(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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.

See photometer.

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(1) A large casting shaped to allow the propeller blades to revolve. The rudder is fitted on the after post. (2) The principal vertical timber in a ship's stern, upon which the rudder is fastened.

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

Here are a few old superstitions of seamen: (1) When a ship was launched or about to sail on a long voyage, a libation was offered to the gods of the sea by pouring wine upon the deck so that good fortune would accompany the ship. (2) Flowers carried on b ...

A measure of actual stock price changes over a specific period of time. Defined as the standard.

A graphical representation of stage or discharge at a point on a stream as a function of time.

A compressor control mechanism designed to control performance output of the compressor to the demands of the plant process.

The six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and.

(1) To tip the boat over so that the boat is upside down with the mast pointing down to the sea bottom. (2) A bag in which a spinnaker or other large sail can be stowed with the lines attached so that it can be rapidly raised.

In the US, a plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in stock or a mutual fund by.

A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, the warmth and dryness due to adiabatic compression upon descent.

A rotation anemometer which has a horizontal axis upon which helicoidal shaped vanes are mounted. See windmill anemometer.

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A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

(ITS)An electronic communications network that links nine US markets: the New York (NYSE), American.

A company or public sector entity which has shares, bonds or other security listed on a stock.

Same as parhelion.