is the design (built-in) compression ratio for a rotary unit having this feature

Toward the shore

The rank held by a naval seaman.

Tanks used for the storage of air discharged from compressors. They serve also to damp discharge line pulsations.

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.

A light spar set fore and aft on a boat, serving as a spread for the boat cover.

Are load carrying machine elements permitting some degree of motion in which the lubricant is air or some other gas.

A ring or hoop of metal.

Is energy in transition and is defined in units of Force times Distance. Work cannot be done unless there is movement.

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).

Steel wire, used to support over-the-side sampling apparatus

(1) Generic name for a large sea-going vessel. (2) To take an object aboard, such as cargo, or water. (3) To put items such as oars on the boat when not in use.

Freight on which transportation charges are calculated on the basis of volume measurement.

In navigation, the smaller angle at which two position lines on a chart intersect. The fix will be more reliable as the angle approaches 90

A joint Bureau of the Census' International Trade Administration form used for compiling U.S. exports. It is completed by a shipper and shows the value, weight, destination, etc., of export shipments as well as Schedule B commodity code.

(Free On Board) (...Named Port of Shipment):An International Term of Sale that means the seller fulfills his or her obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear ...

The ratio of clearance volume to the volume swept by the compressing element.

Across the width of a boat. Also Athwartships.

Short shrouds which give support to the top of a lower mast.

Vessel said to be "on her beam ends" when she is lying over so much that her deck beams are nearly vertical.