The transfer of heat through a material by the transfer of kinetic energy from particle to particle; the flow of heat between two materials of different temperatures that are in direct physical contact.

A change in any part of the corrosion system caused by corrosion.

National Labor Relations Board

The inside center strand of rope.

See: 'day.

A boat that has rolled so that she is lying on her side or even rolled completely over (can be caused by a sudden gust or squall). A boat with appropriate ballast should right herself after being knocked down.

An empirical curve relating stream discharge or stage at a point on a stream to discharge or stage at one or more upstream points and, possibly. to other parameters. Also called stage relation.

Maintaining position over the ground when underway in a river or tidal stream.

Marine Cranking Amps: MCA The amount of amps a battery can deliver at 32°F.

An instrument used to indicate wind direction.

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, ...

An instrument which determines the black-body temperature of a substance by measuring its thermal radiation.

A ported or closed cover for the end of a filter element.

A substance(s) or pollutant emitted as a result of a process.

A clock-driven instrument mounting which automatically and continuously points in the direction of the sun. It is used with a pyrheliometera,hen continuous direct solar radiation measurements are required.

A general term used to imply that a part in service (1) has become completely inoperable, (2) is still operable but is incapable of satisfactorily performing its intended function, or (3) has deteriorated seriously, to the point that it has become unrelia ...

Construction Reserve Fund.

The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from 0.4 to 0.76 microns

On square-rigged ships, the lines which are lead from the masthead to the ends of the yards to support them.

The original name for the left side of the vessel when facing forward. The name was changed to Port to avoid any confusion with starboard, the right side of the vessel when facing forward.