Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Japanese Classification Society

Generally speaking the word amidships means in the middle portion of a vessel.

A device, such as a steel plate, used to check, retard, or divert a flow of a material.

Wind with a speed between 4 and 27 knots (4 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale numbers 2 through 6.

Mandatory Annual Survey (SOLAS,MARPOL)

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In the UK the term 'assurance' tends to be used where insurance is taken out against something which.

(1) A reduction of the anodic reaction rate of an electrode involved in corrosion. (2) The process in metal corrosion by which metals become passive. (3) The changing of a chemically active surface of' a metal to a much less reactive state. Contrast with ...

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.

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The amount of precipitation captured by a rain gauge.

Large Automatic Navigation Buoy

In situations where a person owes money to a creditor, and the creditor is not prepared to accept a.

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The height at which the maximum wind speed occurs, determined in a winds-aloft observation.

Evidence of plastic deformation in structural materials. Also called plastic flow or creep. See also flow.

A psychrometer in which the ventilation is provided by a suction fan.

The interface between an eletrode or a suspended particle and an electrolyte created by charge-charge interaction (charge separation) leading to an alignment of oppositely charged ions at the surface of the electrode or particle. The simplest model is rep ...