Seaman's call to attract attention.

An instrument for measuring electrical current in amperes.

A method to trap liquids or gases by causing them to penetrate into the absorbent material.

A pressure-operated switching device used in a radiosonde. In operation, the expansion of an aneroid capsule causes an electrical contact to scan a radiosonde commutator composed of conductors separated by insulators.

The non-combustible residue of a combusted substance composed primarily of alkali and metal oxides.

An order to haul away or to heave around a capstan (pull).

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind; a wind guage.

1.Non Conformance.2.Numerically Controlled.3.Non-Continuous liner on tailshaft

A generator producing alternating current by the rotation of its rotor, and which is powered by a primary mover.

The absorption of carbon atoms by a metal at high temperatures; it may remain dissolved, or form metal carbides; Absorption and diffusion of carbon into solid ferrous alloys by heating, to a temperature usually above Ac in contact with a suitable carbonac ...

The title of a commander of a fleet or a subdivision of it.

The first stress in a material, usually less than the maximum attainable stress, at which an increase in strain occurs without an increase in stress. Only certain metals - those that exhibit a localized, heterogeneous type of transition from elastic defor ...

(ARM)In the US, a mortgage in which the interest rate is liable to change over the term of the loan and.

See hydrologic accounting.

The ratio of light output of a fluorescent lamp operated on a ballast to the light output of a lamp operated on a standard or reference ballast.

The rear of a ship.

A sunshine recorder of the type in which the time scale is supplied by the motion of the sun. It consists essentially of a spherical lens which bums an image of the sun upon a specialty prepared card.

International Code for Vessels Carrying Chemicals in Bulk (IMO)

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