(AMEX)A stock exchange located in Manhattan where stocks of small to medium sized companies are.

A direct-vision nephoscope which is constructed in the following manner: a comb consisting of a crosspiece containing equispaced vertical rods is attached to one end of a column eight to ten feet long and is supported on a mounting that is free to rotate ...

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

A measure of the flow of current (in amperes) over one hour.

Marine Coastguard Agency

The international carrier is obligated to make declarations of the ship's crew and contents at both the port of departure and arrival. The vessel manifest lists various details about each shipment by B/L number. Obviously, the B/L serves as the core sourc ...

International Longshoremen's Association

A term used in conjunction with policies such as low cost endowment assurance and low start.

An instrument used to keep a record of atmospheric pressure, such as on a paper drum.

A captive balloon used to maintain meteorological equipment aloft at approximately a constant height. The kytoon is streamlined and combines the aerodynamic properties of a balloon and a kite.

Apparatus using the combined simultaneous action of a bimetallic thermometer and a hair hygrometer to move a needle in front of a divided scale. fts construction permits dew point variations to be indicated approximately.

Korean Register of Shipping (Class Society)

Port Aft

A term used by value investors to describe the issue of shares in a company at a price below the per.

See 'state.

Reinforced cringles or thimbles in the sail designed to hold the reefing lines when reefing the sail.

A type of heat pump that transfers heat in outdoor air to water for space or water heating.

A measure of the relative power, or of the relative values of two flux densities, especially of sound intensities and radar power densities. The decibel is derived from the less frequently used unit, the bel, named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell.

European Court of Justice.

The condition of being electrically separated from other metallic structures or the environment.