A boat is double banked, when two oars, one opposite the other, are pulled by men seated on the same thwart.

The inside center strand of rope.

The sale (purchase) of a near month call option (put option) and the simultaneous purchase (sale) of.

Melaks and Dumai Service

A compound that causes oxidation, thereby itself being reduced.

An abbreviation of forecastle.

An architectural design (also known as the double envelope house), sometimes called a "house-within-a-house," that employs a double envelope with a continuous airspace of at least 6 to 12 inches on the north wall, south wall, roof, and floor, achieved by ...

The average level of the oceans, used when finding water depths or land elevations.

Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

In the US, the document which the founders of a corporation submit to the relevant state for.

A measure of the electrical resistance of a material equal to the resistance of a circuit in which the potential difference of 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.

Location where shipment begins its movement.

Maritime Transport Committee, OECD

Non-Transportation Use

Surface having a thin, tightly adhering, oxidized skin (from straw to blue in color), extending in from the edge of a coil or sheet.

That horizontal wind velocity at which the Coriolis acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force. It is directed along contour lines or isobars.

A scale with the ice point at zero degrees and the boiling point of water at 80 degrees, with pressure of one atmosphere.

Costs that vary directly with the level of activity within a short time. Examples include costs of moving cargo inland on trains or trucks, stevedoring in some ports, and short-term equipment leases. For business analysis, all costs are either defined as ...

Same as instrument shelter.

A machine employing two or more stages.