Referring to alterations in the environment due to the presence or activities of humans.

European Marine Equipment Council

Tanker Chemicals type III.

The control of the quality, quantity, and temperature-humidity of the air in an interior space.

A type of electric generator that produces alternating current that matches an existing power source.

Strong winds concentrated within a narrow band in the atmosphere. The jet stream often "steers" surface features such as front and low pressure systems.

A movable plate used to control air flow; in a wood stove or fireplace, used to control the amount and direction of air going to the fire.

Liquefied Gas Carrier

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

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.

Pilot Boat.

(1) Injection of air or water under high pressure through a tube to the anode area for the purpose of purging the annular space and possibly correcting high resistance caused by gas blocking. (2) In connection with boilers or cooling towers, the process o ...

Federation of European Private Port Operators

A person who assigns an asset or right to another.

Biomass converted directly to energy or converted to liquid or gaseous fuels such as ethanol, methanol, methane, and hydrogen.

Croatian Register of Shipping (Class Society)

A unit for measuring the extent that the outdoor daily average temperature (the mean of the maximum and minimum daily dry-bulb temperatures) falls below (in the case of heating, see Heating Degree Day), or falls above (in the case of cooling, see Cooling ...

A single turn of line around an object with the end being led back through the bight. It's the basis upon which many nautical knots are contructed.

A device for obtaining a continuous record of stage at a point on a stream. The most common recorders consist of a float-actuated pen which traces a record on a clock driven chart.

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