The name Chloe is of Greek origin. The meaning of Chloe is young green shoot, blooming. Chloe is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Klo-ee.
ballast - any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; coal is a hard black material; wheat is the stuff they use to make bread.
ballast factor (BF) - The ratio of the light output of a fluorescent lamp or lamps operated on a ballast to the light output of the lamp(s) operated on a standard (reference) ballast. Ballast factor depends on both the ballast and the lamp type; a single ballast can have several ballast factors depending on lamp type.