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The market of securities trading without the participation of brokers, thus obviating commission.

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A formula of the specific factors or elements that control the making of a rate. A rate can be based on any number of factors (i.e., weight, measure, equipment type, package, box, etc.).

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The device in an air conditioner or heat pump through which the refrigerant is circulated and releases heat to the surroundings when a fan blows outside air over the coils. This will return the hot vapor that entered the coil into a hot liquid upon exitin ...

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The ratio of the electric power produced by a photovoltaic device to the power of the sunlight incident on the device.

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First attempt at best offer that can be matched

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

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Illegal passenger who hides himself on board a ship in order to gain free passage or to escape from a country.

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An instrument for measuring the amount of air flow of a compressor. Measured in CFM.

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Surface Nexus Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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The horsepower required to compress adiabatically the air or gas delivered by the compressor through the specified range of pressures.

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The mast aft of the mainmast in a sailing ship - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl, or the third aftermost mast of a three-masted schooner or square-rigged ship.

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The liquor resulting from dissolving molten melt irom the kraft recovery furnace in water. See also kraft process and smelt.

A pyrheliometer of the bimetallic type used to measure the intensity of direct solar radiation.

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Anchor is off the sea bottom when being heaved in .

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The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes.

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An electrochemical device that converts chemical energy directly into electricity.

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Sensible and latent heat contained in combustion gases and vapor emitted to the atmosphere.

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The abrupt and large increase in electrical conductivity exhibited by some metals as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

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An engine in which fuel is burned (or heat is applied) to the outside of a cylinder; a Stirling engine.

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A polarimeter utilizing a Wollaston prism as a polarizer and a Nicol prism as an analyzer.

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