Tanker, Liquefied Flammable Gases.

A chemical compound with one or more carboxyl radicals (COOH) in its structure; examples are butyric acid, CH3(CH2)2COOH; maleic acid, HOOCCH-CHCOOH; and benzoic acid, C6H5COOH.

Installations character for RAdio Installations.

The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.

Defense Transportation System.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

Continuous Liner

The length of the boat at the waterline.

Forming an adherent phosphate coating on a metal by immersion in a suitable aqueous phosphate solution. Also called phosphatizing. See also conversion coating.

Owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. The term is also used to refer to the vessels.

A device that captures the heat from the exhaust air from a building and transfers it to the supply/fresh fresh air entering the building to preheat the air and increase overall heating efficiency.

A space heating device that burns pellets; are more efficient, clean burning, and easier to operate relative to conventional cord wood burning appliances.

Central Dredging Association

At a considerable distance.

A building design that uses structural elements of a building to heat and cool a building, without the use of mechanical equipment, which requires careful consideration of the local climate and solar energy resource, building orientation, and landscape fe ...

An electrolytic cell, the electromotive force of which is caused by a difference in concentration of some component in the electrolyte. This difference leads to the formation of discrete cathode and anode regions.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

Character of main propulsion machinery assigned to a ship having classification character NS.

A recording weight barometer.

A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay; a foresail