Dictionary of Energy
Covering all aspects of energy and its role in society, this unique text provides a comprehensive and organized body of knowledge on what is certain to become an increasingly vital area of scientific study in the 21st century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dictionary of Energy
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race
Hydropower. 1. a channel that conducts water from upstream to the place where it performs work (headrace), or away from that site downstream (tailrace). 2. a very rapid current, or the narrow channel through which it flows.
rack railway
Transportation. a railway used for additional traction in mountain regions, having an intermediate cogged rail set between the running rails that engages with cogwheels on the locomotive.
rad
Nuclear. a measure of the amount of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation, equal to 100 ergs per gram or 0.01 joules per kilogram of irradiated material; it has been replaced as a standard scientific unit by the gray.
radar
Communication. a system that uses reflected electromagnetic radiation to determine the velocity and location of a targeted object; widely used in such applications as aircraft and ship navigation, military reconnaissance, automobile speed checks, and weather observations. [An acronym for radio detection and ranging.]
radial
Electricity. 1. an electric transmission or distribution system that is not networked and does not provide sources of power. 2. see RADIAL TIRE.
radial engine
Transportation. an internal-combustion engine in which the cylinders are arranged like spokes of a wheel at regular intervals around the crankshaft; used formerly as an air-cooled aircraft engine.
radial tire
Transportation. an automotive tire whose cords run across its width, with an extra layer of fabric laid...
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