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 ...

Bread that was supplied to ships before bakeries were introduced on board.

Water service between two coasts; in the U.S., this usually refers to water service between the Atlantic and Pacific or Gulf Coasts.

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

A breakwater used as a landing pier.

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

To go onboard, to go into a ship, or to gain access to a vessel.

In spray painting, the process of applying the final coat of paint at a lower air pressure. Used to uniform a finish or blending.

Machines in which compression is effected by the positive action of rotating elements.

To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

Type of shackle designed to take several eyes connected to several lengths of chain.

When flogging a seaman, to run the fingers through the Cat-O'-Nine-Tails after each stroke to separate the strands in preparation for the next stroke.

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

Areas of corrosion.

A moment of time which could be measured by the shaking of a sail as a sailing ship comes into the wind.

A flexible strip used for fairing lines.

British standard pipe tapered.

Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

The settings on a pressure switch used to either load or unload the air compressor on a constant speed application, or start or stop the compressor on a start/stop application. The cut out pressure is also known as the maximum pressure, or the point at wh ...