A case hardening process in which a suitable ferrous material is heated above the lower transformation temperature in a gaseous atmosphere of such composition as to cause simultaneous absorption of carbon and nitrogen by the surface and, by diffusion, cre ...

Enhanced Group Call

Aluminium Alloy Pleasure Yacht.

The angle between true south and the point on the horizon directly below the sun.

An outdoor temperature, usually 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, at which a heatpump's output equals the heating demand. Below the balance point, supplementary heat is needed.

A procedure for determining the primary elements in a substance (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and ash).

Established the standard basis for adjusting general average and stated the rules for adjusting claims.

(See EUVROU.)

A pallet so designed that the forks of a fork lift truck can be inserted from two sides only.

Kilowatt

Electronic Navigation Chart

International Maritime Organization.United Nation agency created the 6 March 1948, located in London and taking care of all shipping matters.

A unit of luminous intensity; the magnitude to the candela is such that the luminance of the total radiator, at the temperature of solidification of platinum, is 60 candelas per square centimeter.

An ideal heat engine (conceived by Sadi Carnot) in which the sequence of operations forming the working cycle consists of isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, isothermal compression, and adiabatic compression back to its initial state.

A natural or synthetic polymer, which at room temperature can be stretched repeatedly to at least twice its original length, and which after removal of the tensile load will immediately and forcibly return to approximately its original length.

A forecast of weather elements of particular interest to aviation; including ceiling, visibility, upper winds, icing, turbulence, precipitation types, and storms.

Tanker Fresh Water.

Bulk

Vessel Safety and Operations Audit

Regular investment of a fixed dollar amount in a mutual fund with dividends.