A mat of fibers that provide a barrier to particles entrained in the flow of air or gas.

A pressure-operated switching device used in a radiosonde. In operation, the expansion of an aneroid capsule causes an electrical contact to scan a radiosonde commutator composed of conductors separated by insulators.

The absorption of carbon into a metal surface; may or may not be desirable.

All the months of a particular futures contract or futures option contract, for example, if all the.

(1) An old term to denote a lazy sailor who is of little use on the ship. (2) Damaged goods, especially provisions.

That part of the ocean lying below 300 fathoms from the surface.

Navigation Bridge Systems.

The tariff applied for chartering tonnage in a particular trade.

(See EUVROU.)

The amount of money needed to purchase equipment, buildings, tools, and other manufactured goods that can be used in production.

Governing International Fisheries Agreements

Geographic Information System

The fibrous material remaining after the extraction of juice from sugarcane; often burned by sugar mills as a source of energy.

A unit of signaling speed representing the number of code elements sent per second; often, bits per second.

The amount of heat given off by a person at rest in a comfortable environment; approximately 50 Btu per hour (Btu/h).

A solid fuel produced by shredding municipal solid waste (MSW). Noncombustible materials such as glass and metals are generally removed prior to making RDF. The residual material is sold as-is or compressed into pellets, bricks, or logs. RDF processing fa ...

The process whereby a position on the scale of an instrument is identified with the magnitude of the signal (or input force) actuating the instrument.

The range through which the input may be varied without initiating a response. Usually expressed as a percentage of full-scale range.

A fund in which the objective is to outperform the market average by actively seeking out stocks.

A type of air compressor in which air is compressed in a series of stages as it flows axaily through a decreasing tubular area.