Angled frames in the extreme forward or aft ends of a ship which form the sharp ends of the vessel's hull.

A crane with a cantilever which is incapable of luffing. The cargo hook is fixed on the out end of the cantilever or hanged on a movable carriage along it.

Type of mobile crane found on a truck.

Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.

Length of rope whose ends are joined together so that it forms a loop.

Computer-Assisted Operations Research Facility: A MarAd R&D facility located at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.

Condition Assessment Program. Structural assessment program devised by the classification societies ABS, LR, DNV.

The pressure screw cover and/or lever housing on a valve. May be screwed, bolted. packed, or plain lever.

A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

A mortgage which guarantees the interest rate charged will remain sandwiched between two specified.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

The maximum load that a generating unit, power plant, or other electrical apparatus can carry under specified conditions for a given period of time, without exceeding its approved limits of temperature and stress.

The difference between net electrical system capability and system maximum load requirements (peak load); the margin of capability available to provide for scheduled maintenance, emergency outages, system operating requirements and unforeseen loads.

A measure of the electrical charge of a capacitor consisting of two plates separated by an insulating material.

An electrical device that adjusts the leading current of an applied alternating current to balance the lag of the circuit to provide a high power factor.

The load that a power generation unit or other electrical apparatus or heating unit is rated by the manufacture to be able to meet or supply.

Capacity of a compressor is the full rated volume of flow of gas compressed and delivered at certain set conditions.

The refrigerating effect in Btu/h produced by the difference in total enthalpy between a refrigerant liquid leaving the unit and the total enthalpy of the refrigerant vapor entering it. Generally measured in tons or Btu/h.

The maximum load that a motor is capable of supplying.

The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance by one degree Celsius. The heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree Celsius is 4186 Joules.