The stress at which a material exhibits a specified deviation from proportionality of stress and strain. An onset of 0.2% is used for many metals.

Same as luminous intensity.

A hygrometer in which the sensitive element is a strand or strands of human hair, the length of which is a function of the relative humidity of the air.

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 ...

A system operated by the clearing banks in which a paper slip/document instructs a bank branch to.

Destroyed By Hurricane

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

Calculation of a loss by an average adjuster.

A winch used for hoisting and lowering cargo.

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water equals 32

A captive balloon used to maintain meteorological equipment aloft at approximately a constant height. The kytoon is streamlined and combines the aerodynamic properties of a balloon and a kite.

(ADI)A daily weighted volume indicator that moves with price.

Ratio between measured shaft power and the adiabatic compression power, referring to measured mass flow.

Vessel Traffic System

That time during which weather that prevents working shall not count as laytime

Lines on the Earths surface joining point where there is no magnetic variation.

A document, issued by a bank to its customers, listing details of debit and credit transactions over.

Short Term Disability.

The hatchway nearest the stern.

Commodities such as metals, coffee and grain which are bought and sold for use as opposed to hedging.