A method of preventing the ends of a line from unlaying or fraying by turns of small stuff, stout twine or seizing wire with the ends tucked.

Space between the floor of holds and the bottom of the ship.

A period prior to the detection of corrosion while the metal is in contact with a corrodent.

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

Computer Assisted Search Planning system.

Non-Governmental Organization.

See gaseous corrosion.

Turbulence encountered by aircraft when flying through air space devoid of clouds. Thermals and wind shear are the main causes.

Condensation which occurs when a ship sails from a cool to a relatively warm climate.

A generic term for liquefied and pressurized gas, ordinarily butane, propane, or a mixture of the two, contained in a cylinder for domestic use.

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

Interational thermometric scale on which the freezing point of water equals 0

Wind with a speed between 7 and 10 knots (8 and 12 mph), Beaufort scale number 3.

International Chamber of Commerce

The difference between temperature measurements taken at two significant levels above the ground. Temperatures at 10 and 40 meters are commonly used.

The ship's water closet (toilet or wash-room). The upper edge of a quadrilateral sail.

A term indicating a temperature relationship between two temperatures or temperature variation between two points.

(1) The amount of any substance dissolved or deposited in electrolysis is proportional to the total electric charge passed. (2) The amounts of different substances dissolved or deposited by the passage of the same electric charge are proportional to their ...

The development of slight breaks in a coating that do not penetrate to the underlying surface.