Growth of a cloud or precipitation particle by the collision and union of a frozen particle with a super-cooled water drop.

Ex Works Ex works means that the seller delivers when he places the goods at the disposal of the buyer at the seller’s premises or another named place (i.e. works, factory, warehouse, etc.) not cleared for export and not loaded on any collecting vehicle. ...

The same as a-trip.

A type of air cooling device that uses absorption cooling to cool interior spaces.

Without loss or gain of heat to a system. An adiabatic change is a change in volume and pressure of a parcel of gas without an exchange of heat between the parcel and its surroundings. In reference to a steam turbine, the adiabatic efficiency is the ratio ...

Free on Board: Export term in which the price quoted by the exporter does not include the costs of ocean transportation, but does include loading on board the vessel.

OBServation.

A building material made from clay, straw, and water, formed into blocks, and dried; used traditionally in the southwestern U.S.

The efficiency of the filter in removing some portion of a specified test contaminant under a specific set of laboratory conditions. It determines the mass of the contaminant the filter removes from a known sample introduced to the filter.

(Cost and Freight) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale where the seller pays the costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named port of destination, Terms of Sale but the risk of loss of or damage to the goods, as (continued) well a ...

The power (in Watts) used by a device to produce useful work. Also called input power.

The unfortunate man who was assigned to remain on deck to watch over the ship's safety while the ship was in harbor, and the rest of the crew were off duty.

A short vertically erected pole at the bow on which the national flag is hoisted on naval ships while at anchor.

Any Time Day/Night Sundays and Holidays Included

Small hatch in the fidley deck around the stack and uptakes. Generally closed by grating and steel covers.

A system in which a secondary fluid absorbs the refrigerant, releasing heat, then releases the refrigerant and reabsorbs the heat. Ammonia or water is used as the vapor in commercial absorption cycle systems, and water or lithium bromide is the absorber.

Current efficiency of the anode..

A solar water or space-heating system that use pumps or fans to circulate the heat-transfer fluid from the solar collectors to a storage tank subsystem.

The situation of the anchor when it is raised clear of the ground. The same as a-weigh.

The mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere, composed of, by volume, 21 percent oxygen, 78 percent nitrogen.