The actual lifting force of an inflated balloon, usually expressed in grams.

A thermometer, invented by James Six in 1782, which simultaneously indicates the maximum and minimum temperatures attained during a given interval of time. A U-tube min/max thermometer

The time required for an instrument to registe 63.2% of a step change in the variable being measured.

On older sailing ships, a heavy piece of curved timber projecting from the bow for the purpose of holding anchors in position for letting go or for securing them after weighing.

On square-rigged ships, an additional sail set in good weather outside the square sails when the wind was abaft the beam.

A solar photovoltaic product that generally consists of groups of PV cells electrically connected together to produce a specified power output under standard test conditions, mounted on a substrate, sealed with an encapsulant, and covered with a protectiv ...

A powered hinge.

Perforation of material in outer space resulting from meteor strikes.

A type of anemometer in which the rotation of an element serves to measure the wind. Rotation anemometers are divided into two classes; those in which the axis of rotation is horizontal, such as the windmill anemometer, and those in which the axis of rota ...

An energy system in which the fuel production equipment is in close proximity, or connected to, the fuel using equipment.

The trapping of light by refraction and reflection at critical angles inside a semiconductor device so that it cannot escape the device and must be eventually absorbed by the semiconductor.

Automated Communications and Order Routing Network (BEACON)

To haul on a rope, to haul up tight, to hoist the last possible inch or so.

An expression used to describe the market in the underlying instrument (for example, shares,.

A pole used as part of the sailboat rigging, such as masts, booms, gaffs, yards, etc. A vertical spar is a mast.

The standard atmosphere is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 760 mm high with a density of 13,595 g/cm

A document, issued by a person or company, indicating to the recipient the amount of money owed to.

The physical measure of the subjective sensation of brightness; measured in lumens.

A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that a transaction was reported using the block.

When a company is about to have a new issue of shares (possibly an IPO), its advisers may well do.