The coupling of salaries and pensions etc to the retail price index in order to make sure that the.

A watch tackle (small, handy block and tackle for general use).

Department Of Energy

A positively charged ion that migrates through the electrolyte toward the cathode under the influence of a potential gradient. See also anion and ion.

Chart Of Account.

Power Take Off

A heat storage system that uses a heat storage medium, and where the additional or removal of heat results in a change in temperature.

A substance that produces depolarization.

The housing around a motor that supports the active parts and protects them. They come in different varieties (open, protected) depending on the degree of protection required.

(1) A cell, the emf of which is due to the potential difference between a metal in an active state and the same metal in a passive state. (2) A corrosion cell in which the anode is a metal in the active state and the cathode is the same metal in the passi ...

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

Loading Instrument

Slang name for the Q Flag. Also an old term for yellow fever.

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness,Response and Co-operation, IMO

A network of checks or cracks appearing on the surface.

The true freezing point of water. The temperature at which a mixture of air-saturated pure water and pure ice may exist in equilibrium at a pressure of one standard atmosphere.

An evaluation, according to set procedures, of those weather elements which are most important for aircraft operations. Always includes cloud height or vertical visibility, sky cover, visibility, obstructions to vision, certain atmospheric phenomena, and ...

Water Quality Insurance Syndicate

A sprocket wheel on the windlass for taking links of the chain cable.

A vessel with permanently installed cranes designed principally for lifting operations.