(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or intergranular oxidation. See also over-heating. (2) In grinding, getting the work hot enough to cause discoloration or to change the microstructure by tempering or h ...

An exchange of products or services between individuals without the involvement of.

Loading Instrument

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.

General Lighthouse Authority

The reply to an officer's order signifying that he is understood and will be obeyed (I understand).

A thermometer. the sensitive element of which consists of two metal strips which have different coefficients of expansion and are brazed together. The distortions of the system in response to temperature variations are used as a measure of temperature. It ...

Installations character for Cargo Handling Appliances.

The measurement around the body of a ship. The half girth is taken from the center line of the keel to the upper deck beam end.

Electrotechnical Commission

In heating and cooling system distribution ductwork, the transformation pieces connecting horizontal round leaders to vertical rectangular stacks.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of direct solar radiation at normal incidence. See Angstrom compensation pyrheliometer, Eppley pyrheliometer, Michaelson actinograph. silver- disc pyrheliometer, spectropyrheliometer, waterflow pyrheliometer.

Same as balloon cover.

The transfer of ownership of an item from one person to another. The 'item' may be tangible or.

Ore/Coil Carrier.

Same as strain hardening.

Automated Weather Observing Station. A self-contained weather station designed to make aviation weather observations without operator involvement.

Vessel Traffic Information System

Newly Independent States

A winch used for hoisting and lowering cargo.