A protective or decorative nonmetallic coating produced in silo by chemical reaction of a metal with a chosen environment. It is often used to prepare the surface prior to the application of an organic coating.

"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 ...

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

Thames Oil Spill Cleaning Association

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

Fine separated particles floating in the air and clouding it. A substance in the gaseous state.

The process by which materials expel or release gasses.

The force or load that produces elongation.

Balance of the water resources of a region, comparing precipitation and inflow with outflow, evaporation, and accumulation.

A local variation of the wind vector or any of its components in a given direction.

The command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward

Filled with water but afloat.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Pressure at the point of use.

Lift anchor off the bottom.

See embrittlement.

A document, which legally transfers ownership of property from one party to another, most commonly.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

Sailor's phrase for a seaman who has died.

The amount of heat that a material can absorb and store.

A thermometer used in aircraft which automatically corrects for adiabatic and frictional temperature rises by imparting a rotary motion to the air passing the thermal sensing element.