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

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Sailing on a run with the wind coming over the stern from the same side as the boom (danger of jibing).

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

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United States Coast Guard

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RAP

Remedial Action Projects

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In a cathodic protection system, in electrically nonconductive material, such as a coating, plastic sheet or pipe that is placed between an anode and an adjacent cathode to avoid current wastage and to improve current distribution, usually on the cathode.

Kew

pattern barometer-Mercurial barometer with a fixed scale and cistern and which therefore requires only one adjustment before each reading.

Category:Meteorology

Td

Tender.

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A navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse. From this information, the ship's distance from that landmark can be calculated.

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Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit.

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The lowest value of oxidizing potential at which pits nucleate and grow. It is dependent on the test method used.

An 'at best' order is an order given by a client to a broker where no particular instruction is.

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In the UK the assured is a person (or people) who has entered into a life assurance contract with a.

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Very Large Bulk Carrier (over 180,000 DWT)

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The frequency of a carrier wave.

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The process by which a third party, usually a bank guarantees the undertaking of the drawee to meet their responsibility under a Bill of Exchange. The words "Per Aval" and the signature of the avalizing (guarantor) party must be written on the Bill. ...

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Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association The self regulating organisation originally responsible for governing financial advisers. Became.

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MAP

Military Assistance Program.

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A fluid, such as methanol or ethylene glycol, added to vehicle engine coolant, or used in solar heating system heat transfer fluids, to protect the systems from freezing.

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PA

Port Aft

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