Used for sending messages to outside companies. Messages are transmitted via Western Union, ITT and RCA. Being replaced by fax and internet.

Depositing filler metal on a surfsae by welding, spraying, or braze welding to increase resistance to abrasion, erosion, wear, galling. impact, or cavitation damage.

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.

A pension plan in which benefits are dependent on contributions to and the growth of the pension.

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A unit of rate of operation. Electrical Hp: a measure of time rate of mechanical energy output; usually applied to electric motors as the maximum output; 1 electrical Hp is equal to 0.746 kilowatts or 2,545 Btu per hour. Shaft Hp: a measure of the actual ...

In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the area of a turbine blade surface that first comes into contact with the wind.

Pertaining to the current resulting from the coupling of dissimilar electrodes in an electrolyte

An experimental technique where by an electrode is maintained at a constant current in an electrolyte.

The number found by plotting the octave band spectrum on the NR curves given in IS0 Standard R 1996-1967 and selecting the - r- highest noise rating curve to which the spectrum is tangent.

A gigantic sea animal.

In transit, or in passage.

Power as calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams.

A method of lowering the sail in sections so that it can be reefed quickly.

Machines cooled by water circulated through jackets surrounding the cylinders or casings.

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A wood or gas burning appliance that is primarily used to provide ambiance to a room. Conventional, masonry fireplaces without energy saving features, often take more heat from a space than they put into it.

A precipitation gauge consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism. The weight of the catch is recorded as inches of precipitation.

A device where sunlight concentrated onto a absorber heats it to a high temperature, and the thermal radiation emitted by the absorber is used as the energy source for a photovoltaic cell that is designed to maximize conversion efficiency at the wavelengt ...

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