A landing wharf or pier; a dike at a river s mouth.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

A barometer which measures atmospheric pressure using one or a series of aneroid capsules. Also called holosteric barometer.

The grilled opening into a room by which the amount of warm air from a furnace can be directed or controlled; may include a damper.

(1) As a command, it means to go in the direction indicated, e.g., "Lay foward" (go up) or "Lay alow!" (come down). (2) Of a line or rope, it refers to the direction in which the strands are twisted. (3) Lay the course: able to fetch a given point when cl ...

Saluting

A measure of the heating requirements of a building expressed in Btu per degree-day.

The potential of a metal surface necessary to decompose the electrolyte of a cell or a component/substance thereof.

A member of the ship's crew.

This is when a consignment is unloaded from one form of transport (lorry or ship) to another during the course of its journey from place of origin to place of destination. In a letter of credit, the buyer can say whether this is allowed or not allowed.

The record obtained from a bolometer.

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

Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of 4 to 400 nanometers.

The maximum anodic current density observed in the active region for a metal or alloy electrode that exhibits active-passive behavior in an environment.

The destruction of adhesion between a coating and its substrate by products of a cathodic reaction.

An instrument which indicates the presence of precipitation. The ombroscope consists of a heated, water-sensitive surface which indicates by mechanical or electrical techniques the occurrence of precipitation.

Recreational Boating Safety.

Offshore Northern Seas Conference