The transmission of electricity through power lines.

Bell used for striking the half hours of each watch.

A order to a broker to buy or sell the entire amount of the order in one transaction or not deal at.

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

An expression describing a sailing ship set with every sail she can carry.

The first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel next to the keel. In steel ships, the plating next to the keel, or what is known as strake A.

Energy output from a system that equals energy input.

See salt fog test.

In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the area of a turbine blade surface that first comes into contact with the wind.

A windlass or capstan drum.

The difference between the outgoing infrared terrestrial radiation of the earth's surface and the downcoming infrared counterradiation from the atmosphere.

An irrevocable letter issued for a specific amount; renews itself for the same amount over a given period.

Dihydrogen oxide, molecular formula H2O.

Surface discoloration of a metal caused by formation of a thin film of corrosion product.

All orders in a floor broker's possession that have not yet been.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...

Letters, numbers, and other symbols placed on cargo packages to facilitate identification. Also known as marks.

These lights use an electrically heated filament to produce light in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb.

An empty wine bottle after its contents have been drunk.

A galvanic cell resulting from inhomogeneities between areas on a metal surface in an electrolyte. The inhomogeneities may be of physical or chemical nature in either the metal or its environment.