A corporate restructuring in which one part of a company is spun off as a new company, often.

Communications Quality Improvement Team.

River and Harbour Service.

An equation that expresses the exact electromotive force of a cell in terms of the activities of products and reactants of the cell.

A measure of the efficiency of an appliance's energy efficiency.

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

(1) In good condition. (2) To adjust to proper shape or size.

A type of cloud height indicator which uses a searchlight to project vertically a narrow beam of light onto the cloud base. The height of the cloud is determined using a clinometer, located at a known distance from the ceiling light, to measure the angle ...

Confined Space Safety Practices.

International Underwiting Association

"Li-Ion" and "LiPo" batteries refer to lithium ion and lithium polymer respectively. They are the latest versions of rechargeable battery and produce three times the voltage of a nickel battery and last three times as long. They are widely used in cell ph ...

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution; The negative logarithm of the hydrogen-ion activity; it denotes the degree of acidity or basicity of a solution. At 25

Real Time Kinematic GPS

Cement Carrier.

A propeller that can have the pitch of its blade changed to reduce drag when not in use.

Energy supplied during periods of relatively high system demands as specified by the supplier.

A navigational aid with a light that flashes about once per second.

The foremost sail; a triangular shaped foresail forward of the foremast.

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A standard code used to represent data using 8 bits per character.

A life-threatening condition where there is loss of body heat; the greatest danger for anyone in the water. As the body loses its heat, body functions slow down, and this can quickly lead to death.