The fundamental constituent of all vegetative tissue; the most abundant material in the world.

Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

Lifts temporary quarantine of a vessel; granted pratique by Health Officer.

A wall with high thermal mass used to store solar energy passively in a solar home. The wall absorbs solar energy and transfers it to the space behind the wall by means of radiation and by convection currents moving through spaces under, in front of, and ...

An area of the North Atlantic east of the Bahamas where a powerful eddy in the water causes Sargasso weed to collect in vast quantities and float on the surface.

Pertaining to measurements or devices in which the output vanes in discrete steps, i.e. on-off or pulse signals. Compare to analog.

Containers loaded at port of loading and discharged at port of destination.

On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

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.

The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current, equal to the voltage drop across the element divided by the current through the element. Also called electrical resistance.

A type of pressure-tube anemometer, named after the inventor.

An instrument used to measure the water vapor content of the air.

A type of passive solar heating system where heat is collected in one area for use in another.

Traditionally a ship's bell is made of brass and has her name engraved on it. It is used for striking the bells which mark the passage of time (see Bells) and is also used as a fog signal as an audible warning of a ship's position.

A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel and the sea

Instrument which measures and records the amount of evaporation over time.

A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way. Also known as the "stand on" vessel.

Setting rate within a conference tariff that is different from the rate(s) for the same items established by other conference members.

For a wind turbine, the ratio of the speed of the tip of a turbine blade for which the power coefficient is at maximum.

Is the force in newton required to move a fluid layer of one square meter area and a thickness of one meter with a velocity of one meter per second.