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EEC

European Economic Community.

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The law of the sea; jurisdiction over maritime causes.

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CST

Centistokes centi Stokes (1 cSt = 1 mm2/s)

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(1) Water having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.5 to l7 parts per thousand. (2) Water having less salt than seawater, but undrinkable.

Pay between the lower earnings limit and upper earnings limit which is used to determine National.

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An instrument for determining the dust content of a sample of air. Also spelled conimeter.

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Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time. Network of automatic rain gauges that transmit via VHF radio link when precipitation occurs. Some sites are also equipped with other sensors such as temperature, wind, pressure, river stage or tide level. More info ...

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An instrument that automatically records pressure and temperature.

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Marine Pollution Prevention (International Convention) MARS Nautical Institute Marine Accident Reporting System

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The temperature at which a material ignites.

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In reference to solar energy systems, the angle at which direct sunlight strikes a surface; the angle between the direction of the sun and the perpindicular to the surface. Sunlight with an incident angle of 90 degrees tends to be absorbed, while lower an ...

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A term used by the London Stock Exchange to denote that certain conditions were agreed between the.

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A quantity of (solid) biomass fuel equal to 2,400 pounds bone dry.

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An adsorption type desiccant.

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The coating, usually green, that forms on the surface of metals such as copper and copper alloys exposed to the atmosphere. Also used to describe the appearance of a weathered surface of any metal.

SDR

Special Drawing Rights

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The gingerbread woodwork on the stern of old sailing ships.

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A method of streamflow routing which assumes that storage is a linear function of the weighted flow in the reach and is adaptable to a simple mathematical solution.

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A thin coating of a material applied to a photovoltaic cell surface that reduces the light reflection and increases light transmission.

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The temperature of a medium, such as gas or liquid, which comes into contact with or surrounds an apparatus or building element.

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