An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or winch

Glass, plastic panels, or plastic sheets that reduce air infiltration and some heat loss when attached to either the interior or exterior of existing windows.

A guarantee issued by a bank on behalf of a seller to a buyer to support the sellers bid or tender for a contract. If the sellers bid is accepted, and they fail to sign a contract, the buyer can claim compensation under the guarantee.

See galvanostatic.

A unit of energy equal to 1.356joules.

A thermopile used in some types of radiation instruments. See solarimeter.

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The total amount of electricity produced by a power plant.

A type of hydroelectric facility that uses the river flow with very little alteration and little or no impoundment of the water.

Transmit high-voltage electricity from the transformer to the electric distribution system.

See: 'discretionary.

A form of property insurance which provides cover against such items as damage to the building,.

A bulkhead, frame, or longitudinal stiffener, running fore and aft.

The helmsman.

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Line on a chart linking points of equal depth. also known as a Depth Contour.

(EPIC)EPIC codes are the abbreviations given to company share quotations (e.g. the EPIC code for.

Reduction in mechanical properties of a metal as a result of local penetration of solder along grain boundaries.

A defective maximum thermometer of the liquid-inglass type in which the mercury flows too freely through the constriction. Such a thermometer will indicate a maximum temperature that is too low.

The amount of fuel necessary to generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity.