A common type of terrestrial scintillation; shimmering over a hot surface (such as a roadway) on a quiet, cloudless. summer day.

A instrument designed to study small fluctuations of some quantity. The microbarograph is an example of a recording pressure variometer.

To repair, clean or paint the hull.

International Marine Contractors Association

Ability of a metal to withstand corrosion in a given corrosion system.

A small portable compass.

A general term for instruments designed to measure the amount of cloudiness.

Restricted Service in Republic of Cape Verde.

A device for furnishing fresh air to compartments below deck or exhausting foul air. Construction designed to lead air below decks. May have a cowl, which can be angled into or away from the wind; and may be constructed with baffles, so that water is not ...

An accelerated corrosion test for some electrodeposits for anodic coatings on aluminum.

When the water has large or breaking waves in stormy conditions.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule

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 ...

When one listed company bids for another company (listed or private), and offers to pay in three.

Inter-Island Sevice in Solomon.

To leave a ship without authority (deserting).

An absolute pyhrliometer, developed by C.G. Abbott, in which the radiation-sensing element is a blackened water-calorimeter.

Loss of carbon from the surface layer of a carbon-containing alloy due to reaction with one or more chemical substances in a medium that contacts the surface. See also dealloying.

(1) The initial component or the sensing element of a measuring system. For example, the receiver of a rain gauge is the funnel which captures the rain and the receiver of a thermoelectric thermometer is the measuring thermocouple. (2) An instrument used ...

The number of days from the shipment date that the seller is allowed to present documents to the advising or issuing bank under a Letter of Credit. It is normally 21 days, although it can be shorter.