Computer-based training

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

World Dredging Association

A clock-driven device for recording the time of occurrence of an event or the time interval between the occurrence of events.

International Cargo Advisory Bureau

Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

Describes the pressure drop through a component and is the difference in pressure between two points.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0

The current density, often referred to as limiting current density, that corresponds to the maximum transfer rate that a particular species can sustain because of the limitation of diffusion.

A hard, dense type of coal, that is hard to break, clean to handle, difficult to ignite, and that burns with an intense flame and with the virtual absence of smoke because it contains a high percentage of fixed carbon and a low percentage of volatile matt ...

A representative of a government commission or agency vested with power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, take testimony, and conduct hearings of cases submitted to, or initiated by, that agency. Also called Hearing Examiner.

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

The pressure exerted by the atmosphere as a consequence of gravitational attraction exerted upon the "column" of air lying directly above the point in question.

The main rate of income tax in the UK, which for the year 2002-2003 is 22%. The rate is applied.

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

The cost of producing electricity up to the point of the powerplant busbar.

Hydraulic Coupling

(EVA)A measure of corporate performance which reveals whether a company is earning more or less than.

The potential difference at the junction of two dissimilar substances.

See bimetallic thermometer.