to be taken before flood stage is reached.

A conically shaped, copper rain gauge shield.

The simultaneous purchase (sale) of a call at one exercise price and sale (purchase) of another call.

Tanker, Liquefied Gases.

A federal agency established in 1933 to develop the Tennessee river valley region of the southeastern U.S., and which is now nation's largest power producer.

A group of wind turbines interconnected to a common utility system through a system of transformers, distribution lines, and (usually) one substation. Operation, control, and maintenance functions are often centralized through a network of computerized mo ...