A machine supplied with external energy that is converted into force and/or motion.

A cruise of a new ship for the purpose of testing out all machinery, etc. Shank

(HRP)A scheme which preserves your rights to a basic state pension during periods when you are caring for.

Radiation with wavelengths greater than 4 microns. (In meteorology, same as infrared radiation.)

A draft that matures at a fixed or determinable time after presentation or acceptance.

A container with no sides and frame members at the front and rear. Container can be loaded from the sides and top.

Instructions given by a shipper to a bank indicating that documents transferring title to goods should be delivered to the buyer only upon the buyer's acceptance of the attached draft.

A type of window having two layers (panes or glazing) of glass separated by an air space. Each layer of glass and surrounding air space reradiates and traps some of the heat that passes through thereby increasing the windows resistance to heat loss (R-val ...

Water in vapor form; used as the working fluid in steam turbines and heating systems.

Line drawn through geographical points recording equal amounts of precipitation during a given time period or for a particular storm.

Diffuse solar radiation which has the same intensity in all directions.

The resistance between metallic contacts and the semiconductor.

The amount of power density in sunlight received at the earth's surface at noon on a clear day (about 1,000 Watts/square meter).

The purchase of new shares by an underwriter who subsequently attempts to resell to the market for a.

The acting of one person on behalf of another; a document authorizing one person to act on behalf of another.

A circular projection of the sky vault onto a flat diagram used to determine solar positions and shading effects of landscape features on a solar energy system.

An inland location where cargo is received by the ocean carrier and then moved to a coastal port for loading.

Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.

To sail towards the direction from which the wind blows by making a series of tacks. A point of sail also known as sailing close hauled.

Said of a vessel when she is entirely surrounded by ice.