Movernent of water through the soil surface into the soil, or the quantity of water entering the soil. Infiltration is equal to the total precipitation less the losses due to interception by vegetation. retention in depressions on the land surface, evapor ...

Iron or wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.

The number of futures or options contracts required to hedge/counteract the exposure in the.

Tool used for transferring course and bearing to and from the compass rose on a chart

International radio maritime committee

Federation Of National Associations of Shipbrokers & Agents

Rumanian Register (Class Society)

See CERCLA

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 relationship (ratio) between the sails height (luff length) and length along the foot. High aspect ratio means a sail that is tall and narrow, low aspect ratio is a short, squat sail. A high aspect ratio sail is very efficient in sailing close to the ...

A device used to remove particulate matter from the waste gasses of a combustion power plant.

The Customs tariff used by most countries worldwide. It was formerly known as the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature and is the basis of the commodity coding system known as the Harmonized System.

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

An end closure for the filter case or bowl that contains one or more ports.

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 ...

Towing Purposes.

A powerful, strongly built boat designed to tow or push other vessels, and to assist in maneuvering a ship in a confined area.

This committee has jurisdiction on the oversight and legislative responsibilities for: coal, nuclear, and non-nuclear energy commercialization projects; DOE National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies research and development; commercia ...

Personal Property Accounting system.

Is the dynamic viscosity divided by the density