(1) Said of ship's head when it moves away from wind, especially when tacking. (2) To discharge a crew and close Articles of Agreement of a merchant ship.

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A standard code used to represent data using 8 bits per character.

To repair, clean or paint the hull.

A thin, not necessarily visible, layer of material.

The distance or length of flow of the air past a point during a given interval of time.

Interfacial reaction equivalent to a transfer of charge between electronic and ionic conductors. See also anodic reaction and cathodic reaction.

An instrument for determining the direction from which radio waves approach a receiver. It may consist of a manually operated direction indicator, or it may use a servo system to position the antenna automatically in the direction of the incident waves.

U.S. Customs' automated program under AMS. It allows for electronic reporting of inbound (foreign) cargoes in the U.S.

A support fixed on the front part of a chassis (which is retractable); used to support the front end of a chassis when the tractor has been removed.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

A raw material that can be converted to one or more products.

A term previously given to the most actively traded shares on the London Stock Exchange along with.

A strategy in options trading in which an option is purchased at an exercise price above that of the.

A deck exposed to the wind and sea.

One of the group of l5 chemically similar metals with atomic numbers 57 through 7l, commonly referred to as the lanthanides.

A cup anemometer with its shaft mechanically coupled to a magneto.

The process of rendering a contract or deed null and void following a specified.

A transaction on a stock exchange by a broker or institution.

The amount of work accomplished by electrical power, usually measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). One kWh is 1,000 Watts and is equal to 3,413 Btu.2.The energy of moving electrons.

A common unit used in measurement of atmospheric pressure. Defined as that pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at standard gravity and a temperature of 0'C.