A hygrometer in which the rotation of the hygrometric element is a function of humidity.

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.

The area of calm which lies inside the trade winds near the equator.

The height above the ground that a horizontal axis wind turbine's hub is located.

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 ...

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

A line of equal or constant temperature.

To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.

Navigation rules governing waters inside designated demarcation zones

A tariff imposed to discourage sale of foreign goods, subsidized to sell at low prices detrimental to local manufacturers.

The movement of assets in one mutual fund or unit trust to another within a range of funds with.

A heat source, such as a space heater, used to provide more heat than that provided by a primary heating source.

Corrosive attack that progresses preferentially along interdendritic paths. This type of attack results from local differences in composition, such as coring commonly encountered in alloy castings.

In fatigue, the variation in the stress-intensity factor in cycle, that is, Kmax-Kmin.

A solar energy collection device consisting of containers of water located on a roof that absorb solar energy during the day so that the heat can be used at night or that cools a building by evaporation at night.

When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible.

A line running from the stern of the boat to a dock or pier when moored.

Maritime area usually specified by range of ports in which a vessel may operate

See photometer.

A device for computing certain psychrometric data, usually the dew point and the relative humidity, from known values of the dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures and the atmospheric pressure. One type is the circular slide-rule form and, like the psychromet ...