The Importer who applies to an issuing bank for a Letter of Credit, or a Guarantee/Bond

The purpose for which useful energy or work is consumed.

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Defense Logistics Agency

An electrode in an electrolytic cell that is not mechanically connected to the power supply, but is so placed in the electrolyte, between the anode and cathode, that the part nearer the anode becomes cathodic and the part nearer the cathode becomes anodic ...

The negative pole or electrode of an electrolytic cell, vacuum tube, etc., where electrons enter (current leaves) the system; the opposite of an anode.

Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area.

Clouds which cover between 6/10 and 9/10 of the sky. See Sky Terminology.

(See MALL.)

General term for an instrument which records the vertical electric current in the atmosphere.

A loop or hole which is spliced or tied on the end of a line

(1) Burning or corrosive. (2) A hydroxide of a light metal, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.

An instrument resulting from the combination of a thermograph and a hygrograph and furnishing, on the same chart, simultaneous time recording of ambient temperature and humidity.

A method of preventing oxidation of the exposed metal in structures by imposing between the structure and the ground a small electrical voltage.

To sail against the prevailing wind and seas.

Little or no wind and flat seas

A short strut on a mast angled forward at about 45

The line that controls the angle of the mainsail in its relation to the wind.

International Hydrographic Bureau

A barometer which measures atmospheric pressure using one or a series of aneroid capsules. Also called holosteric barometer.