Class AA Ice Stregthening.

A local variation of the wind vector or any of its components in a given direction.

(1) Order to men at the mast to extend themselves at intervals along a yard. (2) To keep a vessel at a certain place until a specified time has elapsed.

In tensile testing, the ratio of maximum load to original cross-sectional area. Also called ultimate tensile strength.

A pointed stern, such as those on a canoe.

Pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.

To leave port.

To repeat an order for information to the crew.

An instrument for the measurement of the net flux of downward and upward total (solar and terrestrial) radiation through a horizontal surface.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.

After a seam is caulked, to lay over it a narrow piece of canvas and then pour on hot pitch and tar .

The process of producing electricity by transforming other forms or sources of energy into electrical energy; measured in kilowatt-hours.

Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.

An instrument, dropped from high attitude and carried by a stable parachute. used to measure the vertical component of turbulence aloft.

The electrical power that oscillates between the magnetic field of an inductor and the electrical field of a capacitor. Reactive power is never converted to non-electrical power. Calculated as the square root of the difference between the square of the ki ...

A type of incandescent lamp with an interior coating of aluminum that reflects light to the front of the bulb. They are designed to spread light over specific areas.

An evaluation of upper air temperature, pressure, and humidity from radio signals received from a balloon- borne radiosonde.

A type of term assurance in which, following the death of the life assured, instalments, rather than.

The most common use of the term 'gearing' is to describe the level of a company's debt compared.

An instrument for determining the direction from which radio waves approach a receiver. It may consist of a manually operated direction indicator, or it may use a servo system to position the antenna automatically in the direction of the incident waves. T ...