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

Float On / Float Off

Assets, purchased as a long term investment for generating profit, such as buildings, plant and.

Close Circuit Tele Video. Method of inspecting the underwater part of the ship while recording a Video at the same time.

Gross Domestic Product: The total value of goods and services produced by a nation over a given period, usually 1 year.

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 solar thermal collector that has an absorber that does not have a glazed covering. Solar swimming pool heater systems usually use unglazed collectors because they circulate relatively large volumes of water through the collector and capture nearly 80 pe ...

Generally, an instrument designed to measure or estimate the blueness of the sky. See Linke-scale.

A professional person qualified to give clients financial planning.

A method of docking with a boat's stern to the dock.

A strategy in options trading in which an option is purchased at an exercise price above that of the.

A white disk 12" or more in diameter which is lowered into the sea to estimate transparency of the water. The depths are noted at which it first disappears when lowered and reappears when raised.

A movement of equipment from an origin rail ramp to a destination rail ramp only.

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 ...

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

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 photometer that measures the received intensity of a distance tight source.

The phenomenon leading to fracture under repeated or fluctuating stresses having a maximum value less than the tensile strength of the material. Fatigue fractures are progressive and grow under the action of the fluctuating stress.

The relative ability of a ferrous alloy to form martensite when quenched from a temperature above the upper critical temperature. Hardenability is commonly measured as the distance below a quenched surfsce at which the metal exhibits a specific hardness ( ...

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