High Potential Test for Electric Equipment

Qualified Member of the Engine department. Unlicensed members of the engine department who attend to a fully automated engine room.

A unit of heat containing 100,000 British thermal units (Btu).

(ACT)Tax payable by companies on dividend payments up to 5th April 1999 which was offset against the.

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.

Inlet butterfly valve. These are fitted on the inlet of most types of compressor and the valve opens and closes to throttle the air flow. However, the term IBV is usually associated with turbo compressors.

A short oar. To scull, is to impel a boat by one oar at the stern.

The area between the layers of glazing (panes) of a window.

"NiCd" refers to a battery that contains nickel cadmium as its chemical base; other abbreviations include "NiCad" and "Nicad." It is the first type of portable rechargeable battery produced and is still widely in use in power tools and cameras. ...

A recording variometer.

The transformation on a compound or material into one or more substances by heat alone (without oxidation). Often called destructive distillation. Pyrolysis of biomass is the thermal degradation of the material in the absence of reacting gases, and occus ...

Hague-Visby Rules

Semi-Submersible (MODU)

See 'active.

See gaseous corrosion.

The ratio of the electric current density to the electric field in a material. Also called electrical conductivity or specific conductance.

The ability of a seaman to foretell weather by the appearance of the sky, change of wind direction, etc. was handed down in the form of proverbs. Some well known are:

An electronic communications or direction finding system which uses Very High Frequency radio waves. VHF radios are the most common communications radio carried on boats, but their range is usually limited to line of sight between the transmitting and rec ...

Instrument for establishing the altitude and azimuth of stars and planets.

A radar term for a single pulse of radio energy.