A popular term used for a length of wood or steel used in or for wall framing.

Said of a seaman who has retired from sea service.

A company that specializes in undertaking energy efficiency measures under a contractual arrangement whereby the ESCo shares the value of energy savings with their customer.

Freight on which transportation charges are calculated on the basis of volume measurement.

At or towards the stern or rear of a ship.

An instrument consisting of a series of graduated cylinders possessing selective collection efficiencies. It is used for the measurement of quantities relating to the size distribution of cloud droplets.

When a vessel fills with water and sinks.

A protocol similar to RS232 which makes use of differential transmission to provide high speed data transmission over significantly longer distances.

is the design (built-in) compression ratio for a rotary unit having this feature

A nautical version of the national flag of the country usually flown at the stern. (2) Adopted by the United States Navy in 1862, the rank of a young officer equivalent to that of midshipman. The flag carried by a ship as insignia of her nationality.

Toward the shore

Methane. Natural gas carried in great quantities by LNG tankers at his boiling temperature (-161).

In trouble.

The energy liberated in a chemical reaction, as in the combustion of fuels.

Ratio of the pressure of a gas to its critical pressure, in like units.

A corrosion test involving exposureof specimens at controlled levels of humidity and temperature. Contrast with salt-fog test.

The potential of a specimen (or specimens in a galvanic couple) when two or more electrochemical reactions are occurring. Also called galvanic couple potential.

Liquid water at temperatures colder than freezing.

A region of electrical contact between two different materials.