A licence, granted by one company (franchisor) to another company or person (franchisee), entitling.

A call on the bo'sun's pipe at night for the hands to turn in, for silence in the messdecks, and for lights to be extinguished. Also a term used by a sailor to another to make them stop talking.

Swing of the boom from one side of the ship to the other when the tack is changed.

The weight of water vapor, per unit weight of dry air.

A set of rules or conventions used to standardize data transfer between devices.

Snow shower, particularly of a very light and brief nature.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

To remove a reef from a sail and hoist the sail aloft

An expression of surprise or unbelief, as when a ship strikes a rock or shoal so hard that her timbers shiver.

ACRONYM - British thermal unit. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit under set conditions of temperature and pressure.

The horsepower required to isothermally compress the air or gas delivered by the compressor at specified conditions.

A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

A type of solar thermal system where sunlight is concentrated by a curved reflector onto a pipe containing a working fluid that can be used for process heat or to produce electricity. The world's largest solar thermal electric power plants use solar troug ...

A pallet designed so that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from all four sides. See Fork lift.

T/C remuneration

Old expression for the engraving of the wind-rose on charts.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

A sail plan in which the main and/or mizzen, or the foresail of a schooner, is of triangular shape, very long in the luff and set from a tall mast. This is almost now universal in all sailing yachts.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors.

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern