Rate of wind movement in distance per unit time.

A sailboat with two masts. Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.

Same as mercury barometer.

One thousand kilowatts, or 1 million watts; standard measure of electric power plant generating capacity.

Commission of the European Communities

(IIEDS)A service for individual investors which puts their orders at the head of any Tandem Systems Queue..

The conversion of mechanical, electrical or magnetic energy into heat.

An assurance policy on the life of an individual where weekly or monthly premiums are regularly paid.

Revenue Ton

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.

In alternating current, the current goes from zero potential or voltage to a maximum in one direction, back to zero, and then to a maximum potential or voltage in the other direction. The number of complete cycles per second determines the current frequen ...

The transmission of electricity through power lines.

Equal to gross generation less electricity consumption of a power plant.

A WECS designed to produce electricity.

The ratio of the output of an instrument to the input value, i.e. a rain gauge with a sensitivity of 1 tip per 0.01"

Independent Tank, Common

Stemming the tide or sea means to head the vessel's bow directly into the current or waves. Overcome adverse circumstances.

The heat that flows from the building interior, through the building envelope to the outside environment.

Someone who becomes an account holder with a building society in the hope that they will benefit.

A graph or chart that shows constant corrosion behavior with changing solution (environment) composition and temperature.