The ability of a metal to absorb energy and deform plastically before fracturing.

The operation of rinsing out a cask to prepare it for new contents. Casks were once the primary means of carrying on board the necessary water and victuals.

A fishing vessel designed to tow a trawl for catching bottom fish.

The value or purchasing power of a dollar that has not been reduced to a common basis of constant purchasing power, but instead reflects anticipated future inflation; when used in computations the assumed inflation rate must be stated.

Bank of England. The central bank of the United Kingdom, similar to the Federal reserve in the United States and.

An entitlement issue, also known as an open offer, is an offer made by a quoted company to its.

A line drawn through all points on a map having the same amount of cloudiness.

A combustion heating appliance in which heat is captured from the burning of a fuel for distribution, comprised mainly of a combustion chamber and heat exchanger.

An electrically charged atom or group of atoms that has lost or gained electrons; a loss makes the resulting particle positively charged; a gain makes the particle negatively charged.

A small groove scribed into the surface of a solar photovoltaic cell which is filled with metal for contacts.

A switching railroad operating within a commercial area.

An electrical device that resists electric current flow.

A column of gas at standard conditions of temperature and pressure (32 degrees Fahrenheit and one atmosphere).

A note, issued to a person or company when goods are returned by them, which cancels the original.

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

In the direction the wind is blowing. A boat sailing downwind, away from the wind source with the sails let out all the way, is running with the wind.

Old legend of a Dutch skipper who, in a strong gale, swore by Donner and Blitzen that he would beat into Table Bay in spite of God's wrath. His ship foundered and he was condemned to go on sailing eternally in his attempt to reach Table Bay. There was a s ...

Technologies that pertain to the generation of electricity.

A light control device that allows light levels to be manually adjusted. A dimmer can save energy by reducing the amount of power delivered to the light while consuming very little themselves.

A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.