A machine designed to drop and hoist the anchor. It has one or more cable lifters mounted on a horizontal shaft, each being fitted with a brake. The cable lifters are capable of being declutched from the prime mover. One or two warping ends may also be fi ...

The current flowing to or from a unit area of an electrode surface, generally expressed as amps per sq ft or milliamperes per sq ft (also milliamps per sq cm, etc).

Is a measure of the rate of change of viscosity with temperature. Oils with high VI have low viscosity changes.

Also VMG. Actual boat speed after adjusting for such factors as current and leeway.

Gross tonnage is the basis on which manning rules and safety regulations are applied, and registration fees are reckoned. Port fees are also often reckoned on the basis of GT and NT. GT and NT are defined according to formulas which take account, among ot ...

A compartment having a watertight bulkhead at each end.

A building energy auditing technique used to determine and/or locate air leaks in a building shell or envelope.

A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.

A hypothetical, ideal body which absorbs completely all incident radiation. independent of wavelength and direction. No actual substance behaves as a true black body, although platinum black and other soots rather closely approximate this ideal. However, ...

In physics, any process in which the flux density (or power, amplitude, intensity, illuminance, etc.) of a "parallel beam" of energy decreases with increasing distance from the source. Attenuation is always due to the action of the transmitting medium its ...

A radiosonde whose carrier wave is modulated by audio-frequency signals whose frequency is controlled by the sensing elements of the instrument.

The part of a measuring instrument which responds directly to changes in the environment.

The maximum possible voltage across a photovoltaic cell; the voltage across the cell in sunlight when no current is flowing.

(Delivered Ex Quay, [Duty Paid]) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale which means the DDU term has been fulfilled when the goods have been available to the buyer on the quay (wharf) at the named port of destination, cleared for importation. The s ...

The selective attack of one or more components of a solid solution alloy; eg. dezincification, dealumination etc. See dealloying.

See inhibitor

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

The prescribed level of pollutants allowed in outside or indoor air as established by legislation.

Less than Container Load

A small rail on tables and counters used to keep objects from sliding off when the vessel rolls and pitches.