1.06 liquid U.S. quarts or 33.9 fluid ounces.

The anchor is under the hawse .

A small bag for carrying or stowing all personal articles.

A class of energy producer that produces both heat and electricity from a single fuel.

An axiom whose underlying message is that stock market prices rise when there are positive rumours.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure. Usually associated with and most clearly identified as an area of maximum cyclonic curvature of the wind flow. The opposite of a ridge.

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Turbines in which the axis of the rotor's rotation is parallel to the wind stream and the ground.

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

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

Through or across crystals or grains. Also called intracrystalline or transcrystalline.

A person or firm who transacts all business in a port on behalf of shipowners or charterers. Also called shipping agent; agent.

A solar collector that uses reflective surfaces to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, where it is absorbed and converted to heat or, in the case of solar photovoltaic (PV) devices, into electricity. Concentrators can increase the power flux of sunlig ...

The component of a central air conditioner that is designed to remove heat absorbed by the refrigerant and transfer it outside the conditioned space.

The nominal voltage for which a conductor or electrical appliance is designed; the reference voltage for identification and not necessarily the precise voltage at which it operates.

The total amount of electricity produced by a power plant.

A type of photovoltaic device in which the electricity induced in the cell is used immediately within the cell to produce a chemical, such as hydrogen, which can then be withdrawn for use.

The production of electrical current from light.

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

The volume of selling increasing rapidly and peaking abruptly at market tops during the last stage.