Nautical slang for the spirit of the sea, usually in the form of a sea devil. Davy Jones's Locker is the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, articles lost or thrown overboard, and of men buried at sea.

Rapid Response Team.

River and Harbour Service.

Deterioration of metals as a result of the metabolic activity of microorganisms.

A gas that does not react with other substances; e.g. argon or krypton; sealed between two sheets of glazing to decrease the U-value (increase the R-Value) of windows.

A unit or measure of electricity supply or consumption of 1,000 Watts over the period of one hour; equivalent to 3,412 Btu.

Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

Any twelve-month period, usually selected to begin and end during a relative dry season. Used a basis for processing streamflow and other hydrologic data. The period from October 1 to September 30 is widely used in the U.S.

Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.

That part of an audio-modulated radiosonde consisting of the baroswitch, the sensing elements, the reference elements, and the relay.

States that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another. First Law efficiency measures the fraction of energy supplied to a device or process that it delivers in its output. Also called the law of conservation of energ ...

A type of heat pump that uses the ground, ground water, or ponds as a heat source and heat sink, rather than outside air. Ground or water temperatures are more constant and are warmer in winter and cooler in summer than air temperatures. Geothermal heat p ...

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

A form of thermal energy resulting from combustion, chemical reaction, friction, or movement of electricity. As a thermodynamic condition, heat, at a constant pressure, is equal to internal or intrinsic energy plus pressure times volume.

A conically shaped, copper rain gauge shield.

A device that releases pressure within a radiator when the pressure inside exceeds the operating limits of the vent.

A flower-like diagram indicating the relative frequencies of different wind directions for a given station and period of time.

Stock in companies whose profits move in a cyclical manner, normally in phase with the economy. .

A recording weight barometer.