A device for transforming the quality and quantity of electrical energy; also an inverter.

A term used for materials used to absorb and store solar energy.

A bond in which a single premium secures a guaranteed amount at its maturity.

See: 'Financial Services Compensation.

A transportation arrangement in which truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to a destination. Also known as Rail Pigs.

A name usually given to a State body having control or regulation of public utilities.

All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

In reference to solar photovoltaic devices, a material that is composed of a single crystal or a few large crystals.

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

A stack of wood 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet.

One or more circuits of a distribution system on the same line or poles or supporting structures' usually operating at a lower voltage relative to the transmission line.

A term normally associated with accident insurance. Under certain conditions, for example a road.

Long bars or bolts with a padlock on the end, on which iron shackles could slide, which were used on board ship to confine the legs of prisoners.

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

A safety device used to prevent or stop unwanted flames.

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

Of, relating to, or using air. Moved by air pressure. Filled with compressed air.