A wooden lattice-work covering a hatch or the bottom boards of a boat; similarly designed gratings of metal are frequently found on shipboard.

Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

Cubic capacity in 'grain"

Having an amenity for oil. See also hydrophilic and hydrophobic.

Any emission of light at temperatures below that required for incandescence.

To reeve and secure a line.

A loss ofstrength and ductility of .steel by high-temperature reaction of absorhcd hydrogen with carbides in the steel resulting in dec arbwri:.alien and internal fissuring.

An anemometer in which the sensor rotation is transmitted to a mechanical counter which directly integrates the air movement past the sensor. Used to determine total air passage (wind run). Average wind speed can be calculated from the difference between ...

The maximum deviation of any points from a straight line drawn as a "best fit" through the calibration points of an instrument with a linear response curve. Usually expressed as a percentage of full- scale range.

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Latitude lines.

A registered trademark for a cholorflourocarbon (CFC) gas that is highly stable and that has been historically used as a refrigerant.

A pension scheme in which an employee's pension is based on number of years of service and final.

A stock option, which specifies a set number of shares at a specified option price extending over a.

The temperature to which a sample of air must be cooled, while the mixing ratio and barometric pressure remain constant, in order to attain saturation by water vapor. When this temperature is below O

An instrument which measures the rate of evapotranspiration. It consists of a vegetation soil tank so designed that all water added to the tank and all water left after evapotranspiration can be measured.

Similar to the spectroheliograph, but used for visual instead of photographic purposes.

Same as aneroid barometer. Holostelic means wholly made of solids, while aneroid means devoid of liquid.