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Maritime Regulatory Reform.

FRP Catamaran Passenger Ship.

(turbine oils) -- a test for determining the ability of an oil to aid in preventing the rusting of ferrous parts in the presence of water.

A powerful, strongly built boat designed to tow or push other vessels, and to assist in maneuvering a ship in a confined area.

Transport International par la Route. Road transport operating agreement among European governments and the United States for the international movement of cargo by road. Display of the TIR carnet allows sealed containerloads to cross national frontiers w ...

Stresses that remain within a body as a result of plastic deformation.

Facility Management Information System

Columnar support for the steering wheel in the cockpit.

Toward the shore

Is the dynamic viscosity divided by the density

Hygrometer in which the dew (frost) point is determined by observing the temperature of an artificially cooled surface at the moment at which dew (frost) first appears on it.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work calculated on an isothermal basis to the actual work transferred to the gas during compression.

The difference between the input quantity applied to a measuring instrument and the output quantity indicated by the instrument. The inaccuracy of an instrument is equal to the sum of its instrument error and its uncertainty.

An object bears so and so, when it is in such a direction from the person looking. To bear down upon a vessel, is to approach her from the windward.To bear up, is to put the helm up and keep a vessel off from her course, and move her to leeward.To bear aw ...

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The fundamental constituent of all vegetative tissue; the most abundant material in the world.

Required lights on a boat help others determine its course, position and what it is doing. Boats underway should have a red light visible from its port bow, a green light on the starboard bow and a white light at its stern. Other lights are required for v ...

The ratio of clearance volume to the volume swept by the compressing element.