See CFS.

A trust which has been registered with the appropriate authority and which enjoys income tax.

The highest closing price for a specific security over the last 52.

A 19th century term for a yachtsman who sails his own yacht without the help of a professional skipper.

A device for transforming the quality and quantity of electrical energy; also an inverter.

A technique for insulating and sealing exterior walls that reduces vapor diffusion through air leakage points by installing pre-cut blocks of rigid foam insulation over floor joists, sheet subfloor, and top plates before drywall is installed.

Sailing as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and drawing.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

An approach to stockpicking which focuses on the search for shares whose prices have dropped so low.

Pair of hooks linked together and attached to a crane.

The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull This speed is 1.34 times the length of a boat at its waterline. Also known as hull speed.

A ball shaped buoy marking a navigational hazard.

One that has the right-of-way and should maintain her course and speed during a crossing or overtaking situation, unless a collision appears imminent. (Was formerly called "the privileged vessel.")

In a radiosonde observation, a level (other than a standard level) for which values of pressure, temperature, and humidity are reported because temperature and/or humidity data at that level is sufficiently important or unusual to warrant the attention of ...

The pressure encountered on the return side of a system.

Small marlinespike.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

A phrase often included in charter parties and freight contracts referring to local rules and practices which may impact upon the costs borne by the various parties.

The process of modifying the characteristics of electrical power (for e.g., inverting dc to AC).