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Carry over of particles or contaminant from the filter or other filter materials into the clean side of the air flow.

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Is the force in newton required to move a fluid layer of one square meter area and a thickness of one meter with a velocity of one meter per second.

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A mechanical, electrical, or manually operated pump used to remove water from the bilge.

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Wooden bar with an iron shod, wedge, Shaped end, used in prying the anchor or working the anchor or working the anchor chain. Also used to engage or disengage the wild-cat.

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On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

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A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way. Also known as the "stand on" vessel.

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To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

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A direction of forty-five degrees or less from the stern.

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(1) A second method of propelling a vessel. On a sailboat this would be the engine. (2) Machinery fitted in steam and motor vessels which is not part of the main propelling machinery. (3) a support group, e.g., Coast Guard Auxiliary

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Setting rate within a conference tariff that is different from the rate(s) for the same items established by other conference members.

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The amount of air that a filter can handle. Expressed in CFM.

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Sink by filling with water.

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Recovering and utilizing the heat content of the compressed air.

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A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

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The middle watch.

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To sail a boat closer to the wind - to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets

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A nautical version of the national flag of the country usually flown at the stern. (2) Adopted by the United States Navy in 1862, the rank of a young officer equivalent to that of midshipman. The flag carried by a ship as insignia of her nationality.

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A large square of heavy canvas fitted with lines to allow it to be drawn under the hull of a ship where it is damaged. The pressure of the seawater holds it tight against the ship and greatly reduces the inflow of water.

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Is the ratio in absolute units of the actual gas temperature to the critical temperature.

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Term used in the days of sail to indicate the starboard of the two anchors carried at the bow of a ship. The anchor on the port side was known as the small bower (although they were the same size).

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