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Green and red lights on the starboard and port sides of the boat required for navigation at night. Each light is supposed to be visible through an arc of 112.5

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

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SI

Systeme International. The international system of unit measurement.

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The recognition of a person by his recognizable characteristics (originally, the shape of the nose)

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A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

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Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

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The deck chest in which the bos'n keeps his deck gear.

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(1) A false keel. (2) The projection of the keel abaft the stern frame where the spindle of the rudder rests.

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To braid used with small stuff.

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Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the bow of the ship.

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The portion of the flow stream which has already passed through the system or the portion of the system located after a filter or separator/filter.

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A bolted rim used for attachment to another object.

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Beams sometimes fitted over the decks for the stowage of heavy boats or cargo.

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The removal of heat from the air or gas between stages.

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Air at a temperature of 68

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Open ocean sailing

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(1) A navigator shoots the sun by using a sextant to measure its altitude. (2) A sailing vessel shoots when she forges ahead to windward with her sails luffing.

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A large reinforced eye in the leech and clew of a sail that allows a line to fasten to it; e.g., the reef cringle and clew cringle.

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Is the total gas pressure (static plus velocity) at the discharge port of the compressor. Velocity pressure is considered only with dynamic compressors.

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