See: 'cancellation.

Working Party on Stability Subdivision and Load Lines (IACS)

The depth of water that would result from the melting of snow or ice, assuming measurement on a horizontal surface and no infiltration or evaporation.

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.

Material Safety Data sheets. Detailed Information about the dangerous products carried.

The ability of a non-water-soluble fluid to form an emulsion with water.

A charted feature or chosen position on a chart

In a thermodynamic system of several constituents, the rate of change of the Gibbs function of the system with respect to the change in the number of moles of a particular constituent.

To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.

The potential of an electrode in an electrolyte as measured against a reference electrode. The electrode potential does not include any resistance losses in potential in either the solution or external circuit. It represents the reversible work to move a ...

The government department which collects customs and excise duties and.

Tanker Vegetable and Animal Oils.

The consolidation of a quantity of individual items into one large shipping unit for easier handling.- Loading one or more large items of cargo onto a single piece of equipment, such as a pallet.

A type of water heater that has no storage tank thus eliminating storage tank standby losses. Cold water travels through a pipe into the unit, and either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water only when needed.

The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.

An instrument for measuring solar radiation.

A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the voltage is the same across the terminals. The positive reference direction for each resistor current is down through the resistor with the same voltage across each resistor.

Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers An association formed in 1990 to represent the interests of stockbroking and investment.

The transmission of electricity through power lines.

Isolated rocky peak rising from a sheet of inland ice.