The total of direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation received by a unit horizontal surface. Global radiation is measured by pyranometers.

Stout line or cable fore and aft around the deck of the boat to keep crew from falling overboard.

This is a trading term between buyer and seller where a seller agrees to deliver goods to a buyer before a payment is made and without any form of guarantee of payment.

Change from a run to a reach

Coasting Service.

A type of water heater that circulates water through a heat exchanger in a boiler. The heated water then flows into an insulated storage tank.

A measure of the efficiency of converting a fuel to energy and useful work; useful work and energy output divided by higher heating value of input fuel times 100 (for percent).

In railcar or container shipments, the weight of the empty railcar or empty container.

A market in which sellers outnumber buyers and where the trend of share prices is consequently a.

A salt, sodium sulfate decahydrate, that melts at 90 degrees Fahrenheit; a component of eutetic salts that can be used for storing heat.

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

The ability of a non-water-soluble fluid to form an emulsion with water.

Securities which are considered to be more stable in price in a market where prices are.

(1) Possessing a marked ability to accelerate the condensation of water vapor; applied to condensation nuclei composed of salts that yield aqueous solutions of a very low equilibrium vapor pressure compared with that of pure water at the same temperature. ...

The drying of compressed gases other than air. Equipment size, choice of materials and other specifications may be decidedly different for drying gases other than air because of the specific properties of the gases. Properties include specific gravity, sp ...

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

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

A house built using passive solar design techniques.

A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

To turn the boat away from the wind. also Fall Off.