General name for a type of instrument which measures the inclination of the wind to the horizontal plane. See bivane.

This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.

Norwegian classification society.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A method of making silicon chips that results in low power consumption by the circuits.

This is when a load is sent in more than one consignment. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

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Distilled Water or Drill Water.

Literally "not wet", containing no liquid.

A steam boiler on a ship deck used to supply steam to deck machinery when the main boilers are shut down.

Suez Canal Authority

The indicating part of an instrument. For example, the hand of a watch or the meniscus of a mercury column.

International Cargo Advisory Bureau

An ideal substance that absorbs all radiation falling on it, and reflecting nothing.

A chronograph used to make a time-record of certain measured meteorological elements. The most common type, the triple register, records wind direction and speed, duration of sunshine, and amount of rainfall (sensed respectively by a contact anemometer, M ...

The act of striking or collision of a moving vessel against a stationary object.

Above the upper deck (above).

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A triangular topsail set above the mainsail in a gaff-rigged vessel.

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

Resting on the surface of the water.