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2. Convective available potential energy - Wikipedia

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   The red line is temperature, the green line is the dew point, and the black line is the air parcel lifted. In meteorology, convective available potential energy (commonly abbreviated as CAPE ), [1] is a measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support upward air movement that can lead to cloud formation and storms.

3. Cape-class patrol boat - Wikipedia

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   Cape-class patrol boat. HRP 2001 TT 160 kW (210 hp) bow thruster for high manoeuvrability. [1] The Cape class is a ship class of 22 large patrol boats operated by the Marine Unit of the Australian Border Force, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. Ordered in 2011, the vessels were built by Austal to replace ...

4. Cape Cod Bay - Wikipedia

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   Cape Cod Bay from a beach in Dennis. Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Measuring 604 square miles (1,560 km 2) below a line drawn from Brant Rock in Marshfield to Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, it is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County ...

5. Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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   A radioisotope thermoelectric generator ( RTG, RITEG ), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect. This type of generator has no moving parts and ...

6. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

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   Massachusett's multiple large bays that define its coastline, including Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, and Buzzards Bay, inspired its nickname, "The Bay State." Denja1/istockphoto.

7. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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   Electric generator. U.S. NRC image of a modern steam turbine generator (STG). In electricity generation, a generator[ 1] is a device that converts motion-based power ( potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power ( chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit. Sources of mechanical energy include steam turbines, gas ...