Type of order given.

Generation of energy at the location where all or most of it will be used.

A method of upper air observation consisting of an evaluation of the wind speed and direction, temperature, pressure, and humidity aloft by means of a balloon-borne radiosonde tracked by radar or a radio theodolite.

International Institute of Marine Surveyors

An annual publication that contains tidal information and information about the position of the sun, moon, planets and stars. This information is used for celestial navigation.

A suitable beach, being steep and sandy, where ships could be careened for cleaning or repair.

In physics, any process in which the flux density (or power, amplitude, intensity, illuminance, etc.) of a "parallel beam" of energy decreases with increasing distance from the source. Attenuation is always due to the action of the transmitting medium its ...

Inter-Island Service in the Philippines area.

A means to increase the thermal efficiency of a steam electric generating system by converting some waste heat from the condenser into electricity. The heat engine in a bottoming cycle would be a condensing turbine similar in principle to a steam turbine ...

A track or groove in the back of the mast to which the sail is attached by means of lugs or the bolt rope.

A device for furnishing fresh air to compartments below deck or exhausting foul air. Construction designed to lead air below decks. May have a cowl, which can be angled into or away from the wind; and may be constructed with baffles, so that water is not ...

A cargo on which the transportation charge is assessed on the basis of weight.

Abbreviation for visual flight rules, but commonly used to refer to the relatively favorable weather and/or flight conditions to which these rules apply.

The current flowing to or from a unit area of an electrode surface, generally expressed as amps per sq ft or milliamperes per sq ft (also milliamps per sq cm, etc).

To remove from a ship. To remove an item from its place.

A phrase used by traders to describe the phenomenon of any stock - even the most rapidly falling one.

A column of burning combustion gases that are so hot and strong that the heat is lost up the chimney before it can be transferred to the house. A draft brings air to the fire to help keep it burning.

The amount of BTU's/hour or kW's produced by a heating system from the burning of a fuel.

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The unit of illuminance equivalent to 1lumen per square meter.