If a company's earnings figures are distorted either positively or negatively by exceptional one-off.

The action of light on a biological system that results in the dissociation of a substrate, usually water, to produce hydrogen.

Nickname for waves breaking into foam.

Pay between the lower earnings limit and upper earnings limit which is used to determine National.

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water equals 32

Liberian (Flag)

Bolts that secure the planks to the timbers.

A term used on the London Stock Exchange to describe a share purchase or sale. The term does not.

A device for converting one form of energy or fuel into useful energy or work.

A unit of luminous intensity of a light source.

A document, issued by a bank to its customers, listing details of debit and credit transactions over.

See captive balloon, ceiling balloon, constant-level balloon, free balloon, hurricane beacon, kytoon, Moby Dick balloon, pilot balloon, radiosonde balloon, rockoon, skyhook balloon, transosonde.

A hole in a tank, boiler or compartment on a ship, designed to allow the passage of a man for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

Navigational Electronic Chart System Association

Are any material with an affinity for moisture. These analyzers use sensing elements that contain moisture adsorbing material. A change in the moisture content of the element is detected by an electric network and is used as a measurement of dew point

Centistokes centi Stokes (1 cSt = 1 mm2/s)

Very High Frequency. (30-300 MHz) Designate also the radio communication apparatus using this frequency. It reaches only slightly beyond the horizon, except in favourable circumstances where transmission up to several hundred miles are possible.

Subcommittee on Radio Communication and Search and Rescue (IMO)

A tax-efficient trust, used to pass assets to your children while still retaining some control of.

Used for lashing down sails, awnings, etc., a series of round turns where the end is passed over the standing part and under the bight and pulled taut on each turn.