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TEXTUAL APPROACH

Interpretation according to the clear and ordinary meaning or words in a text.

THERM (THM)

Commercial heat unit. One thermo =1000,000Btu, 97 cubic feet of natural gas, 29.3 kWh.

THOMAS MALTHUS

Economist whose writing “An Essay on the Principle of Population” suggested the population of the world would increase greater than the ability to feed it.

THROWAWAY

Handbill or flier handed out to people on the street, placed in magazines and papers as a way of promotion.

TIME CHARTER

Vessel or vehicle used for transporting for a fixed time period and the number of trips. See voyage charter.

TIME PHASING

Spread of tasks, activities over an appropriate time scale for the completion of a project.

TOOLING

Manufacturing or working aids like cutting tools, dies, gauges etc., of a specialized nature whose use is limited to a certain line of production or a job.

TORQUE

Force created from Turing an object that is measured in Newton meters.

TRACE ELEMENTS

Elements such as cobalt, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, selenium occurring in very small amounts, often less than 1 to 10 parts per million, necessary for a living organisms growth, health and development.

TRADING BOOK

Company’s book showing accounts for stock market shares bought and sold by the company.

TRADING VOLUME

Total number of shares traded in one day for a market security.

TRAINING SUPPORT

Equipment, devices and aids used to facilitate an operation’s efficiency and maintenance of the system or process.

TRANSPARENCY

1.Clear see through piece of thin acetate used to project an image onto a screen. 2. A lack of any hidden agendas with all information being available. 3. Degree of disclosure is

TREE TOPOLOGY

Scheme of network cabling where hubs are connected together in succeeding levels providing redundancy. Also known as cascaded star topology or tree network.

TRIBOLOGY

Science of lubricants, lubrication and friction.

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