A flexible strip used for fairing lines.

A law to protect consumers and investors. It placed geographic restrictions on mergers and limitations on diversification into non-utility lines of business and takeovers of electric and gas utilities, and also established regulated monopoly markets or se ...

Energy that is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing.

The payment of a dividend by a company out of its.

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a pier or another boat.

Green and red lights on the starboard and port sides of the boat required for navigation at night. Each light is supposed to be visible through an arc of 112.5

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

Resistance to flow. Defined as the difference in pressure upstream and downstream.

Solar energy systems that collect or absorb solar energy for useful purposes. Can be used to generate high temperature heat (for electricity production and/or process heat), medium temperature heat (for process and space/water heating and electricity gene ...

Ice broken into pieces, and projecting very little above sea level.

A structure erected to display a characteristic light as a warning of danger at sea and as an aid to navigation.

Adjustable stays used to support and control tension on the mast when the wind is from abaft the beam; temporary backstays used to stabilize the mast and prevent undue flexing due to the pumping action of the sea.

Shipments loaded and sealed by shippers and not checked or verified by the carriers.

The cost price of an asset used to establish capital gains tax.

A rail service whereby rail cars carry containers stacked two high on specially operated unit trains. Each train includes up to 35 articulated multi-platform cars. Each car is comprised of 5 well-type platforms upon which containers can be stacked. No cha ...

Old sailor's term for a flat calm with no wind.

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

Radiation with wavelengths less than 4 microns.