An assembly, consisting of a vessel, electrodes, and an electrolyte, in which electrolysis can be carried out.

A house built into the ground or slope of a hill, or which has most or all exterior surfaces covered with earth.

Ropes hung and used for assistance in ascending and descending.

System consisting of one or more metals and all parts of the environment that influence corrosion.

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

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

A refraction phenomenon similar to a parahelion, but occurring generally at a distance of 120

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

Cargo landed in excess of the quantity on manifest.

The compression of an air actuator (air spring) below its design height.

Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

A mechanical/electrical device used to pull air out of an interior space; usually located in the highest location of a building, in the ceiling, and venting to the attic or directly to the outside.

This is a factor expressing deviation of a gas from perfect gas laws.

(1) To throw, as to heave a line ashore. (2) An upward pull on a line; to lift (3) The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.

To haul in or bind something together in order to create more space.

Capital gains tax arises as a result of a 'chargeable event' - in the case of stock market.

See cathodic protection.

Generic term for rapid variations in apparent position, brightness, or color of a distant luminous. object viewed through the atmosphere.

Sir Napier Shaw's name for the approximate absolute temperature scale,