The amount of solar radiation striking a surface per unit of time and area.

When the wind pushes on the wrong side of the sail, causing it to be pushed away from the wind. If the lines holding the sail in place are not released, the boat could become hard to control and heel excessively.

A payment made by investors for new shares. The term would apply to payments made when a company.

To assemble passengers and/or crew.

The part of a rotating element that counteracts any inherent thrust developed by the impellers.

Installations character for RAdio Installations.

A description of how well people in a lighted space can see to do visual tasks and how visually comfortable they feel in that space.

The amount of useful energy produced by a system less the amount of energy required to produce the fuel.

A common unit used in measurement of atmospheric pressure. Defined as that pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at standard gravity and a temperature of 0'C.

A device that removes solid contaminants, such as dirt or metal particles, from a liquid or gas (air is a gas), or that separates one liquid from another, or a liquid from a gas. The term filter describes the complete unit ... housing, filter element, int ...

Person In Charge

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.

Owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. The term is also used to refer to the vessels.

A chemical compound with one or more carboxyl radicals (COOH) in its structure; examples are butyric acid, CH3(CH2)2COOH; maleic acid, HOOCCH-CHCOOH; and benzoic acid, C6H5COOH.

A halo phenomenon consisting of a horizontal circle passing through the moon, corresponding to the parhelic circle through the sun. Produced by reflection of moonlight from ice crystals.

Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System. National Weather Service flood warning program.

See mixed potential.

The condition of the atmosphere when the amount of water vapor present is the maximum possible at the existing temperature.

Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used a PFD will support a person in the water. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest.

The day on which the availability of a prospectus is advertised, and a flotation is officially.