Same as instrument shelter.

The highest continuous deck which runs the full length of the ship without a fall or interruption.

Arrival at land

The theoretical price at which a futures contract should trade to be equivalent to the purchase.

Performing a chromate treatment

Indian Ocean Region (INMARSAT)

A thermometer with a muslin-covered bulb which is moistened. used to measure wet-bulb temperature.

Any of the elements of the halogen family, consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine.

Transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container leaves a rail or water terminal.

Stock in companies whose profits move in a cyclical manner, normally in phase with the economy. .

(1) The relationship between the current density at a point on a surface and its distance from the counter electrode. The greater the ratio of the surface resistivity shown by the electrode reaction to the volume resistivity of the electrolyte, the better ...

Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

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

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

An architectural design (also known as the double envelope house), sometimes called a "house-within-a-house," that employs a double envelope with a continuous airspace of at least 6 to 12 inches on the north wall, south wall, roof, and floor, achieved by ...

The top of a mast.

Where meals are eaten

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

The processes that a work input/output system undergoes and in which the initial and final states are identical.