Particles of foreign material in a metallic matrix. The particles are usually compounds (such as oxides, sulfides, or silicates), but may be of any substance that is foreign to (and essentially insoluble in) the matrix.

A pension plan in which benefits are dependent on contributions to and the growth of the pension.

IMO performance standard for ECDIS

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

Nickname for a ship's cooper.

A coil of tungsten wire suspended in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb. When heated by electricity the tungsten "filament" glows.

The total rate from the point of origin to final destination.

The maximum repeated stress that can he endured by a metal without failure under definite conditions of corrosion and fatigue and for a specific number of stress cycles and a specified period of time.

A unit of 1,000 bars of pressure.

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 ...

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

A vessel designed for the transport of people or goods from one place to another on a regular schedule.

In railcar or container shipments, the weight of the empty railcar or empty container.

Month

Alternating current is carried by conductors and a ground to residential, commercial, or industrial consumers. The waveform of the phase power appears as a single continuous sine wave at the system frequency whose amplitude is the rated voltage of the pow ...

A list of navigational lights arranged in geographical order, giving the position and characteristics.

A boat owner's private pennant.

Said to weigh.

Said of anchor when it is under ship's forefoot, and cable is nearly up and down.

A mortgage which guarantees the interest rate charged will not rise above a certain level. But it.