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Authentication of B/L and when B/L becomes effective.

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The highest energy band in a semiconductor that can be filled with electrons.

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To veer or haul on a rope, slightly, so that a part subject to nip or chafe is moved away and a fresh part takes its place.

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Yaw

The rotation of a horizontal axis wind turbine around its tower or vertical axis.

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The control ring in a valve which surrounds the seat, used to control pre open and blow down.

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Devices with passages for directing flow into alternate paths.

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Cargo Not Otherwise Specified. Usually the rate entry in a tariff that can apply to commodities not covered under a specific item or subitem in the applicable tariff.

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In wastewater treatment or livestock facilities, a shallow pond used to store wastewater where sunlight and biological activity decompose the waste.

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The enclosure on a water heater, furnace, or boiler.

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A thin, reflective foil sheet that exhibits low radiant energy transmission and under certain conditions can block radiant heat transfer; installed in attics to reduce heat flow through a roof assembly into the living space.

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A revolving letter of credit that prohibits the amount not used during the specific period from being available afterwards.

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A semiconductor (phtovoltaic) device structure that layers an intrinsic semiconductor between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor; this structure is most often used with amorphous silicon PV devices.

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A unit of luminance (or brightness) equal to 1/6 candles per square centimeter.

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A radiosonde equipped to measure temperature only.

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Small passages

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A device that limits fluid (liquid and gaseous) pressures by discharging some of the pressurized liquid or gas.

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A semiconductor produced by doping an intrinsic semiconductor with an electron-donor impurity (e.g., phosphorous in silicon).

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(1) To warp is to move a vessel by lines - move a boat by hauling on lines attached to docks or anchors. (2) The longitudinal threads in canvas and other textiles. (3) Hawser used when warping. (4) The line by which a boat rides to a sea anchor. (5) Moori ...

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The deposition of thin films of semiconductor material by the evaporation of elemental sources in a vacuum.

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Apparatus in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a balloonborne target, to computer upper-air wind data. It is a type of rawin system.

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