A rate published on traffic moving from an interior point to a port for transshipment to a foreign country.

The ratio of available energy per pound; usually used to compare storage batteries.

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

The last day on which the beneficiary can present a valid claim to the bank.

Thermometer in which the difference in the rates of expansion with temperature of a liquid and its receptacle is used as a measure of the temperature. The liquid used may be ethyl alcohol, toluene, petroleum, or mercury.

Phase Shift Keying. A form of phase modulation of a data signal performed by a modem for transmission over dedicated wire or phone lines.

There is no such thing on a boat! See Fender.

The mast aft of the mainmast in a sailing ship - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl, or the third aftermost mast of a three-masted schooner or square-rigged ship.

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.

A takeover bid by one company for another, in which the directors of the target company oppose.

A measure of the degree to which the weather or climate of a region is favorable to the process of evaporation. Usually considered to be the rate of evaporation. under existing atmospheric conditions, from a surface of water which is chemically pure and h ...

The push or pull that alters the motion of a moving body or moves a stationairy body; the unit of force is the dyne or poundal; force is equal to mass time velocity divided by time.

The way a boats spars and sails are arranged. To rig a vessel is to fit her with masts, spars, sails and running and standing rigging; term is also used to mean the setting up a device, e.g., to rig a lifeline, a tackle, etc

The time required for an instrument to registe 63.2% of a step change in the variable being measured.

A tubular material used to encase and protect one or more electrical conductors.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

Small lines used to tie the sails when they are flaked or furled.

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

See galvanostatic.

A metal in which the available electron energy levels are occupied in such away that the d-band contains less than its maximum number of ten electrons per atom, for example, iron, cobalt, nickel, and tungsten. The distinctive properties of the transition ...