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

The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

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

Said of a vessel when water level has fallen from the level at which she would float, so she would be aground and need to wait for the next tide before re-floating. Also said of the water that has receded and caused a vessel to go aground.

Any wholly or partially enclosed space in which combustion takes place.

A system of astronomical time in which the sun crosses the true north-south meridian at 12 noon, and which differs from local time according to longitude, time zone, and equation of time.

The process of converting municipal solid waste to energy and/or recovering materials for recycling.

The price at which a company's shares are offered to the market for the first time. When they begin.

Between crystals or grains. Also called intercrystalline. Contrast with transgranular.

Kept in a neat seaman-like manner.

An automatic or manual valve that causes the flow to be by passed.

Analog

A system in which a working fluid is used over and over without introduction of new fluid, as in a hydronic heating system or mechanical refrigeration system.

The vacancy where an electron would normally exist in a solid; behaves like a positively charged particle.

One millionth of a meter (10-6 m).

A particle of light that acts as an individual unit of energy.

Ocean vessels constructed with heavy-duty submersible hydraulic lift or elevator system at the stern of the vessel. The Sea-Bee system facilitates forward transfer and positioning of barges. Sea-Bee barges are larger than LASH barges. The Sea-Bee system i ...

A red and white vertically striped buoy used in the United States to mark the middle of a channel. Midchannel buoys may be passed by on either side.

Pertaining to rain, or more broadly, to precipitation.

A type of combustion heating system in which combustion air is drawn directly from outside and the products of combustion are vented directly outside. These features are beneficial in tight, energy-efficient homes because they will not depressurize a home ...