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

An absolute temperature scale. (

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Depositing a metallic coating on a metal immersed in a liquid solution, without the aid of an external electric current. Also called dip plating.

Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast.

The decomposition of organic material to alcohol, methane, etc., by organisms, such as yeast or bacteria, usually in the absence of oxygen.

A life-threatening condition where there is loss of body heat; the greatest danger for anyone in the water. As the body loses its heat, body functions slow down, and this can quickly lead to death.

A unit of measurement for the ability of a material to retard the diffusion of water vapor at 73.4 F (23 C). A perm, short for permeance, is the number of grains of water vapor that pass through a square foot of material per hour at a differential vapor p ...

(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.

Non-Transportation Use

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

A thin, not necessarily visible, layer of material.

A thermometer with a muslin-covered bulb which is moistened. used to measure wet-bulb temperature.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

Is the ratio of the computed isentropic temperature rise to the measured total temperature rise during compression.

A depth measuring device.

A battery-powered electrically driven vehicle.

(1) To throw, as to heave a line ashore. (2) An upward pull on a line; to lift (3) The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.

Pertaining to forces on a body or part of a body that tend to crush or compress the body.

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