A heavy wall used to isolate buildings or areas which contain highly combustible or explosive materials or to protect a building or area from blast damage when exposed to explosions.
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DERRICK
A device for hoisting and lowering heavy weights, cargo, stores, etc
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BRIGHT STOCK
A heavy residual lubricant stock with low pour point, used in finished blends to provide good bearing film strength, prevent scuffing, and reduce oil consumption. Usually identified by its viscosity, SUS at 210°F or cSt at 100°C.
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HEAT EXCHANGER
A device which transfers heat through a conducting wall from one fluid to another.
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INTERFACIAL TENSION (IFT)
The energy per unit area present at the boundary of two immiscible liquids. It is usually expressed in dynes/cm (ASTM Designation D 971.)
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GROUND CHAIN
Heavy chain used with permanent moorings and connecting the various legs or bridles
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ICE BUOY
A sturdy buoy, usually a metal spar, used to replace a more easily damaged buoy during a period when heavy ice is anticipated.
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HIGH
An area of high pressure. Since a high is, on a synoptic chart, always associated with anticyclonic circulation, the term is used interchangeably with ANTICYCLONE
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HORN ANTENNA
An antenna consisting of a waveguide the cross-sectional area of which increases toward the open end. Often shortened to HORN.
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PERMEABILITY
The relationship of flow per unit area to differential pressure across a filter medium.
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RING STICKING
Freezing of a piston ring in its groove in a piston engine or reciprocating compressor due to heavy deposits in the piston ring zone.
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