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Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel.Large tanker, often without propulsion of her own, staying in a fixed position to process and store oil awaiting to be loaded on another vessel. In July 1999 the largest one was the 'Girassol built by Hyun ...

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A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

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To reeve and secure a stopper (hold a strain on a line while transferring it).

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OOD

Navy term meaning Officer of the deck.

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A type of term assurance in which, following the death of the life assured, instalments, rather than.

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A measure of the amount of light incident on a surface; measured in foot-candles or Lux.

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A term previously given to the most actively traded shares on the London Stock Exchange along with.

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Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

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Any twelve-month period, usually selected to begin and end during a relative dry season. Used a basis for processing streamflow and other hydrologic data. The period from October 1 to September 30 is widely used in the U.S.

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The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

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A motorlike device containing a rotor and a stator and capable of converting an angular position into an electrical signal, or an electrical signal into an angular position. When several synchros are correctly connected, all of the rotors will align thems ...

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Master of a sea-going vessel. Certificated officer competent and qualified to be master of a sea-going vessel.

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"NiCd" refers to a battery that contains nickel cadmium as its chemical base; other abbreviations include "NiCad" and "Nicad." It is the first type of portable rechargeable battery produced and is still widely in use in power tools and cameras. ...

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Embrittlement resulting from bombardment with neutrons, usually encountered in metals that have been exposed to a neutron flux in the core of a reactor. In steels, neutron embrittlement is evidenced by a rise in the ductile-to-brittle transition temperatu ...

Shares which entitle the holder to receive the capital appreciation from a split capital.

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A type of long term bond (loan), taken out by a company, which it agrees to repay at a specified.

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Magnetic variation. The difference, east or west, between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle. Magnetic variation varies in different geographic locations.

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Sailing close hauled. Sailing toward the wind as much as possible with the wind coming from the bow.

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(1) A chemical substance or mixture, usually liquid, containing ions that migrate in an electric field. (2) A chemical compound or mixture of compounds which when molten or in solution will conduct an electric current.3.A nonmetallic (liquid or solid) con ...

The highest level of cube utilization that can be achieved when loading cargo into a container.

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