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An order to cease (stop).

Category:Sea Words

A winch, frequently unpowered, having rope storage capacity and used for topping and lowering a derrick boom while the boom is unloaded and for supporting it while it is supporting a load.

Category:Technical Terms

The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.

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Money, in the form of notes and coins, which constitutes payment for goods at the time of.

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Despatch. Time saved, reward for quick turnaround- in dry cargo only

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SLF

Subcommittee on Stability Loadlines and Fishing Vessel Safety (IMO)

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

Category:Financial Terms

A furnace/combustion chamber in which finely ground fuel is blown in spirals in the combustion chamber to maximize combustion efficiency.

Category:Energy Terms

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

Category:Sea Words

In financial services, the period after signing a contract during which customers are entitled to.

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A power supply which achieves its output regulation by means of one or more active power handling devices which are alternately placed in the "off" or "on" states. It is more efficient than linear supplies which vary the conduction of power devices to ach ...

Category:Meteorology

The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, taken as the highest point on any of the runways of the airport. Same as airport elevation.

Category:Meteorology

A statement of the electric rate(s), terms, and conditions for electricity sale or supply.

Category:Energy Terms

A temperature-sensing element which converts thermal energy directly into electrical energy. In its basic form it consists of two dissimilar metallic conductors connected in a closed loop. Each junction forms a thermocouple. If one thermocouple is maintai ...

Category:Meteorology

Gap

When the stock market opens above or below the close on the previous day, this is known as a.

Category:Financial Terms

A device that releases pressure within a radiator when the pressure inside exceeds the operating limits of the vent.

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In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

Category:Meteorology

That portion of the polarization of a cell produced by concentration changes resulting from passage of' current through the electrolyte.

The number of degrees of list a vessel has. The first indication that a vessel may need to reef is when there is too great an angle of heel.

Category:Sea Words

In the US, a reputable stock with a record of consistently high dividend payments to.

Category:Financial Terms