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

(IRS)The US agency responsible for the collection of federal taxes which include personal and corporate.

1) To wear a boat is the operation of bringing a sailing vessel onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern, as opposed to tacking, where the wind is brought around the bow. 2) In respect to the flying of flags, a ship flies her national fla ...

A solar energy system that produces electricity with a PV module, and collects thermal energy from the module for heating. There are no commercially available systems available (as of 11/97).

The ratio of power produced by a wind energy conversion device to the power in a reference area of the free windstream.

See galvanostatic.

A navigational instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies

Iron or steel straps fastened diagonally across a ship's frames to make a rigid framework.

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

The volume of a unit weight of a substance at a specific temperature and pressure.

Transverse or longitudinal partitions separating portions of the ship ("walls" in a ship).

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

An auxiliary engine used for furnishing power for a variety of small mechanical chores.

Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is an ether compound used as a gasoline blending component to raise the oxygen content of gasoline. MTBE is made by combining isobutylene (from various refining and chemical processes) and methanol (usually made from nat ...

A process employed in the shipment of citrus fruits and other perishable commodities. The fruit is packed and placed in a cold room from which the heat is gradually extracted. The boxes of fruit are packed in containers that have been thoroughly cooled an ...

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

A device, similar to a phytometer, for measuring transpiration. It consists of a small vessel containing water and sealed so that the only escape of moisture is by transpiration from a leaf, twig, or small plant with its cut end inserted in the water.

A forecast of the expected stage or discharge at a specified time, or of the total volume of flow within a specified Interval of time, at one or more points along a stream.

Abbreviation for Export-Import Bank of the United States. An independent U.S. Government Agency which facilitates exports of U.S. goods by providing loan guarantees and insurance for repayment of bank-provided export credit.

Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container within its own framework.