A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies least traded on the London Stock.

FRP Catamaran Passenger Ship.

Media of heat transfer in a refrigeration unit. R12 and R22 are commonly used refrigerants.

A canvas canopy secured over the ship's deck as a protection from the weather (covering).

A graphical representation of a frequency distribution. The range of the variable is divided into class intervals for which the frequency of occurrence is represented by a rectangular column. The height of the column is proportional to the frequency of ob ...

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.

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

A window glass that has been coated with a reflective film and is useful in controlling solar heat gain during the summer.

(FICA)In the US, the federal law which directs employers to withhold a proportion of employees' salaries.

Overvoltage associated with the liberation of hydrogen gas.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A tank used in a closed-loop solar heating system that provides space for the expansion of the heat transfer fluid in the pressurized collector loop.

A type of wear that occurs between tight-fitting surfaces subjected to cyclic relative motion of extremely small amplitude. Usually, fretting is accompanied by corrosion, especially of the very fine wear debris.

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Container Carrier.

Said of the anchor when just clear of the bottom (leaving or moving).

Name given to the metal point or ram fixed on the bows of old war galleys and used to pierce the hulls, and thus sink or disable enemy ships.

High Holding Power Anchors type. (NI)

The dimensions of all parts which go into the construction of a ship's hull.

The stress condition in linear elastic fracture mechanics in which there is zero strain in a direction normal to both the axis of applied tensile stress and the direction of crack growth (that is, parallel to the crack front); most nearly achieved in load ...