Category of bulk carrier 100.000-180.00DWT so called she is too large to pass Suez and Panama Canals.

Planned Maintenance System

The operation of bringing two lines together; term also applied to other objects.

A signboard attached to a daybeacon to convey navigational information presenting one of several standard shapes (square, triangle, rectangle) and colors (red, green, orange, yellow, or black). Daymarks usually have reflective material indicating the sha ...

Composite Meter Factor

Independent Tank, Common

in folklore, a name for fire.

An experimental technique where by an electrode is maintained at a constant current in an electrolyte.

A payment made by investors for new shares. The term would apply to payments made when a company.

Estonia (flag).

A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.

A solar energy conversion device that uses a trough covered with a highly reflective surface to focus sunlight onto a linear absorber containing a working fluid that can be used for medium temperature space or process heat or to operate a steam turbine fo ...

The center plank on a wooden deck.

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

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International School for Inspectors of Petroleum

Equal to gross generation less electricity consumption of a power plant.

The maximum instantaneous wind speed (or velocity) that occurs within a specific period of time or interval.

The depth below which the ground is saturated with water. No water table exists if the ground water is confined by an overlying impermeable stratum, as in the case of artesian ground water.

Depositing filler metal on a surfsae by welding, spraying, or braze welding to increase resistance to abrasion, erosion, wear, galling. impact, or cavitation damage.