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Uses a large historical price database to evaluate a trading system's.

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Atmosphere normale de reference. The term ANR is not usually applied to cfm, it is the new European replacement for FAD and usually follows the metric measurement of air flow, such as Cu Meters per Minute

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WNA

Winter North Atlantic

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An instrument used to determine atmospheric pressure or elevation by observing the boiling point of water or both liquids. The sensitivity of the hypsometer increases with decreasing pressure, making it more useful for high altitude work.

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The inaccuracy that the manufacturer permits when the unit is calibrated in the factory.

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VCB

Vertical Centre of Buoyancy

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Long cylindrical bars of iron or copper, used to secure or unite the different parts of a vessel.

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Cooking liquor from the kraft pulping process produced by recausticizing green liquor with lime.

A generic term for microstructures formed by diffusionless phase transformation in which the parent and product phases have a specific crystallographic relationship. Martensite is characterized by an acicular pattern in the microstructure in both ferrous ...

IMN

Inmarsat Mobile Number

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In a sailing ship carrying multiple masts, the mast set closest to the stern.

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The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. Compare to flood stage.

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Sometimes called a pulsation damper this is a small receiver fitted on the inlet or discharge of a reciprocating compressor. The device is designed to remove the resonance from the compressor thereby reducing noise.

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Urgent Marine Information Broadcast

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A loose term denoting that there is a high degree of liquidity in a stock market, which in turn.

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COE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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(1) A reduction of the anodic reaction rate of an electrode involved in corrosion. (2) The process in metal corrosion by which metals become passive. (3) The changing of a chemically active surface of' a metal to a much less reactive state. Contrast with ...

A device for conditioning air in an interior space. A Room Air Conditioner is a unit designed for installation in the wall or window of a room to deliver conditioned air without ducts. A Unitary Air Conditioner is composed of one or more assemblies that u ...

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The bearing of a celestial body from an observer's position.

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EMU

Economic and Monetary Union.

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