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Device used to place concrete or grout under water.

Device that carries materials to a designated depth in a drill hole or annular space.

Trend following is a systematic investment strategy that seeks to profit from long-, medium- or short-term trends in markets based on the assumption that price trends tend to endure. The strategy does not attempt to predict the price of an asset but rather aims to buy an asset when its price is trending up and […]

In a plot of y values over an x axis, a smoothed line drawn through the values generally done with regression analysis. For example, a trend line can be drawn through a series of fluctuating prices over time, in which case you’d have trend-line prices and actual prices.

A class of herbicides containing a symmetrical triazine ring (a nitrogen-heterocyclic ring composed of three nitrogens and three carbons in an alternating sequence). Examples include atrazine, propazine, and simazine.

See Triazine herbicide.

Stream that joins another stream or body of water.

A stable, low boiling-point colorless liquid that is toxic if inhaled. Used as a solvent or metal degreasing agent and in other industrial applications.

Simultaneous generation of electrical energy and thermal energy in the form of cooling and heating in one process.

Organic compounds which may be harmful to health at certain levels in drinking water.