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Same as not under command.

In reference to a wind energy conversion device, the area through which the rotor blades spin, as seen when directly facing the center of the rotor blades.

A rotating fitting used to keep a line from tangling.

See corrosion potential and open-circuit potential.

Diving Support Vessel

Research and Special Programs Administration.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A term used for lighting appliances; the ratio of lumens received on a flat surface to the light output, in lumens, from a lamp; used to evaluate the effectiveness of luminaries in delivering light.

To retire from a life at sea and settle ashore.

Maximum speed, maintained by a winch when it is bearing the drum load (m/s)

Technically, the temperature registered by the dry-bulb thermometer of a psychrometer. However, it is identical with the temperature of the air and may also be used in that sense.

The flux of visible radiation, so weighted as to account for the manner in which the response of the human eye varies with the Wavelength of radiation. The basic unit for luminous flux is the lumen,

The change in barometric pressure within a specified period of time (typically 3 hours for meteorological observations).

Pertains to the machining characteristics of an alloy to which one or more ingredients have been introduced to give small broken chips, lower power consumption, better surface finish, and longer tool life; among such additions are sulfur or lead to steel, ...

In trouble.

A coating process whereby thermally emitted electrons collide with inert gas atoms, which accelerate toward and impact a negatively charged electrode that is a target of the coating material. The impacting ions dislodge atoms of the target material, which ...

A hygrometer which determines the amount of precipitable moisture in a given region of the atmosphere by measuring attenuation of radiant energy caused by the absorption bands of water vapor.

A device used to interrupt or break an electrical circuit when an overload condition exists; usually installed in the positive circuit; used to protect electrical equipment.

The proper return port of a discharged seaman.