A building element that shades windows, walls, and doors from direct solar radiation and protects these elements from precipitation.

The area of the bow or stern projecting above and beyond a perpendicular from the water line at stem or stern.

The projection of the stern beyond the sternpost and of the bow beyond the stem.

Get gear in condition for use; to separate the blocks of a tackle to lengthen the fall (ready for use again).

Nautical equivalent of ceiling

Cargo more than eight feet high which thus cannot fit into a standard container.

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on an extended shaft of the driver.

A term stated on the bills of lading offering lower shipping rates to importers east of the Rockies, provided merchandise from the Far East comes in through the West Coast ports. OCP rates were established by U.S. West Coast steamship companies in conjunc ...

The distance the bow of a boat is forward of another's stern

To exceed the design capacity of a device.

The permitted increase in pressure developed after the valve has opened. Usually expressed in percentage, ie.; 3% accumulation (A.S.M.E. Code, Section I). Flows through safety/relief valves are officially determined at these overpressure conditions.

Sailing beyond a racing mark or buoy whereby you sail a greater distance

Passing another vessel.

Said of a vessel when she is passing or overtaking another vessel.

The difference between the actual electrode potential when appreciable electrolysis begins and the reversible electrode potential.

A device that converts heat or sunlight directly to electricity, invented by Standford Ovshinsky, that has a unique glass composition that changes from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state.

An instrument for rapidly obtaining samples of airborne dust; a type of dust counter. Particles pass through a cylindrical chamber, are drawn at high velocity through a narrow slit, and then impinge upon a microscope cover glass located a short distance f ...

Standard Carrier Abbreviation Code identifying an individual common carrier. A three letter carrier code followed by a suffix identifies the carrier's equipment. A suffix of "U" is a container and "C" is a chassis.

A boat owner's private pennant.

(1) A reaction in which there is an increase in valence resulting from a loss of electrons. Contrast with reduction. (2) A corrosion reaction in which the corroded metal forms an oxide; usually applied to reaction with a gas containing elemental oxygen, s ...