Large Range 2) Vessels 80,000-159,000 DWT

A negatively charged ion.

The part of a wind energy conversion device blade, or airfoil, that is the last to contact the wind.

A c.g.s. (centimeter-gram-second) unit of mass. Originally defined as the mass of 1 cubic centimeter of water at 4

Also bosun, bos'n, bo's'n, and bo'sun, all of which are pronounced bosun. The highest unlicensed rating in the deck department who has immediate charge of all deck hands, oversees deck crew, maintenance and upkeep of the ship except for the engine room an ...

A door-like device located at the mouth of a fireplace chimney flue for controlling the direction and flow of the draft in the fireplace as well as the amount of oxygen that the fire receives.

The shear stress on a transverse cross section resulting from u twisting action.

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.

The environmental, social, and economic impacts of producing a good or service that are not directly reflected in the market price of the good or service.

This is another name for an induction motor. The motors consist of a rotor inside a stator. The rotor has laminated, thin flat steel discs, stacked with channels along the length. If the casting composed of bars and attached end rings were viewed without ...

A line used for capsizing the sea anchor and hauling it in.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

To enter a port or harbor

The reciprocal of polarization resistance (di/dE).

An evaporation pan in which the evaporation is measured from water in a pan floating in a larger body of water.

A clay atmometer consisting of a hollow ceramic sphere through which evaporation occurs. Evaporation is measured by the loss of water from the reservoir which feeds the sphere.

A material formed from the incomplete combustion or destructive distillation (carbonization) of organic material in a kiln or retort, and having a high energy density, being nearly pure carbon. (If produced from coal, it is coke.) Used for cooking, the ma ...

The payment which investors have to pay to a broker to trade on margin, commonly used in trading.

The situation which exists when a person dies without making a will. The person is then said to have.

The value of the quantity measured, as indicated or otherwise provided by a measuring instrument.