A wind shift that allows a boat to sail above its mean wind course.

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

A filter unit that combines three principles to filter out oil aerosols: 1) Direct interception - A sieving action, 2) Inertial impaction - Collision with filter media fibers, 3) Diffusion -Particles travel in a spiral motion, presenting an effective fron ...

Aging under conditions of time and temperature greater than those required to obtain maximum change in a certain property, so that the property is altered in the direction of the initial value.,/dd>

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

An endowment plan which carries an option at maturity for the proceeds to be paid in the form of a.

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.

Sailing beyond a racing mark or buoy whereby you sail a greater distance

A tube designed to measure the rate of flow of fluids. It consists of a tube having a constriction or throat at its midsection. The difference between the pressure measured at the inlet and at the throat is a function of the fluid velocity. Compare to Pit ...

The eutectic of the iron-carbon system, the constituents of which are austenite and cementite. The austenite decomposes into ferrite and cementite on cooling below the temperature at which transformation of austenite to ferrite or ferrite plus cementite i ...

Hoist or haul in the anchor.

A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.

The quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of a specific mass of a substance by one degree.

A curve showing the variation of temperature with height in the free air. See lapse rate.

The effect of cooling by the radiation of heat from a building to the night sky.

A market in which sellers outnumber buyers and where the trend of share prices is consequently a.

The theory that certain days of the week, weeks of the month, and months of the year are more.

Routine broadcast of meteorological information for aircraft in flight.

An outflow of funds from an account with a bank or financial institution. For example: When a.

A seal used to prevent the leakage of fluids, and also maintain the pressure in an enclosure.