Same as windsock.

A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down.

Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

Used to describe an option that is unlikely to go into-the-money prior to.

The air compressor continues to run, usually at full RPM, but no air is delivered because the inlet is either closed off or modified, not allowing inlet air to be trapped.

A grooved metal extrusion fitted on a forestay and used to secure the luff of a sail by holding its bolt rope in place.

A cell developed in an electrolyte resulting from electrical contact between two dissimilar metals. See galvanic corrosion.

The area between the layers of glazing (panes) of a window.

The ratio of the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected by a body to the amount incipient upon it, commonly expressed as a percentage. The albedo is to be distinguished from the reflectivity, which refers to one specific wavelength.

An indentation of the coastline between two headlands.

Environmental Protection Agency.

Navigable channel.

Electrolytic pickling in which the work is the cathode.

Any light source designed specifically to direct light a task or work performed by a person or machine.

(1) Old nickname for a sailor, who would treat his canvas coats and hats with tar as a protection against the weather. (2) The distilled residue of gum extracted from pine trees, used for preserving many things.

A thin metal disc partially evacuated of air used to measure atmospheric pressure by measuring its expansion and contraction.

The motion of air relative to a body in it.

see Peak Power

(AITC)An association formed in 1932 to represent the interests of investment trust companies. Its main.

An order meaning sufficient (enough).