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Energy available from the movement of the wind across a landscape caused by the heating of the atmosphere, earth, and oceans by the sun.

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The porous material contained inside the filter to (a) separate the contaminants from the incoming air, gas, or liquid. (b) separate the liquid from the gas. Filter medium is usually made of paper, wire mesh, special cellulose, or a combination.

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Notification of delivery by a clearing house to a buyer. The notice is initiated by the seller in.

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In the US, this refers to a bond that is secured by a blanket mortgage on the issuing company's.

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A longitudinal stiffener for the side of a ship, made of angle bar, bulb angle channel or plates, etc. Depending upon their locations, stringers are known as bilge stringers, side stringers, hole stringers, etc.

Category:Sea Words

MIS

1.Management information system.2.Missing

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Propeller

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The process of implementing measures to reduce peak power demands on a system.

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The process by which building societies and mutual insurers convert themselves from mutual.

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A state benefit payable after the expiry of state sickness benefit if a person is still unfit to.

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Is the force in newton required to move a fluid layer of one square meter area and a thickness of one meter with a velocity of one meter per second.

Category:Sea Words

To change direction so as to point farther away from the wind. Also Bear Away, Bear Off or Head Down. The opposite of heading up.

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The lowest value of a measured quality at which a sensor responds. Compare to tracking.

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Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can living organisms if it is not stored safely.

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The difference between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle. Magnetic variation is different in different geographic locations, so the nearest compass rose to each location on a chart must be used.

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A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening, where the temperature of the land falls below the sea temperature.

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The structure of a prepared surface of a metal as revealed by a microscope at a magnification exceeding 25x.

The process by which materials expel or release gasses.

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Wood, used for fuel, that has been air dried so that it contains 15 to 20 percent moisture content (wet basis).

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A metal that readily combines with oxygen at elevated temperatures to form very stable oxides, for example, titanium, zirconium, and beryllium. Reactive metals may also become embrittled by the interstitial absorption of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.