A means to increase the thermal efficiency of a steam electric generating system by increasing temperatures and interposing a device, such as a gas turbine, between the heat source and the conventional steam-turbine generator to convert some of the additi ...

To coil flat down on deck, each fake outside the other, beginning in the middle and all close together.

Formation of isolated particles of corrosion products beneath a metal surface. This results from the prcferential reactions of certain alloy constituents to inward diffusion of oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur.

A balloon having a detachable tail which is released when the balloon has undergone a predetermined expansion. It thus serves to measure approximately the density of the atmosphere at the point of release.

Anchor cable is caught around the fluke or an object is caught around the anchor .

Purchase of stock and simultaneous writing of call options against stock.

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 ...

Precipitation of white, opaque, spherical or conical ice particles that are crisp and easily crushed and that have diameters of 2 to 5 mm.

An expression used to the crew to indicate that the boat is about to tack.

Amount of time for a compressor to complete one cycle.

The process of forcing, either manually or automatically, a wind turbine's blades out of the direction of the wind in order to stop the blades from turning.

The addition of a per unit tax onf Social Security), the Benefits Agency was replaced.

The Stock Exchange rule that requires brokers to carry out a deal on behalf of a client at the.

A line of equal or constant pressure.

Any object used to increase the drag of a boat and slow her down. Typically shaped like a parachute or cone opened underwater, drogues decrease a boat's speed in heavy weather. Also see sea anchor.

The force per unit area acting on the surface of a solid boundary parallel to the flow.

A hydrometeor consisting of an aggregate of microscopic and more-or-less hygroscopic water droplets suspended in the atmosphere. It reduces visibility to a lesser extent than fog. The relative humidity of mist is often less than 95 percent.

The current distribution in an electrolytic cell that is free of polarization.

A measure, proposed by Angstrom, of the precipitation effectiveness of a region.

Temperature at which condesation first occurs and moisture is formed.