A cover which fits over a large inflated balloon to facilitate handling in high or gusty winds.

Undisturbed environmental surroundings, particularly to air and temperature.

The device in an air conditioner that distributes the filtered air from the return duct over the cooling coil/heat exchanger. This circulated air is cooled/heated and then sent through the supply duct, past dampers, and through supply diffusers to the liv ...

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

Independent Tank, Center

A type of ceiling and roof assembly that has no attic.

Polarization of the cathode; change of the electrode potential in the active (negative) direction due to current flow; a reduction from the initial potential resulting from current flow effects at or near the cathode surface. Potential becomes more active ...

See captive balloon, ceiling balloon, constant-level balloon, free balloon, hurricane beacon, kytoon, Moby Dick balloon, pilot balloon, radiosonde balloon, rockoon, skyhook balloon, transosonde.

Corrective Action Request.

Also known as a preferred channel buoy. A red and green horizontally striped buoy used in the United States to mark the separation of a channel into two channels. The preferred channel is indicated by the color of the uppermost stripe. Red on top indicate ...

General Agreement on Trade in Services

All (not just 98%) particles larger than the stated micron size have been removed from the fluid being filtered.

The unit of speed in the nautical system; one nautical mile per hour. It is equal to 1.1508 statute miles per hour or 0.5144 meters per second.

The mass density of a parcel of air expressed in units of mass per volume.

A term applied to a floating object that is moored or anchored so that it remains at one place. Budys are used for marking the places on the water where a ship is sunk, where reefs are below, where the edges of the channel are, or to provide means for moo ...

In the US, a person's income on which federal income tax is calculated. This is gross income less.

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

The captain of the ship.

A segregated structure consisting of alternating nearly parallel bands of different composition, typically aligned in the direction of primary hot working.

The total number of shares a company is authorised to issue by reference to its memorandum and.