Down or downwards; as in "Lay alow!"; opposite of Aloft.

General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade 1994 (now WTO)

A type of electrical current, the direction of which is reversed at regular intervals or cycles; in the U.S. the standard is 120 reversals or 60 cycles per second; typically abbreviated as AC.

A direct-vision nephoscope which is constructed in the following manner: a comb consisting of a crosspiece containing equispaced vertical rods is attached to one end of a column eight to ten feet long and is supported on a mounting that is free to rotate ...

European Economic Community.

To cast off or untie. (See BEND.)

Using previous data to predict future.

(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 thermometer using transducing elements which deform with temperature. Examples are the bimetallic thermometer and the Bourdon tube type of thennometer.

The condition of an electrode when the rate of anodic dissolution just balances the rate of cathodic plating.885

A region of transition between semiconductor layers, such as a p/n junction, which goes from a region that has a high concentration of acceptors (p-type) to one that has a high concentration of donors (n-type).

See conductivity.

The removal of heat from a gas after compression is completed.

Used for lashing down sails, awnings, etc., a series of round turns where the end is passed over the standing part and under the bight and pulled taut on each turn.

The maximum stress (tensile. compressive, or shear) a material can sustain without fracture, determined by dividing maximum load by the original cross-sectional area of the specimen. Also called nominal strength or maximum strength.

The power conduit of an electric power plant; the starting point of the electric transmission system.

Panamax Plus are all Panamax ships authorised for fresh water draft greater than 12.04m up to 15.2m and approved for transit in the new locks.

A process for carrying out a reaction in which the reactants are fed in discrete and successive charges.

The amount of electromotive force, measured in volts, that exists between two points.

An unpreventable and unpredictable event which could cause loss or damage to buildings, land,.