Method of settling disputes which is usually binding on parties. A clause usually in a charter party.

A precipitation gauge consisting of a receiver in the shape of a funnel which empties into a bucket mounted upon a weighing mechanism. The weight of the catch is recorded as inches of precipitation.

A motor in which a three phase (or any multiphase) alternating current (i.e. the working current) is supplied to iron-cored coils (or windings) within the stator. As a result, a rotating magnetic field is set up, which induces a magnetizing current in the ...

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The space within a building or structure that is normally occupied by people, and that may be conditioned (heated, cooled and/or ventilated).

A self-recording thermometer.

A document allowing beneficiaries to vary the gifts specified in someone's will even after the.

Said of a vessel when she is shipping water on deck and it is running off through scuppers and freeing ports.

Electronic Trading Stasndard Format

Ice extending seaward from land to which it is attached.

A machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by magneto-electric induction; may be used as a motor.

The attenuation of light.

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

The amount chargeable to capital gains tax (CGT) from gains made on the disposal of an asset. In.

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

A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies traded far less frequently on the London.

Contract Regarding an Interim Supplement to Tanker Liability.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

The total of all deviations of a transducer's output from a specified straight line in a constant environment.

A unit used to rate the performance of a solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, modules, or arrays; the maximum nominal output of a PV device, in Watts (Wp) under standardized test conditions, usually 1000 Watts per square meter of sunlight with other conditions, ...