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The relative order of base pairs, whether in a DNA fragment, gene, chromosome, or an entire genome. See also: base sequence analysis.
Industry:Biology
A graph that indicates the distribution of wind speeds as a function of the cumulative number of hours that the wind speed exceeds a given wind speed in a year.
Industry:Energy
A graph representing the relationship between the power available from the wind and the wind speed. The power from the wind increases proportionally with the cube of the wind speed.
Industry:Energy
A glazed structure, such as greenhouse or "sunspace."
Industry:Energy
A geothermal energy resource that consists of high temperature rocks above 300 F (150 C) that may be fractured and have little or no water. To extract the heat, the rock must first be fractured, then water is injected into the rock and pumped out to extract the heat. In the western United States, as much as 95,000 square miles (246,050 square km) have hot dry rock potential.
Industry:Energy
A generic term for liquefied and pressurized gas, ordinarily butane, propane, or a mixture of the two, contained in a cylinder for domestic use.
Industry:Energy
A generic term for an electrical conductor.
Industry:Energy
A generic term for a glazed opening that allows daylight to enter into a building and can be opened for ventilation.
Industry:Energy
A generator with a single armature coil, which may have many turns and the alternating current output consists of a succession of cycles.
Industry:Energy
A generator producing alternating current by the rotation of its rotor, and which is powered by a primary mover.
Industry:Energy