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A coating developed on a metal surface by a high temperature diffusion process (as carburization, calorizing, or chromizing).

To remove the ballast from the a ship.

Long cylindrical bars of iron or copper, used to secure or unite the different parts of a vessel.

A solid fuel produced by shredding municipal solid waste (MSW). Noncombustible materials such as glass and metals are generally removed prior to making RDF. The residual material is sold as-is or compressed into pellets, bricks, or logs. RDF processing fa ...

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee

The process whereby a position on the scale of an instrument is identified with the magnitude of the signal (or input force) actuating the instrument.

(1) A solid solution of one or more elements in body-centered cubic iron. Unless otherwise designated (for instance, as chromium ferrite), the solute is generally assumed to be carbon. On some equilibrium diagrams, there are two ferrite regions separated ...

An offer which is not conditional in any way.

An instrument which determines the altitude of an object with respect to a fixed level. There are two general types of altimeters: (a) the pressure altimeter, which gives an approximate measure of altitude from a pressure measurement and an assumed standa ...

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A rain gauge which indicates but does not record the amount of precipitation captured.

An instrument for measuring electrical current in amperes.

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A constant which describes the performance of a wind vane in response to a step change in wind direction. It is calculated from the relative amount of overshoot on two successive swings (half cycles) of a decaying oscillation. This specification is dimens ...

Winter North Atlantic

An air pollution control device used to filter particulates from waste combustion gases; a chamber containing a bag filter.

A counterclockwise change in wind direction. Backing winds with height are indicative of cold air advection (CAA).

A recording anemoclinometer.