Container Safety Convention for ISO Containers

Capable of keeping out water.

Steel disc, that is dogged down over a porthole to secure against breakage of the glass and to prevent light from showing through.

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.

Measurement ton 40 cubic ft or one cubic meter.Net ton, or short ton 2,000 lbs.Gross ton/long ton 2,240 lbs.Metric ton/kilo ton 2,204.6 lbs.Cubic meter 35.314 cubic ft.

The path followed by electrons from a generation source, through an electrical system, and returning to the source.

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

A measure of the amount of light incident on a surface; measured in foot-candles or Lux.

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

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

A ported or closed cover for the end of a filter element.

A manmade waterway used to connect bodies of water that do not connect naturally. Canals use locks to raise and lower boats when connecting bodies of water that have different water levels.

An economic situation in which there is a general fall in the level of.

That part of an audio-modulated radiosonde consisting of the baroswitch, the sensing elements, the reference elements, and the relay.

The force that pulls a wind turbine blade, as opposed to drag.

Said of wind when exactly ahead; and of another vessel when her fore and aft line coincides with observer's line of sight.

In nautical terminology, a contraction for "weather glass" (a mercury barometer).

A type of motor that has a rotor with electrical windings connected through slip rings to the external power circuit. An external resistance controller in the rotor circuit allows the performance of the motor to be tailored to the needs of the system and ...

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

The theory that certain days of the week, weeks of the month, and months of the year are more.