Rinave Portuguesa (Portuguese class society).

Scottish Vocational Qualification

Combination port.

A comparison of a carrier's operating expense with its net sales. The most general measure of operating efficiency.

Deforming metal plastically at sucha temperature and strain rate that recrystallization takes place simultaneously with the deformation, thus avoiding any strain hardening.Contrast with c old ii orking.

A nonpolarizable electrode with a known and highly reproducible potential used for potentiometric and voltammetric analyses. See also calomel electrode.

Any object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses.

The vertical pole or spar that supports the boom and sails. a mast on a mechanically propelled vessel holds electronics antennas, lights, etc.

Cubic capacity in 'grain"

A sound level meter designed or adapted to measure the level of the mean squared time averaged A-weighted sound pressure.

Power generation equipment or system capacity to meet peak power demands.

A mechanism used by electric utilities to determine prices for electricity; typically defines rates according to amounts of power demanded/consumed during specific time periods.

Pacific Ocean Region (INMARSAT)

Character of main propulsion machinery assigned to a ship having classification character NS.

High Holding Power Anchors type. (NI)

Dioctylphalate aerosol (Efficiency Test Material).

Air that is taken from the outdoors.

An inspection method for welding, forgings etc. based on the ability of certain types of liquids to enter voids and crevices by capillary action and to remain there when the surface liquid is removed.

Tension Leg Platform

A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape.