Collision RegulationsInternational Convention on Collision Regulations (IMO)

The recognized abbreviation for the International Chamber of Commerce Terms of Sale. These terms were last amended, effective July 1, 1990.

Capacity of a soil or other surface to be penetrated by water sinking into the ground under the force of gravity. It thus expresses the rate of percolation.

Most ocean freight is billed on the basis of weight or measurement tons (W/M). Weight tons can be expressed in short tons of 2000 pounds, long tons of 2240 pounds or metric tons of 1000 kilos (2204.62 pounds). Measurement tons are usually expressed as car ...

The distance or length of flow of the air past a point during a given interval of time.

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The change in the measured transducer output caused by changes in ambient temperature. Usually expressed a percentage of full scale.

See Gunwhale

The action of letting go the sheets of a sailing vessel, thus spilling the wind and reducing the forward motion of the boat.

An instrument for measuring solar radiation.

Nautical equivalent of ceiling

An instrument which measures combined direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation. See pyrheliometer, Robitzsch actinograph. solarimeter. See also albedometer.

Two or more people owning property. In the event of the death of one of the tenants, the property.

The overlapping of wooden planks, used to form the outer surface of a boat's hull.

Salt Water Departure Draft

Tendency of an environment to cause corrosion in a given corrosion system.

Modification of a corrosion system so that corrosion damage is mitigated.

A type of instrument shelter. It is a wooden box painted white with double louvered sides and mounted on a stand four feet above the ground.

An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure in inches or millibars of mercury

The ratio of the output of an instrument to the input value, i.e. a rain gauge with a sensitivity of 1 tip per 0.01"