SOLAR ENERGY
Energy that is transmitted by the sun in electromagnetic waves. It is the basis fir all life on Earth. It can be harnessed by solar cells, stored and then used.
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Energy that is transmitted by the sun in electromagnetic waves. It is the basis fir all life on Earth. It can be harnessed by solar cells, stored and then used.
The opposite of monopoly where a customer is served by a large number of suppliers without the prospect of getting any more.
A collective term applied to all dveloping countries that are located South of a dveloped country that is known as North.
A motor car policy not used any more.
A legal entitiy that is created in order to insulate an issuer of an asset based security from the originator of said asset. A special purpose vehicle.
The rate of inflation is calculated by how low or high the prices of services and goods move all the way through the nation?s economy.
This is the deliberate choice of a person to not pay attention to certain information because it will yield little or no benefit in terms of the time and effort.
Reactivity is the predisposition of matter to react with its surroundings such as air, light and water or other specific materials. Also see the definition of either reactive or reaction.
Data that divides households into two parts with one-half earning more than the median income and the other half earning less. This refers to the combination of more than one income earner
Period determined from trade practice, custom, trade practice, or from circumstances like those at issue, as the time required completing a transaction or contract without a specific maturity date.
Media planning tactic that indicates that advertising at a lower weight but a higher, consistent frequency is more successful than advertising at a higher weight but a lower, sporadic frequency.
This term refers to the maximum allowable airborne concentration of a substance in a work area. REL can be expressed either as a maximum limit or as a time-weighted average.
Waste energy from heat that is captured and put to use, such as in a jet engine where exhaust is mixed with fuel and ignited in the afterburner to obtain additional thrust.
The portion of a product’s material expressed usually as a percentage of its total material content that has been recovered from pre-consumer waste or postconsumer waste.
1. Accounting: Procedure of asset depreciation based on a percentage of its book value that lessens every year. 2. Banking: Procedure for calculating the interest amount on the principal balance.
This term refers to written material or literature that is not a part of a main body of files, but is required as an information source.
Materials that can tolerate extremely high temperatures without degrading or softening. Refractory materials include certain ceramics and super alloys, and are found in furnaces, jet and rocket engines, and the shuttle.
This term relates to the inclination that something will revert to a previous lower state.
It can be defined as, a type of humidity that considers the ratio of the actual vapor pressure of the air to the saturation vapor pressure. It is usually expressed in percentage.
A lingering or remainder interest in an estate or trust despite assets being distributed properly to all beneficiaries. A remainder interest may be created based on the future needs of an estate