For the purpose of the Code all sound which can result in hearing impairment, or which can be harmful to health or be otherwise dangerous.

A building structural element that is built onto a building's exterior along the inner edges of all the windows, and extending from the ground to the eaves. Wingwalls help ventilate rooms that have only one exterior wall which leads to poor cross ventilat ...

The American central banking system which comprises 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, their.

The correct term for what most people call the 'average'. Often shortened to.

Freight that has not been called for or picked up by the consignee or owner.

This is a factor expressing deviation of a gas from perfect gas laws.

The report produced by a firm of Chartered Accountants which is part of a company's annual Report.

See gaseous corrosion.

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The behavior of perfect gases, or mixtures thereof, follows a set of laws. Boyle' law, Charle's law, Amonton's law, Dalton's law, Amagat's law, Avogadro's law, Poisson's law.

Fittings on the mast to which the forestay and shrouds attach.

A unit of energy equal to 101 ergs or to 0.2389 calories.

A reflecting type telescope with a 45

Transfer Of Class Agreement (IACS)

Inter-Island Service in the Philippines area.

Abbreviation for visual flight rules, but commonly used to refer to the relatively favorable weather and/or flight conditions to which these rules apply.

An electricity supplier rate structure in which the per unit price of electricity decreases as the amount of energy increases. Normally only available to very large consumers.

A black finish on a metal produced by immersing it in hot oxidizing salts or salt solutions.

(1) As a command, it means to go in the direction indicated, e.g., "Lay foward" (go up) or "Lay alow!" (come down). (2) Of a line or rope, it refers to the direction in which the strands are twisted. (3) Lay the course: able to fetch a given point when cl ...

To bring a sailing vessel head to the wind or as close to it as possible in high seas, maintaining a slight forward motion.