Space cooling achieved by shading, natural (unassisted, as opposed to forced) ventilation, conduction control, radiation, and evaporation; also called passive cooling.

A discontinuance of electric power supply.

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

Inlet and outlet connections are located at the same level on opposite sides of the filter or other device installed on the pipeline.

A marine insurance policy that applies to all shipments made by an exporter over a period of time rather than to one shipment only.

A metal having an extremely high melting point, for example, tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, chromium, vanadium, and rhenium. In the broad sense, this term refers to metals having melting points above the range for iron, cobalt, and nickel.

ACRONYM - non-lubricated compressor.

A fixed navigation aid structure, visible during the day, used in shallow waters upon which is placed one or more daymarks.

(FIBV)The International Federation of Stock Exchanges - a Paris-based organisation that encourages.

Man or boy employed in sailing deep-water craft. Word is sometimes loosely used to include men who go to sea. Used officially to denote a seaman serving on deck.

An individual crystal in a polycrystalline metal or alloy; it may or may not contain twinned regions and subgrains; a portion of a solid metal (usually a fraction of an inch in size), in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly pattern.

High Frequency (3-30 Mhz)

A form of wear in which seizing or tearing of the gear or bearing surface occurs.

(See Rina)

A protective cover wrapped around the mast at the deck on a keel stepped boat to prevent water from entering the boat.

Working Party on Human Element (IACS)

A method of drying natural gas.

Surrounded by land.

Self Contained underwater Breathing Apparatus - see Aqualung.

A tax return completed and signed by two people, usually a husband and wife. They have equal.