The ability to send or wheel electric power to a customer over a transmission and distribution system that is not owned by the generator (seller) of the power.

Any of several processes in which both nitrogen and carbon are absorbed into the surface layers of a ferrous material at temperatures below the lower critical temperature and, by diffusion, create a concenteration gradient. Nitrocarburizing is performed p ...

Type of mobile crane found on a truck.

An option which gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of.

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Tween Decker

The depth below which the ground is saturated with water. No water table exists if the ground water is confined by an overlying impermeable stratum, as in the case of artesian ground water.

Character of main propulsion machinery assigned to a ship having classification character NS.

The ratio of fuel energy input as heat per unit of net work output; a measure of a power plant thermal efficiency, generally expressed as Btu per net kilowatt-hour.

A pension plan in which an employee's pension benefit is related to number of years service and.

The electromotive force generated in a circuit containing two dissimilar metals when one junction is at a temperature different from that of the other. see also thermocouple.

A small vessel fitted for towing.

Per Hatch Per Day

Half of a sphere. On the globe hemispheres are used to describe the halves of the earth north or south of the equator.

Lift anchor off the bottom.

Openings in the bottom or transom of a boat to drain water when sailing.

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.

The adjustment of the standing rigging, the sails and the hull to balance the boat for optimum performance.

Contraction for Empty Repositioning. The movement of empty containers.

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