The total pressure minus the static pressure in an air or gas stream.

A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

A term applied to the gas found on the high pressure side of the refrigeration system.

A ported enclosure which directs the flow of a gas through the filter element.

The pressure at which a pressure operated valve begins to pass a gas.

A standard numerical code used by the U.S. Government to classify products and services.

The headings of a sailboat in relation to the wind, i.e., upwind, close reach, reach, broad reach, downwind.

A belt and line or wire used to help a crew hike out beyond the edge of a boat to counteract the boat's heel. Usually used on small vessels for racing.

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

A compartment on or near the bridge of a ship that contains the steering wheel and other controls, compass, charts, navigating equipment and means of communicating with the engine room and other parts of the ship. Also known as wheelhouse

A closed rail freight car.

Specialty compressed air treatment meeting OSHA Grade D breathing air requirements.

An abbreviation for "Cubic." A unit of volume measurement.

In spray painting applications, Spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

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The distance between frames.

A storage tank where sewage is stored until it can be removed to a treatment facility.

A ship builder, or one who works about a ship. Does wood carpentry on the ship and keeps ships faired. Builds launching ways and launches ship.

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

A point through which all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act.