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Those privately or publicly owned establishments that generate, transmit, distribute, or sell electricity.

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A gas or liquid used to move heat energy from one place to another; a refrigerant.

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A potential more cathodic (positive) than the standard hydrogen potential.

A person entrusted to manage the assets and interests of another. For example, an executor in a.

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Income received from property letting is subject to income tax. The amount taxable is the amount.

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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.

Category:Sea Words

A small, moveable graduated scale adjacent and parallel to the main scale of an instrument. It provides a means for interpolating between the graduations of the main scale.

Category:Meteorology

Cargo discharged in excess of the quantity on the manifest.

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The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up

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(1) To adjust the sails for best advantage. (2) Fore and aft balance of a boat. If either the bow or stern is depressed, the vessel is said to be down by the bow or down by the stern. (3) To trim is to adjust. It does not just apply to sheets. You can tri ...

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LSC

Liberian Shipping Council

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Is the weight of a given volume of gas, usually expressed in lb / cu ft at SPT condition.

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A board with cleats, forming a bridge reaching from a gangway of a vessel to the wharf.

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The officially designated elevation of an airport above mean sea level, taken as the highest point on any of the runways of the airport. Same as airport elevation.

Category:Meteorology

The ratio of the minimum amount of work or energy required to perform a task to the amount actually used.

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Metal or wooden peg inserted in gunwale of a boat for an oar to heave against when rowing without crutch or rowlock.

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A light line used for hauling over a heavier rope or cable.

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The water volume within a specified portion of a stream channel.

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A flat tray, generally made of wood but occasionally of steel, on which goods particularly those in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked. Its purpose is to facilitate the movement of such goods, mainly by the use of forklift trucks.

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The stock markets of countries which have a low per head income compared with the developed world.

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