Conventional turbine generators are used with the dry steam resources. The steam is used directly, eliminating the need for boilers and boiler fuel that characterizes other steam-power-generating technologies. This technology is limited because dry-steam ...

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

The payment which investors have to pay to a broker to trade on margin, commonly used in trading.

Corrosion resulting from direct current flow through paths other than the intended circuit. For example, by an extraneous current in the earth.

The closeness of agreement among measurements of the same value of the same quantity where the individual measurements are made under different defined conditions, i.e. by different methods or with different measuring instruments.

The duration and periodicity of the operation of a device.

A furnace grate that moves fuel through the combustion chamber

In charting, a short-lived reversal of an upward trend, catching out bears and shorters who were.

The heavy oxide layer formed during hot fabrication or heat treatment of metals.

Sailing with the motor on and in gear

A bond, issued by a highly regarded company or municipal authority with a rating of AAA or.

A type of wind vane having a split or V-shaped tail. The apex orients itself to the direction of the wind.

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

The environmental, social, and economic impacts of producing a good or service that are not directly reflected in the market price of the good or service.

A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a heaving line to aid in accurate throwing.

The transducer of any hygrometer, i.e. that part of a hygrometer that quantitatively "senses" atmospheric water vapor.

A unit of luminous flux. The lumen is equal to the luminous flux radiated into a unit solid angle (steradian) from a small source having a luminous intensity of one candle. An ideal source possessing an intensity of one candle in every direction would rad ...

A mortgage which carries priority over any subsequent mortgages if the borrower goes into default.

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

One of several constant-pressure levels in the atmosphere for which a complete evaluation of data derived from upper air observations is required.