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

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

A type of radio carried on a boat to transmit long distances.

This term is used for turbo compressors and represents the maximum flow condition. It is sometimes also referred to as stonewalling.

A representation on a plane surface of the spherical surface of the earth. The equivalent of a map for use by navigators.

A vessel of amy rig, mounting between 18 and 32 guns.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

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

A cooling water supply system. There are two different types - Open and closed loop systems.

term mainly used by companies selling small compressors because it makes their compressors look bigger than they really are. The swept volume is the actual displacement of the piston, forgetting such losses as bumping clearances, valve clearances, ring lo ...

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

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

As close to the wind as possible, with all sails full, and no wrinkles in them.

The maximum cylinder volume on a working side of the piston, minus the piston displacement volume per stroke. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the displace volume.

Type of bulk carrier built for the carriage of coal.

To call out.

A card labeling the 360

Convention on International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea; Rules of the Road. Internationally accepted rules by which vessels at sea must keep clear of each other.

To obtain his reaction to something.

Small hole bored in cask or barrel to allow air to enter when emptying.