Indicates the jib or staysail being boomed out on the opposite side of the mainsail in a following wind, giving a large amount of sail area presented to the wind. see Wing and Wing

See 'futures.

An economy whose growth is believed to be neither too 'hot' (i.e. too fast) or too 'cold' (too slow).

The temperature registered by a thermometer with its bulb at the level of the tops of the grass blades in short turf.

(FDDI)Trading floor network connecting all trading floor terminals for the.

Harmonisation Group on ECDIS

See 'Federal National Mortgage.

A quantitative analysis for evaluating structural behavior in terms of applied stress, crack length, and specimen or machine component geometry. See also linear elastic fracture mechanics.

a type of separator for removal of larger particles from an exhaust gas stream. Gas laden with particulates enters the cyclone and is directed to flow in a spiral causing the entrained particulates to fall out and collect at the bottom. The gas exits near ...

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Air that is returned from a heated or cooled space, reconditioned and/or cleaned, and returned to the space.

Any small collar made with spunyarn or light line to hold something in place.

Also called postweld heat treatment cracking, stress-relief cracking occurs when susceptible alloys are suhjected to thermal stress relief after welding to reduce residual stresses and improve toughness. Stress-relief cracking occurs only in metals that c ...

A technical rail ramp, used for equalization of points not actually served.

A safety device consisting of a short length of relatively fine wire, mounted in a holder or contained in a cartridge and connected as part of an electrical circuit. If the circuit source current exceeds a predetermined value, the fuse wire melts (i.e. th ...

Parasitic resistance to current flow in a cell due to mechanisms such as resistance from the bulk of the semiconductor material, metallic contacts, and interconnections.

The direction, at any point on the earth that is geographically in the northern hemisphere, facing toward the South Pole of the earth. Essentially a line extending from the point on the horizon to the highest point that the sun reaches on any day (solar n ...

The smallest change in the environment that causes detectable change in the indication of an instrument. Compare to sensitivity.

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Inlet and outlet connections are located at the same level on opposite sides of the filter or other device installed on the pipeline.