A scaling factor, usually denoted by the symbol K, used in linear-elastic fracture mechanics to describe the intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape. At the onset of rapid crack propagation in any structure containi ...

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

The amount of air that a filter can handle. Expressed in CFM.

Combination

Department Of Defense

Is the ratio in absolute units of the actual gas temperature to the critical temperature.

A small low rail around the deck of a boat. The toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks and to allow drainage. A larger wall is known as a gunwale.

The load-carrying ability of an electric power plant during a specific time interval and period when related to the characteristics of the load to be/being supplied; determined by capability, operating power factor, and the portion of the load the station ...

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

This is an INCO term and explains what the price quoted represents and the responsibility of the buyer and seller in relaton to arranging for the various costs associated(e.g. insurance, freight, duties) with the shipment. It can be used in sea, road or a ...

A measuring tool used to check air pressure at the tool by inserting a hypodermic needle into the rubber hose.

(EMA) A moving average that gives extra weight to more recent price.

The audio-frequency signal transmitted by the Diamond-Hinman radiosonde when the baroswitch pen passes each fifth contact of the commutator up to a number determined by the design of the commutator. It then signals every contact except the fifth, which is ...

A standard unit of atmospheric pressure, defined as the pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at standard gravity (980.665 cm/sec2 ) at O

The angle between the sail and the apparent wind or the rudder or centerline and the water flow.

A promise in writing to repay a debt. For example a bond, bill or.

A kind of navigational buoy

Same as not under command.

Latitude lines.

Same as aneroid barometer. Holostelic means wholly made of solids, while aneroid means devoid of liquid.