A term applied to loose wood or other material used in a ship's hold for the protection of cargo.

This term refers to the hardness or softness of gaskets.

A layer of dust built up on an air filter.

The amount of atmospheric dust which a filter will capture.

Percentage of time a compressor unit can operate at full load over a thirty minute period.

An inspection method for welding, forgings etc. based on the ability of certain types of liquids to enter voids and crevices by capillary action and to remain there when the surface liquid is removed.

Friction against duct walls, internal friction in the air mass and direction variations will cause a speed reduction and are therefore called dynamic losses.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

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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Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association.

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

Pay day

To let the sheet out slowly while maintaining control.

To let out a line or sail slowly; to slacken or relieve tension on a line; to take pressure off.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. East is at 90

A wind coming from the east.

Carefully (watch what you're doing).

The falling tide when the water recedes out to the sea and the water level lowers; a period or state of decline.

An electrical depth sounder or fish finder that uses sound echoes to locate the depth of objects in water. It does so by timing the sound pulses.