Any and all forms of water particles, liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground.

The time required for an instrument to register a designated percentage (frequently 90%) of a step change in the variable being measured.

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

The practice of selling shares on one day and buying them back on the next. The purpose for UK.

Entire weight of goods, packaging and freight car or container, ready for shipment. Generally, 80,000 pounds maximum container, cargo and tractor for highway transport.

This is an INCO term and explains what the price quoted represents and the responsibility of the buyer and seller in relaton to arranging for the various costs associated(e.g. insurance, freight, duties) with the shipment. It is normally used in road tran ...

The shares of companies participating in high technology fields such as computers, semiconductors.

International Organization of Securities Commissioners In the US, this organisation encourages co-operative policies on market regulation, surveillance,.

A faintly-colored circular arc similar to a rainbow but formed on fog layers containing drops whose diameters are 100 microns or less. Also called mistbow, white rainbow.

The atmospheric pressure computed using station elevation as the reference datum level. Station pressure is usually the base value from which sea level pressure and altimeter setting are determined.

The difference in depth between high and low tide.

The prevailing or average weather conditions of a geographic region.

Running a compressed air system at a higher than needed pressure.

Air pressure

The number of shares of a company on sale to the public at a given time.

Resin formed from reactions involving furfuryl alcohol alone or in combination with other constituents.

The formation of isolated particles of corrosion products beneath the metal surface. This occurs as the result of preferential oxidation of certain alloy constituents by inward diffusion of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and so forth.

Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.

A traditional maritime saying to indicate that it is time for a morning drink, it was generally assumed that in northern latitudes the sun would show above the foreyard of a ship by 11.00 which was approximately the time in many ships of the forenoon "sta ...

The low effective temperature of the sky on a clear night.