Knees placed in the forward part of a vessel, across the stem, to unite the bows on each side. (See PLATE 3.)

One complete turn of the line around a cleat, spar or another line.

A squadron of small ships.

Putting cargo into a container.

A closed-loop solar heating system in which the heat transfer fluid in the collector loop drains into a tank or reservoir whenever the booster pump stops to protect the collector loop from freezing.

A cargo movement in which the water carrier provides a through service between an inland point and the port of load/discharge. The carrier is responsible for cargo and costs from origin on to destination. Also known as IPI or Through Service.

A small, heavy triangular loose-footed sail fitted aft of the mast and used primarily in very strong winds.

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

A high-efficiency photovoltaic device containing two or more cell junctions, each of which is optimized for a particular part of the solar spectrum.

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

Small sea that rises just above bows or gunwale.

A structure of wooden or metal supports that make up the mounting for a ship's engine.

The unoccupied, and usually unfinished and unconditioned space between the floor, foundation walls, and the slab or ground of a building.

In reference to solar photovoltaic cell manufacure, a method of growing a large-size, high-quality crystal whereby coils heat a polycrystalline ingot placed atop a single-crystal seed. As the coils are slowly raised the molten interface beneath the coils ...

A process used to apply photovoltaic semi-conductor material to a substrate by a physical vapor deposition process where high-energy ions are used to bombard elemental sources of semiconductor material, which eject vapors of atoms that are then deposited ...

Stocks or shares which do not record owner's names and for which the companies do not keep a.

The document which specifies the details and conditions of cover of an insurance contract together.

Solar radiation of selected wavelengths.

A general term for the visible and near visible (ultraviolet and near-infrared) electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by the sun. It has a spectral, or wavelength, distribution that corresponds to different energy levels; short wavelength radiation ha ...

A company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which invests its shareholders' funds in the shares.