Location

A shifting of the wind direction, opposite of backing. Clockwise in the northern hemisphere, counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Method of reeving a tackle in order to gain the maximum increase in power.

When the draft of a ship fore and aft are the same. Floating level (no list).

Are any material with an affinity for moisture. These analyzers use sensing elements that contain moisture adsorbing material. A change in the moisture content of the element is detected by an electric network and is used as a measurement of dew point

An electrical conductor that serves as a common connection for two or more electrical circuits; may be in the form of rigid bars or stranded conductors or cables.

A method causing a liquid or gas to condense on the surface only of an adsorbing material.

If a company's earnings figures are distorted either positively or negatively by exceptional one-off.

SAR Management Information System.

The temperature at which a material ignites.

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

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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

An envelope consisting of support and resistance lines of the average true price range, calculated.

The action of light on a biological system that results in the dissociation of a substrate, usually water, to produce hydrogen.

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

A component on a compressed air line designed to increase in magnitude the flow by releasing small amounts of compressed air at high velocity through an internal, ring shaped nozzle. This column of air released through the front creates a vacuum behind, t ...

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

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

Two metals of different coefficients of expansion welded together so that the piece will bend in one direction when heated, and in the other when cooled, and can be used to open or close electrical circuits, as in thermostats.