The legal liability of two or more people for claims against or debts incurred by them jointly. If.

The arrangement, proportion, and design of windows in a building.

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

A signboard attached to a daybeacon to convey navigational information presenting one of several standard shapes (square, triangle, rectangle) and colors (red, green, orange, yellow, or black). Daymarks usually have reflective material indicating the sha ...

An instrument which measures the effective terrestrial radiation. See Angstrom pyrgeometer.

Gross Tons

ISM International Safety Management Code (ISM Code)

A professional person qualified to give advice to clients regarding investments such as life.

A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

Small trading vessel also used for exploration. Three-masted, being square-rigged on the two forward masts, and having a lateen rigged mizzen mast. Christopher Colmbus' small squadron, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina, were all Caravels, as were Magellan' ...

A line led to a sail, but is not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. Usually the working and lazy sheets change when the boat is tacked.

An apparatus consisting of a small, polished, stainless steel cup placed in a container into which is passed the sample gas. The temperature of the polished surface is lowered by immersing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) in an acetone solution contained in ...

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

An economic situation in which there is a general fall in the level of.

Cargo containing shipments of two or more shippers or suppliers. Containerload shipments may be consolidated for one or more consignees.

A type of turbine in which combusted, pressurized gas is directed against a series of blades connected to a shaft, which forces the shaft to turn to produce mechanical energy.

A unit of pressure for a fluid, commonly used in water pumping and hydropower to express height a pump must lift water, or the distance water falls. Total head accounts for friction head losses, etc.

The wind speed and direction at various levels in the atmosphere above the level reached by surface weather observations.