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(1) Injection of air or water under high pressure through a tube to the anode area for the purpose of purging the annular space and possibly correcting high resistance caused by gas blocking. (2) In connection with boilers or cooling towers, the process o ...

A holding pond for livestock manure that is designed to anaerobically stabilize manure, and may be designed to capture biogas, with the use of an impermeable, floating cover.

Category:Energy Terms

Embrittlement of alloy steels caused by holding within or cooling slowly through a temperature range just below the transformation range. Embrittlement is the result of the segregation at grain boundaries of impurities such as arsenic, antimony, phosphoru ...

Also known as a steaming light. The masthead light is a white light that is visible for an arc extending across the forward 225

Category:Sea Words

Waste Heat Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

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To drive before a gale, with no sail, or only enough to keep the vessel ahead of the sea. Also, low, thin clouds that fly swiftly before the wind.

Category:Sea Words

A type of vertical-axis wind machine that has long, thin blades in the shape of loops connected to the top and bottom of the axle; often called an "eggbeater windmill."

Category:Energy Terms

A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.

Category:Sea Words

An automatic, recording cloud height indicator.

Category:Meteorology

Eye

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

Category:Sea Words

A confirming document from a company that newly issued shares have been allotted to an.

Category:Financial Terms

A technique commonly used to prepare metallographic specimens, in which a high polish is produced by making the specimen the anode in an electrolytic cell, where preferential dissolution at high points smooths the surface.

FXX

FXX Radio transmission designator.Frequency modulation of main carrier other than F1B, F3E and frequency modulation facsimile.(ALRS)

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

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If Used, Half Time Actually to Count

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LVA

Latvia(flag).

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(Galvanic Corrosion) Corrosion resulting from dissimilar metal contact.

RBS

Recreational Boating Safety.

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A journey made at sea by a vessel, usually including both the outbound and homebound passages.

Category:Sea Words

Any process whereby a base metal or alloy is either (1) coated with another metal or alloy and heated to a sufficient temperature in a suitable environment or (2) exposed to a gaseous or liquid medium containing the other metal or alloy, thus causing diff ...