Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

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 ...

Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

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

The forward mast of a boat with more that one mast

The upper deck rail along both sides of a vessel to prevent anyone on board from falling overboard.

The upward curvature of the keel towards the bow and stern.

Windward side of a vessel.

A closed rail freight car.

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

Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached.

(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 very high wind. Also called "Snotter"

An untidy loose end of a rope (or rags).

Is a process taking place without any heat exchange with the surroundings.

The study of the earth's waters.

The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

A container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. Used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.

The meridian from which longitude is measured eastwards or westwards. The longitude of the prime meridian, passing through Greenwich, England, is 0

Going sideways due to a current's set.