Generic term for rapid variations in apparent position, brightness, or color of a distant luminous. object viewed through the atmosphere.

Search of a vessel, by Customs authorities, for unreported goods.

The practice of using a single meter to measure consumption and generation of electricity by a small generation facility (such as a house with a wind or solar photovoltaic system). The net energy produced or consumed is purchased from or sold to the gener ...

A generic term for an electrical conductor.

Cyprus (Flag)

A large foresail or jib that overlaps the mainsail. Also known as a genny. Can be expressed in percentages of overlap, e.g. 150 Genoa is 50% overlap of the mainsail.

Corrosion which is increased because of the abrasive action of a moving stream; the presence of suspended particles greatly accelerates abrasive action.See erosion-corrosion.

The transfer of title of a security such as stock from buyer to.

Passenger Vessel Association.

Rapid Response Team.

Money, in the form of notes and coins, which constitutes payment for goods at the time of.

The discomfort or interference with visual perception when viewing a bright object against a dark background.

All the components of the appliance used to condition interior air of a building.

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.

A liquid-in-glass or liquid-in-metal thermometer using mercury as the liquid.

Expenses incurred by a person whilst carrying out duties at work, which are 'approved' by the tax.

A sailing ship with three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.

Nickname for a ship's cooper.

Marine Cranking Amps: MCA The amount of amps a battery can deliver at 32°F.

The country in which the vessel is registered.