When a company that is registered for value added tax (VAT), buys goods or services from another.

Release of contained gas in the vaccum of outer space. eg. rapid destructive expansion of plastics and similar materials.

Rain gauge which registers precipitation that is too light to be registered by ordinary recording of the depth of water from precipitation. Same as ombrometer.

Abbreviation for radio frequency.

The risk that a buyer or seller will not complete a deal due to their inability to meet their obligations, or a deterioration in their financial position.

The ratio of the actual water-vapor partial pressure to its saturation pressure at the same temperature. (considered only with atmospheric air).

The shear stress on a transverse cross section resulting from u twisting action.

A clay atmometer consisting of a hollow ceramic sphere through which evaporation occurs. Evaporation is measured by the loss of water from the reservoir which feeds the sphere.

Instrument for measuring the mean intensity of glo global solar radiation (direct and diffuse) near the earth's surface in a specified time interval.

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A short spar projecting over the stern of a sailing vessel to sheet the mizzen sail when the mizzen-mast is so far aft that there's not enough room inboard to bring down the sheet and trim the sail. Also, a short spar extending from the stemhead in place ...

Where the water and sky or ground and sky appear to intersect.

The part of a wind energy conversion device blade, or airfoil, that is the last to contact the wind.

In chemistry,a homogeneous dispersion of two or more kinds of molecular or ionic species. Solution may be composed of any combination of liquids, solids, or gases, but they always consist of a single phase.

A mercury barometer of the fixed cistern type in which a moveable scale terminating in an ivory point is used to compensate for the variations in the height of the mercury in the cistern

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A large power plant that generates power for distribution to multiple customers.

Price-sensitive information about a company that has not yet been made public.

The surroundings or conditions (physical, chemical, mechanical) in which a material exists.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.