An evaluation, according to set procedures, of those weather elements which are most important for aircraft operations. Always includes cloud height or vertical visibility, sky cover, visibility, obstructions to vision, certain atmospheric phenomena, and ...

A pattern of parallel surface cracks that are formed by alternate rapid heating and cooling of the extreme surface metal, sometimes found on forging dies and piercing punches. There may be two sets of parallel cracks one set perpendicular to the other.

(EBITDA)Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.

Name sometimes given to a transmissometer.

An optical instrument which consists of a sighting telescope mounted so that it is free to rotate around horizontal and vertical axes, with graduated scales so that the angles of rotation may be measured. Used to observe the motion of a pilot balloon.

A light showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 360 degrees. An anchor or riding light is an all-round light.

International Maritime Pilot's Association. Located in Belgium, but mostly managed from the Netherlands.

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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A transfer of an asset such as property or money etc from one person to another where no payment of.

Insufficient number of crew; shorthanded.

A process involving conjoint corrosion and cavitation.

A type of heat pump that transfers heat from outdoor air to indoor air during the heating season, and works in reverse during the cooling season.

International Chamber of Commerce

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The potential corresponding to the maximum active current density (critical anodic current density) of an electrode that exhibits active-passive corrosion behavior.

(AMT)A tax which targets high wealth individuals to pay a minimum amount of tax. The tax is calculated.

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 ...

A type of inhibitor that appreciably changes the potential of u metal to a more noble (positive) value.

Same as freezing point.