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

A label required on shipments of flammable articles.

The twelve month period commencing 6th April and ending 5th April the following.

The curved part of a ship's hull where the side and the flat bottom meet.

To spin out of control and capsize or nearly capsize; The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing; a turning or swinging of the boat that puts the beam of the boat against the waves, creating a danger of swamp ...

: Regular ship shaped vessel, production ship. Positioned by anchors or dynamic positioning. Has its own propulsion machinery.

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

The process of payment clearance between two branches of the same.

Formation of isolated particles of corrosion products beneath a metal surface. This results from the prcferential reactions of certain alloy constituents to inward diffusion of oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur.

The movement of ions through the electrolyte associated with the passage of the electric current. Also called transport or migration.

Particle on which the freezing of water occurs.

A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher. In the northern hemisphere hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.

To reach the end; to bring one object hard up against another, as when two blocks in a block and tackle arrangement are brought together.

Of or pertaining to rain.

When the temperature of the hydrothermal liquids is over 350 F (177 C), flash-steam technology is generally employed. In these systems, most of the liquid is flashed to steam. The steam is separated from the remaining liquid and used to drive a turbine ge ...

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternately to port and starboard; the motion of a boat about its fore-and-aft axis.

A photoelectric spectrophotometer which is used in the determination of the ozone content of the atmosphere.

A mechanical barometer used to measure air pressure for warnings of changing weather.

Root Mean Square. This notation is used frequently with error analysis. In that context, it is the square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations of the individual calibration points from the theoretical or ideal response.