UNDULATING

Having the form of more or less regular waves.

undulating form

Related Terms

SEQUESTER

To form a stable, water-soluble complex.

sequester form

BALL BEARING

An anti-friction rolling type bearing containing rolling elements in the form of balls.

ball_bearing anti_friction rolling_type bearing rolling form rolling_type_bearing

CLOUD POINT

The temperature at which waxy crystals in an oil or fuel form a cloudy appearance.

cloud_point temperature wax oil fuel form

CRACKING

The process whereby large molecules are broken down by the application of heat and pressure to form smaller molecules.

cracking molecule pressure heat process form

DEMULSIBILITY

The ability of a fluid that is insoluble in water to separate from water with which it may be mixed in the form of an emulsion.

demulsibility fluid insoluble emulsion water form

A non-metallic element - No. 6 in the periodic table. Diamonds and graphite are pure forms of carbon. Carbon is a constituent of all organic compounds. It also occurs in combined form in many inorganic substances; i.e., carbon dioxide, limestone, etc.

carbon organic_compound constituent element form graphite organic

BRINELLING

Permanent deformation of the bearing surfaces where the rollers (or balls) contact the races. Brinelling results from excessive load or impact on stationary bearings. It is a form of mechanical damage in which metal is displaced or upset without attrition.

brinelling deformation bearing race excessive_load mechanical_damage metal load contact damage form mechanical rollers

GRAPHITE

A crystalline form of carbon having a laminar structure, which is used as a lubricant. It may be of natural or synthetic origin.

graphite crystalline_form carbon laminar_structure lubricant form synthetic

EMULSIBILITY

The ability of a non-water-soluble fluid to form an emulsion with water.

emulsibility fluid emulsion form

ULF STREAM

A warm, well defined, swift, relatively narrow ocean current which originates where the Florida Current and the Antilles Current meet north of Grand Bahama Island. It gains its impetus from the large volume of water that flows through the Straits of Florida. Near the edge of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland extensions of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current continue as the NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT, which fans outward and widens in a northeastward to eastward flow across the ocean. The Florida Current, the Gulf Stream, and the North Atlantic Current together form the GULF STREAM SYSTEM. Sometimes the entire system is referred to as the Gulf Stream The Gulf Stream forms the western and northwestern part of the general clockwise oceanic circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean.

ulf_stream water flow volume current system circulation ocean antilles_current clockwise edge florida_current form gulf