International Labor Organization; Based in Geneva, it is one of the oldest components of the UN system of specialized agencies and has been involved over the years in appraising and seeking to improve and regulate conditions for seafarers. In its unusual ...

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

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

A rotation anemometer in which the axis of rotation is horizontal. The instrument has either flat vanes (as in the air meter) or helicoidal vanes (as in the propeller anemometer). The relation between wind speed and angular rotation is almost linear.

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

A period prior to the detection of corrosion while the metal is in contact with a corrodent.

A method of preventing oxidation of the exposed metal in structures by imposing between the structure and the ground a small electrical voltage.

Non-Governmental Organization.

An instrument resulting from the combination of a thermograph and a hygrograph and furnishing, on the same chart, simultaneous time recording of ambient temperature and humidity.

Rubber Stern Bearing

A suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gas.

Oscillations of the sea caused by wind blowing along the surface and moving in the direction from which the wind blows.

The Swedish equivalent of the Footsie.

The stress that will cause fracture in a creep test at a given time in a specified constant environment. Also called stress-rupture strength.

A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors. Characterized by having its flow in the axial direction.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The mean wind speed over a specified period of time.

The part of the total carbon in steel or cast iron that is present as other than free carbon.

General term for an instrument which records the vertical electric current in the atmosphere.

A journey made at sea by a vessel, usually including both the outbound and homebound passages.