To receive goods from a foreign country.

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International Noxious Liquid Substances

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

The oxidation of conventional hydrocarbon lubricants when they reach the end of their useful life and begin to breakdown. Can cause operating temperature increase, increase brake horsepower and plugs separator, can destroy air end.

A device to record temperature in a container while cargo is en route.

A building energy auditing technique for locating areas of low insulation in a building envelope by means of a thermographic scanner.

Gilts are fixed income or index-linked bonds issued by the UK Government.

Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will.

Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen. Netherlands

Opposite of absorption or adsorption. In filtration, it relates to the downstream release of particles previously retained by the filter.

Cash set aside in a dedicated interest account to cover unanticipated emergencies such as property.

An ornamental carved and painted figure on the stem of the vessel.

Maritime Mobile Service Identity. New compulsory code to identify vessels with the GMDSS/DSC system.

Estonia (flag).

Nautical equivalent of ceiling

Any meteorological instrument, such as a radiosonde, in which the recording apparatus is located at some distance from the measuring apparatus.

The process by which small particles suspended in a medium of a different refractive index diffuse a portion of the incident radiation in all directions. In scattering no energy transformation results, only a change in the spatial distribution of the radi ...

The amount (percent) of light that is reflected by a surface relative to the amount that strikes it.

A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the positive lead is connected to the negative lead of another energy producing, conducting, or consuming device. The voltages of each device are additive, whereas the current is not.