A term which applies to trusts without an interest in possession (for example a discretionary trust).

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

All the months of a particular futures contract or futures option contract, for example, if all the.

Governing International Fisheries Agreements

A component made up of a cylinder barrel, end covers, a piston rod, a steel or stainless steel piston. A device which induces action or motion with compressed air being the medium through which the power is transmitted.

A coating consisting of' a compound of the surface metal, produced by chemical or electrochemical treatments of the metal. Examples include chromate coatings on zinc, cadmium, magnesium, and aluminum and oxide and phosphate coatings on steel. See also chr ...

The owners of a ship are entitled to payment as freight for merchandise returned through the fault of either the consignees or the consignors. Such payment, which is over and above the normal freight, is called backfreight.

Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels.

Tanker Fresh Water.

The range through which the input may be varied without initiating a response. Usually expressed as a percentage of full-scale range.

Notice of Protest (see LOP)

A crystal that has a treelike branching pattern, being most evident in cast metals, slowly cooled through the solidification range.

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.

A fund in which the objective is to outperform the market average by actively seeking out stocks.

A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid, thereby causing it to spread more readily on a solid surface.

The amount of money needed to purchase equipment, buildings, tools, and other manufactured goods that can be used in production.

Geographic Information System

Those parts of the ship's navigating bridge extending towards the ship's sides.

Joint Venture

The angle a celestial body makes with the horizon.