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

Various means for allowing LNG tanks to expand and contract due to temperature changes by sliding on the tank supports while restricting its movement due to the motion of the vessel.

A port that is not directly listed in the tide tables but for which information is available as a difference from a nearby standard port.

A label required on shipments of flammable articles.

Complete encirclement of a cleat, bollard, pin or winch by a line.

Is a key ratio used in.

In general, solar radiation received at the earth's surface. Contracted from incoming solar radiation.

An old salt I know uses this term in reference to a "tangled mess of lines".

The increase of prices in an economy over a period of time, usually annualised for comparative.

A company's finished goods, work in progress and raw.

A scaling factor, usually denoted by the symbol K, used in linear-elastic fracture mechanics to describe the intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape. At the onset of rapid crack propagation in any structure containi ...

Rain gauge which registers precipitation that is too light to be registered by ordinary recording of the depth of water from precipitation. Same as ombrometer.

A device which operates compressors in sequence according to a programmed schedule.

In reference to a wind energy conversion device's blades, the difference between the rotational speed of the tip of the blade and the actual velocity of the wind.

The Stock Exchange rule that requires brokers to carry out a deal on behalf of a client at the.

The volume of selling increasing rapidly and peaking abruptly at market tops during the last stage.

The number of stocks participating in either a rally or a.

(1) The mast section next above the topmast and and below the royal mast. (2) The yard supported by that mast. (3) The third lowest square sail. It is stretched between the topgallant yard and the top yard.

An agent, broker or financial institution who can give advice and act as a middle person between a.

(IMRO)A Self Regulating Organisation (SRO) with responsibility for monitoring the manner in which UK.