Composite Auxiliary Boiler Survey.

A device that measures the intensity of direct beam solar radiation.

A device for measuring sea-surface waves. It consists of a weighted pole below which a disk is suspended at a depth sufficiently deep for the wave motion associated with deepwater waves to be negligible. The pole will then remain nearly as if anchored to ...

(EBIT)Earnings before interest and tax. Calculated by taking the pre-tax profit of a company and adding.

The risk that the buyer or seller will not complete the contract in accordance with their contractual obligations.

A means to increase the thermal efficiency of a steam electric generating system by converting some waste heat from the condenser into electricity. The heat engine in a bottoming cycle would be a condensing turbine similar in principle to a steam turbine ...

In electroplating, a supplementary anode positioned so as to raise the current density on a certain area of the cathode and thus obtain better distribution of plating.

The unit of magnetic field intensity equal to 1 dyne per unit pole.

Water Quality Insurance Syndicate

That portion of the base metal that was not melted during brazing, cutting, or welding, but whose microstructure and mechanical properties were altered by the heat; Refers to area adjacent to a weld where the thermal cycle has coused microstructural chang ...

A group of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; a series of molecules composed of a hydrocarbon plus a hydroxyl group; includes methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol and others.

Any sudden and heavy rain, almost always of the shower type.

A column of burning combustion gases that are so hot and strong that the heat is lost up the chimney before it can be transferred to the house. A draft brings air to the fire to help keep it burning.

An annual publication that contains tidal information and information about the position of the sun, moon, planets and stars. This information is used for celestial navigation.

A compound used to make certain types of solar photovoltaic cells.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

To remove from a ship. To remove an item from its place.

Abbreviation for Instrument Flight Rules, but commonly used to refer to the weather and/or flight conditions to which these rules apply, i.e. low visibility.

A provider of venture capital, usually used in relation to backers of theatrical.

Fixed ports that do not open which are placed in the deck or cabin to admit light.