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Vapor Control Valve

Commodities such as metals, coffee and grain which are bought and sold for use as opposed to hedging.

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

– A portable ladder hinged to a platform attached to the side of a ship and which can be positioned to provide access between ship and shore. Telescopic accommodation ladder is used for covering a long distance between the vessel and port quay. According ...

Bankers Automated Clearing Services BACS is an APACS clearing company which provides an automated clearing service for payments.

Intergranular corrosion, usually of stainless steels or certain nickel-base alloys, that occurs as the result of sensitization in the heat-affected zone during the welding operation.

The outboard hulls of a trimaran.

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

A recording anemoclinometer.

Facility Engineering Management Support System.

On the deck (not over it - see ALOFT)

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

An instrument designed to measure quantities of heat. Sometimes used in meteorology to measure solar radiation.

A system operated by the clearing banks in which a paper slip/document instructs a bank branch to.

A unit of signaling speed representing the number of code elements sent per second; often, bits per second.

The document which lists the regulations that govern the running of a company. Articles of.

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The stress level in a material at or above the yield strength but below the ultimate strength, i.e., a stress in the plastic range.