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Holding oars at right angles to fore and aft line of boat with blades horizontal and parallel to surface of water.

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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.

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Wire Rods in Coils

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Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis.

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The mass density of a parcel of air expressed in units of mass per volume.

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Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

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Ship supplies.

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film hygrometer element-An electrical hygrometer element constructed of a plastic strip coated with a film of carbon black dispersed in a hygroscopic binder. Variations in atmospheric moisture content vary the volume of the binder and thus change the resi ...

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To revolve the drum of a capstan, winch or windlass. (Pulling with mechanical deck heaving gear).

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To remove water from the boat by hand, bucket, pump etc.

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Forming austenite by heating a ferrous alloy into the transformation range (partial austenitizing) or above the transformation range (complete austenitizing). When used without qualification, the term implies complete austenitizing.

The main industrial non-ferrous metals excluding precious metals and minor metals. These are.

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Negotiating Group on Maritime Transport

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UPR

Unearned Passenger Revenue

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Motorcar Carrier.

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Corrosion that occurs under organic films in the form of randomly distributed threadlike filaments or spots. In many cases this is identical to filiform corrosion.

A metastable aggregate of ferrite and cementite resulting from the transformation of austenite at temperatures below the pearlite range but above M

A short-term credit investment created by a non-financial firm and guaranteed by a bank as to.

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Personnel Data Decision System.

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The temperature of a body referred to the absolute zero, at which point the volume of an ideal gas theoretically becomes zero. (Fahrenheit scale is minus 459.67

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