Navigable channel.

(1) The distance that the wind and sea has to travel over open water unimpeded by land; the longer the fetch, generally the higher the waves. (2) Also to reach someplace, especially in adverse conditions. When sailing close-hauled, being able to arrive at ...

An object used as a reference point while navigating.

A unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a difference of 1 Volt when it is charged by one coulomb of electricity.

An order meaning sufficient (enough).

A vector term which includes both wind speed and wind direction.

In general, any object that reflects incident energy. Usually it is a device designed for specific reflection characteristics.

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

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

The total area drained by a river and its tributaries. Same as river basin.

Service

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

(cash against documents) or D/P (documents against payment) or D/P (documents against payment)

Fuel gas with a heating value of between 200 and 300 Btu per cubic foot.

A profile of how the wind speed changes with height above the surface of the ground or water.

Name given to the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI). Equal to 1 newton/meter2 or 0.01 millibar.

The range of operating conditions within which a device is designed to operate and for which operating influences are stated. See operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

Electromagnetic radiation lying within the wavelength interval to which the human eye is sensitive, the spectral interval from approximately 0.4 to 0.7 microns (4000 to 7000 angstroms). Bounded on the short-wavelength end by ultraviolet radiation and on t ...

Embrittlement resulting from bombardment with neutrons, usually encountered in metals that have been exposed to a neutron flux in the core of a reactor. In steels, neutron embrittlement is evidenced by a rise in the ductile-to-brittle transition temperatu ...

A line used for suspending articles.