Compressors of 20 HP or less, generally combined with all the components required to put the into operation.

A hydropower plant that is operated at maximum allowable capacity for part of the day and is either shut down for the remainder of the time or operated at minimal capacity level.

A person inexperienced with or uncomfortable around boats.

First Refusal. First attempt at best offer that can be matched

Said of cable when it extends vertically and taut from anchor to hawsepipe.

A lower-than-usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume.

(1) The condition of a vessel stranded on a reef or a rock when the seas break over her deck. (2) Half drunk; incapacitated by drink.

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An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is caused by a difference in concentration of some component in the electrolyte. This difference leads to the formation of discrete cathode and anode regions.

An equation that expresses the exact electromotive force of a cell in terms of the activities of products and reactants of the cell.

Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

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

A motor in which a three phase (or any multiphase) alternating current (i.e. the working current) is supplied to iron-cored coils (or windings) within the stator. As a result, a rotating magnetic field is set up, which induces a magnetizing current in the ...

The thermodynamic cycle that is an ideal standard for comparing performance of heat-engines, steam power plants, steam turbines, and heat pump systems that use a condensable vapor as the working fluid; efficiency is measured as work done divided by sensib ...

An agreement in which one person is answerable for compensating the losses of another..

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

This compound of nitrogen and oxygen is formed by the oxidation of nitric oxide (NO) which is produced by the combustion of solid fuels.

A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

A component of the wind (often using Cartesian coordinates. i.e. X and Y wind vectors). Also, an arrow representing wind velocity, drawn to point in the direction of the wind and with a length proportional to wind speed.

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