To retire from a life at sea and settle ashore.

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The temperature at which an object gives out as much radiation as it receives from its surroundings.

A wind (or component thereof) directed down the slope of an incline and caused by greater air density near the slope than at the same levels some distance horizontally from the slope. Also called drainage wind and sometimes called katabatic wind.

The ratios, to the mean wind speed, of the average magnitudes of the component fluctuations of the wind along three mutually perpendicular axes.

Same as fogbow.

This law states that no device can completely and continuously transform all of the energy supplied to it into useful energy.

Any aquatic organism with a sessile adult stage that attaches to and fouls underwater structures of ships.

The accelerated deterioration at the interface between contacting surfaces as the result of corrosion and slight oscillatory movement between the two surfaces; Deterioration at the interface between two contacting surfaces accelerated by relative motion b ...

Maritime Institute for Research and Industrial Development.

Capacity of a compressor is the full rated volume of flow of gas compressed and delivered at certain set conditions.

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Provision in a salvage agreement that money is not payable unless the property is salved in accordance with that accordance.

A wind scale adapted by the U.S. Forest Service for use in the forested areas of the northern Rocky Mountains (NRM). It is an adaptation of the Beaufort wind scale. The difference between these two scales lies in the specification of the visual effects of ...

Ratings of financial reliability given by Best's Rating Service to insurance companies with a top.

Said of a seaman who has retired from sea service.

An instrument which measures the transmissivity of the atmosphere between two points for the determination of visual range.