Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Instrument for measuring the depth to which the soil is frozen.

International Lifeboat Federation

One carrier assumes the charges of another without any increase in charges to the shipper.

To combine or charge with gas.

A business operated by an agent in conjunction with his/her.

A person who assigns an asset or right to another.

A type of climatic diagram whose coordinates are some form of temperature vs. a form of humidity or precipitation.

The property of a material by virtue of which deformation caused by stress disappears upon removal of the stress. A perfectly elastic body completely recovers its original shape and dimensions after release of stress.

Fitted with cabins and catering facilities for offshore crews. Semisubmersible accommodation units are ofte called "Flotels".

A chromate conversion coating produced on magnesium alloys in a boiling solution of sodium dichromate.

(1) Reduction of corrosion rate by shifting the corrosion potential of the electrode toward a less oxidizing potential by applying an external electromotive force. (2) Partial or complete protection of a metal from corrosion by making it a cathode, using ...

Can occur any time warm, moist air blows over a surface cool enough to drop it's temperature below the dew point.

The potential of a corroding surface in an electrolyte, relative to a reference electrode. Also called rest potential, open circuit potential, or freely corroding potential.

Portable Electronic Thermometer

Unearned Passenger Revenue

A mortgage in which the rate of interest paid by the borrower follows movements in the base.

Digital Selective CallingGMDSS System: MF/HF/VHF facility which allows for automatic access to coast stations equipped with the system. A short list to select the quickly the nature of distress is available, unfortunately the "pirate attack" had been forg ...

Out Of Gauge.

Is the force in newton required to move a fluid layer of one square meter area and a thickness of one meter with a velocity of one meter per second.