A fixed term life assurance policy in which provision is made for premiums to pay for life cover.

Abbreviation for "Electronic Data Interface." Generic term for transmission of transactional data between computer systems. EDI is typically via a batched transmission, usually conforming to consistent standards.

A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.

The vertical absorption of a liquid into a porous material by capillary forces.

The addition of dopants to a semiconductor.

A corporation, person, agency, authority or other legal entity that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity primarily for use by the public.

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum exit when the winch is hoisting or hauling in at the nominal speed with the rope wound on the drum in a single layer.

The amount of time required for positive cash flows to equal the total investment costs.

Hoist or haul in the anchor.

Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System. A global meteorological model operated by the Department of Defense.

A term used in permanent health insurance which refers to a period, prior to payment by the.

A set of regulations set down by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board to govern the operational control of aircraft on instrument flight. The abbreviation of this term is seldom used to denote the rules themselves, but is in popular use to describe the weathe ...

Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.

Sailing upwind so close to the wind that the forward edge of the sail is stalling or luffing, reducing the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel. Also known as pinching.

Water of sufficient depth to allow a boat to travel through it.

A beam which supports a deck.

A device which automatically records the water equivalent of snow on a given surface as a function of time. A small sample of a radioactive salt is placed in the ground in a shielded collimator which directs a beam of radioactive particles upwards. A Geig ...

The generation of an electric current, when two conductors of different metals are joined at their ends to form a circuit, with the two junctions kept at different temperatures.

In technical analysis, what happens when the short moving average price of a stock (say, its.