International Maritime Pilot's Association. Located in Belgium, but mostly managed from the Netherlands.

An option which can be exercised at any time until expiry (unlike European style options which can.

A device that moves and/or circulates air and provides ventilation for a room or a building.

The current density, often referred to as limiting current density, that corresponds to the maximum transfer rate that a particular species can sustain because of the limitation of diffusion.

Physical equipment used in data processing. Compare to firmware, software.

Offshore Northern Seas Conference

A class of instruments employed to determine the electric potential at a point in the atmosphere, and ultimately the atmospheric electric field.

The partial derivative of the total electrochemical free energy of a constituent with respect to the number of moles of this constituent where all factors are kept constant. It is analogous to the chemical potential of a constituent except that it include ...

Pertaining to the body-centered cubic crystal structure (BCC) of many ferrous (iron-base) metals.

In the Far East, a warehouse where goods are stored and delivered.

Standard pressure and temperature. See standard air.

The factor, when multiplied by the monthly degree-days, that yields the monthly space heating load.

A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud, usually running parallel to the shore. Bars are caused by wave and current action, and may not be shown on a chart

The process by which events in the real world are translated into machine-readable signals.

Small bulldozer used to go over bulk cargoes.

International Transport Workers Federation

Thermometer used for measuring the highest temperature attained during a given interval of time, for example, a day.

Less than Container Load

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

In reference to solar energy systems, the angle at which direct sunlight strikes a surface; the angle between the direction of the sun and the perpindicular to the surface. Sunlight with an incident angle of 90 degrees tends to be absorbed, while lower an ...