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A person entrusted to manage the assets and interests of another. For example, an executor in a.

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Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors

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The amount of heat in a quantity of matter at a specific temperature and pressure.

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The amount that the voltage, current, and/or power output of a solar cell changes due to a change in the cell temperature.

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A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.

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A document allowing beneficiaries to vary the gifts specified in someone's will even after the.

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A fixed term life assurance policy in which provision is made for premiums to pay for life cover.

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Sundays, holidays excluded

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Coasting Service and Home Trade limit Service.

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Same as rain-intensity gauge.

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A type of solar thermal collector in which a heat transfer fluid drips out of header pipe at the top of the collector, runs down the collector absorber and into a tray at the bottom where it drains to a storage tank.

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A balloon-borne instrument for the simultaneous measurement and transmission of meteorological data. It includes transducers for the measurement of pressure, temperature, and humidity; a modulator for the conversion of the output of the transducers to a q ...

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A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.

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TOT

Total Loss

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Material that stores energy, although mass will also retain coolness. The thermal storage capacity of a material is a measure of the material's ability to absorb and store heat.

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Crane Barge.

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One who earns his living by service at sea.

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Same as instrument shelter.

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(1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve.

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A device used on certain types of instruments to prevent unwanted radiation from affecting the measurement of a quantity. Also called solar radiation shield.

Category:Meteorology