A lubricating oil made with synthetic base stocks.

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

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

Heating a ferrous alloy to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then cooling in air to a temperature substantially below the transformation range.

Ventilation that is created by the differences in the distribution of air pressures around a building. Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure with gravity and wind pressure affecting the airflow. The placement and control of doors ...

Combination minimum pressure valve and check valve.

Not Required.

The correctable part of the inaccuracy of an instrument.

See principal stress (normal).

A device for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion.

A construction element that inhibits termites from entering building foundations and walls.

A mechanical/electrical device used to pull air out of an interior space; usually located in the highest location of a building, in the ceiling, and venting to the attic or directly to the outside.

A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation, serving the same purpose as a lighthouse.

Container Safety Convention for ISO Containers

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

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.

An independent financial adviser whose income is derived from fees charged to customers rather than.

The period, normally 30 days, during which an insurance policy remains in force even though the.

A halo consisting of a faint white circle passing through the Sun and running parallel to the horizon for as much as 360

A refraction phenomenon similar to a parahelion, but occurring generally at a distance of 120