An air infiltration measurement technique developed by the Brookhaven National Laboratory to measure changes over time (one week to five months) when determining a building's air infiltration rate. This test cannot locate exact points of infiltration, but ...

A financial ratio which is similar to the current ratio, but more stringent. It is defined.

An instrument which indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere. Also spelled coniscope.

An act beyond human control, such as lightning, flood or earthquake. – An unpredictable situation which is beyond the power of man. A natural event, not preventable by any human power, such as flood, storms, or lighting usually quoted as “force majeure” ...

World Electronic Navigation Database

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

Open Shelter Deck

Gearless

National Bureau of Standards (see NIST

European Harbour Masters Association

A member of the steward's department who served meals to officers and crew.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

Numerous shipments from different shippers to one consignee that are consolidated and treated as a single consignment.

Cabins, offices (for carrying out ship's business), 4 hospitals, mess rooms, recreation rooms (such as lounges, smoke rooms, cinemas, libraries and hobbies and games rooms) and open recreation areas to be used by seafarers.

The quantity measured by a sound level meter in which the frequency response is weighted according to the A-weighting curve (see IEC publication 651).

International Hydrographic Organization

1.Wolrd Maritime Organization2.World Meteorological Organisation

Grain

Part Cargo

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