(1) A wind shift further forward relative to the boats direction or heading. (2) A bar or angle under a deck the same size as deck beams. It is used around stair openings in deck, small hatch openings, or at dead end of longitudinals.

An air flow caused by a fan that draws air through the heat exchanger core in a uniform pattern to dissipate the sensible heat.

A notional continuous sound level which is calculated from the various A-we~ghteds ound levels and duration at these levels with an XdB exchange rate. The exchange rate is the number of dB decrease in noise level which would allow doubling of exposure tim ...

The use of devices to limit or prevent the release of pollution into the atmosphere.

Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

A refined petroleum product suitable for use as a fuel in internal combustion engines.

The period of low energy demand, as opposed to maximum, or peak, demand.

The distance that an observer can see vertically into a surface-based obscuring phenomenon such as fog, rain, or snow. The distance estimate must be based upon ceiling balloon ascensions or ceiling light projector measurements.

Abbreviation for "With Particular Average."

A line used to tighten the leech of a sail, helping to create proper sail shape.

Not a linear function of the relevant variables.

Any coefficient used to calculate heat transmission by conduction, convection, or radiation through materials or structures.

An assembly, consisting of a vessel, electrodes, and an electrolyte, in which electrolysis can be carried out.

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind

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

Tanker Vegetable and Animal Oils.

A type of heating system where heat, resulting when electric current flows through an "element" or conductor, such as Nichrome, which has a high resistance, is radiated to a room.

A fracture, usually of' polycrystalline metal, in which most of the grains have failed by cleavage, resulting in bright reflecting facets. It is associated with low-energy brittle fracture.

Particles of foreign material in a metallic matrix. The particles are usually compounds (such as oxides, sulfides, or silicates), but may be of any substance that is foreign to (and essentially insoluble in) the matrix.

A provision of a bond or preferred stock issue, listed in its indenture (the formal agreement.