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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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MCA

Marine Coastguard Agency

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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.

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A combustible gas created by anaerobic decomposition of organic material, composed primarily of methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide.

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(ADL)An insurance term which refers to the basic things that people need to be able to do in order look.

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HC

Hydraulic Coupling

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Scavenging

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In the US, the total number of shares which a corporation may issue, in accordance with the limits.

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One Person Bridge Operation.

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

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WRK

Wrecked

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VP

Vapour pressure

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Microorganisms that live in oxygen deprived environments.

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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.

Term for disabled vessel that had to fall out of a convoy and thus became easy prey for submarines.

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In the US, a fund held by a section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as deposit.

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Zinc oxide: the powdery product of corrosion of zinc or zinc-coated surfaces.

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

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A thermodynamic cycle using constant pressure, heat addition and rejection, representing the idealized behavior of the working fluid in a gas turbine type heat engine.

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Any person on board other than the master and members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of that ship.

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