A naval rank next below that of lieutenant-commander, which is next below that of captain (the equivalent of commander).

A white disk 12" or more in diameter which is lowered into the sea to estimate transparency of the water. The depths are noted at which it first disappears when lowered and reappears when raised.

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

An absolute temperature scale. ((

A professional person qualified to give clients financial planning.

A compound used to make certain types of solar photovoltaic cells.

The unit of magnetic field intensity equal to 1 dyne per unit pole.

The process of plotting a theoretical position or future position based on advancing from a known position using speed, time, and course, without aid of objects on land, of sights, etc. Term comes from deduced reckoning, abbreviated first to "ded reckonin ...

Committee of European Shipbuilders Associations

A method of docking with a boat's stern to the dock.

Assets, purchased as a long term investment for generating profit, such as buildings, plant and.

International Safety Management Code

A timber or rib of a ship running from the keel to the side rail; the transverse strengthening members in a ship's hull that extend from the keel to the deck or gunwale. The frames form the shape of the hull and act as a skeleton on which the hull plankin ...

Receiver(s)

Passenger Vessel Operator.

A visible corrosion product consisting of hydrated oxides of iron. Applied only to ferrous alloys. See also white rust.

The process in which a metal fractures prematurely under conditions of simultaneous corrosion and repeated cyclic loading at lower stress levels or fewer cycles than would be required in the absence of the corrosive environment.

"NiCd" refers to a battery that contains nickel cadmium as its chemical base; other abbreviations include "NiCad" and "Nicad." It is the first type of portable rechargeable battery produced and is still widely in use in power tools and cameras. ...

A heat storage system that uses a heat storage medium, and where the additional or removal of heat results in a change in temperature.

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 ...