The place at which a shipment is received by a carrier from the shipper.

A navigational tool used to measure distances on a chart.

Is a means of transferring heat through mass flow. Also the transfer of heat within a fluid by movements within the fluid.

An oil-skin hat with broad rear brim.

The difference in pressure between any two points of a system or component.

Railcars grouped in a train by destination so that segments (blocks) can be uncoupled and routed to different destinations as the train moves through various junctions. Eliminates the need to break up a train and sort individual railcars at each junction.

A valve that permits flow in one direction only.

A small round platform, smaller than a Crow's Nest, which was placed at the top of the mast to provide a greater range of vision from a ship at sea.

A fitting of wood or metal, with horns, used for securing lines (tying up).

Center point of all underwater area of the hull where the hull's lateral resistance can be said to be centered.

To sail around the world

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

Fast boat used for passenger and cargo traffic in fairly sheltered waters.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. South is the direction toward the South Pole and is at 180

An additional duty imposed to offset export grants, bounties or subsidies paid to foreign suppliers in certain countries by the government of that country for the purpose of promoting export.

The radio operator.

To get spliced is slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

Abbreviation for "Completely Knocked Down." Parts and subassemblies being transported to an assembly plant.

The condition of the tide when there is no horizontal motion.