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J2B

J2B Radio transmission designator>br>Telegraphy (automatic reception of), single-sideband (suppressed carrier) with a single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating sub-carrier. (ALRS)

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Safety lines, usually of flat webbing, that run along the deck between bow and stern used to attach a tether from a safety harness.

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(ASB)UK body that sets accounting standards. A subsidiary body of the Financial Reporting.

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A material that extracts one or more substances from a fluid (gas or liquid) medium on contact, and which changes physically and/or chemically in the process. The less volatile of the two working fluids in an absorption cooling device.

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A measure of the rate at which the air in an interior space is replace by outside (or conditioned) air by ventilation and infiltration; usually measured in cubic feet per time interval (hour), divided by the volume of air in the room.

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A multipurpose ship that can carry ore, heavy dry bulk goods and oil. Although more expensive to build, they ultimately are more economical because they can make return journeys with cargo rather than empty as single-purpose ships often must.

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M&R

Maintenance And Repair

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The degree of conformity of an indicated value to an accepted standard value, or ideal value. See accuracy rating, measured accuracy.

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C

Center.

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A Letter of Credit which includes a term bill of exchange in its required documentation. The bill will be accepted by the bank on which it is drawn, usually the issuing or advising bank, and the proceeds paid to the beneficiary at maturity.

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Also 'account payee only'. Words written on the face of a cheque between two parallel diagonal.

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Pipes made of heavy cast iron or steel through which the anchor chain runs; placed in the ship's bow on each side of the stem, or in some cases also at the stern when a stern anchor is used.

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Electrolytic cleaning in which the work is the anode. Also called reverse-current cleaning.

The atmospheric pressure at the level of the barometer. May or may not be the same as station pressure.

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A film on a metal surface resulting from an electrolytic treatment at the anode..

DA

Double Acting.

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The date to which accounts are made up for a company. When a company is incorporated, it will.

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Electrode reaction equivalent to a transfer of positive charge from the electronic to the ionic conductor. An anodic reaction is an oxidation process. An example common in corrosion is: Me -> Me(+n) + n(e-)

The process by which one object becomes adhered to another by the binding action of ice.

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