International Commercial Terms

A guarantee issued by a bank, on behalf of a seller to a buyer, to support the sellers ability to perform under the contract. If the seller fails to perform in accordance with the contract the buyer can claim compensation under the guarantee.

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.

Tanker Chemicals type III.

A short oar. To scull, is to impel a boat by one oar at the stern.

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To disconnect a transmission and/or distribution line; a power line that is not carrying a current; to open a circuit.

The conversion of biomass into a gas, by biogasification (see above) or thermal gasification, in which hydrogen is produced from high-temperature gasifying and low-temperature pyrolysis of biomass.

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of 4 to 400 nanometers.

The simultaneous purchase and sale of two different, but closely related, securities to take.

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A receptacle which serves to store compressed air for heavy demands in excess of compressor capacity.

The relative humidity above which the atmospheric corrosion rate of some metals increases sharply.

A mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface is larger in area than the upper surface. The basic construction of a cistern barometer is as follows: A glass tube one meter in length, sealed at one end is filled with mercury, and then inverted. Th ...

Sailing close-hauled

Captain Of The Port

(ACT)Tax payable by companies on dividend payments up to 5th April 1999 which was offset against the.

An instrument for recording ocean waves. Most recorders are designed for recording wind waves, that is waves of periods up to about 25 seconds, but some are designed to record waves of longer periods such as tsunamis or tides.

Corrosion with gas as the only corrosive agent and without any aqueous phase on the surface of the metal. Also called dry corrosion.