The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).

In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

Cargo containing shipments of two or more shippers or suppliers. Containerload shipments may be consolidated for one or more consignees.

The structural elements (walls, roof, floor, foundation) of a building that encloses conditioned space; the building shell.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

Standardized weights or volumes for heating fuels.

"NIMH" refers to nickel metal hydride; it's an updated and better version of a NiCd battery. It has more power and doesn't need to be fully discharged regularly, unlike a NiCd battery. It operates well in digital cameras, motorized children's toys and cor ...

In the simplest terms, the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of a security on the same.

Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

Emission or transfer of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

The ratio of the percentage change in the quantity of a good or service demanded to the percentage change in the price.

A unit of pressure for a fluid, commonly used in water pumping and hydropower to express height a pump must lift water, or the distance water falls. Total head accounts for friction head losses, etc.

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

See cathodic protection.

A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.

The ratio of the existing amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature to the maximum amount that could exist at that temperature. Usually expressed in percent.

The distance or length of flow of the air past a point during a given interval of time.

The legal liability of two or more people for claims against or debts incurred by them jointly. If.

Alphabet used by the Navy when making sure that a letter is understood; i.e. "BRAVO OSCAR ALPHA TANGO spells BOAT"

The potential of an electrode in an electrolyte as measured against a reference electrode. The electrode potential does not include any resistance losses in potential in either the solution or external circuit. It represents the reversible work to move a ...