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A fabric cone attached to a metal ring and used to indicate wind direction. often at airfields.

The transfer of heat through a material by the transfer of kinetic energy from particle to particle; the flow of heat between two materials of different temperatures that are in direct physical contact.

A spar used to prevent the spinnaker guy from fouling on the stanchions.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

The molecule, ion, or group bound to the central atom in a chelate or a coordination compound.

CFM flowing through the compressor inlet filter or inlet valve under rated conditions

A motorlike device containing a rotor and a stator and capable of converting an angular position into an electrical signal, or an electrical signal into an angular position. When several synchros are correctly connected, all of the rotors will align thems ...

A term previously given to the most actively traded shares on the London Stock Exchange along with.

NEXt Generation RADar. A NWS network of about 140 Doppler radars operating nationwide.

Capable of keeping out water.

Amount paid to a shipowner for the carriage of cargo.

A state of resistance to corrosion or anodic dissolution of a metal caused by thermodynamic stability of the metal.

The chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties.

An instrument for determining the direction of cloud motion. There are two basic designs of nephoscope, the directvision nephoscope and the mirror nephoscope.

The effect of cooling by the radiation of heat from a building to the night sky.

The theory that certain days of the week, weeks of the month, and months of the year are more.

Defect in the action of an aneroid barometer resulting in a sluggish adjustment of the index toward the correct reading when the barometer is subjected to a large and rapid change in pressure.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

Navigation and Inspection Circular (US Coast Guard)