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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 ...

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

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To store a yacht away on land for the winter

Category:Sea Words

General name for an instrument which measures the earth's magnetic field intensity.

Category:Meteorology

The ability of a building construction assembly (partition, wall, floor, etc.) to resist the passage of fire. The rating is expressed in hours.

Category:Energy Terms

The process in which a solid fuel is converted into a gas; also known as pyrolitic distillation or pyrolysis. Production of a clean fuel gas makes a wide variety of power options available.

Category:Energy Terms

A refined petroleum product suitable for use as a fuel in internal combustion engines.

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Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

Category:Sea Words

Where meals are eaten

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Float On / Float Off

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PWS

Prince William Sound

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A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors.

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The record of an aneroid barograph.

Category:Meteorology

A device that tracks the movement of the sun; used to orient solar concentrating systems.

Category:Energy Terms

The rate of heat production by a steady current in any part of an electrical circuit that is proportional to the resistance and to the square of the current, or, the internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on its temperature.

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DSS

Decision support system

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A call requesting direction in answer to the report of a lookout that an object has been sighted.

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The purchase of a put with a high strike price against the sale of a put with a lower strike price.

Category:Financial Terms

The process of managing the consumption of energy, generally to optimize available and planned generation resources.

Category:Energy Terms

The path followed by electrons from a generation source, through an electrical system, and returning to the source.

Category:Energy Terms