In general, any object that reflects incident energy. Usually it is a device designed for specific reflection characteristics.

A vector term which includes both wind speed and wind direction.

A wooden bar which may be shipped in the capstan head for heaving around by hand (to heave up anchor or heavy objects by manpower).

Superheater

The condition of the atmosphere when the amount of water vapor present is the maximum possible at the existing temperature.

Chart Of Account.

Enormous sea monster supposed to have been seen off coasts of America and Norway. Sometimes mistaken for an island.

A device for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy.

The range of operating conditions within which a device is designed to operate and for which operating influences are stated. See operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

An object used as a reference point while navigating.

Boards used to close the companionway.

A call requesting direction in answer to the report of a lookout that an object has been sighted.

A type of turbine in which combusted, pressurized gas is directed against a series of blades connected to a shaft, which forces the shaft to turn to produce mechanical energy.

A change in any part of the corrosion system caused by corrosion.

The ability of a solution to give satisfactory plating at very low current densities. a condition that exists in recesses and pits. This term suggests an ability to cover, but not necessarily to build up, a uniform coating, whereas throwing power suggests ...

Conditions to which a device is subjected, not including the variable measured by the device. See normal operating conditions, reference operating conditions.

A profile of how the wind speed changes with height above the surface of the ground or water.

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

Direct current supplied by a device employing a power source external to the electrode system of a cathodic protection installation.

The cutting of a grid pattern of grooves in a semiconductor material, generally for the purpose of making interconnections.