When reciprocating compressors run, the moving parts such as pistons, rods, crossheads, connecting rods are repeatedly accelerated and retarded. These velocity changes set up pulsating inertia forces. The forces are of the first and second order. The firs ...

A utility owned by stockholders or other investors; sometimes referred to as a private utility, in contrast to a public utility that is owned by a government agency or cooperative.

The total value of all a company's separate operations if sold separately.

A mast that is in place is stepped.

Interest, dividend or other income payments received regularly from an investment.

A scheme designed to allow homeowners to 'release' cash from the value of their property. They.

The markets in which eurocurrencies are traded, the largest being.

Abbreviation for "Gross Vehicle Weight." The combined total weight of a vehicle and its container, inclusive of prime mover.

A filter element so full of contaminants that no longer can pass rated flow without excessive pressure differential.

A device or material with a high resistance to electricity flow.

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

Force per unit area, usually expressed in pounds per square inch (PSI) or BAR.

Abbreviation for "Inland Point Intermodal." Refers to inland points (non-ports) that can be served by carriers on a through bill of lading.

The sum of the ratings of the electricity consuming apparatus connected to a generating system.

An unregulated subsidiary of an electric utility that is allowed to generate and sell wholesale power as an independent energy producer, and is exempt from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Waste water from a household source other than a toilet. This water can be used for landscape irrigation depending upon the source of the greywater.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

A fall in the price of shares, either of one company or a sector or the whole market, which is.

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

The most common of the principal rainbow phenomena, which appears as an arc of about 42