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Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

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Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.

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Analog

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To drag the bottom for an anchor. Also, large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead.

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Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

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A certificate authenticated by a recognized port authority, certifying that a ship comes from a place where there is no contagious disease, and that none of her crew was infected with such a disease.

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Bow Thrusters

A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid. A propulsor installed near the bow to provide a transverse thrust component en ...

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A strong pair of iron, steel or wooden posts on a ship's deck, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast.

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Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.

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The bearing surrounding the propeller shaft where it exits the hull.

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The space between the two sides of the shell of a block in which the sheave is fitted.

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The fluid entering a component.

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The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

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Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

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Force per unit area, usually expressed in pounds per square inch (PSI) or BAR.

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To intercept the wind. A vessel or highland to windward is said to becalm another. So one sail becalms another.

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The act of breaking out the flukes of an anchor if they are caught on some obstruction, preventing it from being normally weighed.

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Port where cargo is discharged from means of transport.

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British standard pipe parallel.

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Development of the lugsail rig where the sail is cut with a very short luff and lon leech.

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