An old name for high waves when they break with a white crest.

(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 ...

One quadrillion Btu. (1,000,000,000,000,000 Btu)

Fine dust or salt particles dispersed through a portion of the atmosphere; a type of lithometer. The particles are so small they cannot be felt or seen with the naked eye. Many haze formations are caused by the presence of an abundance of condensation nuc ...

This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.

Joint Maritime Information System

To sail large, with wind about four points abaft beam.

National Cargo Bureau

World Customs Organization (Ex Customs Cooperation Council)

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

Bonds which offer high rates of interest but with correspondingly higher risk attached to the.

Emergency.

The presence of contaminants in the air in concentrations that prevent the normal dispersive ability of the air, and that interfere with biological processes and human economics.

The angular distance North or South of the equator, measured from the center of the earth. It thus corresponds to latitude on the earths surface.

Ocean Drilling Program

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

International Council of Cruise Lines

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

Deforming metal plastically under conditions of temperature and strain rote that induce strain hardening. Usually, hut not necessarily, conducted at room temperature. Contrast with hot working.

A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.