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

A type of electric generator that produces alternating current that matches an existing power source.

The total cost of production divided by the total quantity produced.

Winds from the four cardinal points of the compass; that is, north, east, south, and west winds.

The process by which a third party, usually a bank guarantees the undertaking of the drawee to meet their responsibility under a Bill of Exchange. The words "Per Aval" and the signature of the avalizing (guarantor) party must be written on the Bill. ...

Length of rope whose ends are joined together so that it forms a loop.

A description or explanation of the manner in which the height of the ceiling is determined, i.e. aircraft ceiling, balloon ceiling. estimated ceiling, indefinite ceiling, measured ceiling, precipitation ceiling.

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Norwegian classification society.

A large circular ocean current.

Bareboat (Method of chartering of the ship leaving the charterer with almost all the responsibilities of the owner.)

(Adverb) Today - In our days. I.e Nowadays most ships produce their own fresh water in an evaporator fed with sea water and using the heat of the engine.

A surface weather observation, made at periodic times, of sky cover, state of the sky, cloud height, atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level, temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction. amount of precipitation, hydrometeors and lithometeors. and s ...

The purchase of additional shares in a company when the price has fallen.

A device that converts the mechanical energy of rotation into electricity based on electromagnetic induction. An electric voltage (electromotive force) is induced in a conducting loop (or coil) when there is a change in the number of magnetic field lines ...

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

Finite Element Method

A member of the ship's crew.

The relationship which the return on a stock has with the return on the market as a whole, often.

A clock-driven device for recording the time of occurrence of an event or the time interval between the occurrence of events.