Tow

To pull through water; vessels towed.

Category:Sea Words

The charge made for towing a vessel.

Category:Sea Words

A winch having a rope storage drum with or without warping end for manipulation of the rope bridle.

Category:Technical Terms

A winch with one or more rope storage drums for veering out, hauling in or making fast tow ropes.

Category:Technical Terms

A fixed support for mounting maximum and minimum thermometers of the liquid-in-glass type. The support holds the thermometers at the correct operating attitude and also permits their rotation for resetting when desired.

Category:Meteorology

TP

Towing Purposes.

Category:Abbreviations

TPC

Tons Per Centimeter (Immersion)

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TPI

Tons Per Inch (Immersion)

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Trade Policy Review Body

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TR

Triple Screw

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A precipitation amount of less than 0.005 inches. Also, the record made by any self-registering instrument.

Category:Meteorology

Same as ombrometer.

Category:Meteorology

(1) Prospective course over the ground for boat to follow. (2) A strip of metal attached to a mast to take the slides affixed to the luff of a sail.

Category:Sea Words

The path of the vessel.

Category:Sea Words

The lowest value of a measured quality at which a sensor meets its accuracy specification.

Category:Meteorology

A solar energy array that follows the path of the sun to maximize the solar radiation incident on the PV surface. The two most common orientations are (1) one axis where the array tracks the sun east to west and (2) two-axis tracking where the array point ...

Category:Energy Terms

Unit of highway motive power used to pull one or more trailers/containers.

Category:Sea Words

A time or a date draft that has been accepted by the buyer (the drawee) for payment at maturity.

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Steady regular winds in a belt approximately 30

Category:Sea Words

The practically steady winds blowing toward the equator, N.E. in the northern and SE. in the southern hemisphere.

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