A unit of energy equal to 1.356joules.

Slang expression to indicate that a ship was not fitted with any mechanical aids, and that all the work of the ship had to be done with the strong arms of the crew.

In reference to wind energy, for any given instant, the power available in the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind velocity; when wind speed doubles, the power availability increases eight times.

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

A hydropower facility that stores water in a reservoir during high-inflow periods to augment water during low-inflow periods. Storage projects allow the flow releases and power production to be more flexible and dependable. Many hydropower project operati ...

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

The difference between a bond's face value and the lower market price.

The bow and forward part of the vessel above the waterline.

A relatively small-scale, downward moving current of air.

A general term for atmospheric water in any of its forms, i.e. clouds, fog, hail, ice crystals, rain.

A measure of long-term precipitation effectiveness. The ratio of the normal annual rainfall to the normal annual evaporation.

A device for measuring the river stage. Also called stream gauge.

A shipwrecked sailor as compared with one who has been marooned or deliberately put ashore.

The storage of compressed air in a container for use to operate a prime mover for electricity generation.

Deep internal cracks caused by hydrogen.

Aging induced by cold working.

An instrument for measuring snow hardness in terms of the resistance of snow to the pressure exerted by a disk attached to a spring-loaded rod, a gauge calibrated in pounds per square inch registers the amount of resistance. See Canadian hardness gauge.

Container freight station or a designated area where empty containers can be picked up or dropped off.

International standard serial number

Sailor's songs sung in the forecastle when the men of a watch were off duty. These were sung for entertainment, thus they were not shanties.