The maximum difference in output for any given input (within the specified range) when the value is approached first with increasing, and then with decreasing, input signals. Caused by energy absorption in the elements of the measuring instrument. Usually ...

Vessel Identification System.

Kilopascal; a metric measure of pressure based on force per unit area. (1 kPa = 4.01 inches of water).

A recording anemometer.

Pertaining to the body-centered cubic crystal structure (BCC) of many ferrous (iron-base) metals.

The thermodynamic function 3G = 5H - TSS, where H is enthalpy, T is absolute temperature. and S is entropy. Also called free energy, free enthalpy, or Gibbs function.

Marine Engine and Equipment Manufacturers Association

Hopper Dredger

The correction applied to an instrument to account for the effect of temperature upon its response characteristics.

In the US, these are securities issued by federal government.

Welded Minimum Wall tubing

Heat exchangers for cooling air or gas discharge from compressors. Designed to reduce the temperature and liquefy condensate vapors. Both air cooled and water cooled units are available.

A combustion heating appliance that vents the combustion by-products directly into the heated space. The latest models have oxygen-sensors that shut off the unit when the oxygen level in the room falls below a safe level.

Noting is a preliminary form of protesting a Bill of Exchange - that is - an initial official statement that the bill of exchange or promissory note has not been paid.

Saluting

A general term for a floating craft that carries passengers, cargo or both

(GDR)A certificate which represents ownership of a given number of a company's shares and which can be.

A chronograph used to make a time-record of certain measured meteorological elements. The most common type, the triple register, records wind direction and speed, duration of sunshine, and amount of rainfall (sensed respectively by a contact anemometer, M ...

High Potential Test for Electric Equipment

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering