An empirical curve relating stream discharge or stage at a point on a stream to discharge or stage at one or more upstream points and, possibly. to other parameters. Also called stage relation.

A grooved metal extrusion fitted on a forestay and used to secure the luff of a sail by holding its bolt rope in place.

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A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

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

The rate of crack extension caused by constant-amplitude fatigue loading, expressed in terms of crack extension per cycle of load application.

A written statement signed on oath and witnessed by a commissioner for oaths, usually a qualified.

Maximum allowable working pressure. This data is found on the pressure vessel nameplate and is the maximum pressure at which the lowest set safety valve must be set (stamped).

A device used to simulate the angle of the sun for assessing shading potentials of building structures or landscape features.

A person or firm carrying out.

The risk that the buyer or seller will not complete the contract in accordance with their contractual obligations.

Before the introduction of man-made fibers, much of the rope used at sea was made from manila. Made from the fibers of banana plants in the Philippines, manila did not rot when it was exposed to seawater.

Splitting (fracture) of a crystal on a crystallographic plane of' low index.

An offer to sell goods at a stated price and under stated terms.

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A instrument designed to study small fluctuations of some quantity. The microbarograph is an example of a recording pressure variometer.

The point at which sellers have fulfilled their obligations so the goods in a legal sense could be said to have been delivered to the buyer. They are shorthand expressions that set out the rights and obligations of each party when it comes to transporting ...

An international goods classification system for describing cargo in international trade under a single commodity-coding scheme. Developed under the auspices of the Customs Cooperations Council (CCC), an international Customs organization in Brussels, thi ...

Cargo more than eight feet high which thus cannot fit into a standard container.

The height of the cloud base above the local terrain.