The radio operator.

The difference in pressure between any two points of a system or component.

The process by which a mutual organisation such as a building society changes itself into a.

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

On a square-rigged ship, the yards are square by the braces when they are at right angles to the fore-and-aft lines of the ship.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

An articulated five-platform rail car that allows containers to be double stacked. A typical stack car holds ten 40-foot equivalent units (FEU's).

A valve that permits flow in one direction only.

(cost, insurance and carriage to point of destination)This is an INCO term and explains what the price quoted represents and the responsibility of the buyer and seller in relaton to arranging for the various costs associated(e.g. insurance, freight, dutie ...

An additional duty imposed to offset export grants, bounties or subsidies paid to foreign suppliers in certain countries by the government of that country for the purpose of promoting export.

The condition of the tide when there is no horizontal motion.

Said of an anchor when the cable is taut and vertical.

To get spliced is slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

A factor expressing the deviation of gas from the laws of hydraulics.

Abbreviation for "Completely Knocked Down." Parts and subassemblies being transported to an assembly plant.

A formal statement describing goods to be shipped; filed with and approved by the consul of the country of destination prior to shipment.

To obtain his reaction to something.

The most essential characteristic parameters of a machine mechanical performance, indication with some important technical index.

The logic of binary systems, such as control systems in which all operations may be reduced to on-off, open-closed, or similar dichotomous basis.