Towing Safety Advisory Committee

Away from land, toward the water.

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness,Response and Co-operation, IMO

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

Cathode Ray Tube

FXX Radio transmission designator.Frequency modulation of main carrier other than F1B, F3E and frequency modulation facsimile.(ALRS)

International Maritime Lecturers Association

The line by which a boat is connected to a mooring buoy; a short rope hanging from a spar having at its free end a spliced thimble or a block. Sometimes called "Pennant".

An opening in a ship's deck for the loading and discharging of any kind of cargo.

Is the pressure exerted by a vapor confined within a given space. The vapor may be the sole occupant of the space, or may be associated with other gases.

A general term for instruments designed to measure the amount of cloudiness.

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When compressed air is forced through a submerged perforated hose or pipe. Some applications include; ice prevention, reduction of salt intrusion, underwater basting, pneumatic breakwaters and general mixing and agitation

The range of the stress-intensity factor during a fatigue cycle.

Any quantity, such as force velocity, or acceleration, which has both magnitude and direction at each point in space, as opposed to scalar which has magnitude only. Such a quantity may be represented geometrically by an arrow of length proportional to its ...

The pressure corresponding to the outlet velocity of a fan; the kinetic energy per unit volume of flowing air.

Energy produced by the internal heat of the earth; geothermal heat sources include: hydrothermal convective systems; pressurized water reservoirs; hot dry rocks; manual gradients; and magma. Geothermal energy can be used directly for heating or to produce ...

Standard pressure and temperature. See standard air.

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One of the radiation laws which states that the wavelength of maximum radiation intensity for a black body is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature of the radiating black body.