An option which gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of.

A payment made by investors for new shares. The term would apply to payments made when a company.

The price at which a bond or preferred stock can be redeemed by the issuer. The call price will.

A provision of a bond or preferred stock issue, listed in its indenture (the formal agreement.

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

The simultaneous purchase (sale) of a call at one exercise price and sale (purchase) of another call.

Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

Wind with a speed below 1 knot (1 mph); Beaufort scale number 0.

A wind or force less than one knot (knot 1 nautical mile per hour).

Little or no wind and flat seas

An electrode widely used as a reference electrode of known potential in electrometric measurement of acidity and alkalinity, corrosion studies, voltammetry, and measurement of the potentials of other electrodes. See also electrode potential, reference ele ...

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit of water, at or near the temperature of maximum density, one degree Celsius (or Centigrade [C]); expressed as a "small calorie" (the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram ...

A unit of heat originally defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of water through one degree centigrade (the gram-calorie or small calorie), but this proved to be insufficiently precise. The 15

The heat liberated by the combustion of a unit quantity of a fuel under specific conditions; measured in calories.

An instrument designed to measure quantities of heat. Sometimes used in meteorology to measure solar radiation.

Imparting resistance to oxidation to an iron or steel surface by heating in aluminum powder at 800 to 1000

Breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier or iceberg.

Computer Assisted Manufacture

A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

The curvature of an object such as a sail, keel or deck. Usually used when referring to an objects aerodynamic or hydrodynamic properties. The weather decks of ships are rounded up or arched in an athwartship direction for the purpose of draining any wate ...