Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

An axiom whose underlying message is that stock market prices rise when there are positive rumours.

A worn out vessel.

A kind of winch designed for hoisting and lowering the work-boat.

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

The helmsman.

Is one in which there is no liquid injection and/or liquid circulation for evaporative cooling or sealing.

An empirical measure of the quantity of light. It is based upon the spectral sensitivity of the photosensors in the human eye under high (daytime) light levels. Photometrically it is the luminous flux emitted with a solid angle (1 steradian) by a point so ...

A hydrocarbon gas, C3H8, occurring in crude oil, natural gas, and refinery cracking gas. It is used as a fuel, a solvent, and a refrigerant. Propane liquefies under pressure and is the major component of liquefied petroleum (LPG).

A hydropower facility that stores water in a reservoir during high-inflow periods to augment water during low-inflow periods. Storage projects allow the flow releases and power production to be more flexible and dependable. Many hydropower project operati ...

Marine Protection Area

A spring loaded pressure relief valve actuated by the static pressure upstream of the valve. The valve opens normally in proportion to the pressure increase over the opening pressure.

The flow of electrical energy (electricity) in a conductor, measured in amperes.

The nominal voltage for which a conductor or electrical appliance is designed; the reference voltage for identification and not necessarily the precise voltage at which it operates.

A computer software program that simulates energy consumption of commercial buildings; used for design and auditing purposes.

Turbines in which the axis of the rotor's rotation is parallel to the wind stream and the ground.

An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a slusher or winch

The anchor is under the hawse .

Large, flat boxes with glass covers and dark-colored metal plates inside that absorb and transfer solar energy to a heat transfer fluid.

Amount of solar radiation incident, per unit area and time, on a surface which is perpendicular to the radiation and is situated at the outer limit of the atmosphere, the earth being at its mean distance from the sun. It equals approximately 2.00 ly/ min ...