The space-conditioning load of a building.

The process of removing a power plant, apparatus, equipment, building, or facility from operation.

International Code of Signals

An interior wall made of water filled containers for absorbing and storing solar energy.

The falling tide when the water recedes out to the sea and the water level lowers; a period or state of decline.

Maritime Systems Technology program (U.S.)

Variable Pitch Propeller

The height at which the maximum wind speed occurs, determined in a winds-aloft observation.

A small anemometer with flat vanes which indicates the number of linear feet or meters of air which have passed the instrument during its exposure.

A mortgage in which the rate of interest paid by the borrower follows movements in the base.

A chemical substance or mixture that prevents or reduces the rate of the cathodic or reduction reaction by physical, physico-chemical or chemical action.

A device that converts the mechanical energy of rotation into electricity based on electromagnetic induction. An electric voltage (electromotive force) is induced in a conducting loop (or coil) when there is a change in the number of magnetic field lines ...

An 'at best' order is an order given by a client to a broker where no particular instruction is.

Term for disabled vessel that had to fall out of a convoy and thus became easy prey for submarines.

A deviation to move cargo on the return leg of a voyage for the purpose of minimizing ballast mileage and thereby reducing transportation costs.

(1) A sailing vessel common in the Far East. It's flat-bottomed, high sterned, has square bows, and has two or three masts carrying lugsails. (2) Old and condemned rope.

A contract or other instrument for the purchase or sale of a group of shares or currencies, all.

Energy required to operate mechanical components of an energy system, or a source of energy or energy supply system to back-up another.

An automatic, recording cloud height indicator.

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.