The power available from the rise and fall of ocean tides. A tidal power plant works on the principal of a dam or barrage that captures water in a basin at the peak of a tidal flow, then directs the water through a hydroelectric turbine as the tide ebbs.

Overvoltage associated with the liberation of hydrogen gas.

A hydrometeor consisting of a visible aggregate of minute water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the earth's surface. Fog differs from cloud only in that the base of fog is at the earth's surface while clouds are above the surface.

Combination passenger/cargo vessel; a vessel specifically designed to carry both containers and conventional cargoes.

Harbor Maintenance Tax

Information Resources Management

Roll On/Roll Off

Rapid Response Damage Assessment.

The area between opposing shipping lanes, restricted to most navigation except for crossing with caution

The inherent characteristic of a material to inhibit the transfer of energy. In electrical conductors, electrical resistance results in the generation of heat. Electrical resistance is measured in Ohms. The heat transfer resistance properties of insulatio ...

A heat engine of the reciprocating (piston) where the working gas and a heat source are independent. The working gas is compressed in one region of the engine and transferred to another region where it is expanded. The expanded gas is then returned to the ...

An insurance policy which pays a specified amount to the insured in the event that he/she goes to.

Disposition Unknown.

Negative Vorticity Advection.

A mechanism used by electric utilities to determine prices for electricity; typically defines rates according to amounts of power demanded/consumed during specific time periods.

The basis of determining a person's pension entitlement in a final salary scheme and which.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work calculated on an isothermal basis to the actual work transferred to the gas during compression.

An Instrument used to determine dew point.

Department of Transportation.

The size of the area comprising a watershed or river basin. Also called catchment area.